That's right. For the first few years of it's existence, TNA, not having the star talent that the 'E, focused on making stars of their talents. A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, Abyss, and AMW all come to mind.
Yeah Snarf, cause its not like I already said this!
If those guys on the roster were allowed to actually be ECW wrestlers, then it would not need big name wrestlers.
Just as TNA's X-Division was where all the real talent was, and was filled with largely lesser known guys, it shows that good product can overcome the lack of star power.
TNA is now treading the same path as WWE though with the X-Division being severly underutilised in favour of "star" names.
The only exceptions to this were Abyss (who is a piss poor Mankind/Kane rip off) & AMW.