Not exactly true....the company still had AJ Styles , Kurt Angle , Matt Hardy , ECIII , Bobby Lashley , Sting and Jeff Hardy in the company. His 1st reign hit in 2011 , which was the longest. It was Hogan's idea to push Roode and as he claimed , he saw a Canadian version of HHH there. Roode was a 2 time champion from 2011-2014 where TNA did have some talent there and people did watch there.
In fact Roode during that 1st run was so praised at how well he was booked , that The Rock himself sent out a tweet to him in 2012.
https://www.pwmania.com/bobby-roode-...tting-him-over
So yeah Roode really was at the apex of his career. I mean here is who he defended the title against those 10+ months :
James Storm
AJ Styles
Jeff Hardy
Rob Van Dam
Bully Ray
Sting
Mr. Anderson