In an interview with Fan Garage, TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter commented on the fan reaction to TNA Wrestling’s finances, the company’s relationship with POP TV, whether TNA are interested in the recently released WWE superstars and more.
Highlights of the interview are below:
On TNA Wrestling Signing Former WWE Stars: Many believe that our actual roster and their wrestling are best in the business. So we are always on the lookout for new talent. In the last few years, we focused on growing home-grown talent. A lot of new talent like EC III, Rock star Spud, Eli Drake, and Bram, there are so many and I could go on. They’ve grown so much but I think we also did a fantastic job with people like Drew Galloway who was at the WWE and came in and completely relaunched himself. There are definitely some incredibly talented wrestlers on the market right now and some will be available at some part of this year. And I do see ourselves talking to them. I think it would be exciting to bring a few into TNA.
On TNA Wrestling’s Relationship With POP TV: They’ve been fantastic partners. Brian Schwartz has been a fantastic leader of the network. He has been great to us. It’s a young network but they have some great distribution. With 85 Million people being able to see it in the United States, we are growing every week and our DV-R and playback numbers are growing by around 20-30-40 percent every week and I’m looking forward to a long and solid relationship with them as they’ve been a lot of fun to work with.
On The TNA Knockouts Being The Best in Wrestling: The one thing I’m proud of especially being the president of this company and a female is our knockouts division. I think the female wrestlers are by far the best women’s wrestling in the world and I think we have given them a platform that no other global wrestling company in the world has given their women. We treat them as legitimate athletes and let them have their own Pay-per-views and television shows main events. And sometimes, there are multiple matches featuring them on the show. They are a huge priority for the company and they deserve to be. They are the most talented women in wrestling and I love to showcase their athleticism.
On TNA Wrestling’s Financial Situation & Fan Reaction: You can’t react to the rumors about the financial situation. That’s the difficulty about being in my position. There’s so much incorrect information out there about the financial situation of TNA. We are putting out some of the best television our company has ever put out and if you watch it you can tell, great things are happening to our company. We just announced some associations in the Middle East, we just announced Vietnam and a lot of similar announcements are rolling out. It’s not easy knowing that there is all these negativity. And to be honest, it’s a new thing. Seven or eight years ago, there wasn’t a social media platform for people to come on and just be negative about your product. But that is the best thing about wrestling. People are so passionate for and against it; they just love talking about it. I’m just excited that some announcements are coming out this week which might urge people to tune in and see how fantastic it is. I truly believe that it is the best wrestling show out there on television today.
The interview is available in full at this link.
