Confirmed by PWInsider, TNA will be moving out of their moderate upscale office building in Nashville, TN. All offices will now be located in the same warehouse building ShopTNA.com has been using for years now.
This looks like a begrudged cost-saving idea on the surface, but is it also a microcosm of a bigger problem within the company?
This looks like a begrudged cost-saving idea on the surface, but is it also a microcosm of a bigger problem within the company?
Nobody wants to read another doom-and-gloom TNA article. Not even little mini-Sheamus over here.
Most of you have probably heard by now that both Bobby Roode and Eric Young have been relieved of their contracts. You may have even seen Roode appear at NXT Takeover: Dallas in the audience (an obvious precursor to his signing with the brand).
Why would TNA remove two of their most notable names; two of their originals like this?
It was for survival's sake.
When stars like Roode and Young come knocking on the door for a pay raise - to which both deserve - you either pay up or you let them go. In the company's position nowadays, it was a disappointing but easy decision to release the two.
Both men have accomplished everything possible in TNA. They've competed on every canvass and have performed every angle. Roode, in particular, thought the product was stale and there wasn't a sight for change. You can assume there wasn't much else either could do, besides consistently delivering their bests in and out of the ring.
When there is no room for salary raises or sudden creative resurgences, sacrifices have to be made.
With their removal, breathing room was created. With the office renting expense gone, there's slightly more wiggle room in the budget.
This is how struggling businesses work, to be blunt. The old adage goes "You have to spend money to make money" but if you're constantly breaking even or bleeding cash, there's no way to live up to that cliche.
TNA may have lost almost all of their original performers. They may have also cut several things that were dear to their fans, creative and business-wise.
But the one thing that stays intact is also TNA's one singular mission in 2016: survival.
Everyone reading this knows how the promotion has been steps from closing almost every other year.
But it perseveres. That used to be possible due to Panda Energy's financial backing. Now though, without that foundation, they are earning every dollar to continue that legacy.
The company has been through the wringer a million times. It's been panned, it's been belittled, and it's almost been bankrupted. But it hasn't been forgotten and it hasn't been bought to be prodded on a network for ten dollars.
So yes, the TNA we see today isn't the same as it once was. In fact, the name should probably be changed to Impact Wrestling altogether.
Nonetheless, the namesake still exists and whether you watch it or not - whether you support their decisions or not - they are still here.
They're going to continue cutting back until a breaking point happens - growth or death. Smart money is on the former for now. They've surprised many-a-predictor before.
This is the new TNA with new wrestlers you may have never heard of, a new network you might not even have, and a hole in the wall in Nashville, TN.
You better just get used to it.
Written by: Jacob Stachowiak
Why would TNA remove two of their most notable names; two of their originals like this?
It was for survival's sake.
When stars like Roode and Young come knocking on the door for a pay raise - to which both deserve - you either pay up or you let them go. In the company's position nowadays, it was a disappointing but easy decision to release the two.
Both men have accomplished everything possible in TNA. They've competed on every canvass and have performed every angle. Roode, in particular, thought the product was stale and there wasn't a sight for change. You can assume there wasn't much else either could do, besides consistently delivering their bests in and out of the ring.
When there is no room for salary raises or sudden creative resurgences, sacrifices have to be made.
With their removal, breathing room was created. With the office renting expense gone, there's slightly more wiggle room in the budget.
This is how struggling businesses work, to be blunt. The old adage goes "You have to spend money to make money" but if you're constantly breaking even or bleeding cash, there's no way to live up to that cliche.
TNA may have lost almost all of their original performers. They may have also cut several things that were dear to their fans, creative and business-wise.
But the one thing that stays intact is also TNA's one singular mission in 2016: survival.
Everyone reading this knows how the promotion has been steps from closing almost every other year.
But it perseveres. That used to be possible due to Panda Energy's financial backing. Now though, without that foundation, they are earning every dollar to continue that legacy.
The company has been through the wringer a million times. It's been panned, it's been belittled, and it's almost been bankrupted. But it hasn't been forgotten and it hasn't been bought to be prodded on a network for ten dollars.
So yes, the TNA we see today isn't the same as it once was. In fact, the name should probably be changed to Impact Wrestling altogether.
Nonetheless, the namesake still exists and whether you watch it or not - whether you support their decisions or not - they are still here.
They're going to continue cutting back until a breaking point happens - growth or death. Smart money is on the former for now. They've surprised many-a-predictor before.
This is the new TNA with new wrestlers you may have never heard of, a new network you might not even have, and a hole in the wall in Nashville, TN.
You better just get used to it.
Written by: Jacob Stachowiak