In so many ways, it’s amazing to think TNA still exists in 2026. It seems like it wasn’t all that long ago that we were hearing the promotion would be finished every other week. You would think things would be going swimmingly with a partnership alongside WWE but that hasn’t necessarily been the case.
There’s been some good but plenty of rough news, especially of late as they build up to the upcoming Slammiversary pay-per-view this weekend in Boston.
First, multiple names were exiting the promotion,
from the likes of Steve Maclin to Sami Callihan in what the company would call a “strategic workforce reduction.” Then Tommy Dreamer, who had been a hugely powerful force backstage for the past decade, announced a “mutual decision to part ways.” Not long after, however, he was accused of bullying and inappropriate behavior.
During an appearance on Busted Open, Dreamer would say he tried to create a culture there and now everything will change with him gone:
“It’s not my job anymore. I tried building a culture and I can’t worry about that anymore, because it is all gonna change, and I hope everyone realizes how much it’s gonna change.”
He talked openly about his booking of the promotion and his belief that he helped attendance numbers with how he booked Slammiversary last year. However, False Finish is claiming sources inside the promotion are pushing back against that while welcoming the culture change he spoke of:
Sources inside TNA indicate to False Finish that Tommy Dreamer’s statements are not accurate. Dreamer did not want to build contenders and in fact had control of who got pushed.
The belief is that the culture will change for the better. The feeling is that the booking and creative wasn’t good and change was needed, especially with the bigger platform of AMC this year.
Meanwhile, TNA President Carlos Silva was on social media touting the success of the latest episode of Thursday Night Impact:
This comes not long after Silva had been catching heat for some of his decisions related to TNA, including a controversy of pulling stars from independent matches against AEW stars. The status of the promotion in general has been in question with rumors of a sale popping up here and there, with even Jeff Jarrett saying “the writing is on the wall and it’s in superglue” if it’s true WWE has right of first refusal in that regard.
Matt Hardy is doing his best to defend Silva and the state of TNA right now:
Carlos was hired for this position to 1) dig TNA out of debt, 2) streamline company cost & expenses, 3) get the company on a bigger TV platform & 4) get to the point where TNA is becoming profitable. He’s been working tirelessly & every one of these tasks are challenging. Carlos is getting things done & succeeding on all these goals. The core group at TNA is gonna keep doing what we do – Work hard, grind away and make TNA as great as it can be.
All this while rumors have been flying for days of big surprises and returns planned for Slammiversary.
What a time to be alive, huh?
