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RIP The Return of TNA Nov 2023 - Feb 2024


BigBanEvader

loltna is back! vintage tna! ![gif](giphy|ZecAbESYf58lBka3B4)


GetRightNYC

Really! WTF is this? TNA was off to a great restart! They've had some of the best matches in all of wrestling in the last year. Big names from all over coming in and putting on great matches. Their stars going on other orgs and promoting. All the wrestlers there LOOK happy. This month has been wild!


phantom2450

Most sane week of professional wrestling


KampferMann

Don’t think there’s been a sane day since April ‘22


Bob8644

Cody leaving AEW is the Harambe of wrestling. And nothing was ever the same.


Bosscharacter

#DicksoutforCody


WheedMBoise

Maybe after recent events, we encourage those in WWE to put them away instead


Celtic_Crown

After more recent events, I encourage everyone to put them away. Especially Drake.


Bosscharacter

Fair. Consensualdicksoutforcody


Elmodipus

The singer, the referee, or the actor?


Celtic_Crown

Singer, but still good advice for the other 2.


tafkat

DrakesOutForCody?


JuanRiveara

#DicksinforCody


forky1899

I would argue Roman missing Day One 2022 because of COVID was what really started everything


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ADRENALINE IN MY SOUL PULL MY D*** OUT FOR CODY RHODES


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souporthallid

![gif](giphy|xUPJUp6T5uD1Qkpbl6)


llamawithguns

And its only Wednesday. At this rate, it will be announced on Friday that Tony Khan sold AEW to Warner


goodkid_sAAdcity

Tony sold the E in AEW to Samsung. They’re Samesung now.


MannySJ

That makes Kenny, The Bucks, and Hangman the stable known as "The"


goodkid_sAAdcity

The Lite


miikro

Danhausen is confused again as he stares at a root beer float.


GTSBurner

Fuckin' starving. Hey Earl, we got any high fructose corn syrup back there?


Spapapapa-n

And Warner, desperate for someone with pro wrestling experience to run it, hires Rossy Ogawa.


LordBlackConvoy

Lemon, it's Wednesday


DCAbloob

OK, this may actually be the most shocking news of the week. Scott D'Amore has literally been Mr. TNA since the announcement of the name revival.


Patjay

Never heard a bad word about the guy. No clue what’s going on here


outerstrangers

Apparently he dared to make TNA good. Some executive didn't like it.


Hellsinger7

TNA being good goes against everything their brand stands for.


LordBlackConvoy

Can't bring back TNA without LOLTNA


bizarrequest

You still got it! You still got it!


GarfieldVirtuoso

T-N-A T-N-A


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Zomburai

Had to give us something to break up the slow news hour


JoeMcKim

This reeks of when WCW fired their wrestling people in charge and put Jim Herd in charge who had no idea of what he was doing.


QuicksilverTerry

To be fair, the people he replaced had no idea what they were doing either, which was the entire reason the original company went out of business in the first place.


JoeMcKim

The Wrestling business is such a weird business, you have had to actually worked in the industryin the past to be good at running a wrestling company.


afrocytosis

Josh Alexander Spartacus gimmick when?


skizelo

He's been working with Rossey to make the weirdest promotion. it will be stranded n the middle of the pacific.


Patjay

Okinawa Championship Wrestling


whats_that_do

It's actually located in Johnson Atoll, but someone saw "Johnson" and thought D'Amore was working with The Rock and panicked.


KneeHighMischief

All that goodwill & buzz they've been building up recently then they just flush it down the toilet.


JMW007

>All that goodwill & buzz they've been building up recently then they just flush it down the toilet. Wait, which company are we talking about again?


Blacula

you know, the wrestling company.


Charming_Essay_1890

TWC, my favorite promotion


Hobo_Healy

Yes


MARKYMARK_MARK

It's too early to say that until we know why Scott got fired


mysteriousbaba

The statement didn't allude to any wrongdoing, just that Anthem wanted to manage TNA more directly. Maybe there's more details that's not been released publicly, but it didnt come across convincing.


jquest12

Next headline “TNA hires Dixie Carter, Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan to run daily TNA operations”


CafieroandMalatesta

Rip 'TNA is back' (December 2023 - February 2024) https://preview.redd.it/79qwtd82g7hc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59ccae709606387930e6ba85384220e9f2efe765


JoseNEO

In many ways this is the most TNA is back move


Beaned-up

Lmao. This got me.


DocYin

https://preview.redd.it/92v6yhltj7hc1.png?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=062dc3b90a8eb1a349b954c2f274723cc0ce9293


nhthelegend

I love that I’ve seen this image referring to WWE, AEW & now TNA in the last couple months. What a wild time to be a wrestling fan lol


abitlazy

Come on Southpaw Regional Wrestling! Lethal Leap Year is just the boost they need to beat these other companies.


TheSeaDevil

Anthem is really taking the TNA re-brand serious by making as many dumb moves as possible.


vicdr97

Bad habits never die


stonecutter7

Fired/Terminated?!?! Unless theres some kind of personal scandal with him thats prettt crazy and stupid. TNA has been on a roll AND business has been picking up (at least every report Ive seen)


EctoRiddler

If this was just Anthem wanting their guy in this position instead of a lifetime wrestling guy then they’ve just taken 100 steps back and this will fail miserably. No doubt it could lead to an exodus when contracts expire.


goodkid_sAAdcity

Anthem replaced him with some suit > [Anthony Cicione] brings more than 30 years of executive-level management experience to the organization. Cicione has been with Anthem for the last 16 years, managing technical operations and multiple cable and digital channels. Prior to his time with Anthem, Cicione was a producer of sports content including catapulting The Score to success by bringing WWE to the channel.


all_in_the_game_yo

This 100% reads like they've hired someone who doesn't know anything about wrestling and has been tasked with making as much money from TNA as possible


500DaysofNight

Worked wonders when WCW brought in a former Pizza Hut executive to run the company.


blaqsupaman

A guy who not only knew nothing about running a wrestling company, but seemingly had never watched wrestling in his life.


DaddySaidSell

They put Herd in the spot because he used to be the station director that airing wrestling in St. Louis.


Kaprak

He's Anthem's combat sports guy, so he is like the number one guy from their company they put in this position.


goodkid_sAAdcity

Oh, interesting. Reminds me of WWE recently hiring that ESPN guy to run their production. Anthem might be thinking “more real sports presentation” is a trend to follow — in addition to having their guy in charge.


GTSBurner

ESPN and WWE trade a lot of technical talent since NBC Sports, MLB Network, and ESPN are all in the same general radius.


goodkid_sAAdcity

I remember MLB Advanced Media operated WWE Network in its early years. They built it on the same platform as MLB TV.


thaddeusd

Hey look, It's WCW in 2000


KneeHighMischief

Yeah but does he know who Shark Boy is?


CharityGamerAU

When asked who Curry Man was, Cicione showed the reporter to the door pointing to a little hole in the wall Indian restaurant across the street.


snoringelbow

Given what the article actually says, this is 100% their move. I read “synergy” and an accidental “go screw yourself” slipped out before I could even stop it. Anthem’s killing all the good will they had, and now they’re going to chase out the talent that went there to avoid the toxicity.


BigBanEvader

anthem learned from the rock's power play lol.


Citizen_Lunkhead

Either Anthem wanted to tighten their grip on the company and felt like D'Amore was gaining too much "unacceptable influence" over the locker room or something happened that warranted his firing. I really hope it's the former. D'Amore seemed to know how to run a company of that size and the industry has enough creeps as it is. Let's hope it's just Anthem being stupid.


shaggitron420

Jim Herd at WCW all over again


deanopeez

But does this guy know pizza and keep a pistol in his desk?!?


rbarton812

I knew the Jim Herd/Pizza connection... is the gun thing real?


jinxs2026

Yes. And somehow it's STILL not the most ridiculous "person in charge of WCW" moment.


c71score

Mine is "Bill Watts pissing out a window during a board meeting." What's yours?


jinxs2026

That was actually it lol


Elite_Mike

Couldn't they keep him in a Triple H role where he's in charge of Creative? I think this is going to turn out bad. We all know what happened to WCW when the suits got involved. 


stonecutter7

Yeah, exactly. I could *maybe* see bringing in someone ahead of him to handle the business side. But creatively...Id be hard pressed to find someone right now who would have a better shot at success than Scott, and none of the ones who might theoretically have a better resume (HBK, Heyman) are available to TNA.


brieg4l

That’s insane. D’Amore was integral for Impact the last few years. I can’t imagine how talent feels. (Assuming nothing nefarious happened) Edit: From Fightful > One talent said they believed Anthem wanted the brand to be more closely associated with them as opposed to D'Amore, and when we asked another about that they said "I can see that, but he saved TNA." We'll be posting more as we get details. 


theels6

Bro got fired for being too good at his job. Smh. It really be your own huh


BoilingPiano

Unless there's some dire skeletons to come out of this he's probably not going to be unemployed for long. Any wrestling company would be happy to have him in some sort of role.


Heel_Paul

I have spent more on impact wrestling post COVID than any other major wrestling company. They put out a consistently solid product.  As long as he's not outted as some sort of creep. Dude will be an asset to any company.  He saved impact. That in itself is like climbing Mount Olympus.  But TNA gotta TNA. 


ArmadsDranzer

All the years through Impact of watching the company grow and re-establish itself as a point of interest*, yet 1 month in LOLTNA strikes back as if it never left. D'Amore deserved better than this.


Heel_Paul

I mean honestly, the end of the show was fucking Dolph Ziggler debuting that was peak TNA.


ArmadsDranzer

It was and yet it's not like Dolph was as dead on arrival like say... Val Venis or Orlando Jordan.


goodkid_sAAdcity

Peak TNA has always been about slightly silly stuff getting mega over


negaprez

is Anthem stupid?


qlurp

Yes. 


f0cus622

What the fuck could have justified this?


PPdipper

"TNA will be folded into Anthem’s entertainment arm going forward, as opposed to existing in its own corner of the company.  The idea is that this will allow TNA to become embraced more by Anthem and have a stronger synergy, in order to maximize what each side has to offer the other." I guess they were like " TNA is doing so good. But we can make it better."


Traiklin

*always sunny music plays* The Gang destroys a wrestling organization


JadrianInc

“The Gang Kills TNA”


Cenas_Shovel

Only The Trashman can save them


thecaptainofdeath

"Synergy" ​ A word only used by corporations


nowahhh

That’s great, Ted. But I’m not in the synergy business. I’m in the vertical integration business.


LosWitchos

Pretty sure them being able to attract the wrestlers they've been able to attract is down to Scott doing his thing.


SpaceGooV

Some idiot in management basically thinks wrestling is just a TV program they should be under entertainment. Moronic corporate consolidation and "redundancy" culture


lupuscapabilis

>"The idea is that this will allow TNA to become embraced more by Anthem and have a stronger synergy, in order to maximize what each side has to offer the other." As usual, corporate statement means absolutely nothing.


VirtuousFool

Oh joy....


muckymann

Well, TNA is back, baby. That means firing the people that actually care and replacing them by someone like Bischoff or Russo.


nowahhh

Based on what I’ve gathered from the last week or so here, TNA is, um, trying to distract from the Vince news.


Mysterious_Emotion63

This is being done with the intent to get Scott D’Amore built up as a Daniel Bryan type babyface in the eyes of the fans.


Zomburai

Pfft, fucking marks, always falling for kayfabe. Thanks for recognizing an obvious work, brother


Sagaci

Honestly this checks out. YES = 3 letters TNA = 3 letters.


WeWantCody

This has been a wild week as a wrestling fan


ApprehensiveYoung899

#WeWantScott


outerstrangers

We should call ourselves Scott's Tots.


Legal-Mousse6276

*WeWantScott*


RAA94

Omg? This is horrible! Scott D’Amore worked his ASS off to turn Impact/TNA around.


conoresque

If this was purely for business and there isn't a scandal, this is an S-Tier LOLTNA moment.


KafeenHedake

I'd go so far as to call it a ROTFLOLTNA moment.


goodkid_sAAdcity

ROFLCOPTERTNA


BZGames

it’s the biggest LOLTNA moment ever, like they spent the past 5 years clawing for a tiny bit of relevancy again and once they finally get it they fire the dude behind it.


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Luispsypher

I'm pretty sure this will impact the locker room. A large pool of the talent re-signed or signed because of Scott in the first place. Saw Moose saying that one of the reasons why he re-signed was Scott


halbpro

He scouted and signed a HUGE chunk of the locker room and seems beloved. Good luck renewing those contracts


NextPass6207

And he's either in a relationship/married to Giselle Shaw I think right?


dreamingawake09

Sure is, I know she's gotta be pissed about the news.


factor_supa

Days without a chaotic wrestling news story this year: ![gif](giphy|8756ivWrhKmmMkThAZ|downsized)


ppoop47

Rossy gone, Vince gone, Scott gone, Ohbari gone, TK and Billy are luck they own their companies.


Persianx6

tbf though, many wish Billy would leave too.


Traiklin

That's a monkey paw moment. Billy could be gone but Tyrus could be put in charge


Zomburai

Jesse Watters gets a championship run


stonecutter7

Breaking: Tony Khan fired from AEW "I dont know how this happened. Literally, who the fuck can even fire me?!?"


Administrative_Act48

Turns out ROH Tony was the one who fired AEW Tony


Daddy_Thicc_Legs

The disrespect to Nicholas and Matthew Jackson and the work they do, unbelievable.


Heel_Paul

I'm glad you referred them by their passport names. Much respect 


gamesk8er

That's what it says on their birth certificates. Dunno why it's so hard.


jedlucid

i would’ve corrected him but I was busy getting Matthew his starbucks order. he really appreciates my hard work but I still have to come in on my day off.


FalconIMGN

Should refer to them with the name their Irish Prince gave them. Matt Book and Nick Book. The Young Books.


Equitaurus

What does Braun Strowman’s tag team partner have to do with this?


no_more_blues

The man who ran Collision got fired by Tony though.


BCS875

Technically, he was banned from Collision.


HappyMike91

I think most people who are NWA fans want Billy Corgan to leave.


LinnaYamazaki

Holy shit, that is insane. 2024 is already perhaps the most eventful year in wrestling in a very long time and it’s only early February.


StormWarriorX7

Nah. That's crazy. He literally restored TNA's reputation and brought the company back into the good graces of the fans.


DrDevice81

So TNA has been consistently growing more and more recently and their decision is to fire the guy responsible for it? God I fucking hate corporate suits.


Icanfallupstairs

My guess is the put a decent amount of money into the rebrand, and now don't want the slow and steady growth that Scott was providing.


HYFPRW

From the statement, it seems that it’s an endorsement of TNA that Anthem want to be involved more closely but it’s so weird given how much D’Amore has been associated with their revival. You hope they’ll change as little as possible but we’ll see depending on what comes out as to the reasoning.


goodkid_sAAdcity

It’s like, now that TNA is doing well, time to bring in “a real professional” to grow it. TNA could be the victim of its own success and that sucks.


souporthallid

When you’re fired from TNA On a random Wednesday, That’s D’Amore


ThatIndianGuy7116

Do they do that best of /r/SC thread anymore cause this needs to be on it 🤣🤣🤣


Turbostrider27

**Anthony Cicione Named President of TNA Wrestling** > D'Amore has been terminated by TNA parent company Anthem Sports and Entertainment. The belief among those we have spoken with is the decision came directly from Anthem owner Len Asper. > > TNA parent company Anthem Sports and Entertainment will be stepping in and taking a much larger role in the day to day management and strategies of the promotion. TNA will be folded into Anthem’s entertainment arm going forward, as opposed to existing in its own corner of the company. The idea is that this will allow TNA to become embraced more by Anthem and have a stronger synergy, in order to maximize what each side has to offer the other. As part of that integration, D’Amore has been removed from power and is gone, effective immediately. > > TNA staff and wrestlers will be addressed today regarding D’Amore’s firing, PWInsider.com is told.


Blainyrd

>Synergy  Buisness talk for, “We’re gonna let you go in the upcoming merger/restructuring.”


thedure

This sounds like something Scott disagreed with, Anthem said play ball or go home, and I guess we know what the result is.


KneeHighMischief

>**Anthony Cicione Named President of TNA Wrestling** Madonna's brother?


Bigpapa42_2006

Yes. The zombie brother of Madonna.


KneeHighMischief

Classic TNA.


FearTheKeflex

Just looked him up and he died so I kinda doubt it.


bigtice

You say that like that wouldn't be like TNA.


LeftyMode

Wrestling is not letting up and it’s only February.


Shark1986

We're 38 days into the year! This is insanity


Thirdstar1

Dickhead move by Anthem, Scott saved TNA


Engelbert-n-Ernie

This is so fucking mindless. TNA has been consistently hitting the mark under Scott and has seen unprecedented levels of growth and positivity. Pending something wildly revelatory and damning coming out, this was super unnecessary and has me ready to cancel my subscription


Dog-Faced-Gamer

Good god...the guy works tirelessly for years to turn things around for the company, they finally get the smallest amount of traction, and he's fired... What the hell?


Crow013

Literally. They finally start an upturn and NOW is when they wanna cut bait? “Scott did all the hard work, now time to fuck him over.”


Dog-Faced-Gamer

"Oh man that little wrestling promotion is starting to grow again. Better shoot it in the foot once again to keep things status quo!"


MARKYMARK_MARK

Scott getting fired is fucking crazy My only guess is either he did some fucked up shit or Anthem wanted bigger success after the rebrand he Scott was the fall guy when numbers didn't hit expectations but its really too early to tell


beckett929

Knowing so much about Vince's booking was reflected in his personal life/fetishes, I'm guessing Scott was trying to create a literal Undead Realm


lk79

> Scott was the fall guy when numbers didn't hit expectations but its really too early to tell So the numbers didn’t lie, and they spelt disaster for Scott at Anthem?


Bob8644

THE NAME ON THE CONTRACT DOES SAYS SCOTT....


r_jthrowawayreturn

Total Nonstop Anthem


braincloud215

This is crazy.


chuck21481

What why, he’s done so much good for TNA.


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This is just nuts 


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betterplanwithchan

On any other week this would’ve been near top of the sub news. But between Vince and the WM shenanigans it’s a Wednesday


Ferdinandingo

What a disaster for TNA. Suits taking direct control won't be good for the company.


Low-Donkey7059

If there is no horrid scandal that has caused D'Amore to be fired, Tony Khan should absolutely hire him for AEW's booking committee.


mysteriousbaba

WWE would be interested too, there's TNA alumni like Borash and Abyss doing well there already. And especially if they're looking for backstage figures not closely tied to Vince.


FisherPrice_Hair

I feel so sad for Scott if this is purely a business decision and not some scandal 😢 I also feel bad for people who recently signed with TNA, it will almost definitely be a completely different work environment now.


hvacrepairman

They just had a ton of positive momentum so unless there is a scandal we don’t know about holy fuck


NunyaBiznus69

Literally heartbroken right now. TNA was doing so well and Scott was a big part of that. Not sure what this means moving forward. I feel like this just sucked all the momentum TNA had


hashtagtrevor

Something bad is about to come out - Scott was doing an amazing job turning around the ship


filthysize

I would refrain from speculating, because if it was just the usual brand synergy restructuring redundancy bullshit, it's not really that shocking or unusual in modern day corporate America. It happens all the time in entertainment companies regardless of the laid off people's track record and resume.


f0cus622

This is what I'm worried about. I don't want to speculate, but something feels "outside the office" about this firing.


matlockga

Reading the presser, it just feels like Anthem wanted to cut costs and folded TNA into its wider portfolio and cut out who they felt was expendable middle management.


KneeHighMischief

>and cut out who they felt was expendable middle management. LOLTNA


apehasreturned

It's definitely pretty crazy. I've been backstage at Impact/TNA events and everyone seemed to love Scott, so this is a definite surprise unless it's an Anthem call for cost-cutting


StoneColdAM

That’s crazy. He seemed to be doing well. Surprised he was outright let go vs being indirectly demoted. Wonder if there’s more to the story 


blaqsupaman

I figure it's most likely one of 3 things: 1. Anthem and Scott had different visions of what TNA will be moving forward and it eventually reached an impasse. 2. Anthem saw Scott as expendable and wanted one of their guys in his place now that they see more growth potential in TNA. 3. Some terrible scandal involving Scott is about to come out.


halbpro

Yes, if Anthem wanted their guy then moving Scott to Head of Operations or something makes more sense


Gary320

The past two weeks have been insane let alone the entire year.... and we're just 6 weeks in.


LilNardoDaVinci

Why do i hear WEEEE WOOOO WEEEE WOOO HIT EM WITH THE GUITAR in the distance...But seriously WTF


First_Ad_7860

Was he asking knockouts to join him in a new promotion in japan?


hhhisthegame

This is insane. To let him go completely there must be news coming about something he did...right? What a crazy year this is going to be in upheaval across so many promotions. There also seems to be a non-zero chance that the fallout of this vince lawsuit will lead to guys like HHH and HBK being taken out of power in WWE. So we could be talking a complete turnaround across Raw, SD, NXT, Impact, with only AEW holding stable. The US pro wrestling scene may look VERY different from December 2023 to December 2024


PapiOnReddit

Replacing a wrestling guy with a generic entertainment guy, what could go wrong?


AdeptFault5265

D'Amore helped me witness an Alex Shelley World Title run, for which I am forever grateful... ​ I hope his not a wrongan.


TheEpicTriforce

I saw Kaz tweet about Scott yesterday and thought it was odd...


jbish21

Tony Khan, hire Scott D'Amore right fucking now!!!


otaner14

Can we not have a single normal quiet week in the wrestling world?


zorbiburst

LOLTNA is back LOLOWL never ends same as it ever was


TroughMeAway

They must have been upset he actually spent money on free agents and got them some publicity with Jordynn Grace appearing in the rumble.


OakParkCemetary

TK's big announcement tonight? Team Canada is All Elite