Breaking News: Carter family looking to sell TNA wrestling

[jimbob007]

[DUKENUK3M]

LOL at TNA

Anyone remember the "Monday night wars"

[Murph0408]

LOL wait what about that post a week or two ago where the guy said TNA was raking in millions and doing record numbers overseas?? and now it's for sale? incredible how quickly that all changed!

brb searching post history and prepping negs

[Celtic8Laoch]

LOL wait what about that post a week or two ago where the guy said TNA was raking in millions and doing record numbers overseas?? and now it's for sale? incredible how quickly that all changed!

brb searching post history and prepping negs

[CitizenVagrant]

BUT the real question is: how will this effect Ethan Carter's push now that the Carters are not involved?!?!

[kronzino]

We should get the entire misc to chip in $5 and buy it.

Inb4 10 year title run for Rob Terry

[anonymous]

I like how the only TNA thread that gets responses is the one about it being sold.

You guys know that the Carter's could just not sell to Vince and the new owner will keep the company going.

We should get the entire misc to chip in $5 and buy it.

Inb4 10 year title run for Rob Terry

Ugh. I'll put in $10 to be a principal owner and prevent that haha

[SquirtlePower]

I like how the only TNA thread that gets responses is the one about it being sold.

You guys know that the Carter's could just not sell to Vince and the new owner will keep the company going.

But see here's the thing. Who the hell wants to stick with TNA after it's been sold? Your current boss(s) just basically told you, "well guys this thing isn't making any money and I have no more faith in your work so before I lose anymore I'm gonna sell the company." I don't know about you, but the phrase "job security" seems like a foreign word after a move like this. Personally if I was a pro wrestler I would gtfo of there, this is just another big red flag that tells you it's only a matter of time before TNA suffers WCW's fate. You can't go head to head with the E, it's just not going to happen ever again.


Would be a damn shame for a legend like Angle to spend over half of his career and finish it in a glorified indy promotion with a TV deal.

[anonymous]

is viacom the parent company of spike tv?
they'd buy it. for whatever reason it seems like they enjoy having a wrestling program on their network

[TimDF]

Vince should buy it for the lulz.

He is use to pissing away money. What's a few million more?

[jimbob007]

But see here's the thing. Who the hell wants to stick with TNA after it's been sold? Your current boss(s) just basically told you, "well guys this thing isn't making any money and I have no more faith in your work so before I lose anymore I'm gonna sell the company." I don't know about you, but the phrase "job security" seems like a foreign word after a move like this. Personally if I was a pro wrestler I would gtfo of there, this is just another big red flag that tells you it's only a matter of time before TNA suffers WCW's fate. You can't go head to head with the E, it's just not going to happen ever again. Would be a damn shame for a legend like Angle to spend over half of his career and finish it in a glorified indy promotion with a TV deal.

Yep & TNA is fast approaching the time WCW was in business. This puts paid to all the talk of them making money-the thing has lost money since day one 11 years ago & no doubt Dixie turning heel was her last desperate attempt to turn the corner-having been told that is what turned WWF's fortune around 15 years ago & led to years of huge money, what those people failed to tell her is it was passe/done to death by 2001, just like these people told her Hogan always drew huge in WCW etc.

Anybody who buys it is an idiot. The guys might as well just hang in there until it folds & get what they can-of WWE want them they will make them an offer, if not they can do the indies & Japan, conventions, shoot iinterviews etc.

[D-Wade7288]

As a fan of TNA since 2002, I really hope this doesn't happen. Believe me, they aren't doing the best in the business, nor is anyone else really. I'm sorry guys but this company needs to stick around. I think the new ownership would do nothing but benefit the company.

If someone can come in and change the landscape of their product, it would help WWE too. Their product has been a bit lackluster as of late.

Oh well, I cannot say if Vince does buy it that we haven't all saw it coming.

[JUSA]

For bringing in Hogan and Bischoff, believing all their lies, and allowing them to undo so much of what made TNA unique and special (at the time pre-Hogan), **** them they have this coming. What I can not wait to hear is the Hogan shoot interviews where he absolutely buries Carter and blames everything on her (when she basically gave him complete control). Should be a hoot.

[Kingpig]

Lol Eric bischoff gtfo!
He needs to cement his ass in a strip club getting all the Hla he desires and leave wrestling organizations to smart people

[TimDF]

For bringing in Hogan and Bischoff, believing all their lies, and allowing them to undo so much of what made TNA unique and special (at the time pre-Hogan), **** them they have this coming. What I can not wait to hear is the Hogan shoot interviews where he absolutely buries Carter and blames everything on her (when she basically gave him complete control). Should be a hoot.

Lol this.

He will come up with some crazy unreal story about how Vince offered him to be a EVP within WWE, but he stayed loyal to TNA to help build it, but somehow Dixie ruined it all.

[jimbob007]

As a fan of TNA since 2002, I really hope this doesn't happen. Believe me, they aren't doing the best in the business, nor is anyone else really. I'm sorry guys but this company needs to stick around. I think the new ownership would do nothing but benefit the company.

If someone can come in and change the landscape of their product, it would help WWE too. Their product has been a bit lackluster as of late.

Oh well, I cannot say if Vince does buy it that we haven't all saw it coming.

I doubt Vince would even lower himself to buy it-what could it offer him other than a tape library? Nobody in wrestling has the money to buy it & make it work with all the problems facing wrestling companies today, so the only likely buyer will be another money mark & none of those have been successful.

[D-Wade7288]

I doubt Vince would even lower himself to buy it-what could it offer him other than a tape library? Nobody in wrestling has the money to buy it & make it work with all the problems facing wrestling companies today, so the only likely buyer will be another money mark & none of those have been successful.

True that jimbob. Do you guys actually think they could succeed under the right ownership?

[jimbob007]

[kneeonbelly]

thanks hogan

[Jeeter]

Me and Namean will pitch in 20 bucks and we'll have TNA back in their prime in no time.

[FleeceJohnson]

heelmax with the hover hands

[anonymous]

heelmax with the hover hands

lololol!

I like her boob window

[y2zipper]

WWE doesn't want TNA or it's talent. Angle on a part-time deal and Jeff Hardy are the only guys WWE would pick up (and maybe Sting for a one-time deal). Most of the other talent is on the street if WWE buys, but they won't.

TNA has a place and an audience that it can appeal to if a smart owner buys it. It gets good ratings from a network TV deal on Spike, and can make money if they don't go on the road and don't try to do huge pay per views too often. The owner they need is somebody happy making money by playing second fiddle to the WWE and appealing to the audience that hates the WWE product.

[IntensityX]

This just in. I just bought TNA for only a piece of lint,a cheeseburger,fries and a diet sprite. I will change TNA I promise by making Abyss the Fake Kane and Tazz as X-Division champion.

[pearljamfan]

bob carter had lost around $50 million on tna before hogan and bischoff were even signed so its been a money losing business since the day jerry jarrett founded it

[War Machine]

I emailed Dave at PWInsider and this was the reply

We have asked people in TNA and they are denying that it's true. With that said, almost everything is for sale for the right price. I just say good luck finding a buyer!

[brezlad]

True that jimbob. Do you guys actually think they could succeed under the right ownership?

It could succeed with smart investments, meaning not handing people like Hogan a shed load of money.

I seriously doubt they, or any promotion for the matter, will ever be able to seriously compete with WWE.

[D-Wade7288]

It could succeed with smart investments, meaning not handing people like Hogan a shed load of money.

I seriously doubt they, or any promotion for the matter, will ever be able to seriously compete with WWE.

Unless Ted Turner comes around, and another great mind of the business comes into the light or takes over I would have to probably agree.

[mponce99]

Maybe that was why mick foley tweeted "doesn't everyone miss kurt angle in the wwe" something along those lines?

[mtdman]

The only reason Vince bought WCW was for the video library. According to Flair on a Steve Austin podcast, he got WCW for like $5 million. And most of the value there is the library. He wanted that to sell dvds, like he's doing now. Same thing with ECW. He's making $$ off those old match dvds.

Why on earth would he want to buy TNA? There's nothing of value there. All he has to do is wait it out and let it strangle on the vine. Then all those wrestlers will have no where to go and the top names will end up in the WWE again anyway. If I was Vince I'd let it rot away to nothing and save my $$.