Weekend Rewind – TNA, Will They Be Bought?

Smashing-PumpkinsJeremy and I addressed the TNA sales rumors on the Audio this past Friday. Janice Carter, mother of Dixie Carter, emphatically denied them later that day proving that once again, we have a mole inside of TNA. Prowrestling.net was still standing behind their sales story even after this news. We don’t care who’s right because we’re either going to continue watching a train wreck or be hopeful that a new owner can come up with better ideas than the current regime.

To confirm that things are going swimmingly for Impact Wrestling, TNA announced on Saturday that the Impact Zone at Universal Studios will now be broadcast from Soundstage 19 instead of the old Soundstage 21. This is important because they are moving from a stage that is 22,000 to one that is 16,500 or a 25% reduction in size. This would be like the WWE deciding that instead of using Madison Square Garden that their new home base is back in the Hammerstein Ballroom where they debuted Raw. I’m sure TNA is perfectly happy with this turn of events.

The last in the trilogy of news pieces on Dot Net about TNA this weekend was revealing that one possible buyer could be Billy Corrigan of The Smashing Pumpkins. It’s possible that he is just going to buy part of the company. Corrigan currently owns Resistance Pro Wrestling in Chicago and he had interest in buying ECW. It would be interesting to watch some of his current promotion to get a glance at how TNA might be run in the future but I’m having a hard time getting through website. The opening page starts things off poorly by featuring a giant picture of R Pro Champion “The Ego” Robert Anthony and his giant nipples. By going to their website’s merchandise tab, I can see that he has a similar infatuation with former WWE employees that TNA has. By looking at their roster, at least none of them are on the roster. At least it looks like they’d make the roster a manageable size unlike TNA.

We will keep an eye on the TNA sales situation, unless we’re having a Siamese Dream about Stunt Granny booking TNA. – Kevin

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