TNA reportedly expects culture to ‘change for the better’ after Tommy Dreamer exit
TNA Wrestling and Tommy Dreamer appear to disagree about what will happen to the promotion now that Dreamer is gone.
Dreamer revealed last week that he and TNA president Carlos Silva had mutually agreed to part ways.
Dreamer addressed his departure from TNA Wrestling on the June 22 edition of Busted Open Radio, saying that he attempted to build a culture at TNA and believes that much is going to change now that he is no longer with the company.
“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,” Dreamer said (transcriptions via SEScoops).
Dreamer also mentioned on Busted Open that if he was still around, M by Elegance would be a “top girl” in the promotion by next year and spoke about different booking decisions he made, specifically around Mike Santana and the world title.
On Wednesday morning, a report from False Finish stated that multiple sources inside TNA Wrestling are saying that the feeling is TNA’s creative wasn’t good and that change was needed, especially with TNA being on a bigger platform now with AMC.
Gerard from False Finish wrote:
“Multiple sources inside TNA are refuting the things Tommy Dreamer is revealing today, stating that he did not want to build contenders, had control of who got pushed, and in fact, I’ve been told 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.”
Dreamer also mentioned on Busted Open Radio his belief that Santana not winning the world title at Slammiversary led to an attendance increase for Slammiversary.
Gerard from False Finish also wrote on Wednesday that one TNA source refutes Dreamer’s claim:
“A source inside TNA is strongly refuting that Tommy claiming that his booking of last years Slammiversary PPV was the reason for the record attendance at the Bound For Glory PPV last year, but rather, it was the nostalgia of the retirement match between The Hardy’s and Team 3D/Dudley Boys. That match moved 3,500 tickets before anything else was even announced for the PPV.”
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