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TNA Wrestling has had not 1, but FIVE pieces of bad news over the past week.
First of all, Chris Sabin is gone. This was confirmed by Nadimmania last week. Sabin had been in TNA wrestling for almost all of its existence. He is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion who also holds the record for most TNA X-Division Championship wins.
Second, Daniels is gone. Daniels denied Internet rumours that he would be finishing up with the company soon. However, he was surprised when his contract expired last week, and TNA still haven’t planned contract negotiations. This means that they do not plan on making a new contract offer to Daniels. Daniels recently admitted that he was hurt that he heard the news online, and nobody confirmed it to him until it was official. Daniels’ release came as a bit of a shock to wrestling fans too, as his involvement was part of the TNA’s deal with Wrestle-1 in Japan.
Thirdly, Kazarian is gone. Kazarian is a guy that TNA had held a lot of faith in until recently. He received frequent pushes but never caught on with fans as a main-event player. His release does not mean that TNA have given up on him. Kazarian was being paid a lot, and was not willing to take a pay cut. TNA theorised that they can hire 2 rookies for the price of Kazarian.
Hernandez was recently released too. Hernandez is a TNA made talent who was once poised to be their big Mexican star. However, frequent injuries and poor ability at learning Spanish hurt this goal. Over the last few years, TNA felt that Hernandez hurt his look with too many tattoos, and did not look comfortable in singles matches. Hernandez had not been used in months and there were no plans for him to be brought back to television any time soon.
The final piece of bad news is possibly the worst. During the last set of tapings, the entire production crew threatened to quit. When TNA has had money troubles, they have been slow at paying wrestlers. Things have gotten so bad that they had fallen behind with paying the production crew as well. They gave management 24 hours to pay them; otherwise they would refuse to work the remaining tapings of the week. Management hastily wrote cheques to keep them happy.
TNA are still feeling the after effects of the Hogan-era. They lost much of their money over-paying the wrong people (including Hulk Hogan and his daughter Brooke), and overbooking arenas that were far bigger than they needed. Hogan has been gone for several months, but many of the stars that they have been pushing since then have proven to be very poor draws. The biggest example is Magnus, who has been TNA World Heavyweight Champion for several months. Magnus was the only person within the last 2 years to actually be offered a pay RISE with his contract. However, TNA has finally come to the realisation that he is not as over as they thought. He is to be repackaged in the hopes of making him a top attraction.
Similarly, TNA recently announced that James Storm, Gunner, Robbie E and Bram had all signed long-term deals with the company. Amazingly, the only one that generated any excitement was Robbie E, despite the fact that he had jobbed most of his matches since his debut. However, there is a feeling that Gunner and James Storm will get over with fans after their match at Sacrafice. TNA fans were not to bothered about Bram as many do not know who he is, and did not see him on WWE NXT.
First of all, Chris Sabin is gone. This was confirmed by Nadimmania last week. Sabin had been in TNA wrestling for almost all of its existence. He is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion who also holds the record for most TNA X-Division Championship wins.
Second, Daniels is gone. Daniels denied Internet rumours that he would be finishing up with the company soon. However, he was surprised when his contract expired last week, and TNA still haven’t planned contract negotiations. This means that they do not plan on making a new contract offer to Daniels. Daniels recently admitted that he was hurt that he heard the news online, and nobody confirmed it to him until it was official. Daniels’ release came as a bit of a shock to wrestling fans too, as his involvement was part of the TNA’s deal with Wrestle-1 in Japan.
Thirdly, Kazarian is gone. Kazarian is a guy that TNA had held a lot of faith in until recently. He received frequent pushes but never caught on with fans as a main-event player. His release does not mean that TNA have given up on him. Kazarian was being paid a lot, and was not willing to take a pay cut. TNA theorised that they can hire 2 rookies for the price of Kazarian.
Hernandez was recently released too. Hernandez is a TNA made talent who was once poised to be their big Mexican star. However, frequent injuries and poor ability at learning Spanish hurt this goal. Over the last few years, TNA felt that Hernandez hurt his look with too many tattoos, and did not look comfortable in singles matches. Hernandez had not been used in months and there were no plans for him to be brought back to television any time soon.
The final piece of bad news is possibly the worst. During the last set of tapings, the entire production crew threatened to quit. When TNA has had money troubles, they have been slow at paying wrestlers. Things have gotten so bad that they had fallen behind with paying the production crew as well. They gave management 24 hours to pay them; otherwise they would refuse to work the remaining tapings of the week. Management hastily wrote cheques to keep them happy.
TNA are still feeling the after effects of the Hogan-era. They lost much of their money over-paying the wrong people (including Hulk Hogan and his daughter Brooke), and overbooking arenas that were far bigger than they needed. Hogan has been gone for several months, but many of the stars that they have been pushing since then have proven to be very poor draws. The biggest example is Magnus, who has been TNA World Heavyweight Champion for several months. Magnus was the only person within the last 2 years to actually be offered a pay RISE with his contract. However, TNA has finally come to the realisation that he is not as over as they thought. He is to be repackaged in the hopes of making him a top attraction.
Similarly, TNA recently announced that James Storm, Gunner, Robbie E and Bram had all signed long-term deals with the company. Amazingly, the only one that generated any excitement was Robbie E, despite the fact that he had jobbed most of his matches since his debut. However, there is a feeling that Gunner and James Storm will get over with fans after their match at Sacrafice. TNA fans were not to bothered about Bram as many do not know who he is, and did not see him on WWE NXT.
