Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 7, 2024 13:13:23 GMT -5
From PWInsider:
Just weeks after the company held its most successful weekend in years, Hard to Kill in Las Vegas, Scott D'Amore is out as the TNA President, PWInsider.com can confirm. 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.
PWInsider.com had been chasing this story over the last week and after multiple requests for comment, received the following statement minutes ago, confirming today that Anthony Cicone, Anthem's President of Entertainment, has been named the new President of TNA Wrestling and will run the day to day of the promotion.
There had been some quiet rumblings for several weeks that change could be happening among some in the company after several Anthem execs including Cicione and Ariel Schener, Vice President of Business Development had been reaching out to both TNA staff and roster members to get a better understanding of how the actual promotion operated while getting feedback on the company. The fact Anthem execs had reached out to talent raised talk among some given how out of character it was, but it appears Anthem was preparing for life without D'Amore and getting the lay of the land as they shift TNA’s positioning internally in their company.
Just weeks after the company held its most successful weekend in years, Hard to Kill in Las Vegas, Scott D'Amore is out as the TNA President, PWInsider.com can confirm. 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.
PWInsider.com had been chasing this story over the last week and after multiple requests for comment, received the following statement minutes ago, confirming today that Anthony Cicone, Anthem's President of Entertainment, has been named the new President of TNA Wrestling and will run the day to day of the promotion.
There had been some quiet rumblings for several weeks that change could be happening among some in the company after several Anthem execs including Cicione and Ariel Schener, Vice President of Business Development had been reaching out to both TNA staff and roster members to get a better understanding of how the actual promotion operated while getting feedback on the company. The fact Anthem execs had reached out to talent raised talk among some given how out of character it was, but it appears Anthem was preparing for life without D'Amore and getting the lay of the land as they shift TNA’s positioning internally in their company.