DichEvans
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Post by DichEvans on Jun 14, 2024 12:41:21 GMT -5
Anthem has turned down a few buyers in the last decade, which would have given their initial purchase a fairly big ROI. It seems like Anthem values TNA as more as a content producer for their larger business than just an investment
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Post by chrom on Jun 14, 2024 15:39:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't be shocked. Dixie tried selling to WWE back in 2016, though Anthem having part ownership of the tape library at that point pretty much put the kibosh on it. I always heard Dixie never considered WWE because it would mean the company closing. She wanted to sell to someone who would continue to run it. One of her conditions for selling was that she'd still own and be in charge of the company |
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Post by cjh on Jun 14, 2024 16:32:15 GMT -5
I always heard Dixie never considered WWE because it would mean the company closing. She wanted to sell to someone who would continue to run it. One of her conditions for selling was that she'd still own and be in charge of the company When Anthem purchased the company in January 2017, Dixie got to keep 5% of it. I'm not sure if they've bought that from her since then. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 14, 2024 16:45:07 GMT -5
One of her conditions for selling was that she'd still own and be in charge of the company When Anthem purchased the company in January 2017, Dixie got to keep 5% of it. I'm not sure if they've bought that from her since then. I feel like that’d be something we’d know by now through SEC filings and such. I will give Dixie this, she’s loyal to TNA to a T. Even Paul Heyman was willing to throw ECW firmly under the bus when Vince gave him the opportunity to jump. |
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Post by cosmo on Jun 14, 2024 16:54:27 GMT -5
I couldn't tell you any of AXS's programming beyond Impact and New Japan's show, so not selling to TKO/WWE would probably be worth it for them just so people have a reason to watch their channel.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jun 14, 2024 16:58:52 GMT -5
When Anthem purchased the company in January 2017, Dixie got to keep 5% of it. I'm not sure if they've bought that from her since then. I feel like that’d be something we’d know by now through SEC filings and such. I will give Dixie this, she’s loyal to TNA to a T. Even Paul Heyman was willing to throw ECW firmly under the bus when Vince gave him the opportunity to jump. IMO it was less loyalty to TNA at that point but that she saw TNA as her only exposure. If someone had offered to buy TNA without her but promised her a reality show I think she would have dumped it in a second. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 14, 2024 17:00:55 GMT -5
I feel like that’d be something we’d know by now through SEC filings and such. I will give Dixie this, she’s loyal to TNA to a T. Even Paul Heyman was willing to throw ECW firmly under the bus when Vince gave him the opportunity to jump. IMO it was less loyalty to TNA at that point but that she saw TNA as her only exposure. If someone had offered to buy TNA without her but promised her a reality show I think she would have dumped it in a second. Great, now Nick Khan is going to see this and TKO will buy her stake with that offer! Thanks, Feyr! |
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Post by cosmo on Jun 14, 2024 17:03:16 GMT -5
I feel like that’d be something we’d know by now through SEC filings and such. I will give Dixie this, she’s loyal to TNA to a T. Even Paul Heyman was willing to throw ECW firmly under the bus when Vince gave him the opportunity to jump. IMO it was less loyalty to TNA at that point but that she saw TNA as her only exposure. If someone had offered to buy TNA without her but promised her a reality show I think she would have dumped it in a second.
Dixie always struck me as being the weird kind of money mark that used wrestling to meet celebrities, as opposed to using wrestling to meet her favorite wrestlers.
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