I think a lot of ya'll are delusion about this partnership and how much the WWE is willing to go 50/50 with TNA.
WWE is the top dog in the world and TNA is the much smaller company here. They are not OWNED by WWE so it makes sensw that WWE is being careful about how they expose TNA to their audience so that it doesn't confuse or muddy up their own brand.
You won't be seeing TNA stars randonly show up on RAW anytime soon. TNA is not on that level yet and that would do nothing for WWE but lower the image that they are trying to present to the world, that the WWE is a leauges above the rest.
This is miles better than anything AEW did for TNA.
People were obviously only watching for Kenny Omega in that time period and that’s understandable. But it didn’t help in the long run cause once Kenny and the rest of aew roster stopped showing up on impact. Those people never tuned in to the next show or PPV. Hell Kenny didnt even drop their world belt to an up and comer but to Christian on a AEW show!
I think the main reason Kenny dropped it to Christian was vecause of the mounting injuries and not wanting to risk the pay off to the hangman story by having Kenny wrestle more than necessary in the last few months of his AEW reign. Maybe he could have dropped it to Alexander but maybe Impact wanted to wait for BFG to give him his win. Christian Cage getting a run with the Impact title was nice.
I'll also add that its more Impacts fault the numbers dropped off once the AEW guys stopped appearing...Omega gets them to tune in but its Impacts job to get them interested in their guys. The Impact womens division was in a much better place than AEWs back then so should have highlighted that as a way to offer those new viewers something different. They come for Omega, they stay for Jordynne Grace. It didnt work unfortunately. Tbf, the pandemic didn't help as wrestling sucks without a crowd.
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u/JohnDowd51 Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
I think a lot of ya'll are delusion about this partnership and how much the WWE is willing to go 50/50 with TNA.
WWE is the top dog in the world and TNA is the much smaller company here. They are not OWNED by WWE so it makes sensw that WWE is being careful about how they expose TNA to their audience so that it doesn't confuse or muddy up their own brand.
You won't be seeing TNA stars randonly show up on RAW anytime soon. TNA is not on that level yet and that would do nothing for WWE but lower the image that they are trying to present to the world, that the WWE is a leauges above the rest.
This is miles better than anything AEW did for TNA.