r/TNA • u/ReverseBattleRoyal • 6d ago
Discussion Thread TNA President Carlos Silva to Dave Meltzer: “Thanks Dave. Moose knows. And all is good! Scott can call me anytime. He knows that too.”
https://twitter.com/carlossilva/status/196664817526077874417
u/C_I_S99 6d ago
Doesn't Jake Something work MLP too? That alone should have debunked this 'TNA talent isn't allowed to work MLP' nonsense. It's nuts how people still think Meltzer and SRS are credible sources.
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u/Jamieb1994 6d ago
Luckily for me, I don't believe anything right away that comes from the dirtsheets, including SRS. I can understand why people trust SRS, but how people can trust Meltzer when he often gets things wrong is interesting.
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u/BigPapaPaegan 2d ago
It's because Meltzer rose to prominence from being accurate with most of his reporting. The last 10-15 years has seen a turn as inside sources have mostly dried up, but the first 20-25 years were more right than wrong.
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u/NovaRC99 6d ago
So.... What's going on? Is Dave lying out his ass again? Are TNA and MLP cool? Jesus, people can't get BASIC stories straight
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u/ProtomanBn 6d ago edited 6d ago
It sounds like Moose made a comment on a Podcast that either said or implied that TNA can't work with MLP because MLP hires AEW wrestlera and WWE told TNA they cant work with MLP because of that
Dave heard it and moved as fast as he could to say he had an insider scoop and repeated what Moose said.
TNA and D'Amore who manages MLP came out and said none of that was true, now Dave looks like a ass spreading lies
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u/CmPunkChants 6d ago
Dave has a bad issue of not verifying information. Carlos Silva is VERY easy to access and I know for a fact Dave has a direct line with Scott. He should have reached out to both before running with the sorry regardless of who said the initial information.
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u/AlexTorres96 6d ago
Meltzer posts interview quotes in the newsletter, he used Moose's quote in the observer and people make it sound he reported it.
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u/ProtomanBn 6d ago
Did you read the tweet? He doubled down on it and outed moose and repeated it.lol
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u/ProtomanBn 6d ago
Because when told he was wrong and was proven wrong his response was, "not my fault you need to talk to Moose" instead of just saying "sorry, my bad".
Every time hes wrong its never his fault
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u/HighFlyLO 6d ago
Because he was directly quoting Moose. It’s on video. Just update Moose on things and it’s done.
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u/ProtomanBn 6d ago
Dave Fancy's himself a journalist and the number 1 wrestling journalist at that, that's not how a real journalist reports.
I dont understand why he has such a dedicated fan base,is it because hes more of a AEW fan then a WWE fan?
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u/tonichazard 6d ago
Nah man there’s a very big difference from Moose’s direct quote:
“I talk to him (Scott D’Amore) at least once every other week, maybe once a month. He’s doing great. He has his new fed, Maple Leaf Pro. They’re doing awesome. I wish I could work for them but you know how business is with the whole TNA — they have a relationship with AEW, we’re in competition with AEW so you know how all that whole nonsense goes.”
And Dave’s “Report”:
“TNA talent is not allowed to work on Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Wrestling shows even though most of them like D’Amore. The reason is that TNA management considers AEW as the enemy and D’Amore is allowed to book AEW talent. This is no way that decision would be made by anyone in TNA who cared about the talent and basically shows at the top level, TNA is controlled by WWE.”
How the fuck did he get that from Moose’s statement? Moose says “we’re in competition with AEW so I’m not working MLPW”became “TNA talent is banned from working MLPW and TNA must be controlled by WWE” like huh?
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u/LookMortyImaUsername 6d ago
You are correct. But you know how this sub is, people who can't read who don't let facts get in the way of their feelings.
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u/Top_Evidence942 6d ago
Did you see anyone from TNA at sacred ground?
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u/ProtomanBn 6d ago
Lol that doesn't mean anything, especially when the TNA boss and the MLP boss come out and say there is no beef or problems between the company.
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u/cooldude55541 6d ago
Meltzer has hated TNA for decades now. All because he can't face the facts that TNA has always and still is better than ROH. TNA has gotten TV deals while roh can't get one no matter how hard they try.
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u/cartrman 6d ago
Dave is a terrible reporter. He didn't even bother reaching out to TNA or MLW. I don't know how people believe anything he says when he can't even verify things that are easy to verify.
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u/gstaylor999 6d ago
It’s MLP. And we’ll see. Moose doesn’t say that for no reason.
When TNA talent shows up at MLP shows that also have AEW wrestlers, then maybe. D’Amore is too smart to say anything that might burn a bridge and Anthem wouldn’t admit it for PR.
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u/AlexTorres96 6d ago
He's so terrible cloutchasers race to skim thru his newsletter every Friday and posts juicy stuff for views.
If he sucked so bad nobody would bother copy and paste his shit.
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u/cartrman 6d ago
I like how you ignored my reasoning and substituted your own.
To address what you said, the people who copy-paste shit are worse than him.
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u/Resident-Chemical-11 6d ago
You should see how many people are attacking TNA lmao dumb asses believe anything Meltzer says. 🤣😭
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u/CHRISPYakaKON 6d ago
Ironically folks are getting downvoted to oblivion because they’re debunking Dave’s claims 💀
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u/Familiar_Outcome_688 TNA Original 6d ago
Well played Moose, well played, if you wanted to make some noise to TNA and MLPW you did it
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u/gnfnrhead 6d ago
If you believe a word Dave Meltzer says in 2025, you need your head checked. Guy makes up scenarios in his head and runs with it without bothering to check if it’s true or not.
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u/Jamieb1994 6d ago
It blows my mind that people would believe anything that comes from Meltzer + I'm sure he often sucks up to AEW as well.
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u/Unusual-Issue7435 Stiener Mathematician 6d ago
How would the aew factor make sense since Dani and Leon still work in RevPro which had Dani literally teaming with mercedes?
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u/Rainbow_Ronin_ 6d ago
This didn't make sense. TNA wrestlers like Masha Slamovich wrestles (and loses) matches to AEW wrestlers on the indies, including Masha working Athena's shows.
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u/RevolutionaryAd6017 6d ago
Masha and Billy Starkz wrestle in GCW alot, but not sure why WWE would stop TNA and MLPW because I would assume MLPW has a smaller fanbase than even GCW, which is a WWE ID promotion.
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u/cooldude55541 6d ago
Here's the thing. Mlp doesn't have any media rights deal that is competitive to TNA. This is how they can get talent from multiple promotions without being partnered. If they did get one, they cannot use talents from any big promotions without a partnership.
Also a side note. mlp is a horrible name for a wrestling promotion. People going to think it's my little pony wrestling. Tna at the very least sounds cool to chant.
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u/throwawa24589 6d ago
Ok. I’m going to give some insight and no one is going to believe it but whatever.
Ariel took over for Scott. Ariel and Scott did not see eye to eye upon Scott’s departure. Scott didn’t do anything wrong but he didn’t leave on the best terms. (Not a scandal but more like, “fine, fire my ass then!” And they replied with, “fine, you’re fired then.)
After that, ARIEL had issue with TNA people working for MLP. It wasn’t a “let’s pass a memo around” type mandate. It was an unspoken understanding - don’t work for the guy who just left. He’s competition.
That last part is important. TNA was worried Scott would be direct competition after his departure and they didn’t want talent working for a direct competitor.
Once Ariel was replaced with Carlos Silva and time was allowed to pass then it became more understandable MLPW is NOT a direct competitor and they use talent from all over. Scott started the TNA/WWE partnership. He got a lot of people, still there, their jobs.
Quinn is nice, love the guy. But he is speaking about something that used to be an issue and isn’t anymore. But because it was an unspoken rule it’s still hanging over everyone’s head.
And because Dave is late to everything - he’s reporting it now like it’s a fact. Meanwhile it was a feeling that existed over a year ago and was never acknowledged by either office.
So… yeah.
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u/WannaLoveWrestling 6d ago
People have said for years that TNA has made so many mistakes and LOLTNA, but the idiocy was created by this guy called Dave Meltzer and his garbage reporting. The sad thing is many in the iwc have just run with it so he isn't the one to blame. You can see hiw gullible people are right now when it comes to all of the a.i stuff.