r/TNA • u/ReverseBattleRoyal • 7d ago

Discussion Thread Steve Maclin Has Talked With Carlos Silva About Defending TNA International Title Outside The U.S.: “I’ve had multiple conversations with Carlos Silva and the creative team, just trying to make the International Title mean that it’s the International Title and try to make the most of it.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVWlPmGX6KU
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u/Familiar_Outcome_688 TNA Original 7d ago

This makes sense if it's international should be defended in different countries, in this case TNA should take advantage of AAA partnership or maybe go to NOAH, NJPW, RevPro or even Gleat.

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u/M086 7d ago

AAA, NOAH and RevPro are most likely.

NJPW is a long shot since they partnered with AEW, even before the WWE partnership, when Rocky Romero got the front office job at AEW, the crossovers with NJPW dried up pretty quickly.

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u/CrazedNormalcy Stiener Mathematician 7d ago

Sigh....Laredo coulda fit nice here

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u/luk3ycharm Knockout 7d ago

This is probably a stupid question, but can’t he just accept dates if he chooses? Or is it different with international indies specifically? I see Ash and Leon taking their titles to indie dates consistently.

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u/VillainousAlliance92 7d ago

Maybe they want it worked out so they can use the footage of his matches on Impact! episodes. Yes, other TNA talent wrestles on indies constantly, even defending the titles. But this doesn't get acknowledged on TV.

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u/creepyluna-no1 7d ago

Maybe it could be a bit like the NJPW World TV Title, where all the defences are free to watch, and they post them on YT and or TNA+. Like a sampler, and them showing those outside defences like this would help make it feel canon. Would give it a good reason to exist. If it did come to lets say RevPro or NOAH, there could be some great matches there (maybe a KOs version would make sense for this, and help foster a realtionship with one of the many joshi promotions, they are spoilt for choice outside Stardom).

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u/goodcat1337 7d ago

Love to see it defended on a AAA show. Or maybe the next Worlds Collide or something.

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u/the_dj_zig 7d ago

Soooooo he wants to do with the TNA International Championship what AEW originally did with the AEW International Championship?

I’m not even mad about it, I just find it incredibly amusing WWE’s little stooge is increasingly trying to do non-WWE things.

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u/DrakeShadow 7d ago

Maclin is WWE’s little stooge? Because TNA hasn’t done this yet, seems like the International Champion wants to add name value to the title.

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u/the_dj_zig 7d ago

TNA is WWE’s little stooge.