TNA Stars Were NOT Informed of Ring of Honor Acquisition; MVP Unhappy, Young Bucks, Bennett & More Comment

By Mike Killam

As we have been reporting, Destination America has officially announced that they have acquired the broadcast rights for Ring of Honor, and will begin airing the show on Wednesdays nights as a lead-in to Impact Wrestling. It would seem that TNA talents were not informed ahead of time – whether or not TNA officials were even informed remains to be seen. 

MVP was particularly outspoken about the acquisition this afternoon. 

Of course, anyone currently on the Ring of Honor roster has to be celebrating the huge news for their promotion.   

For what this is worth, it’s a little frustrating to see everyone – and I do mean literally everyone – on social media, and in our own comments section, jumping all over this being a bad sign for TNA. The general consensus is that D.A. picked up ROH as a cheaper alternative, and will be using Impact to get them over before dumping them in September. That makes very little sense to me. Why build up an entirely new brand most are unfamiliar with on your network, when you already have a show that’s under-performing? It makes more sense that D.A. picked up ROH in a last ditch effort to save Impact, giving them a more cost-effective lead-in program on a new night, that will do nothing but bring in more core demographic viewers. If anything, this is a MAJOR sign that the network doesn’t have plans to cancel TNA in the fall. 

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