TNA’s full-scale invasion of NXT looks set to continue.
This past Tuesday’s episode of NXT ended with the TNA roster interrupting the Winner Takes All match between NXT Champion Oba Femi and TNA World Champion Trick Williams, and it seems that the war between the two promotions is just getting started.
According to BodySlam, discussions have been held regarding a PLE or TV special involving both NXT and TNA as a throwback to 2001’s Invasion PPV.
“Sources indicate that there have been discussions of a PLE or TV special involving both TNA and NXT which would be a throwback to the 2001 Invasion PPV that WWE recently filed to trademark the name of.”
-BodySlam
As highlighted within the report, this follows WWE filing to trademark ‘Invasion’ on September 24, with the full description found below:
Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment
On top of their ongoing relationship with WWE, TNA are also optimistic of securing a TV deal in the near future, with Santino Marella claiming that such a deal would put them ahead of AEW’s as the United States’ number two professional wrestling promotion. You can read more about that here.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on TNA’s invasion of NXT as soon as we hear more.
