The promotion are seeking to secure a long-awaited TV deal.
TNA Wrestling has long been rumoured to be pursuing a TV or streaming deal, with the promotion seeking to greatly expand its availability to fans across the United States.
Speaking to Scott Fisherman of TV Insider ahead of October 12’s Bound For Glory, TNA President Carlos Silva provided an update, revealing that the company is now in active negotiations with a potential partner.
“We’re now in active negotiations with a partner, and we’re going to work through that. I can’t really put a timeline on how long that will take. The good news is the process has started. We’re no longer just talking to a bunch of people to sort of gauge interest. Now we have an interested partner and working through potentially a deal for 2026. It’s going to happen as soon as it can happen. We were working on it as recently as yesterday, exchanging papers and trying to figure it out. We’re excited about it and keep pushing it forward to get this over the finish line. It’s done when it’s over the finish line.”
-Carlos Silva
In addition to discussions of a potential TV deal, speculation has been mounting that Anthem Entertainment may be looking towards selling TNA Wrestling to another company.
When asked about his track record of buying and selling companies in relation to TNA’s current situation, Silva said that significant investment, or even a full-scale sale, could be possible if the promotion’s momentum continues to grow.
“I have built up and sold a number of properties throughout my career. I think the key to all of that is having a great product. We’re going to keep building the product and keep building the audience and keep building the digital platforms and the social. We’re going to keep building our partnerships we have with WWE and NXT, which is great. That’s going to bring in sponsorships. We are going to keep building up the engine. If we do all that, yeah, there could definitely be people that come and knock on our door and say, “can we give you investment dollars?” Or they may say, “can we buy you?” But if we don’t build the product or make it great, none of that other stuff happens. That’s a great problem to have. And I’m happy to talk about that great problem as we continue to build TNA. Right now, we’re concentrating on getting through 2025, kill it at Bound for Glory, and then build the rest of the year so we can launch into 2026. Opportunities come your way when you’re healthy and have a great product.”
-Carlos Silva
TNA’s Bound For Glory is scheduled for October 12 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, and will feature several NXT stars as part of the promotion’s working relationship with WWE.
On the topic of a potential TV deal, TNA’s Director of Authority Santino Marella recently stated that such a deal could propel the promotion to become the number two wrestling company in the United States. You can read more about that here.
Elsewhere in the buildup to Bound For Glory, Silva was asked about Joe Hendry’s status as a ‘TNA guy’ amidst an increasing number of WWE appearances. You can read more about that here.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on TNA Wrestling’s negotiations over a potential TV/streaming deal as soon as we hear more.
