Pro Wrestling Illustrated announced this week that they are no longer recognzing the TNA Championship as a world title. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be the only recognized world title going forward.
PWI senior writer has more on this story on the PWI podcast.
For more info on our decision to strip TNA's world title status check out 5/26 episode of the @OfficialPWI Podcast: http://t.co/y2OsIBYne0
— Al Castle (@AlCastlePWI) June 30, 2015
Here are some quotes from his interview on the Busted Open Radio show on Sirius XM radio.
"When you have the NXT Title meaning more than TNA's, it's hard to say with a straight face that TNA is a World Title." – @AlCastlePWI
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) June 30, 2015
"Whether I want TNA to go out of business or not, they deserve to…No business stays around when they're doing a poor job" – @AlCastlePWI
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) June 30, 2015
"John Cena, Stone Cold and The Rock could show up on iMPACT…and it wouldn't make a difference." – @AlCastlePWI on TNA's future.
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) June 30, 2015
"TNA made their own bed. I'm sad to see some of these guys lose work, but this is not a company that deserves to survive." – @AlCastlePWI
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) June 30, 2015
.@AlCastlePWI says @ringofhonor is the number 2 company and could be considered recognized as a World Championship in PWI someday.
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) June 30, 2015
"It's not a reflection on the talent…It's a reflection on management." – @AlCastlePWI on TNA. Loves the talent. Management, not so much.
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) June 30, 2015
Of course, TNA’s Bob Ryder decided to chime in with his thoughts.
Ridiculous that a guy with 282 followers who writes for a print mag with about that many readers got airtime to blast us. @BustedOpenRadio
— Bob Ryder (@brydertna) June 30, 2015
Exchanged email w/ Stu Saks asking him to repudiate comments made by senior writer on @BustedOpenRadio that TNA doesn't deserve to survive.
— Bob Ryder (@brydertna) June 30, 2015
The hits just keep on coming for TNA. Over the last couple of years, if people in TNA management had focused on getting their talent and production people paid on time and focused on continuing to make their product better and not being WWE-lite then maybe they’d still be on Spike TV. The wrestlers have done their job and the in-ring work has been great this year but the show feels like the final months of WCW. I don’t think TNA should go out of business because I don’t want to see wrestlers out of work but I can understand the frustration with TNA that might make some people say that.
