TNA president Dixie Carter recently discussed several topics including WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon saying that TNA isn't much competition to the No. 1 promotion in the world.
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Carter spoke to The Huffington Post's Royal Ramblings blog and addressed McMahon telling "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on their WWE Network interview Monday that TNA isn't much competition to the WWE.
"Well, I think it's ridiculous to say that we're not competition," Carter told the site. "If we weren't competition they wouldn't try to stop our growth at every turn. We're both wrestling companies and so competing for the same networks internationally and the same ticket sales globally and therefore you are competitors but all we can do is focus on what we do best. My big focus for 2015 is to further distinguish our product from anybody else's out there. What can we do better and what have we been doing great that we can take to another level. We're going to be announcing in the coming weeks some realty exciting changes to our show and that's a big part - trying to make our brand much more distinctive than not just WWE but other wrestling companies around the world."
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Carter, who also cited Bobby Lashley as a breakthrough star, addressed TNA Impact Wrestling's big move from Spike TV to Destination America starting next month and discussed the rationale behind making the move.
"I needed to find somebody who wanted not just to license a two hour show from us but to be a true partner on every level," Carter said. "Anyone who wants to can get Destination America and add it to their cable line up - they're part of the Discovery Communications Group which is massive and the number one pay TV programmer in the world and this deal is also a global deal. So I'm just excited about all the different unique opportunities that we're going to have to help grow our brand. We're looking at it as a completely fresh start and the timing is perfect. I just can't wait for everybody to feel what I'm feeling."
Carter also addressed the rumors that TNA talents were kept in the dark during the company's search for a new network home.
"I don't think it's true. The talent were the first to hear everything that I could possibly say and they knew that," she said. "I had very blunt discussions with them during the process. I told them that I needed them to trust me and that there was more I wanted to share but for the sake of our livelihoods, that it wouldn't be good business or prudent to do so. I told them I was going to work very hard and that we had interest from several places. However, as I said earlier, I was looking for somebody that wanted to make not just a financial but a time and effort investment into us and into our talent. I wasn't going to stop until I found that. So the talent were part of the process the entire way, I told them as much as I possibly could and they were the first to hear the news when I could tell them."
A new chapter for TNA Wrestling begins when Impact Wrestling moves to Destination America in 2015.
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