Wrestling veteran and a top AEW star has opened up on the latest WWE-TNA partnership.
On 16th January, WWE and TNA issued a press release announcing that the two companies will be sharing talent. This collaboration comes after last year when wrestlers from the two promotions appeared on each other’s shows.
Addressing the partnership, AEW veteran Jeff Jarrett called it fantastic for the business. Founded in 2002 by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett, TNA went on to become one of the most popular names in the business in the mid-2000s. Later, the promotion changed ownership and transitioned into Impact Wrestling, before again returning to the TNA branding in January 2024.
Speaking on the latest edition of his My World podcast, ‘The Last Outlaw’ commented on the partnership.
Nobody would probably have put that on the bingo card. I guess the name TNA isn’t completely — yanno, so many people just tried to rag and bag on it. I get the, I’ll call it constructive criticism, I really do, but man, it kind of seems like — and it’s not the only reason by any stretch — but when they went back to the name and they started drawing better and kind of an influx with some different talent among other things, seems like they got a little momentum.
Of course, Conrad, when you’ve literally put not just your own money but your — I was a 34 year old man and I put everything I had including money into that brand and to see what it did from 02’ to 2010 and then to see the TNA LOL years and now here we are in 2025 and the WWE is quote tweeting it, that’s a pretty cool story to say the least. So congrats, seriously, to everyone involved, it couldn’t be obviously better for TNA but it’s fantastic for the wrestling business across the board.”
H/t Fightful
Jeff Jarrett recently signed his final wrestling contract with AEW and is currently involved in a feud with MJF.
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