TNA Wrestling President Carlos Silva mentioned back in July that the company is approximately 60 to 90 days away from securing a new media rights deal, as they are seeking a larger platform than AXS TV.
In an interview with Lucha Libre Online, TNA Wrestling star and pro wrestling veteran Santino Marella discussed several topics, including his belief that once the company finalizes a new TV deal, it will surpass AEW as the #2 wrestling promotion in the U.S.
This is what Santino Marella said, “The people from TNA in the past are happy for us. Obviously, the current locker room is ecstatic about the growth. When I came here, it was not like this, I know sometimes we were in Nashville or even Toronto, we had 350 or 500 people. But we believed in ourselves. Now we have the audience size that feels right and we deliver every time. Every time we’ve had a sold out crowd, we’ve never not had a good show. We’ve never wasted an opportunity. Bound For Glory is going to be another one, we’re going to capitalize on that audience, we’re going to send the message out to the wrestling world, we’re here. We’re knocking on the door. You better look out because once we get that TV deal, we’re number two man. I know Tony Khan has lots of money, I get it, but the fans speak. The fans dictate who’s number one, number two, number three, not your bank account. Of course WWE is number one, they’re so far ahead that we’ll never catch it in my lifetime. Number two is attainable, number two is something we can really do. If we accomplish that, that’s humongous.“
You can check out Santino Marella's comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
