Must-Read Dixie Carter Interview – AJ Styles, TNA’s Future, NYC, More

Here are some highlights of Dixie Carter’s appearance on The Ross Report:

On expanding to Mexico and Canada: “Absolutely. I’ve tried to tweet about Canada. We’re in negotiations right now. I’m very hopeful that something will break in Canada and we will amount to something soon. I encourage people to call their network affiliates and that they want wrestling. We have a new deal in Mexico and some exciting plans are going to happening there and in south of Mexico which we never expanded to before.”

On the company’s name: “The name of the company that it was founded on is TNA – Total Nonstop Action. We have struggled with the acronym of that; I have personally. But there is quite a foundation that’s embedded in that invested in so much time. The television show – we have one 2-hour show called ‘Impact Wrestling’. Impact is our Raw. Other places in the world, we have TNA Xplosion, TNA Global Matches, TNA Impact – so it’s not as confusing around the world. TNA remains our corporate name. We’ve got “Greatest Matches” coming out, Unlocked, and hopefully more.”

On what she expects from the shows in New York City: “I think the goal is five shows over the three days. The live show – you’re not going to see a different show. There’s only so much you can do in a live format television production. That show is going to be off-the-charts wrestling. We’ve got some incredible match-ups. Bobby Roode/Bobby Lashley. There are some other things that night. The live show will be an action-packed wrestling show. But the changes you’ll see will come in the subsequent weeks as there will be production time to give the show a different feel.”

On house shows and expenses: “It’s also supply and demand. I feel like ‘if you build it, they will come’. I feel we need to give the touring a little bit of a breather. We have done it so much in prior years. We have a smaller roster than other people… it’s more important that the television show gets the attention it needs and deserves and when that takes off where we need it to, we absolutely plan on touring. We need to do it right and successfully.”

On King Mo and Rampage Jackson: “Our deal – we still work with King Mo and I want to see that happen. Lashley is still fighting with Bellator. I’ve talked with Tito – he wants to do something. We’re not working with Rampage right now. I know Brock left wrestling, went to MMA, left MMA and went back to wrestling. I cannot even begin to tell you how physically grueling it is to wrap up the series of tapings we did and fight in MMA two weeks later. Lashley is the first person to ever do it. But King Mo really wants to do it. He’s been great to work with.

On AJ Styles: “AJ has been synonymous with TNA for many years and I think he’ll always be TNA. I’ve told him that. I hope to get to work with him again in the future. He’s fantastic. No matter how great his matches were for us. He has never had a stinker. I think he was really coming into his own in his last year or so on our show. I was so proud of that growth as much as I was just how incredible he is in the ring.”

On if Vince Russo will be back: “There are no discussions and plans whatsoever to do that. I think Vince, when focused and when all moons are aligned, he can be a tremendous talent. I wish him success in everything he does. There have been no talks at all about anything going forward.”

On if TNA is a wrestling company that does television or a television company that does wrestling: “We’re a wrestling company that does television, but we’re a wrestling company that does include other pockets of opportunity like live events… Short term: we want to be a wrestling company that really focuses on television; get it right, let’s see if we can do something a little different, special than we have ever done before and hopefully, people will like it”

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