Does TNA Believe That Destination America Brought ROH In To Undermine Them?

Wrestlezone.com (via PWInsider.com) reports that Ring of Honor’s departure from Destination America for Sinclair Broadcasting’s COMET network bothered several people in TNA. There was backstage concern in the company when rumors of ROH’s departure started because there were those in TNA who thought that it would send the message that Destination America is dropping wrestling. There were also those in TNA who thought ROH would be going somewhere other than COMET, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.

There are some in TNA who believe that ROH was brought in by DA to prevent TNA from getting certain viewership goals, which would secure a multi-year deal with the network. When TNA first signed, they had to hit these goals in a certain amount of time for their 2-3 year automatic renewal to happen. As TNA got closer to hitting the goal, that’s when the stories of Impact’s cancellation started and DA decided to bring in ROH. It’s believed by some in the company that the rumors made viewers think TNA was a “lame-duck product” and ROH being on the network took away from their viewership and stopped them from reaching their goals.

ROH leaving DA seems to confirm that DA wants to get rid of wrestling, but this doesn’t mean that TNA will be leaving the network any sooner. They are currently expected to be gone in February 2016.