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Carlos Silva Defends Pulling Wrestlers From Indie Events, Says His Job Is To Make ‘Hard Decisions’
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During a recent interview with Busted Open Radio, TNA Wrestling President Carlos Silva addressed his recent controversial decision to pull TNA wrestlers from indie events, where they were also scheduled to face wrestlers signed to AEW. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):
Carlos Silva on the Criticism He Received for His Recent Decisions
“It was super tough. All of these business decisions are tough. I don’t like being called a little ***** on social any more than anyone does. But it’s okay, yeah you do take the goods with the bads, and you’ve gotta make some hard decisions. My job sometimes is to make hard decisions. For the fans and all of you and Mike and our locker room, we’re gonna make decisions that are good for TNA. We’ve gotta protect TNA. You know, Kevin Plank and Under Armour used to say, you’ve gotta protect this house. It’s a real slogan. We’ve had some other folks come at us, and they’ve moved into our nights, they’ve made some decisions, they’ve tried to block us in arenas and venues.
“That stuff is real, and it’s out there, and it’s okay because everyone’s gotta make decisions for their business. But, we’re also not just gonna lie down and not make decisions that are good for our business. Unfortunately, sometimes those decisions are tough. We’re very thoughtful about them, and we try to do the best to make good when we have to make those decisions. In the case of Nic and Leon and a few of the matches that had to get shut down, we tried to make good and make calls and take care of the business as best as we could.”
On Taking Ownership of His Decision to Pull Talents From Indie Shows
“It was. It was my decision, and I take full ownership. Look, we’ve got a great team, and we talk about these things together, but sometimes, I’m a guy that has to make that decision, and then you move on. You go to work the next day, and you work hard again and get stuff done.”
As previously noted, AEW star MJF, who was scheduled to face TNA’s Nic Nemeth at CAP Monumental Moment on May, slammed Silva’s decision-making, calling it “disgusting.”
