Carlos Silva Says TNA Booked Albuquerque Thinking About AMC Deal & Breaking Bad Possibilities

Carlos Silva says that TNA already considered some promotional tie-ins with AMC and booked their upcoming Albuquerque shows thinking about some potential Breaking Bad connection. Breaking Bad is one of AMC’s most popular past shows along with The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul. The crime drama was set in the New Mexico city, and TNA is holding Impact events in the city in January.

Silva spoke with The Sportster about TNA’s new deal with AMC and spoke about his appreciation for the network’s shows. You can see some highlights below:

On Booking a Series Of Live Events In Albuquerque:

“It was a little bit of an opportunity to go to a market that we know is a good wrestling market. All of us that are also Breaking Bad fans saying, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute. If the AMC deal happens, how cool would that be that we’re going to go to Albuquerque and there might be some things that we could do with the talent being in Albuquerque around Breaking Bad?’ So it was just part of the last three months as we were starting to lay out the 2026 season and the deal was getting close enough that it made sense. If, for some odd reason, the AMC deal didn’t happen, it would still be great to be going to Albuquerque. But now that we’re together, it just is like icing on the cake. So it’ll be fun and exciting, I think, to be in Albuquerque.”

On His Appreciation Of AMC’s Programming:

“I’m a big Walking Dead fan as well. Daryl, I’m a big motorcycle guy, so everything that Daryl’s done with his motorcycle stuff over the years, too, I think has been great. So I mean, those are probably the top two. I mean, look, Better Call Saul was also, to me, a surprisingly amazing show that they took a character who was so interesting and funny and legally devious and just was a great character, and they turned it into a great show. So I think all of them, there’s a bunch of news shows, too, that are out, and we’ll be working together with them.”

On TNA’s Future Going Into 2026:

“I just think it’s going to keep growing. Just thanks for all the positive thoughts in 2025. You helped us to really relaunch TNA to a big platform. I mean, massively great Slammiversary. Great, great Bound For Glory. Sometimes I’ll be walking around, people will pull me aside and say, ‘I love TNA. I’ve been following it for so long. Thank you.’ This has been a great year. And we just hope that the AMC partnership will give back even more because the audience will be bigger, more people will be able to enjoy it. Just stay tuned. It’s going to be a great 2026. It’s going to keep getting bigger.”