TNA President Carlos Silva Says They Are In Active Negotiations With Partner For Media Rights Deal

In an interview with TVInsider, TNA President Carlos Silva said that the promotion is in active negotiations with a partner for a media rights deal. The company is ten days away from their flagship event, Bound for Glory, which happens on October 12. Here are highlights:

On the last few months of being more involved with TNA operations day-to-day: “It’s a great question. It has been a great bunch of months coming out of Slammiversary. Building up to Slammiversary was amazing, but I didn’t know if all the results would come together. They did, and we continue to build on that heading into Bound for Glory. What I can say is I’ve had a lot of fun doing it. We have a great team. When you’re in the live entertainment and sports business, you work a lot of weekends, and you fly to a lot of cities. But when you’re having fun, it doesn’t feel like work. That’s certainly how it has been in TNA with the team. So far so good. It’s fun getting wins. It was fun getting a win at Slammiversary. I think the team and all of us are working hard to get another big win at Bound for Glory and break another record. I’d say it has been awesome.”

On a new media rights deal: “We’re now in active negotiations with a partner, and we’re going to work through that. I can’t really put a timeline on how long that will take. The good news is the process has started. We’re no longer just talking to a bunch of people to sort of gauge interest. Now we have an interested partner and working through potentially a deal for 2026. It’s going to happen as soon as it can happen. We were working on it as recently as yesterday, exchanging papers and trying to figure it out. We’re excited about it and keep pushing it forward to get this over the finish line. It’s done when it’s over the finish line.”

On working with WWE NXT: “Working with the NXT folks as well as WWE folks has been very easy. There has been great coordination. We’ve kind of supported each other with last-minute asks on both sides, which I think is a testament to a good partnership. It’s not just one asking. We might ask, or they might ask, and we always find a way to move things forward. This big Showdown episode of NXT happening down in Orlando is going to be great. You saw it on The CW live with the teams sort of aligning. I think the theme is building. There is also intrigue and maybe a little strangeness the way certain teammates are on each team, but they have certain alliances and allegiances to the other organization. Whether they’ve come from that organization or been there or holding the belt from one organization even though they work for the other. I think all of that there. I think as a result it’s going to be awesome Tuesday night on NXT down in Orlando.”

On the future of the partnership: “Each of these tentpoles are about big moments. As a sports guy building the season of TNA, we’re going to hit that last bit tentpole at Bound for Glory. I think it’s going to launch us into 2026. Slammiversary certainly started that launch and now Bound for Glory will propel us into 2026. Then, sort of to our pleasant surprise, working with NXT, this Showdown is happening. It’s another big amplifier for us. I think about how we’ll also then be at Full Sail University, which is a great location with a lot of history. We’re going to go back to El Paso, which was spectacular earlier this year. There were so many great moments down in El Paso. The crowds were amazing. Then I think you’ll see very quickly going into November the schedule for January through March starts to roll out with our other big tentpoles and events. Then hopefully that will coincide with an announcement about where we’re going to be in the U.S.A. in addition to our other great markets like Canada, India, Mexico, South America and other areas where we have deals in place.”