Trying To Make Sense Of Scott D'Amores Firing

 

Yesterday seemed to be a typical Wednesday, in the pro wrestling realm fans were either thinking about AEW Dynamite, the WWE Wrestlemania press conference, or the unofficial official nod that Mercedes Monè will be debuting next month with AEW.

Then out of the blue it's announced that Scott D'Amore has been fired from TNA. The official reason being parent company Anthem wants to align TNA closer to them for more synergy.

The question from most fans. Why in the blue hell would you do that? D'Amore has steered the company in the right direction, building goodwill with fans and talent since coming back in 2017. Slowly bring the company back to respectability, while helping alot of talent discover the missing piece they needed to succeed.

A reliable member of TNA's roster during the mid-2000's. He advocated for Impact Wrestling to rebrand back to TNA. From his promos fans could tell he was really passionate about the company, the product, and the direction they were going. He convinced Trinity (Naomi), Nic Nemeth (Dolph), and Mustafa Ali to come give Impact/TNA a shot. Many members of the roster respected him tremendously and likely would have went to battle for him. If Anthem was seeing all of this what made them make the decision?

So far the possible cause is that D'Amore requested a bigger budget several times and was continually rebuffed. It reached a standoff point and Anthem pulled the trigger. What I don't understand from Anthem's side is has he not created enough goodwill in turning things around to be given a chance? Even if they say we can't do it now, but next quarter or early next year. If a bigger budget could bring in more revenue, doesn't that balance out?

This is a prime example of a corporation, putting people in place to do a job, they do it and then the corporation figures we can do it better. For all he's done to steer things back in the right direction. He deserved to continue to see the company grow based on his vision he set in place.

As of now there hasn't been other changes made to the creative team that we know of, so maybe that vision will continue. Its been reported understandably many members of the roster are PISSED. Especially with how Anthem handled it and the new president not being a guy who knows the wrestling business. It just feels like with the buzz TNA has gotten recently it may soon all be a wash. 

With fans left wondering are the letters TNA just cursed?