Can’t comment re: the others, but didn’t expect to see Gail Kim leaving them.
Edit: Fightful Select free post swapped in place of the Bluesky link, contents below:
TNA has sent out email saying that Gail Kim, Ariel Shnerner, Rob Kligman and Michael Shewchenko are out of the company in a round of firings.
The email reads:
"Departing our leadership team are Ariel Shnerner, Gail Kim, Rob Klingman and Michael Shewchenko. As a long-term Anthem employee, Ariel has played an important role in growing our anthem properties, from his work with Fightf Network and most recently his focus on TNA. Ariel has been instrumental in building our storylines and growing our audiences.
Gail has had a long and stories career in TNA as both a champion wrestler and a part of the TNA leadership team, Gail has been a powerful presence in our locker room, supporting our talent and their great performances.
On the sales side Rob Kligman departs as Chief Revenue Officer and in Digital, Michael Shewchenko will be departing the organization April 30th.
In addition to these leadership departures, we also say thank you and goodbye to Karen Clevett, Sebastian Dastranj, Romy Glazer and Rafael Morffi.
Our company is built on the strength and dedication of our team and these changes do not diminish the value or the contributions of those affected."
We’ll have additional reactions and details on FightfulSelect.com’s paid tier tonight.
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wild speculation ahead
WWE and TNA announce partnership.
Endeavor, parent of WWE, goes private.
TNA leadership is terminated.
Fucked if I know if these events are actually connected, but the timeline is the timeline.
And what a timeline it is, lol
If TNA hadn’t of gotten that new TV deal in Canada I would swear the plan was 100% to wind it down like WWE did with Evolve, they have almost the same deal as Evolve did and eventually WWE just absorbed and closed it.
If Tony (and failing that, Scott) do not hire Gail immediately for AEW&ROH/MLP, I don’t know what the fuck they are doing.
both. both is good.
gail kim pretty much put the tna knockouts division on the map and made it one of the best divisions in wrestling. how are they gonna fire her?
somewhere triple h is wondering how on earth tna could fire asuka like that.
edit: also not a good look considering they were just wholeheartedly behind tessa blanchard
Somewhere, Rocky Romero senses the vacancy of another office position, and pulls out a prepared resume.
Firstly I wouldn’t curse Rocky with TNA, my god lol
…but fucking imagine lmao
The VP of wrestling promotions god
Per Sapp’s wording in a follow up post it seems it was by firing.
And apparently they put Delirious in charge of booking.
Delirious.
The fella who was ROH’s booker at the end of ROH’s life. Yeah the one booking that shit.
Tommy fucking Dreamer is head of talent relations now rofl
Oh my gods why?
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this, I read that on PWInsider and went, WHAT THE FUCK?
Well fuck.
PWInsider: New TNA president Carlos Silva moves Tommy Dreamer to Talent Relations after firing Gail Kim. Creative will be headed up by Hunter Johnston (Delirious), as well as new backstage hires.
There have been a number of exits from Anthem and TNA Wrestling today, http://pwinsider.com/ can confirm.
TNA President Carlos Silva issued a memo to Anthem staff today announcing the departure of eight from the company.
One of the most shocking departures was Ariel Shnerer, who was Executive Producer of TNA and head of creative. Shnerer had been with Anthem, TNA and The Fight Network for many years. With his departure, Hunter “Delirious” Johnston will now head creative. Tommy Dreamer remains on the creative team as well
*Tied for most shocking is the departure of TNA Hall of Famer Gail Kim, who worked behind the scenes in Talent Relations and Producing and was a legitimate legend for the promotion. With her exit, Tommy Dreamer will now be heading the Talent Relations end of the company.
*Rob Klingman, who was Chief Revenue Officer, has also departed.
*Michael Shewchenko will be exiting the Digital Department on 4/30, Silva announced.
*It was also announced that Karen Clevett, Romy Glazer and Sebastian Dastrani will be leaving the company.
*Rafael Morfi, who had been consulting and working to build the company’s live business, was also announced as moving on. Morfi had been involved in the company’s great success of late, including the big houses in El Paso.
Silva also announced the company will welcome a new Senior Vice President of Digital, David Clevinger next month. Clevinger has worked with The NFL, NBC Universal, UFC, The NBA and more.
A new Senior Vice President of Sales, Nicole Rachine, started with the company this month. She previously worked for World Team Tennis.
http://pwinsider.com/ has reached out to TNA for comment.