Per a report from PWInsider.com that you can read here, it would appear that TNA is enforcing now a semi new policy that any TNA contracted talent cannot be featured on an indy promotions iPPV or now DVD. Here’s the excerpt:
Since 2004, TNA has policy has been that sales of DVDs featuring their talent was OK, as long as the independent promotion was selling it directly themselves and it was not for sale via a third party. For example, XYZ Wrestling could sell DVDs featuring TNA talents on XYZ’s website and at their events, but not through Best Buy or Amazon.com. The word making the rounds is that TNA no longer wants their talent to be on any independent DVDs released that are sold online, even if they are being sold by the promotion themselves.
Obviously, this will have a massive ripple effect on where and how TNA talents are booked by independent promotions going forward. It’s not hard to assume there will be a drop in TNA talents’ bookings out to third parties. The flip side to that is that TNA does run more live events now than in any other time in their history, so while they cycle which talents are working TNA live events, they are providing more dates a week now overall.
So what are your thoughts on this and how do you think it will affect the indy landscape?
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I didn’t realize this was a new thing; I figured it had been the rule for years now. I thought that was why TNA talent didn’t appear in PWG, CHIKARA, or any other recognizable indy fed anymore.