TNA In Best Shape In Years Despite Mass Exodus

TNA seems to be in a transition period but for one backstage agent, things are the best they’ve been for a long time despite a lot of imminent exits.

Jordynne Grace is believed to be on her way to WWE when her TNA deal ends in early 2025 while Josh Alexander looks like he’s exploring his options when his own deal ends as well.

TNA is also set to lose Kushida, Trent Seven, and ring announcer Jade Chung while ex-WWE star Rhino has quit the company as well. One report has suggested that there is a real reason for all of these TNA exits taking place at once.

But TNA agent Lance Storm doesn’t think it means the company is in trouble.

Lance Storms Thinks TNA Exits Proof Company Is Doing Well

Speaking on Figure Four Daily, ex-WWE star Lance Storm was asked what’s really going on behind the scenes in TNA, where he currently works as an agent, and says despite suggestions otherwise, the company is on an upswing:

From all the accounts I have heard business has been going up. Our attendance has been going up, our TNA+ subscriptions have been going up, the views on our specials and pay-per-views have been going up. From all accounts I can tell, our business is doing well.

Dave [Meltzer] talks about ‘Well everybody’s cold, the ticket sales aren’t good.’ Our ticket sales are currently the best they’ve been in my three years in the company. Obviously we’re not selling out stadiums and arenas like WWE but per TNA, I’ve been there for three years now and the pandemic before that, this is the best our ticket sales have been in, I think, the last five years, probably closer to ten. So I think TNA is doing well.

As far as the people seemingly on their way out of TNA, Lance Storm sees that as a credit to the company for giving them the platform to get themselves over and for some others, he thinks the company won’t be losing out on much with their departures:

The rumours that Josh [Alexander] is going to experiment with free agency and there’s the rumours Jordynne Grace is leaving and Speedball Mike Bailey has finished up. A case can be made – and I don’t want to shortchange the hard work and talent of these three individuals because they’re obviously fantastic. But their success is also a credit to TNA for giving them a platform, booking them well, allowing them to grow and become these great performers.

So if they do end up leaving, it’s a credit to the company doing things well but clearly we don’t have the deep pockets of a Tony Khan or a TKO. I think it’s inevitable that the talent that we best get over and they get over, again I don’t wanna take credit away from them, that’s a natural progression.

Others that apparently are finishing up, many of them we weren’t doing much with so I think TNA is still in really good shape. I think we’ve had a really good 2024 and I’m optimistic for a really, really good 2025.

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