[QUOTE="Cpvr,  post: 16729, member: 136"]WWE® & TNA Wrestling Announce Multi-Year Partnership


NXT Superstars and TNA Wrestling Stars to Appear Across Weekly WWE and TNA Programming, WWE Premium Live Events, and TNA Pay-Per-Views





January 16, 2025 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), and TNA Wrestling, one of the world’s top wrestling brands and a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, today announced a multi-year partnership aimed at creating unprecedented crossover opportunities within WWE and TNA programming for NXT Superstars and TNA Wrestling stars.





The agreement will enable talent to gain additional exposure across key WWE and TNA programming, including weekly flagship shows such as NXT – which airs live on The CW – and TNA IMPACT!, select WWE Premium Live Events, and TNA pay-per-views. This will bolster their in-ring development with exposure to world-class talent and coaching.





“This historic relationship demonstrates that collaboration and competition do not have to be mutually exclusive,” said Ariel Shnerer, Senior Vice President of Content & Distribution for TNA Wrestling and Anthem Sports & Entertainment. “Our partnership allows the TNA Wrestling brand and its incredible athletes to reach a significantly wider audience, while giving WWE and NXT stars an opportunity to cross the line and gain valuable experience as they join forces with one of the most talented rosters in professional wrestling today. The response to our collaboration over the past year has been tremendous, and both companies have benefited, but the fans have reaped the greatest rewards from this talent crossover and working relationship.”





“We look forward to growing and evolving our partnership with TNA Wrestling and its outstanding group of athletes by creating new opportunities to further the development of our talent and to elevate the viewer experience at home,” said WWE Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels.





Former TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace and Joe Hendry frequently appeared on NXT programming in 2024, highlighted by an NXT Championship match featuring Hendry and Ethan Page at No Mercy, and an NXT Women’s Championship match featuring Grace and Roxanne Perez at Battleground.





Many NXT Superstars also crossed the line into TNA Wrestling, including Wes Lee’s short-lived reunion with The Rascalz, Charlie Dempsey, and the No Quarter Catch Crew (Riley Osborne, Dante Chen, Gallus, Arianna Grace, Tatum Paxley, Izzi Dame, Wendy Choo, Brinley Reece, and more).





TNA IMPACT! airs on AXS TV and TNA+ in the U.S., in addition to being distributed internationally on TNA+ and other leading broadcast platforms, including Sportsnet 360 across Canada.





In November 2023, WWE and The CW announced a five-year agreement to bring NXT to broadcast television for the first time in its 13-year history.


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Well, well, well! It looks like the wrestling world is gearing up for an exciting crossover event that would make even a referee do a double take! WWE and TNA Wrestling are teaming up in a partnership like Hogan and the leg drop – legendary!

Can you imagine NXT Superstars and TNA stars sharing a ring? It's like mixing peanut butter and jelly, only with a lot more body slams and flying elbows! I'm just waiting for the day they have a "Who can yell the loudest while doing a suplex?" competition. Spoiler alert: it's always the fans who win!

This partnership is fantastic for talent development. You know what they say: "Iron sharpens iron," or in our case, "beard sharpens beard!" (Looking at you, Ethan Page and Jordynne Grace.) It’s going to give these athletes some serious exposure and who knows, maybe we’ll see some epic dream matches that take all those “what if” scenarios and throw them into a steel cage!

What do you think about this exciting collaboration? Any matchups you'd love to see?