On Thursday, the WWE announced a multi-year partnership with TNA.
According to the WWE press release, the agreement will enable talent to garner additional exposure across WWE and TNA programming including NXT and TNA iMPACT! The release also noted that the crossover may include WWE PLEs and TNA PPVs.
The crossover started last year at the Royal Rumble which included TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace. Joe Hendry also appeared on NXT programming last year. There have been NXT talent crossing over onto TNA programming as well.
The move is something that probably would not have happened under the Vince McMahon era and seems to bolster the TNA brand. Of course, seen another way, we could see an eventual takeover of TNA and it will shutter the TNA talent deemed not worthy.
But one would hope that the deal helps the TNA brand as well as get much-needed reps for NXT wrestlers. Certainly, there could be TNA talent that could make appearances on the main roster but this feels more like an NXT-TNA collaboration.
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