Carlos Silva Says AMC Asked Which Night Worked Best For TNA, ‘We’re On Thursdays. If Someone Comes Against Us, We Take It Seriously’

Carlos Silva addresses pulling TNA talent against AEW talent once again.

Ahead of WrestleMania week, it was announced that Leon Slater and Nic Nemeth were pulled from their respective independent matches against AEW talent. Slater was scheduled to face Ricochet while Nemeth was going to face MJF. TNA President Carlos Silva cited “partner conflicts” as the reason for pulling talent.

Will Ospreay, speaking to Josh Martinez, responded to the decision by saying, “TNA, of all people, who the fuck do you think you guys are? I’m sorry. All the fucking talk they were giving about being number two and you want to get permission for these guys to do that match and then pull them? I think that’s cowardly shit. I think that says everything about what you view your talent as. You view them as less than AEW talent, and that they don’t want to grow and they don’t want to develop and they don’t want to give back to fans.” 

TNA President Carlos Silva spoke to Josh Martinez on Superstar Crossover, and was asked if he had a response to Ospreay.

“I don’t know if I need to really respond. Business is business. Every pro wrestling business is going to protect themselves, and we’re going to continue to do that. What I would say to the fans is, I got a lot of heat, and it’s okay. The fans can bring the heat, but there is only one reason that I did it, and that was to protect TNA and have our house protected. If people are going to come at us, we’re going to do thing to protect TNA. We were asked when we were looking at our TV deal, ‘What would be the best night?’ We started looking at all the nights and we said, ‘Everyone has their nights. We’re on Thursday night. We should be on Thursday night.’ So, if someone is going to come onto Thursday night against us, we’re going to take that seriously. If someone is going to block us from going into a venue because they are not allowed to talk to us because another organization is there, we’re going to take that seriously. That’s the kind of stuff that happens. When I hear all of the chatter, I smile. It’s okay. Will Ospreay and everyone can come at me, but we’re going to do what’s best for TNA, our champions, and the fans,” he said.

AEW Collision has often moved to Thursdays throughout the year. On April 2, Collision ran against TNA iMPACT! for the first time since iMPACT! moved to AMC.

Fans can find MJF’s comments on Silva here.

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