Santino Marella Shares What He Feels Separates TNA From WWE And AEW: TNA Is Not Overproduced, We Have More Freedom

Santino Marella shares what he feels separates TNA from their competition in WWE and TNA, noting they have more freedom.

Santino has been a part of TNA the past several years as an authority figure and recently signed a new contract with the promotion. He has become one of the companies main ambassadors in that time and continues to fly the flag for the promotion in interviews.

While speaking to the We R Wrestling Podcast, Santino Marella was asked what separates TNA from WWE and AEW.

“So TNA is not overproduced. We don’t have 15 writers or we don’t have 15 producers. We have more freedom. The individuals in the ring have a little more freedom, and when you have freedom, because you hear about back in the golden day of wrestling, they didn’t write their promos for them. They knew their characters. They came from other territories, and you’ll hear guys like Roddy Piper back in the day say, yeah, they didn’t write any promos for me, and that was the golden era. So there’s something, you know, I know today it’s different, right? You’re on television, you’re on a network. You have to- there has to be some quality control. You got to make sure that people aren’t saying things that are, you know, going to offend sponsors and stuff. So you do have to know what’s happening on television that basically every second, right? To protect yourself. But I think that’s one of the strengths in TNA is that we do have some more creative freedom at the individual level.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Santino gave his thoughts on the Birthright faction in NXT. You can read more about that here.

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