TNA President Carlos Silva Says WWE Was Not Involved With Negotiations For TV Deal With AMC

WWE was not involved in the negotiations.

The news broke that TNA Wrestling struck a deal to bring its weekly show to AMC. Thursday Night iMPACT! is scheduled to premiere on January 15th, 2026.

TNA President Carlos Silva began to make the media rounds following the announcement, and one of his stops was The Takedown on Sports Illustrated.

Silva was asked if WWE had involvement with the negotiations for TNA’s new TV deal, and he said the following:

“No, we did all the negotiations ourselves with me leading the charge on the TNA side, and then (Creative Artists Agency) leading the charge as our representative and our partner on the deal. Look, WWE and NXT are very important partners to us. So we kept them in the loop. They knew what was coming. They knew about the deal before you knew about the deal. But no, they’ve got their own deals. They’re very busy with their deals. So they let us go out and cut a deal and get on a major network. And I think they’re happy for us. And we were happy with the way it went.”

Chiming in on the news of the new TV deal was TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian. His comments can be read here.