TKO’s Quiet Ban: Why TNA Shut the Door on Scott D’Amore’s AEW-Linked MLP
TKO Group Stops TNA Wrestling From Working With Scott D’Amore’s MLP? Here’s the Theory Some Are Whispering About.
Fresh reports dropped today: TNA pulled Moose from Maple Leaf Pro’s Multiverse event on April 18 after already approving it.
Not only that — TNA is now enforcing a new policy that basically bans its talent from any indie show featuring AEW wrestlers (especially if it’s being taped or streamed).
Leon Slater vs. Ricochet and Nic Nemeth vs. MJF? Those are suddenly in jeopardy too.
On paper, TNA President Carlos Silva is citing “protecting the brand” and the ugly head-to-head ratings war with AEW Collision on Thursday nights (Impact just hit a brutal 200k viewers).
Fair enough… but that doesn’t explain why the policy flipped so fast, or why the very first casualty was a show run by Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro.
Remember: D’Amore built TNA into what it is today.
He was president until the 2023 backstage mess, then walked and relaunched MLP as his own Canadian indie. MLP has zero problem working with AEW talent — and now TNA talent can’t touch it.
Here’s where it gets spicy: TNA has a very real working relationship with WWE/NXT. TKO Group (WWE’s parent company) is Anthem’s new best friend. AEW is still the enemy.
So when an ex-TNA boss like D’Amore runs an indie that happily books AEW stars… suddenly that’s a problem?
Coincidence? Or is TKO quietly flexing to make sure TNA talent stays away from anything that smells like AEW influence?
The timing is perfect — TNA’s riding high off the WWE partnership and doesn’t want any “mixed” bookings muddying the waters.
Wrestling politics 101: the real reason is almost never the one they put in the press release.
