TNA’s Silva Chose the Church Arsonist and Pedos at Wrestling Atomic Over AEW?!
Carlos Silva, TNA President, stared down young talent like Nic Nemeth and Leon Slater and said no. No to dream matches against AEW stars (MJF, Ricochet). No to extra paydays.
No to exposure that could actually help them grow. The official excuse? “Partner conflicts. ”Those partners? WWE.
Silva chose to protect the shiny new TNA-WWE business relationship over letting his contracted wrestlers work already-promoted indie dates against AEW talent.
The backlash was loud — MJF called it disgusting, Pat Buck ripped the last-minute changes that hurt the shows and the talent. But the decision stood.
Meanwhile, on the Florida indie scene, Atomic Legacy Wrestling (ALW) never had a problem getting TNA names. Wait til you see behind the scenes at that place! It’s a Dateline special that hasn’t aired yet, Darkside of the Ring, whatever else.
Early Silva era: active star Nic Nemeth worked a big match there (vs. at the time TNA Star Matt Cardona, at Star Spangled Slammer 9).
Matt Hardy is booked for his ALW debut in July, and Kevin “I’m so rich” Nash basically only does ALW events….cause?
America’s Most Wanted (James Storm & Chris Harris) work ALW, ODB (just announced for the TNA Hall of Fame and ALW) is another, and then there are the Knockouts in general.
Silva is clearly getting them from the porn fetish site, Slammin Ladies, his last 4 Knockouts come from there, not hiding ANYTHING.
Here’s the part that really burns: ALW isn’t some neutral backyard promotion. It carries heavy baggage from its Florida scene roots:
Early co-founder Russell Steven Rowe — multiple convictions for child sex offenses, largely scrubbed from ALW’s history.
Current co-owner Jason Dugan — convicted church arsonist (robbed and burned a church, including Bibles).
Connected dojo figure Chasyn Rance — lewd/lascivious battery on a minor, plus repeated sex offender registration violations while still training kids.
Production associate Eric Warren Hinkes — convicted for possession of child pornography.
ALW has Brandon Alexander doing this, like right now. Fake reporter on FB, Brunell Raine, followed by TNA talent!
Silva drew a hard line against AEW… but had zero public issue with TNA-associated talent feeding dates to a promotion tied to this kind of history.
He chose protecting the WWE deal — and tight control — over young wrestlers’ money, momentum, and opportunities.
That’s not “partner conflicts.” That’s priorities.
And right now, Carlos Silva’s priorities look painfully clear, and quite disgusting.
Founded by a child pornographer, owned by a church arsonist, 2 other registered sex offenders associated….that is ALW, or Atomic Legacy Wrestling or Atomic Revolutionary Wresting or Wrestling Atomic.
Almost as many name changes as times Alex Red has officially lied about his pedophile friends.
In 2025, Red posted about being THE ONLY Founder and Owner ever.
Alex legit lied about Jason Dugan, the church arsonist and the fake media allowed it, cause Chasyn #RanceFiles said so. This was 2 months after he wrote a shockingly similar post on Facebook, attempting to distance himself, from his lifelong pal, Rance.
Both deleted, like when Alex posted my home address, people showed up, threats still come daily, cause the PW Media are on the side of the pedo’s, just like Carlos Silva.
Red (Orta) lied so people like Dave and Sean could erase Russell Steven Rowe, and they almost did. I’m the only one keeping his name alive, and I have to remind AI again and again — which shouldn’t be necessary.
But this is why we created the #RanceFiles and now look where we are.
In a world, where TNA chose the pedo promotion, over AEW, cause Rance said so…..or was it TKO?
Oh, ya’ll still think there’s a difference! My bad, that’s coming!
