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Is A WWE/TNA Cross-Promotion Possible?

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I don't wanna hear fantasy booking here, all I need to ask is will a cross-promotional event/s help any of the two companies?


Will it be a move that either of the companies would be interested in?



Maybe an event with ROH is more realistic for both promotions, it is not seen as a rival, but if they can ever come to terms and decide to have a show, will it help wrestling business in general?



One last thing, think of these from a purely business point of view and why or why not should/would they do it.
 
They used to do things similar with ECW, with talent appearing on Raw. I think this would only benefit TNA as they could use more exposure for their product as WWE is globally known and TNA(Outside of UK) is starting to test international waters.

I would be open to seeing some of their upcoming youth go against each other. I guess the next question would who would put who over?

Unfortunately I can't see it happening considering they're competitors. I would imagine Vince's goal is to buy the business than do business with them.
 
I think the difference with the original ECW cross-promotion that happened in the mid-90s was that Vince wanted to help a small, regional promotion which was about to have its first PPV, and like he has said on tape, he thought it was "good for the wrestling business". ECW featured unknown talents, who had never been seen before on a national scale.

The original ECW is nothing like TNA. TNA has a national TV show, a monthly PPV and internationally known stars like Kurt Angle, Sting, Hogan, Flair, RVD, Mr Anderson and many more.

They are the competition, and Vince would be foolish to do cross promotion with them. TNA shows are actually getting close to, if not more views on UK tv than some showings of WWE shows right now (I know, that surprised me, but I saw the figures recently- can't remember where though...).

Why would he want to give that company more exposure? All that would happen is TNA would get more viewers. Sorry, as much as I would want to see a show like this happen, it 100% will not.

Maybe something with ROH could be done, with ex-ROH legends Bryan Danielson and CM Punk the current world champions in WWE, they are at a much smaller level than TNA and more similar to the original ECW, and something could be done with them, maybe as a sort of developmental deal with WWE, or a bit of cross-promotion. That COULD happen, doubt it will though.
 
No, not even a chance.

What would the WWE have to gain by this? There's no answer to that question becausae they have nothing to gain from it. Even if TNA said that we could see dream matches like:

Sting vs Taker
Styles vs Punk
Angle vs Bryan
etc.

The WWE would still have nothing to gain from it. If they had anything to gain from those matches they'd just go out and sign Styles, Joe, Angle and whoever else to make them happen on a WWE PPV
 
Never happen. Triple Naitch has is exactly right. Any deal the WWE would agree to would either be a developmental relationship or cross-promotional. As long as ROH remains a relatively small indie league, they are no threat, just like ECW wasn't. ROH gets the bump, their shows benefit from having WWE talent occasionally show up, and the WWE gets more consideration when those wrestlers move beyond ROH because they have a relationship with the company.
 
Maybe there are a few talent that the WWE wanna test their water with by putting them on their show for one night only. Suppose they are interested in James Storm but don't know if the crowd will respond to him.

Isn't it smart if they parade him or any other like a prized pony for a exclusive show and see what bids of acceptance they get from the fans?
 
Most WWE fans wouldn't have a clue who Storm was, of those that do I'd say about 50% of them would care about him showing up.

Plus when you think how little esteem Vince held WCW wrestlers in you can imagine what he thinks of TNA guys. If they wanted Storm they'd sign him, send him to FCW and repackage him for a debut a few months later that has nothing to do with Beer Money
 
It's possible, it's just not very likely to happen. There've been LOTS of these threads to pop up over the past few years and the answer tends to remain the same: it's extremely unlikely to happen for several different reasons.

1. WWE & TNA Are In Competition - Competition isn't a bad thing, but TNA is currently competition in name only when it comes to viewership. From what I understand, WWE significantly outdraws TNA in terms of television audience size in every country they both air in, with the exception of the UK. Even then, WWE programming, if I'm not mistaken, airs at 2 or 3 am in the UK and airs on a pay channel if I'm not mistaken, where as TNA airs in prime time on a standard channel. The only ones to gain anything from cross promotion is TNA. They'd have the opportunity to increase the size of their audience, to get their name & brand elevated to a higher level all at the expense of WWE. Because of that alone, it's almost certainly not going to happen unless Vince comes to someday own TNA.

2. Too Many Egos - WWE & TNA in a joint promotional endeavor would almost certainly have waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many cooks in the fire trying to add their own little recipe to the mix. The ego of everyone from the WWE & TNA brass to the egos of the creative team to all the way down to the talent are certainly going to get in the way. In all those areas are people that have massive egos and I just don't think it'd work. For example, I have little doubt that Vince would want his company to ultimately come out looking like the superior one. I'm sure Dixie Carter, Jeff Jarrett & Hulk Hogan probably feel the same way regarding TNA. Again because of WWE's far superior audience size, you'd have to wonder why Vince would EVER agree to allow a rival wrestling company outside of his personal control to even look like they're in the same league as WWE. There'd be no logical reason I could think of for Vince to elevate TNA at the expense of his own company.

3. Public Perception - For the vast majority of the past 5 years, TNA is a company that has built itself with, primarily, using former WWE and/or WCW talent in the highest profile spots in their company. The VAST majority of these former WWE and/or WCW talents are wrestlers that the WWE fired or have had no interest in having on their roster again. Because of this, TNA has developed a reputation as being a haven for the so called "WWE Rejects" and using their own younger, homegrown talent to keep those older veterans built up instead of the other way around. TNA has moved away from that philosophy in recent months, which is a good thing, but it's still going to take several years for TNA to develop their own talent in which a majority of wrestling fans might view as being on par with WWE stars. Here's an example of what I mean: Bobby Roode has been doing a good job as TNA WHC. He's good on the mic, has a great look and can go inside the ring. Now, from the perception of most fans, how do you think they'd respond to a match like Bobby Roode vs. John Cena? Most fans wouldn't take it seriously because Cena's star power completely overshadows Bobby Roode at this point. Cena has been one of the biggest names and biggest stars of the biggest wrestling company in the world for the better part of a decade. Not that it wouldn't be a great match or an interesting feud, but perception is reality in wrestling. A LOT of fans would have no idea who Bobby Roode is and that is a relevant factor whether anyone likes it or not. On average, remember, IW tends to average roughly 1.5 million viewers each week, which is about half of what SD! draws and is anywhere from 1/3 to 1/5 of what Raw draws at various points throughout the given year.

As I mentioned earlier, the only way something like this will feesibly happen is if Vince McMahon winds up owning TNA. That way, the only cooks in the kitchen deciding what's on the menu will be who Vince decides. Whatever takes place will ultimately be up to him & him alone in which he can get the kind of outcome that he wants and the outcome that he thinks will be most beneficial, first and foremost, to the WWE.
 
It won't happen. First of all, TNA "think" their competition to WWE, so they wouldn't want to have cross-promotion with the WWE, even if it meant more exposure and viewers. Plus, there is way to many ego's, like I don't think Jeff Jarret will ever want to work with Vince McMahon ever again, so....yeah, no chance.
 
2. Too Many Egos - WWE & TNA in a joint promotional endeavor would almost certainly have waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many cooks in the fire trying to add their own little recipe to the mix. The ego of everyone from the WWE & TNA brass to the egos of the creative team to all the way down to the talent are certainly going to get in the way. In all those areas are people that have massive egos and I just don't think it'd work. For example, I have little doubt that Vince would want his company to ultimately come out looking like the superior one. I'm sure Dixie Carter, Jeff Jarrett & Hulk Hogan probably feel the same way regarding TNA. Again because of WWE's far superior audience size, you'd have to wonder why Vince would EVER agree to allow a rival wrestling company outside of his personal control to even look like they're in the same league as WWE. There'd be no logical reason I could think of for Vince to elevate TNA at the expense of his own company.

As I mentioned earlier, the only way something like this will feesibly happen is if Vince McMahon winds up owning TNA. That way, the only cooks in the kitchen deciding what's on the menu will be who Vince decides. Whatever takes place will ultimately be up to him & him alone in which he can get the kind of outcome that he wants and the outcome that he thinks will be most beneficial, first and foremost, to the WWE.

I think ^ THAT is the be all end all reason right there.

I must explain that I was speaking of one supershow, not even in the States, where some TNA and WWE talent could work together. TNA would get more exposure while WWE could earmark talent that they would be interested in getting in the future. If TNA builds on that exposure and starts getting bigger then talent have no reason to go. So its a very touch and go situation that can pan out any damn way.

It is slim, but when you can test the water with the only nearest competition, it can pay off. But the gargantuan egos at play will kill this idea on paper itself. VKM would probably want all control and God knows TNA would 90% never succumb to that.
 
with TNA...no, Its all been said, Too many egos, bad conflicting relathionships, etc.

Now with ROH, that could happen. Somone mentioned the ECW "Invasion" back in the 90's. This could really work with ROH, especially with Cornette as the mouth piece.

Now like said ealier we aren't talking fantasy booking(God I would love to see Kevin Steen destroy Cena, I digress) But you could easily have a simple angle where Daniel Bryan goes to ROH and gloats that he is a big star(thus making him a heel in ROH) then someone like Davey Richards challenging him. You could have a series of matches on ROH shows and WWE shows. Not only would it get the WWE audience into the independent scene where the WWE is getting many of their talents as of late. But it would also give exposure and a test market to certain wrestlers on a big screen.
 

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