{"id":215690,"date":"2026-04-29T19:27:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=215690"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:29:06","slug":"carlos-silva-says-pulling-tna-talent-from-indie-dates-was-part-of-hard-decisions-to-protect-tna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/04\/29\/carlos-silva-says-pulling-tna-talent-from-indie-dates-was-part-of-hard-decisions-to-protect-tna\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Silva says pulling TNA talent from indie dates was part of hard decisions he&#8217;s made to protect TNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1728071887\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>TNA President Carlos Silva says pulling TNA wrestlers from scheduled indie dates recently was part of the hard decisions that he has to make to protect TNA. Silva pulled TNA talent from scheduled matches against AEW talent. Nic Nemeth was pulled from a match against MJF at Create-A-Pro and Leon Slater from a match against Ricochet at WrestleCon recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was super tough,&#8221; said Silva during an appearance Wednesday on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6cpGTMayRL2oAtBszgrKdy?si=M1d81y-JSbW8xg7ulyjy7A&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=3beb042fc45646cf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Busted Open Radio.<\/a> &#8220;All of these business decisions are tough. I don\u2019t like being called a little bitch on social anymore than anyone does. But it\u2019s okay, yeah you do take the goods with the bads and you\u2019ve gotta make some hard decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My job sometimes is to make hard decisions. For the fans and all of you and Mike and our locker room, we\u2019re gonna make decisions that are good for TNA. We\u2019ve gotta protect TNA. You know, Kevin Plank and Under Armour used to say, you\u2019ve gotta protect this house. 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He also said AEW has tried to block. TNA from using certain arenas and venues as well. &#8220;We\u2019ve had some other folks come at us and they\u2019ve moved into our nights, they\u2019ve made some decisions, they\u2019ve tried to block us in arenas and venues,&#8221; said Silva. &#8220;That stuff is real and it\u2019s out there and it\u2019s okay because everyone\u2019s gotta make decisions for their business, but, we\u2019re also not just gonna lie down and not make decisions that are good for our business.<\/p>\n<p>Silva referenced making good to the companies effected by TNA talent being pulled without getting into specifics as to what he did to make up for pulling advertised talent. WrestleCon promoter Michael Bochicchio revealed after WrestleMania weekend on the WrestleCon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wrestlecon\/status\/2047490017568661840?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X account<\/a> that Silva reimbursed for him for Slater\u2019s flight and hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, sometimes those decisions are tough,&#8221; said Silva. We\u2019re very thoughtful about them and we try to do the best to make good when we have to make those decisions. 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