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I don't know if you're aware of what happened, but this woman named Dixie Carter was running things. She's apparently a really nice lady, but was totally naive (there's a story that she actually fired a manager because he was getting booed, but instead of realizing he was doing his job correctly, she assumed he must have been a genuinely bad man) and got into bed (not literally) with Vince Russo.
The stuff that TNA was doing REALLY well (the women, well-built main events with wrestlers the crowds were invested in), Russo got his hands on and changed. The women went from being the best draw they had to being your expected tits and ass. He'd come and go through the company, but eventually Spike TV -- who had helped cover the contracts of some of the more expensive talent -- was like "You haven't grown this at all" and Dixie Carter was like "You're stupid" so they basically dropped them.
TNA then went to this place called Destination America, who seemed to be fully behind TNA, until they worked out who they were dealing with. Dixie Carter actually sent emails bashing the heads at the network *to* the heads at the network by mistake. I can't remember if it was this relationship or the Spike TV that was completely ruined by Vince Russo too. Well, they both have been to some extent. But a hilarious develop was uncovered when one of the networks begged TNA to stop using him for their creative, so TNA said they stopped -- but then kept secretly using him.
Now they are on a network called POP TV which isn't in too many homes in the first place.
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