Major Update – TNA Production Crew Threatens To Walk Out

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

UPDATE: As previously reported, the TNA production crew threatened to walk out of the last iMPACT! Wrestling taping because of late payments. The entire situation ended peacefully and the crew was paid before anyone was able to walk out. Before the last set of TV tapings, some of the crew hadn’t been paid since early March. While most were upset, not all of them were prepared to leave.

The same situation happened around this time last year. Janice Carter, Dixie’s mom and the person who controls the company’s finances, sets aside a portion of money each month to finance the times the company loses money. It’s outside of the revenue the company earns on its own. Since TNA taped so many events and PPVs in a short period of time so far in advance, they just didn’t have the money. This is the same thing that hurt them last year.

It’s still thought that this incident was isolated and not indicative of any problems in the company. In 2013, the crew and talent were paid on a regular basis. While checks may arrive a few days late today, TNA is still paying their employees on time. They aren’t “broke” by any means – it was simply a clerical error.

ORIGINAL: According to one source, there were major financial concerns among the production crew at this past week’s TNA Impact Wrestling television tapings in Orlando, Florida.

Apparently many within the production crew were upset about the company being behind on their pay, and as a result, they claimed that if they weren’t caught up on pay by a certain point, they were going to collectively walk out in the middle of the tapings.

The threats from the production crew were apparently made clear to TNA management, as checks were issued to the crew and the situation ended up getting resolved. Prior to that happening, however, there was said to be a 24-hour period where there was a lot of tension backstage.

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