TNA Reportedly Makes More Management Changes Including Gail Kim Departing Company [Update – TNA Departures Reportedly were Firings]

Update:

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources stated that all of those who departed from TNA Wrestling today were not laid off and instead were actually fired as part of a round of firings in the company.

Sapp reported that those spoken to confirmed that Hunter “Delirious” Johnston will be the new head of creative in TNA.

TNA President Carlos Silva’s internal memo:

“Departing our leadership team are Ariel Shnerner, Gail Kim, Rob Klingman and Michael Shewchenko. As a long-term Anthem employee, Ariel has played an important role in growing our anthem properties, from his work with Fightf Network and most recently his focus on TNA. Ariel has been instrumental in building our storylines and growing our audiences.

Gail has had a long and stories career in TNA as both a champion wrestler and a part of the TNA leadership team, Gail has been a powerful presence in our locker room, supporting our talent and their great performances.

On the sales side Rob Kligman departs as Chief Revenue Officer and in Digital, Michael Shewchenko will be departing the organization April 30th.

In addition to these leadership departures, we also say thank you and goodbye to Karen Clevett, Sebastian Dastranj, Romy Glazer and Rafael Morffi.

Our company is built on the strength and dedication of our team and these changes do not diminish the value or the contributions of those affected.”

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As noted before, TNA Wrestling made several changes to their management this past February which included Anthony Cicione exiting as TNA’s President and Josh Mathews & Christy Hemme departing the company.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that another major shakeup of TNA and Anthem’s management took place today.

Johnson reported that TNA President Carlos Silva had issued a memo to Anthem staff today announcing eight people had departed from the company.

Among the departures included TNA Executive producer and head of creative Ariel Shnerer. Johnson reported that Hunter “Delirious” Johnson will be replacing Shnerer as the new head of TNA’s creative team and Tommy Dreamer will remain on the creative team as well.

Another notable departure confirmed was TNA Hall of Famer and TNA Talent Relations and Producing Gail Kim. Johnson reported that Dreamer will be taking over Kim’s role as the new head of Talent Relations in the company. Prior to her departure, Kim had been working in TNA since 2005 first as a talent and later as an executive.

Others confirmed to have been let go reportedly included Rob Klingman and Michael Shewchenko. Klingman had been Anthem Sports Group’s Chief Revenue Officer since June of 2024 and Shewchenko had Anthem’s Vice President of Digital Operations since March of 2023.

Anthem executives Karen Clevett, Romy Glazer, and Sebatian Dastrani reportedly were also let go.

TNA consultant Rafael Morffi reportedly was also let go. Prior to his departure, Morffi had been consulting and working to build TNA’s live business and had played a big role in the company’s live events success in recent times. Mordfi previously worked for AEW and WWE as their VP of Live Events and Touring.

Johnson reported that Silva had announced in his internal memo that TNA will be bringing in David Clevinger to be their new SVP of Digital starting next month. Prior to his hiring Clevinger had worked for the NFL, NBA, NBC Universal, and UFC.

Johnson also reported that besides the new shakeups, Nicole Rachine had started working with TNA this month as their new SVP of Sales. Prior to her hiring, Rachine had worked for World Team Tennis.