Carlos Silva on How TNA’s New TV Deal with AMC Came Together

As noted before, TNA Wrestling announced on Tuesday that they recently signed a new multi-year television deal with cable television network AMC that goes into effect on January 15, 2026. TNA President Carlos Silva recently denied rumors of WWE had helped negotiate TNA’s new TV deal and it was just TNA and Creative Artists Agency who negotiated it.

A recent episode of The Ariel Helwani Show featured Silva as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Silva’s thoughts about how difficult it was to get the deal done with AMC.

“It was hard. It’s been a long year. We started it in April. We’ve had many, many calls. As you said, especially now the media landscape around all the moving parts – whether its properties moving from platform to platform, platforms changing, platforms being live, platforms not being live.

Just a lot of moving parts. You’ve got to find the right moment. You’ve got to get a little lucky and you’ve got to find the right partner. And in the end, we did. We found a partner that’s really excited about putting their big toe into live and live sports entertainment.

None of these deals are easy, but it’s always great to get them done.”

Silva also gave his thoughts about the process that led to TNA signing their new television deal with AMC.

Asked how the relationship with AMC came about, Silva responded that they worked with CAA to set up calls with different outlets, and that the first call with AMC was the best first call they had with anyone.

“We had a great first call with AMC. They were literally the best first call we had. There was just something about them being very intrigued about wanting to have a weekly show, wanting to start to get into the live sports and entertainment business.

They liked TNA and I think they felt that they can also help to lift TNA.”

Silva also gave his thoughts about TNA’s current plans for live Impact! show on AMC.

“We did a little more live this year, I think we’re going to do a little more live in that first 3-6 months, and we’ll sort of get our rhythm with our new partner and then I think we’ll decide in the second half we’ll decide how much more live we can do.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com