Carlos Silva Addresses Rumors That TKO Wants to Buy TNA Wrestling

There have been rumors that TKO is looking to acquire TNA Wrestling as a whole but TNA President Carlos Silva has now denied these rumors.

While speaking on the Getting Over podcast, Carlos Silva addressed the rumors that WWE or TKO might be interested in buying TNA or acquiring Anthem Sports. He made it clear that no such conversations have taken place, either internally or with WWE.

Silva explained that his focus is on creating and building successful properties that fans truly enjoy. He believes that delivering a great product and handling the business side professionally will naturally lead to opportunities over time.

“No. No. I mean for us, it’s—I’ve been, you know, I’ve been doing this a long time around creating properties, building properties, creating the kind of, um, groundswell of, um, the fans really loving what we’re doing. I think that’s the most important thing at the end of the day. If you have a great product and you deliver on the product, and you’re being professional around how you build that product as a business, I think opportunities will come up. Uh, and it’s my, you know, it’s my job to create opportunities for our investors.”

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Silva also noted that the current partnership with WWE and NXT is going well and will continue to grow. While something could come up in the future, right now the priority is on events like Slammiversary and Bound for Glory, improving TV content, working with partners and more.

If all of that is done well, Silva believes the business will take care of itself and future opportunities will be explored when the time is right.

“Look, our partnership with WWE and NXT is going great and we’re going to keep it going great. And that, you know, that could appear as an opportunity down the road. But we’re just sort of making sure that things like Slammiversary and Bound for Glory are—what we’re doing on TV, how we’re creating content, how we’re working with our partners, how we’re bringing in new sponsors, how we’re filling up arenas.

If we do all those things well, the business will sort itself out and there’ll be opportunities that then we’ll explore, you know, internally as well as with our partners.”

For now, Carlos Silva and the TNA leadership team are focused on growing the company for the long run. With big events like Slammiversary and Bound for Glory on the way, TNA is putting its energy into running strong shows and keeping fans involved, instead of paying attention to any takeover rumors. Regardless, we’ll have to see if WWE does buy TNA one day.

What are your thoughts on Carlos Silva’s comments? Do you think TNA should remain independent, or would a TKO acquisition benefit the brand long-term? Sound off in the comments.