During a recent interview with AsTheWorldTurnsLeft.com, TNA founder Jeff Jarrett spoke about a number of topics, including TNA working with Mexico’s AAA promotion, his relationship with Kurt Angle and much more. To read the full interview, click here.
One of the more newsworthy topic discussed was the business side of TNA and whether the company is profitable yet. Jarrett responded with a resounding, “Yes, absolutely.” When asked why there are still so many questions about the company’s financial stability, Jarrett said:
“The thing is, I totally respect that fact. Because as a businessperson, you look at the odds of any startup business lasting more than five years, the odds are extremely against it. And in the early years, no, we weren’t making money, and that was a completely legitimate question. But as time has gone on, we’re seen in more than 100 countries worldwide, translated into 14 languages, JAKKS with our action figures, our online presence, touring over 100 events a year, internationally I think we’ve gone to the United Kingdom four times with a tour. It’s a great time to be in TNA and continue to expand.”
Jarrett was then asked about the outspoken part of TNA’s audience that criticizes the product and never seems to be happy with what the company does. Jarrett responded:
“I’ll say this: Wrestling fans, you have to take the good and bad of [them]. Because No.1, they’re highly critical of everything you do; they like to be Monday morning quarterbacks. But that’s all part of professional wrestling. It sort of makes up the uniqueness of our business. Along with that, I’m fine with them criticizing us and saying we should do this or do that. But from a business side of things, like you’re saying, when misinformation gets out, it’s not conducive for anybody when you put out total mistruths. But, hey, we’ve learned to accept it and move on. We worry about our bottom line, and let the chips fall where they may.”
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(Source: AsTheWorldTurnsLeft.com)