WrestlingObserver.com is reporting Konnan quit TNA before their tapings tonight in Orlando. Ron Killings is mentioned as having given notice and jumping to AAA, which had been talked about for a while (he’d just returned from injury.)
In addition, Ricky Banderas was scheduled to start working in TNA as of this taping and isn’t listed on the results. He was supposedly going to feud with Abyss, and Tomko got that slot instead. With the split, I’d presume Banderas was done in TNA before he started.
AAA seemed to stop booking TNA talent since Rey de Reyes, so no one should be dropping off their roster.
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Interesting…
you forgot the bigger news of Ricky being stripped of the WSX World Title.
Will Triple AAA be using more NOAH talent then, or did they stop using them as well since Rey de Reyes?
My guess is Konnan will somehow work out a deal with WWE to work with AAA.
I’d be totally and completely shocked if that happened.
I wouldn’t, Konnans best friend is working in the WWE: Rey Misterio Jr.
I’d be totally and completely shocked if that happened
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I would not be shocked if Konnan tried to work with WWE. Wrestling has always worked that way-You quit a company and then try to work with their competition. If WWE is serious about a territory in Mexico, they’re going to want someone like him involved. He’s an American who speaks both languages, and has a good understanding of the market.
>If WWE is serious about a
>territory in Mexico, they’re
>going to want someone like
>him involved.
It sounds like it was a one week blip where they were interested in a territory and not much sense – there’s been some talk about setting up a developmental promotion in Europe, but that’s about it. The upcoming WWE shows aren’t drawing well enough where they could support a full time promotion.
Even if it’s not a Mexico promotion is not a dead issue, Konnan would be competition, not co-operation. There’s no way he’s leaving AAA unless someone forces him out – it’s not going to get better for him. I don’t think WWE would buy AAA, and I don’t think WWE would do a partnership where they don’t have complete control. (Which isn’t much a partnership, but it is much a WWE.) WWE doesn’t work with promotions in Japan, doesn’t work with promotions elsewhere – it seems a major stretch to believe they’d start working with a promotion in Mexico.
Konnan leaving TNA doesn’t change the situation in that regard – he would’ve blown off TNA already if WWE was interested.
Misterio may be Konnan’s best friend, but if Konnan could’ve done what he wanted to do in Mexico and work in the US, he wouldn’t have ever been in WWE. Everything can be forgiven, but Konnan hasn’t always had the nicest things to see about WWE either.
I’d be much happier if I read that Konnan was fired as a AAA booker.
Mexico is different than Japan. Mexico will figure prominently into WWE’s future because of the exploding Latino population in the US. WWE will need to figure out ways to tour South and Central American mid-sized markets with greater frequency and with lower ticket cots.
When Pena died, I believe Robert said, “RIP Pena, RIP AAA”. I said that Vince would end up owning AAA at some point. I expect Vince to either try to buy AAA, or declare war in Mexico and try to destroy them.
Before Vince started running Mexico, he did reach out to AAA to see if they’d be interested in working with WWE, but Pena never responded. And if you no one believes this piece of information, then you don’t truly realize how fucked up and disorganized these Mexican offices really are.