TNA news: Contracts, Gaburick replaced by Jeff Jarrett as exec producer, GFW going ahead, Dixie's husband gets a new job

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By Mike Johnson on 2017-02-03 10:30:00 Since we have gotten some emails about a few TNA related topics, here is the latest:

*As of this writing, the company has not yet locked in Matt and Jeff Hardy to new deals. But they are leaning towards staying with the company.

*Drew Galloway has also yet to sign a new deal. No idea where things stand there.

*Dixie Carter has moved out of the TNA offices in Nashville, TN and is not involved in any TNA decision-making and is effectively gone from the company. Her husband, Serg Salinas, is also no longer with the company. He lists on his LinkedIn Profile that in January, he left the company to work as General Manager of Trifecta Entertainment and Tex-Ville Tunes Music Publishing in Nashville, TN. Trifecta Entertainment was the company Dixie Carter owned and ran before TNA.

*Jeff Jarrett is believed to be coming on board as the new Executive Producer, replacing John "Big" Gaburick, but we have heard differing accounts of whether Jarrett's deal is done. Jarrett is still moving forward with GFW so it's possible he will try and bridge the two entities together going forward. I wouldn't be shocked to see the GFW TV that was filmed in Las Vegas eventually end up on Fight Network, but that's only my gut feeling.

*The latest word is John Gaburick is not leaving the company as we have heard he has restructured his deal to remain as a producer.

*There have been no major office departures and thus far, no real talk of moving the company to Toronto yet but that is still a possibility.

*Staff were in Toronto this week at Anthem and Fight Network Studios, McKenzie Mitchell will be doing some material there with Josh Mathews. Jeff Jarrett was also there talking plans and ideas for the company with Ed Nordholm and Jason Brown.

*Dutch Mantel is officially Head of Creative, joining Matt Conway, Gaburick and Madison Rayne.

*Don West is, thus far, only back to help liquidate the TNA warehouse. We are told there was a ton of merchandise that needed to be sold off so the company is working towards that end. Bringing back West was a Jarrett idea. However there are people who would love him on commentary due to his selling ability with pay-per-views and other digital content. "He could sell you a dead rat and you'd buy it" was one comment I got.

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*Don West is, thus far, only back to help liquidate the TNA warehouse. We are told there was a ton of merchandise that needed to be sold off so the company is working towards that end. Bringing back West was a Jarrett idea. However there are people who would love him on commentary due to his selling ability with pay-per-views and other digital content. "He could sell you a dead rat and you'd buy it" was one comment I got.

I DEMAND a video of Don West shilling a dead rat! (And extra points if his pitch includes the details that the rat was once a "TV star" and was once owned by Dustin Rhodes.)




Dude... imagine a subtly heel Don West milking every last penny out of the Bro-Mans by constantly selling them new tanning creams. Or Don as character who holds some role at the Hardy compound, like he's their human doorbell who stands at the door when someone shows up Don starts to yell into the intercom, hyping the visitors up.
Or Don West playing the even louder Stokely Hathaway to Lashley's larger and louder Timothy Thatcher!


WHY ARE THEY NOT PUTTING DON WEST ON TV?!

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Don West as Caleb Konley's new loudmouth fat trainer for a new 'premier athlete brand' would be awesome