Last Thursday, TNA debuted its first episode of “iMPACT” on the AMC network, and despite two major title matches being advertised and WWE star AJ Styles making an appearance, the show was not well received from each wrestling fans and pundits alike. Nevertheless, along with the web backlash and negative commentary directed at TNA’s first broadcast on AMC, the backstage response to the show from the promotion’s talent has been revealed.
In keeping with Fightful Select, TNA’s talent behind-the-scenes were each realistic and pessimistic concerning the episode, with the general understanding being that it wasn’t a great show. That said, there have been many who believed that the general audience didn’t understand the hurdles that TNA faced coming into last Thursday, while other staff reportedly made some reasonable excuses for the promotion’s poor efforts. Although, Fightful notes that some talent will claim that it was the style of show that TNA “needed” to have.
Despite TNA’s take care of AMC not getting began on the precise track, there have been still some exciting debuts on last week’s show. Elayna Black, formerly generally known as Cora Jade in WWE, signed a one-year take care of TNA and appeared on “iMPACT” last Thursday after being introduced by one other recent hire for the corporate, Daria Rae, also generally known as Sonya Deville, who will fulfill an on-screen management role. Hopefully the reception for this upcoming Thursday’s episode of “iMPACT” will more favorable with Jeff Hardy scheduled to face Mustafa Ali in singles motion, and a Feast Or Fired Match set to happen on the show.