The official Twitter pages of WWE wrestlers are, for the most part, just self-serving corporate branding attempts, with very few actually being operated by the wrestlers themselves. TNA, on the other hand, is a little bit more fan friendly. Not only do they take a greater interest in social media as a means of advancing storylines and/or kayfabe, but the company also regularly uses the Internet to reach out to their fans. TNA does regular fan interaction events, signed giveaways, competitions and more besides. Of course, WWE does all the same stuff, but wrestlers under contract to WWE dont usually work the Indies, whereas TNA guys do. In that respect, there is far a greater incentive for a TNA guy to reach out to you and reply to a fan letter and/or Tweet than a WWE Superstar has. In addition, TNA is a much smaller company than WWE, with a much smaller audience. This means that it is easier to reach out to the promotion and it is easier for it to reach out to you.
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