8 Misconceptions About TNA You Probably Believe

To paraphrase a brilliant Matthew Rehwoldt call from TNA's Slammiversary 2025 pay-per-view, "this is the most TNA thing of all time". He was referring to Jeff Hardy having achieved victory in a masterclass of a multi-team Ladder match by summoning a rope ladder from the ceiling.

That was the most recent instance of TNA displaying itself as a promotion which thrives on outside-the-box creativity, though it is essential to strike a balance, given that 70% of it has been drab crap. Near enough every TNA-incorporated match stipulation has been a clusterf*ck of the highest degree. Lockdown was the sort of concept that gets brought up on a Zoom call at 4:59 on a Friday afternoon and never discussed again, except this time, it was discussed again. Black Reign killed all interest in Dustin Rhodes as a performer until the 2010s. Their penchant for murdering wrestlers when they disembark the TNA ship a la EastEnders is a hilariously dumb concept, but hilarious all the more when the murderer is never charged with a crime and the murdered later returns.

Then, there is the good stuff. Ultimate X is always well-received. A Television Title with weekly defences on television(!) was a deft, if brief, concept. Gut Check was a developmental showcase that should have been stolen by WWE already. Open Fight Night offered a change of pace from the week-to-week arc, allowing anyone from the World Champion to the backstage janitor to settle their beef in the ring.

It is hardly groundbreaking material, but in a medium so full of theft, it is refreshing to see TNA try out something new.