TNA's 10 Most Costly Mistakes

2. Naming The Company TNA

Believe it or not, but Vince Russo takes credit for coming up with “TNA.” That should be near the top of the list of things he should not be proud of.

Before TNA aired as a weekly pay-per-view the Jarretts and Russo tossed around ideas as to what they should name their promotion. They went with “TNA” to be Tuesday Night All-Stars, because the show was going to be aired on Tuesdays. Instead, it aired on Wednesdays, but WNA would just be silly! Ah, who are we kidding, they wanted TNA for “T**s and ass.” It sounded like porn, and perhaps people surfing the channel guide would stumble upon TNA Wrestling and think they would see something titillating.

That insanely idiocy decision has cost the company an untold amount of money. It simply cannot be stressed enough how stupid it is to have named a wrestling promotion who's goal was to someday rival WWE as "T-N-A."

How many potential advertisers have shied away from airing ads on their programs because of those letters? A regular wrestling fan can simply still not tell a person they watch “TNA” without sounding like they’re watching something sleazy. How anyone thought that name was a good idea is simply amazing.