TNA's 10 Most Costly Mistakes

10. Not Taking Care Of Sorenson

Some costly mistakes are of the public perception variety.

Turning people off of your product by looking like a scummy place of business can have long lasting effects. It’s why major companies have PR departments. Whoever was heading up TNA’s PR department when Jesse Sorensen was fired should have probably been let go as well.

Soresnen broke his neck at a TNA pay-per-view. It was an incredibly scary moment, as we didn’t know if we were witnessing the next Droz. It seemed like his dream of being a professional wrestler was over, but to help the guy out Dixie Carter promised him a job in the company for life. It lasted less than 18 months.

He hit incredibly hard times, and claimed that his medical bills weren’t paid by the company either. He had to go on his mother’s insurance to make ends meet. Sadly, he wasn’t the only TNA performer to suffer, as Daffney was badly injured on the job and forced into retirement. She sued the company, though, and won a workers’ comp case.

Was it really worth these attempts to save some money by not doing right by people who were badly injured on their shows? And if there was more to the story, then TNA badly failed on getting their side out there.

Their bizarre decision to neglect doing the honorable thing may not have had damaged them immediately, but certainly added to the growing perception that they were running a second-rate, scummy operation.