Was there ever talk of a TNA roster split?

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When TNA was large, important, and mattered (maybe mid-late 2000s), was there ever talk of a TNA roster split? Maybe creating a second show to bring it about?

[👑🇵🇭⭐️]

I don’t exactly remember the details behind the rumor, but I do remember reading about a TNA Brand Split. I suggested that the brands / shows should just be Impact and Xplosion, since they were already established properties of TNA. I thought that the World Championship Title should be the main title on Impact and the Legends / Global Championship Title should be the main title on Xplosion. Nothing ever came of it.

[hbkbigdaddycool]

Oh there was a TNA roster split.... half ended up in ROH, the other half ended up in WWE.

[The Natural Eddy Valintino]

There was talks of a roster split? First time i hear that. Anything I've ever heard of when it came to another show was bringing Xplosion to the states. A roster split would have been as dumb in TNA as when AAA tried a brand split and it only lasted a couple of tapings before quietly dissolving.

[👑🇵🇭⭐️]

I found an old post of mine from a different board. It turns out that it was just someone asking our opinions about the possibility of a TNA brand split. Now that I had time to think about it, I’m not sure if there were ever talks within TNA about it.

[greenjack1992]

Feb 12, 2018 17:15:22 GMT -5 hbkbigdaddycool said:

Oh there was a TNA roster split.... half ended up in ROH, the other half ended up in WWE.

[theMOESIAH]

Let's talk about something more interesting. I vaguely recall a post here a few years back talking about a New Japan brand split. What happened with that?

[The Natural Eddy Valintino]

Feb 15, 2018 23:25:13 GMT -5 theMOESIAH said:

Let's talk about something more interesting. I vaguely recall a post here a few years back talking about a New Japan brand split. What happened with that?

There was talks of a NJPW split? Again, if there was talks, it would have aa successful as AAAs brand split, which lasted a couple of tapings. It works in WWE cause they have the roster size to make it look believable. WCW probably also could have gone away with it with the roster size they had in the past.

[theMOESIAH]

Feb 16, 2018 3:41:54 GMT -5 The Natural Eddy Valintino said:

Feb 15, 2018 23:25:13 GMT -5 theMOESIAH said:

Let's talk about something more interesting. I vaguely recall a post here a few years back talking about a New Japan brand split. What happened with that?

There was talks of a NJPW split? Again, if there was talks, it would have aa successful as AAAs brand split, which lasted a couple of tapings. It works in WWE cause they have the roster size to make it look believable. WCW probably also could have gone away with it with the roster size they had in the past.

There was one guy here talking about it. I can't even remember when it was... 3 or 4 years ago, maybe more. I figured he was just messing with me but I wasn't real big into New Japan back then.

[K5]

they hadn’t developed their original brand strongly enough to even consider this. they were grappling for tv time as it is, now you’re talking about doubling that. they were using all their talents to shine as much as they could as they attempted to emerge as a major brand and failed doing so. a second brand was absolutely never in the cards.

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The Frontline and the Main Event Mafia, Obviously.

[McBlake]

They never had a big enough roster to merit a brand split.

[Mr. #1derful 🇵🇸]

I liked Ring Ka King.

[Cassa Nova Kid]

Vince Russo had S.E.X which was like half the roster lol when tna first started 2002 -2003

Wrestlers
Vince Russo (leader)
Glenn Gilbertti
Desire
Disgraceland
David Flair
B.G. James
Ashley Hudson
Brian Lawler
Raven
Chris Sabin
Mike Sanders
Sonny Siaki
Erik Watts
Miss Holly Wood
David Young
Teams and stables
Don and Ron Harris
Triple X (Elix Skipper, Low Ki, and Christopher Daniels)
The Gathering (Julio Dinero and Alexis Laree)
The New Generation (Erik Watts, Brian Lawler, David Flair)
Wrestlers associated with S.E.X., but never officially joined
A.J. Styles (associated with, never officially joined)
Chris Harris (it was teased that Harris would turn on partner James Storm and join Sports Entertainment Xtreme as he was seen several times in the S.E.X. dressing room, and was even confronted by Storm)
Larry Zbyszko (ally with Vince Russo)

[enigmafigs]

Like someone else said, I don't think they ever had a big enough roster to have a brand split but to be honest, a brand split around 2010ish time would have been pretty cool considering the amount of top stars they had at the time, they would just have needed to have a few more bodies to make up the numbers.

[joes7164]

Feb 12, 2018 17:15:22 GMT -5 hbkbigdaddycool said:

Oh there was a TNA roster split.... half ended up in ROH, the other half ended up in WWE.

I literally laughed out loud at this!

I was wondering if they even had enough people in the whole company to be able to do a roster split. Let alone enough performers.

[wheeljack83]

The answer is no there wasn't.

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Feb 12, 2018 17:15:22 GMT -5 hbkbigdaddycool said:

Oh there was a TNA roster split.... half ended up in ROH, the other half ended up in WWE.

exactly, and it killed tna

[theMOESIAH]

Mar 18, 2018 22:40:39 GMT -5 @therealdeal18 said:

Feb 12, 2018 17:15:22 GMT -5 hbkbigdaddycool said:

Oh there was a TNA roster split.... half ended up in ROH, the other half ended up in WWE.

exactly, and it killed tna

TNA was a shambling corpse long before that happened.

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Mar 19, 2018 4:36:10 GMT -5 theMOESIAH said:

Mar 18, 2018 22:40:39 GMT -5 @therealdeal18 said:

exactly, and it killed tna

TNA was a shambling corpse long before that happened.

never really watched after the first year or two. all down hill from there. you are right.