TNA President Dixie Carter recently gave an exclusive interview to TNA Wrestling.Com and spoke of how the company has expanded over the last 7 years and has continued to prosper during these harsh economic times. Here are some highlights from the interview:
[Credit: TNA Wrestling. Com]:
Dixie On The Growth Of TNA & Their Future Goals:
"We’ve set very high, very realistic goals along the way, and I don’t think there’s been one (goal) that we haven’t met or exceeded.
We have not been infused with hundreds of millions of dollars, nor had a parent company that is a network. We have fought hard for every bit of success we have attained. We’ve done it fan by fan, success by success. And that, to me, is what makes TNA special, because it truly is a company of the fans; they’ve been the ones who have allowed us to grow."
Dixie On The Ratings That TNA "IMPACT!" Currently Achieves:
"I think we have accomplished more in the last six- to 12-months than we have in the last several years. I look at our ratings over the last year, and they are up more than 20 percent."
Dixie On A "Ratings War" Between TNA & WWE:
"We want everyone’s ratings to go up. In order to succeed, we don’t think we have to take ratings away from anyone else. As a wrestling industry, we all have to grow the fan-base worldwide.
We can’t just say we’re going to beat Raw (in the ratings). Right now, that’s unrealistic. We had to start with a more obtainable goal to beat the ratings of our competitor’s third-rated show, ECW – and we’ve done that. "
Dixie On The TNA Fans & The Wrestling Audience In 2009:
"The audience of 2009 is significantly different from the audience during the height of the WWF-WCW run. And we have to continue to change accordingly. Today’s fans are smarter, more involved. They don’t want their intelligence insulted, and we have been guilty of that at times in the past. Can we please everyone all the time? No, that’s not realistic. But you have to strive to please them much more than not."
Dixie On "Making New Superstars" In TNA:
"The landscape in TNA over the next 12 months is going to change dramatically. Our veterans are here to show that their greatness is beyond themselves and to help create other superstars. These (veterans) are secure enough to know that that’s what is needed for this company to continue to grow. Their leadership in and out of the ring is unmatched."
To read the full interview, go to the link at the bottom of the page.
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Source: http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1575/84/
