TNA drops Bill Behrens from his position, office notes, TNA in Northeast?
On Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12:39 PM EST - NWA Wildside promoter Bill Behrens was dropped from his backstage duties with TNA this past Friday. Behrens was reportedly told the company would no longer be able to afford flying him to Florida each week and paying him for his services, which included running the babyface gorilla position at events and booking enhancement talent in the local area. Many found the timing of this decision to be very interesting as Behrens was in Stamford, CT last Wednesday meeting with World Wrestling Entertainment about his Wildside promotion possibly becoming a developmental territory for the company. Behrens will be continue to serve as an agent for both AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels. Behrens declined to comment to PWInsider earlier today regarding the situation.
- Some within TNA feel that Berhens' recent dismissal could lead to others in the office getting the boot as well. The general feeling among many in the company right now is that they would prefer to surround themselves with individuals who want to make TNA a priority instead of working on other projects off to the side.
- NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett and Jeremy Borash were both at the Cyberspace Wrestling Federation event in Wayne, New Jersey this past weekend as noted before. Jarrett even had a chance to speak with RF Video owner Rob Feinstein, something many would consider ironic given the reasons TNA gave when they made the decision to pull all TNA talent from Ring of Honor last April. It should also be noted that TNA officials have been searching for buildings and venues in the Northeast in hopes of running a few events down the line (Good luck to them on that considering the overwhelming anti-TNA remarks heard at ROH, 3PW, CZW and other events). Despite the search, officials are said to be taking their time with any plans in the works.
Credit: Mike Johnson @ PWInsider.com