TNA is making some big moves when it comes to free agency but unfortunately it isn't transferring over into PPV buys via television.
Just this past Saturday, the company had it's Rebellion PPV and it featured the main event of TNA World Champion Moose defending his title against Nic Nemeth. The card also featured Josh Alexander taking on Hammerstone in their rubber match which was a Last Man Standing fight.
According to Dave Meltzer, Rebellion saw a massive drop in PPV purchases in comparsion to TNA's return PPV earlier in January, Hard To Kill. Hard To Kill had over 66,000 buys on TV and streaming, which happened to be a record for the promotion. Unfortunately, Rebellion had only 500 TV buys at air-time, that's an 89% drop in comparison to Hard To Kill which had 22,400. However, the streaming buys have yet to be released so TNA should see at least a little boost with the combination.
Although the buys of down, the perception of TNA is very positive with acquisitions such as Nemeth, Hammerstone, AJ Francis and Mustafa Ali. Rebellion also saw the major returns of Matt Hardy and Mike Santana into the company fold.
Nemeth said in an exclusive interview with SEScoops, noting how much he believes in TNA as a company and the promotion's long-term booking plans. Nemeth isn't signed to any contract with TNA, but noted his primary goal is getting the company over and its roster of rising stars.
You can check out the full interview with Nemeth below:
