WrestlingNews.co: "On Saturday’s Wrestling Observer radio, Meltzer confirmed that TNA is for sale

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Meltzer said that a few years ago they had a deal on the table for decent money, but Dixie's dad wouldn't sell it unless they promised to keep Dixie on board, so Toby Keith backed out :dead: Have kids, brehs

Two years ago, when Toby Keith was in talks with Bob Carter about buying the promotion (which the promotion vehemently denied at the time), which in theory would have been run by Jeff Jarrett (Keith is also friends with Jim Ross), there was at least a solid base of fans and a very viable television platform. They had in excess of 1 million viewers and a prime time show on Spike. At that point the deal fell through because Bob insisted that Dixie be promised a place in the new company, which Keith wouldn’t agree to.
 
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TNA’s U.K. tour was far worse than it looked like originally. The attendance figures we listed in the Observer were the numbers in the building but numbers of paid from the venue itself indicates most of the tickets were papered. It’s not known what the deal is regarding the splits between TNA and local promoters and if TNA got a guarantee to come in, or it was a revenue split. If it was a revenue split, then the lower than expected gates would lead to less cash right now.

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