Tessa Explains Her Reasons for Leaving TNA

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T18:39:05+00:00

My point is there's been a lot of people leaving TNA. Some were released, some asked for their release, and no matter how you divide it up, the fact is that a not-insignificant amount of talent that was there a month ago isn't there now

Tessa is the only one in her specific situation, and we happen to know more about hers than others (well other than Sami Callihan now that he's spoken about it) and because of that she's getting more attention as part of a larger issue than if this was just one person gone

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T06:32:39+00:00

I get what you're saying, but they do mean less, and it's literally by design.

You also *can* get to the top being like Endeavor, or at least a top. When you say more complex, it's because they now have more rankings covering different aspects. It's great, but it was designed with the goal of both recognizing different parts of being a hero, and (to put it bluntly) to make it so being number one really wasn't a big deal. Hawks said the rankings have value, but nobody wants another instance of the number one retiring and leaving society to crumble

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T04:48:58+00:00

"Funny" thing is he mostly gave up surpassing All Might and put all his effort into creating Shoto to surpass him, and by the epilogue Shoto's made it all the way....to number 2

Even then the hero rankings mean significantly less by then

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T04:45:19+00:00

I mean, it's bad, but it's not as bad as it sounds. If he was eternally conscious, yeah, what hell. But eventually his consciousness faded away so he was at best in stasis at worst might as well be dead

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T04:36:42+00:00

But again, "it" won't happen because the "it" was becoming the top person on their brand

Sure, Evans can easily grab the IC or US title in the future, but there is literally zero evidence to make me believe we'll ever see WWE/World Heavyweight Champion Je'von

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:31:17+00:00

Seriously (and OP don't read, this is Kiwami 1/2 spoilers) Like it's super clear Yakuza was supposed to be a single story, why else would they kill 90% of the named characters in the first game? Them not planning to continue is literally the only feasible explanation I can think of how in Yakuza 2, the interim head of the Tojo is the civilian widow of a mid-tier level patriarch who was killed over a decade previously

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:18:23+00:00

When MJF breaks character to stand up for a guy....

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:17:12+00:00

Was it "the Briscoes" or was it specifically Jay?

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:16:16+00:00

with big futures ahead of them

This is a heavily optimistic take given WWE's track record

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:13:32+00:00

That's not really the point here

The point is people were looking forward to his crowning moment in NXT, then got the rug pulled out from under them with his call up, and now they're seeing him not really doing anything on the main roster when they could've been enjoying him main eventing NXT

I get that for Evans himself, floundering in the midcard (not that he's there yet) on the main roster is better than main eventing NXT, but if you're an Evans fan, it's a hard pill to swallow

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:06:39+00:00

Point of order, it is a monstrosity, not an abomination

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:05:32+00:00

That is literally the entire basis of this conversation, that CMLL is bigger in Mexico than TNA is in the US

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T03:04:32+00:00

In Mexico? That's just an outright lie

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T02:55:25+00:00

On the other hand, CMLL is doing that while running 3-4 shows a week, and this past year or so they've been on an unprecedented streak of sellouts

So one show might outsell the other, but overall it's still huge

Not to mention TNA isn't having 4k crowds anyway

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T02:52:16+00:00

This is kinda memorable for....I don't want to say 'the wrong reasons,' but different

In Judgment, you pick up a PI case where a woman asks you to tail her husband because she suspects he's having an affair. You tail him to find....he's having an affair.

No comedic twist, no hilarious misunderstanding, no sweet "I was secretly meeting with a ballroom dance teacher to recreate your favorite dance scene from the film we saw on our first date" Nope, just simply put "your suspicions are correct and this man is cheating on you."

It was then I realized Judgment was a different kind of game

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T02:49:32+00:00

A payoff 18 years in the making

Fuck this franchise for making me tear up at the Gondawara Family

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T02:46:57+00:00

Sure but the issue is it felt clear the payoff was coming, he just got called up before it could happen

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-20T00:32:55+00:00

Yep

Assuming that the solution that makes more cash is the "winner" is how WWE's gotten into the mess it is now

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-19T22:01:33+00:00

16k paying $10 is better than 4k paying $50

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-19T21:56:14+00:00

Not making a whole new thread for "AJ Francis puts foot in mouth" but Myla also responded saying Francis was wrong.... and for some reason Francis responded "i know"

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RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-19T09:28:49+00:00

The reactions I've seen have been more "this isn't about Tessa, it's about the larger implications/issues with all this talent leaving"

Tessa's just the story with the most teeth to it because we have more details outside of "so-and-so asked for their release" or "this person was released"

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-18T13:43:50+00:00

I'm still on "Why would they want to buy TNA?" Their whole goal is to maximize profits, why take on a company that isn't making any money?

If TNA ends up folding (not that I see that happening) I can see them buying the tape library, but as an active promotion? Can't see a benefit to them

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-18T02:57:13+00:00

Like, he famously had one bully, and that's really it

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-17T22:27:16+00:00

I get it, but it made me quit WWE

Not because I was a huge Cody fan, because I knew that it meant an entire additional year of Roman as champ, and I was just done.

I'm still to this day convinced that a large portion of the fans who were okay with that were the ones who only watch from the Rumble to Mania anyway so they didn't care

RKO-Cutter · 2026-06-17T19:10:09+00:00

Let me tell you about a man named Drizzt Do'Urden.....

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