Sports Illustrated is reporting that news of TNA banning blood from its matches and the promotion isn’t true.
“Several TNA sources, both talent and officials, reached out to The Takedown on SI to indicate the edict from the meeting was misrepresented, and that intentional bleeding was in fact not outlawed in the promotion. On Wednesday, TNA President Carlos Silva told The Takedown on SI that there is no such ban in place,” wrote Jon Alba.
It was originally reported by PWInsider that the promotion was banning blading and blood outright. The reason given at a locker room meeting was that TNA wanted to tread lightly with sponsors as they are negotiating a new media rights deal.
TNA President Carlos Silva told SI there is no ban and “when addressing talent in the meeting it was instead done to encourage the locker room to utilize brutality and intentional bleeding more sparingly, coming off of two extreme instances in a short period of time.”
Silva also maintained there are production and filming challenges as well.
“The TNA president also mentioned how the heavy blood or mass violence can lead to logistical challenges in batch tapings, such as the canvas being damaged or stained. TNA routinely tapes several weeks of TV over the course of a weekend or even a single night. He said there is also the obvious area of concern for talent who engage in that level of violence, and Maclin’s situation in particular prompted worry after he suffered a “gusher” in his match with Young,” wrote Alba.
