Last February, Scott D’Amore was fired from TNA Wrestling by Anthem Sports & Entertainment (TNA’s parent company). Len Asper, owner of Anthem, appointed Anthony Cicone as the new president of TNA Wrestling. However, D’Amore won’t be able to appear in other promotions until February 2025.
On Busted Open Radio, Scott D’Amore discussed his departure from TNA Wrestling. The former TNA president said that he found out he would be getting fired two days before the Hard to Kill pay-per-view.
“Here’s your scoop for your headline. I found out that what was happening with me two days before Hard to Kill. I was about to get on a plane, I found out kind of what was in the cards. Len Asper and I had a chat about it. Even though I had seen some signs, it still hit me pretty hard, but I did what professionals do. I locked that in that place in my brain and kept it there, and flew to Las Vegas with Tommy [Dreamer] and the rest of the team. I hate when people give me all the credit, and I hate when people give me all the blame. TNA succeeded because of the team we were able to assemble. I’m proud to have led that team, and I’m proud to have assembled that team.”
A rumor circulated that Scott D’Amore was fired from TNA because he attempted to purchase the company from Anthem Sports & Entertainment. D’Amore denied that.
“I dutifully finished out the Florida tapings, and I left the building that night thinking, That’s it, okay, I fulfilled my obligations. I woke up the next morning and did two things. I put Jordynne Grace in the Royal Rumble, and I started looking about where I could raise funds to acquire TNA. Any of the BS that I tried to buy the company, and that’s what led to me leaving, was not the case. It boiled down to a difference of opinions on how things should be. There was no f you, no, f you.”
Scott D’Amore said that he was upset by the company’s decision to fire him.
“I’ve spoken with Len Asper since then. Like as I said to him the day we talked about it, or it might have been the day the announcement went ahead, he said I hope there [are] no hard feelings. I said I can’t say there are no hard feelings, but there are no personal feelings. It was very conflicting. I was very proud of what we had done as a group and what we accomplished, and where we came, and I was very upset that the reigns got taken away from me at a time that I think we were perched and ready to continue to explode.”