Bryan Alvarez von hat in seinem neuen Newsletter Aussagen eines ehemaligen WWE Mitarbeiters aus der Führungsetage der Promotion veröffentlicht, in denen dieser - vor einigen Wochen gegenüber Dave Meltzer & Bryan Alvarez - die Stimmung der WWE Oberen bezüglich eines eventuell bald anstehenden, neuen Monday Night Wars wiedergab:
Just a few weeks ago, a former high-level person in WWE told us:
"Congrats, [TNA] you've awakened the giant. You're fucked. F-U-C-K-E-D. Are you set up and prepared to deal with the consequences? Do you have a marketing division ready to go with this and SELL your monthly PPVs with national/international TV/Radio/Digital/Print ad campaigns? Do you have those media execs in place to finally grab those international TV/home video/digital syndication deals? What about the TNA video game license? Ready to take on WWE with that too? You better be because Vince is going to be ruthlessly efficient in shutting you down if you aren't. Trust me. Have your ducks in a row or you stand no chance as you no longer are a simple vanity venture. You just sent a message, you better back it up."
From talking to people in WWE, there is said to be "pretty much no concern whatsoever" in regards to TNA's iMPACT! going head-to-head with Monday Night Raw on January 4, 2010. There is such little concern about TNA that WWE is not even looking to move Raw to three hours, though there is talk of lining up a strong guest host for the first two weeks of the new year.
Among those in WWE, the general feeling is that TNA president Dixie Carter is "incredibly naïve" and that TNA is in for a massive disappointment come January 5th when the ratings come in.
On another note, those on the WWE side were happy in the sense that Hulk Hogan mentioned them during last Saturday's The Ultimate Fighter finale because they got free publicity out of it.