TNA NEWS :TENAY TO BE REPLACED IN 2015??

The plan is for a reboot of sorts for the debut show, with new graphics and a new look. Josh Matthews will be replacing Mike Tenay as the lead announcer, working with Taz. The expectation is that Tenay will remain with the company in an on-air role. That change probably would have happened anyway, even if they weren’t looking for a new look and changes on a new station. Part of the deal may be because they consider Jeff Jarrett Public Enemy No. 1 (they even did a video piece designed to mock Jarrett doing a Billionaire Ted-like skit on him) and signing Tenay would keep him from Jarrett, who wanted Tenay to be his lead announcer if he got TV. I had pretty much figured from the day Matthews was let go by WWE that TNA would bring him in because of the John Gaburick connection, and he was at a TNA show in New York immediately after being let go. He was signed right after his non-compete ended, and moved to Nashville some time ago. He was signed at the time to be an announcer, a job he hasn’t started at yet. He’s been working on the web site and other work for months. The only thing that may have changed the plans was Tenay’s performance at Bound for Glory which some figured may have swayed the decision, similar to the fan reaction to Jim Ross in Chicago on the Hall of Fame induction swaying Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn to cancel the plans of replacing him after the 2007 WrestleMania, which had been the plan. It probably would have only delayed the inevitable, because once the thought is in people’s heads about age, it’s just a matter of time before the decision is going to be made. With the doctrine of a complete new look for the product, changing the announcers in an easy cosmetic change.