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Billy Corgan appeared on SiriusXM's "Busted Open" radio show discussing TNA and where things stand for the company this afternoon leading into Sunday's Bound for Glory PPV.
Corgan said there were a lot of people "at the table right now" and said, "Whatever is going to happen this week or this weekend is going to change the director of the company forever...and this is not a wrestling angle."
When asked about the potential that Bound for Glory would not take place this Sunday, Corgan said he would be in Orlando "rain or shine" and said that the last three rounds of tapings, he has been the person who agreed to financially float those PPV/tapings so they could take place, noting they were deals where the "ink was drying" as TNA went to the ring. Corgan said that he's done everything in his power to make sure that Bound for Glory takes place from a personal and financial level - noting that he was using money from "his own pile" to attempt to purchase the "majority ownership" of TNA - and that he had put everything in place on his end. He said that at the end of the day, it's not up to him but he would personally be in Orlando "rain or shine."
Corgan said that the funding is part of the negotiations and the question is, what are the people funding the show getting for their money? Corgan said that where it gets complicated is that it's one thing to fund the company, but it's another to set the company up to be solvent and successful. Corgan said he didn't want to be having the same conversation with Busted Open in three months. Corgan said he has the funds to step forward, but if that means in two months, talents are in the same boat yet again, then what would be the point. Corgan said that all of talents he's spoken with are on board and hopeful he can "win" and steer the TNA ship going forward.
Corgan said, "Enough air has gone out of the balloon. It's time to put air back in the balloon and let this thing be what it can be." He said that if they can't remove the black cloud, he can't look the talents in the eye and tell them that now they can work on moving forward and creating everything TNA can be. If he can't be in that position to look Eddie Edwards and Bobby Lashley in the eye and know they are going to do business for the next 20 years together, he won't make a deal.
Corgan also asked that everyone listening to remember that there's a human element of people who perform for the company and those who work behind the scenes who will be greatly effected by what happens to the company and it's important to put them first.
Corgan also noted that he met with Pop TV President Bradley Schwartz last week in Los Angeles and Schwartz was very much on board with TNA and the "culture" Corgan wanted for the company.
Corgan said he wants to build a truly "21st century empire" where people can kick ass. He said that if people tune into the PPV this weekend and he is standing in the ring, they are guaranteed a "crazy PPV" and that it means the black cloud over TNA "will be a lot smaller."
Dixie Carter was not mentioned by name.
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