WWE and TNA Announced a new Multi Year Partnership: What that Might Mean for Wrestling Collectors

On 1/16/2025 WWE and TNA announced a continuation of their relationship through a multi year partnership involving TNA and the WWE's NXT brand. This partnership will allow continued crossover from wrestlers from both companies. | https://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-tna-wrestling-announce-multi-year-partnership

Recently WWE and TNA announced a multi-year agreement that continued their “unprecedented crossover opportunities for NX superstars and TNA Wrestling stars” per a joint release from both companies. The statements went on to say that it would allow talent from both brands to gain more exposure by appearing within crossovers. Essentially this will look like more of what fans have seen since this collaboration started with then TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace making an appearance at the 2024 WWE Women’s Royal Rumble. 

Then TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace making her way to the ring during the 2024 Royal Rumble. The Juggernaut made history by becoming the first active TNA Champion to make their WWE debut at the Rumble. | https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/jordynne-grace-tna-natalya

Since then several TNA Stars have made appearances at NXT including more appearances and matches from Jordynne Grace, the extremely popular Joe Hendry, Knockouts mainstay Rosemary, and current Knockouts champ Masha Slamovich. Likewise NXT stars like Tatum Paxley, Wolfgang, and up and coming star Sol Ruca have wrestled on the TNA Impact weekly show and TNA pay per views. 

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So the question is what this continued collaboration means for collectors and fans in terms of new collectibles or trading cards. My hope is that some of the wrestlers that were featured in NXT from TNA could find themselves having cards with Topps and possible action figures from Mattel. Although it’s possible but improbable for stars like the previously mentioned Grace and Hendry to be in the upcoming Topps Chrome WWE release, what’s more likely is that certain TNA stars would be included in future products including future Topps Chrome WWE releases. Perhaps if there was an NXT exclusive product like Topps had made in the past we might see TNA star autos or TNA specific inserts.  Fans will have to wait and see but I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll see Joe Hendry and other TNA stars in Topps products in the near future. 

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TNA star Joe Hendry makes his way to the ring at Impact! Hendry's made history in 2024 by becoming the first TNA contracted wrestler to main even a WWE NXT premium live event when he squared off with Ethan Page. Hopefully fans will see trading cards of Hendry and other TNA stars in upcoming Topps WWE releases. | https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2023/01/30/third-times-the-charm-joe-hendrys-return-to-impact-wrestling/