TNA personality believes that the company can surpass AEW even though Tony Khan “has lots of money”

During an interview with Lucha Libre Online, TNA Wrestling personality Santino Marella commented on the company’s growth in recent years…

“Obviously, the current locker room is ecstatic about the growth. Yeah, when I came here it was not like this, man. Sometimes we were in Nashville or even in Toronto, we had 350–500 people, but we believed in ourselves, you know. And now that we have the audience size that feels right, we deliver every time. Every time we’ve had a sold-out crowd, we’ve never not had a good show. We’ve never wasted an opportunity.

Bound for Glory is going to be another one. We’re going to capitalize on that audience. We’re going to send the message out to the wrestling world, man — we’re here. We’re knocking on the door, and you better look out, because once we get that TV deal, we’re number two, man. I know, whatever, Tony Khan has lots of money — I get it. But the fans speak. The fans dictate who’s number one, number two, number three, not your bank account. So, of course, WWE is number one. They’re so far ahead, we’ll never catch them in my lifetime. But number two is attainable. Number two is really something we can do. And if we accomplish that, man, that’s humongous.”