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Bully Ray takes Twitter shot at TNA amidst reports that talent have heard nothing from management about company's future

Reports started coming out yesterday with a PWInsider.com podcast that TNA talent were getting more and more nervous because there's been no word from management about a new television deal or the company's future.  Some wrestlers reportedly haven't heard from Dixie Carter, John Gaburick or the team since the last television episodes were taped back in September.

There have been rumors that a new television deal was imminent, even if it was at a greatly discounted rate, and possibly even back with Spike TV, the Viacom-owned channel by whom TMZ reporting that Impact had been cancelled started all of this drama back in the summer.  But as days and weeks go by without an announcement, fan - and apparently employee - confidence that the promotion can be saved is disappearing.

Now, as one of only two remaining episodes of Impact is set to air tonight at 9PM Eastern (Spike has announced that a movie will air on November 27th rather than TNA's usual Thanksgiving show, and there's no more new content to show in December, despite assurances that Impact would continue to air on Spike through the end of 2014), one of the company's most popular performers has fired a slightly cryptic but he-knew-how-everyone-would-take-it message at the company via Twitter:

Ray and his Team 3D partner Devon used their recent trip to Japan with TNA, where they were inducted into the company's Hall of Fame, to throw their hats in the ring with New Japan Pro Wrestling - who announced recently that they have something TNA doesn't have, which is a North American pay-per-view (PPV) scheduled in the new year - so it's not surprising that he and his veteran salary would be out the door, whether Impact found a home or not.

But even when it was believed that he'd be leaving the company in the past, his social media messaging has been positive, or at least encouraging to those still planning to work for TNA.  This is a marked departure from that.

Is it the latest sign of the end of TNA?

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