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There have been a number of exits from Anthem and TNA Wrestling today, PWInsider.com can confirm.
TNA President Carlos Silva issued a memo to Anthem staff today announcing the departure of eight from the company.
One of the most shocking departures was Ariel Shnerer, who was Executive Producer of TNA and effectively head of creative. Shnerer had been with Anthem, TNA and The Fight Network for many years. With his departure, Hunter "Delirious" Johnston will now head creative. Tommy Dreamer remains on the creative team as well.
*Tied for most shocking is the departure of TNA Hall of Famer Gail Kim, who worked behind the scenes in Talent Relations and Producing and was a legitimate legend for the promotion. With her exit, Tommy Dreamer will now be heading the Talent Relations end of the company. Kim's run with the company dates back to 2005, initially as a performer and she was one of the women who forged the Knockouts division before her current role. She was very much loved and respected internally by the talents.
*Dreamer and Johnston will report directly to Silva.
*Rob Klingman, who was Chief Revenue Officer, has also departed. He was named CRO in June 2024. Prior to joining Anthem Sports Group, Kligman served as Vice President of Marketing Operations & Sales at G Fuel and had also worked at WWE as well as their Vice President of Global Digital & Integrated Sponsorship Sales.
*Michael Shewchenko will be exiting the Digital Department on 4/30, Silva announced. He started with the company in March 2023.
*It was also announced that Karen Clevett (Product Owner, worked on TNA+), Romy Glazer (Marketing) and Sebastian Dastrani (live events end) will be leaving the company.
*Rafael Morfi, who had been consulting and working to build the company's live business, was also announced as moving on. Morfi had been involved in the company's great success of late, including the big houses in El Paso.
Silva also announced the company will welcome a new Senior Vice President of Digital, David Clevinger next month. Clevinger has worked with The NFL, NBC Universal, UFC, The NBA and more.
A new Senior Vice President of Sales, Nicole Rachine, started with the company this month. She previously worked for World Team Tennis.
PWInsider.com has reached out to TNA for comment.
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