Overview
- Dark Side of the Ring’s season seven opened with three episodes focused on TNA and Jeff Jarrett, prompting fresh public discussion of the promotion’s 2009–2013 era.
- Jarrett told the program that Dixie Carter’s widely seen 2013 on‑air moment where she clung to Hulk Hogan’s leg was staged and that the segment “said everything” about her industry knowledge.
- He also blamed Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s influence and Hogan’s push to rebrand TNA for triggering a rapid financial decline after the star’s arrival.
- Those production and booking decisions included signing older mainstream stars and moving Impact! into a direct ratings fight with WWE programs, which critics say led to falling viewership and a talent backlash.
- The current coverage is a retrospective built on participant commentary rather than new evidence, and it has renewed scrutiny of TNA leadership choices and how television staging shaped the promotion’s public image.