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TNA Had Tracked Ben Bishop Before His Bound for Glory Appearance
Independent wrestler Ben Bishop appeared in TNA Wrestling’s Call Your Shot Gauntlet Battle Royal at the 2026 Bound for Glory event.
People within TNA said the company had been watching him since 2025.
They also said his name had come up under earlier management teams.
Some TNA sources said former creative team member Tommy Dreamer did not like Bishop’s social media clips.
Other people in the company said those clips were a strong reason to bring him in.
The differing views show that people at TNA disagreed about how to assess Bishop’s online presence.
No further details about his future with TNA are provided.
TNA had been tracking independent wrestler Ben Bishop since 2025, according to sources cited by Fightful Select.
Bishop appeared in TNA Wrestling’s 2026 Bound for Glory Call Your Shot Gauntlet Battle Royal.
Sources within TNA said former creative team member Tommy Dreamer was not a fan of Bishop’s social media clips.
Other people in the company said the clips should have been a positive reason to bring Bishop in.
Fightful reported the information on October 12, 2026.
- Who
- Ben Bishop, an independent wrestler, and TNA Wrestling.
- What
- TNA had tracked Bishop since 2025 before he appeared in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Battle Royal at Bound for Glory.
- When
- Bishop appeared at the 2026 Bound for Glory pay-per-view. Fightful reported the details on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- TNA Wrestling’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view. The location is not stated.
- Why
- The sources do not say why TNA tracked Bishop or why views of his social media clips differed.
Tommy Dreamer
Other people in TNA
Social media clips
Tommy Dreamer
Sources within TNA said Dreamer was not a fan of Bishop’s clips.
Other people in TNA
Other people in the company said the clips should have been a big positive in bringing him in.
TNA have had their eye on Ben Bishop since last year & his name was thrown around regularly dating back to previous regimes.
Tommy Dreamer was not a fan of Ben Bishop’s social media clips, while a number of other people in the company said that it should have been a big positive in his point to bring him in.
TNA had its eye on Ben Bishop, according to sources cited by Fightful Select.
Bishop’s name was regularly discussed, dating back to previous regimes, according to Fightful Select.
Bishop appeared in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Battle Royal.
Fightful reported that TNA had tracked Bishop and that views within the company differed over his social media clips.
- Wrestler
- Ben Bishop
- Promotion
- TNA Wrestling
- Tracking began
- 2025
- Appearance
- 2026 Bound for Glory Call Your Shot Gauntlet Battle Royal
- Report date
- October 12, 2026
Sources
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