As Swinny said all this distancing is gonna achieve is a further lack in viewers and purchasers of their product.
Pissing off wrestling fans and indeed is anyone who isn't a wrestling fan really gonna watch WWE on a regular basis?
Also seeing as this is apparently the direction that "Chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon" has positioned them in does that mean it could be fairly claimed that Vince has declared TNA is the number 1 wrestling company in the world?