CFOs and people that would block you at every step of the way. So, it was a lot more frustrating from a standpoint of people who did not understand the wrestling or entertainment industry at TNA. So that was a big frustration for me because you’re trying to run a wrestling company or whatever". Former TNA executive producer Eric Bischoff has praised and been critical of Carter stating "Dixie is, number one, a very intelligent woman... She really is... She’s incredibly savvy in terms of her ability to sell and to get buy-in... I’m talking about people at very high executive levels. She gained a lot of confidence from people within Viacom... You don’t do that if you’re an idiot. You don’t do that if you have zero talent... So, she was a very accomplished woman and a very intelligent woman... but Whereas with Dixie, I don’t think she had that vision and when she started I don’t think she really had a vision of where she wanted to be or how to get there... Even when TNA had been on Spike for a while, there was never a clear picture of the destination... It’s like getting in your car and saying, “Okay, grab the kids. Load up the car. Don’t forget the cat, ‘cause we’re going to… Where we going again? Oh, just load up the car and grab the cat, let’s go.” Well, great. Everybody’s in the car, you’re gassed up, you got some cold sandwiches in the back and off you go for a road trip. Until you get to the first intersection and it’s like, “Well, which way should I turn?” “Well, I dunno, where are we going? I’m not really sure. Let’s just keep going. Make a decision, take a turn and keep going.” That’s kind of what it felt like to me, at least". Former TNA wrestler Shelly Martinez has been critical of Carter and stated in 2020 that "the more and more I tried to connect with Dixie, the more and more she would just reject me. She was rude to me a couple times". Former TNA wrestler Booker T in a 2020 Hall of Fame podcast was also critical of Carter stating "I don’t know what Dixie was doing half the time... I don’t know how much writing she was doing for the show... being in that position and not knowing if