The estimated repair time was 30–60 minutes, which they did not have because the schedule called for them to go live in a few minutes, whether the ring was ready or not. That night, however, in a dark match just before they went on the air, a 450 lb wrestler named Cheex hit the ropes with so much force that one of them broke. The Jarretts found the financial backing they needed and the company put on its first show on June 19, 2002. The original intention, as they were exclusive to pay-per-view, was to be viewed as an edgier product than WWE. Russo states that he coined the name 'Total Nonstop Action', the initials of the company 'TNA' being a play on 'T&A'. In July 2002, Vince Russo joined Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion as a creative writer and would assist in the writing and production of the shows.
Ryder felt that this situation led many television stations to regard professional wrestling as bad for business, so he suggested a company not reliant on television, but rather one going straight to pay-per-view. Only one wrestling product remained on United States national television: the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE). Bob Ryder, Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett went on a fishing trip and contemplated their futures in the professional wrestling business. The concept of TNA originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ended in 2001. Jeff Jarrett, one of the founders of Impact Wrestling (then TNA), Hall of Famer and six-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion
television contract with Spike in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, have been noted as contributing factors to their decline. By 2017, however, Impact was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was rebranded under its current name after its main television series.įrom its inception, Impact had been considered the second largest professional wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE.
After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships. It withdrew from the NWA in 2004 and became known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA), but it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and the NWA World Tag Teamchampionships as part of an agreement. įounded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, in Nashville, Tennessee the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action ( NWA-TNA) and was associated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The promotion operates via its parent company Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Impact Wrestling (stylized as IMPACT! Wrestling) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in Nashville, Tennessee.
The console versions of the game were developed by Midway Studios Los Angeles and published by Midway Games.Although the game sold 1.5 million units, financial issues at Midway Games prevented the planned development. (stylized as TNA iMPACT!) is a professional wrestling video game based on the professional wrestling promotion, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). TNA iMPACT!™ is the exclusive Total Nonstop Action wrestling game based on the top-rated weekly television show, TNA iMPACT!™ Choose the wrestling style, custom move set and clothing to construct the ultimate champion.
The extra time in the oven hasn't made a real impact on pinning down and beating into submission the problems that kept the series debut from being the tour de force TNA wrestling enthusiasts had hoped for.