Mad Dog Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 from tnawrestling.com TNA iMPACT! TO TELECAST ON SPIKE TV! New York, NY (July 21, 2005) ? TNA Entertainment, LLC has signed a deal with Spike TV to telecast TNA (Total Nonstop Action) Wrestling?s weekly action athletic entertainment series ?iMPACT!? The weekly one-hour show will join Spike TV?s popular ?Slammin? Saturday Night? programming block starting this Fall, taping at Soundstage 21 at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. ?We are thrilled to be coming to Spike TV,? said Dixie Carter, President, TNA Entertainment, LLC. ?We look forward to bringing our exciting style of Total Non-stop Action and entertainment to their male viewers.? The new wrestling alternative, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling?s iMPACT! delivers a distinct brand of high-risk, live-action athletic entertainment. TNA?s roster includes some of the most exciting and recognizable stars in wrestling today such as, Jeff Jarrett, Raven, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles, Abyss, Sean Waltman, Christopher Daniels, Monty Brown and others. TNA features the high-flying ?X Division,? the ?Six-Sided Ring,? and concept matches such as ?Ultimate X,? ?King of the Mountain,? and ?Six Sides of Steel.? TNA Entertainment, LLC is a privately held company headquartered in Nashville, TN. TNA programming is currently available in 118 countries. TNA is also available on monthly pay-per-view on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, Dish Network and TVN as well as Viewer?s Choice, Bell ExpressVu and Shaw PPV in Canada. The names of all Total Nonstop Action Wrestling televised programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans and all TNA Wrestling logos and trademarks are exclusive property of TNA Entertainment, LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information, visit www.tnawrestling.com. Spike TV, the first network for men, is available in 88 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I wonder when it debuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 When's the last Velocity going to air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I'd imagine the first Saturday in October would be the first show since WWE's deal ends in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EastCoastJ Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 "Now we can tell the boys you are somewhere else when they don't call" I don't know why, but this was the first thing that popped into my head. I guess it's a good sign if TNA can get a timeslot on SpikeTV, but then again no one is going to watch it in that slot, just like no one watched it in the middle of the afternoon on FSN. The deal isn't very favorable to TNA at all. It: Puts TNA on the worst night of the week, in a graveyard time slot. Charges TNA to run their product. Doesn't share advertising revenue with TNA. Has unreachable ratings incentives, requiring triple the ratings of Velocity, roughly150% of the average ratings of ECW on TNN (which was in a better timeslot), and ratings greater than the best hyped Confidentials ever drew. What TNA has done is essentially purchase informercial time to run on a night when it's a given that their target demographic won't be watching television. Good for them....I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 It's not completely unreasonable to think first run TNA matches could do at least as good if not better than a show full of SD clips and jobber matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EastCoastJ Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 It's not completely unreasonable to think first run TNA matches could do at least as good if not better than a show full of SD clips and jobber matches. Fair enough, but I don't think TNA has a chance in hell of ever breaking a 1.0 in that timeslot. There was a time when wrestling was hotter, and when WWE had the benefit of two highly rated prime time shows to push a huge Confidential where Shawn Michaels finally came clean, and it only drew a 1.5. Fans of quality wrestling know that they can find it on Velocity each week, and it only drew a .6 last week with a hugely hyped Benoit/Regal match on the card. If these shows, and ECW on TNN (which was a far hotter company and not even comparable to TNN) struggle to hold on to a 1.0, it just goes to prove that people aren't into wrestling enough to not go out on Saturday Night because of it, and a virtual no name company like TNA will have their hands full to even average a .6. On top of that, IMPACT just isn't very good. It's reminiscent of Thunder. They have the talent, but they need to drastically alter their vehicle or else simply having television time isn't going to be enough to sustain interest in their product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I'd love to see TNA revise the fun of the old WCW Saturday Night program. At this point, anything that brings alternative wrestling to my television is fine by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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