Impact Wrestling Moving to 10PM Timeslot on POP TV

[markymark]

According to Pwinsider.com, Impact Wrestling will be moving to a 10PM ET timeslot on POP TV starting on October 25th. Impact officials confirmed that this is a permanent move.

twitter.com/411wrestling/status/1050775509314011136

I wouldnt be surprised if this is their last year on Pop TV.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

That’s a death time spot

[wrestlingrecap]

How many times have they changed their time slot over the years?

[HMARK Center]

Damn, that sucks; I was just getting into watching them again a bit more often, but 10pm-midnight on a Thursday can't really work for me.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

That place has a death curse
*Peddles off intensely*

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Oct 12, 2018 11:39:14 GMT -5 Brood Lone Wolf Funker said:

That place has a death curse
*Peddles off intensely*

We say that but they always find away to survive. They are the cockroach that you can never kill.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Oct 12, 2018 11:44:36 GMT -5 Can you afford to pay me, Gah said:

Oct 12, 2018 11:39:14 GMT -5 Brood Lone Wolf Funker said:

That place has a death curse
*Peddles off intensely*

We say that but they always find away to survive. They are the cockroach that you can never kill.

So they are The Jason Voorhees of wrestling promotions

[chrom]

That's as bad as when they debuted at 11pm on Saturdays on Spike

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Oct 12, 2018 11:21:29 GMT -5 wrestlingrecap said:

How many times have they changed their time slot over the years?

Since they've been on Pop I believe it's always been 8

I think the only thing they did was change the day it was shown

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

The end must be nigh for them on POP. That said, going on Twitch or another streaming service wouldn't be a bad move for them right now.

[Push R Truth]

See I'd argue that whatever time you put on TNA since like 2007 it's the new "death slot"

[MiLB Fan]

Another thing not mentioned in the OP that I think is pretty important: The PWInsider article says that the current deal with Pop ends on New Year’s Eve. Didn’t Destination America fiddle around with the time slot too before ultimately dropping them?

Oh, and their TV deal in Africa is apparently up soon too, according to this old thread:

officialfan.proboards.com/thread/504722/spike-deal-renewed-year-africa

So yeah, TNA had better start sweating right about now.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

If they survive this I’ll actually be impressed. Their ratings will probably be negative.

[wrestlingrecap]

Oct 12, 2018 12:27:55 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Oct 12, 2018 11:21:29 GMT -5 wrestlingrecap said:

How many times have they changed their time slot over the years?

Since they've been on Pop I believe it's always been 8

I think the only thing they did was change the day it was shown

I was referencing since they got TV whether it was FS1, Spike, Destination America or POP.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Oct 12, 2018 15:47:14 GMT -5 wrestlingrecap said:

Oct 12, 2018 12:27:55 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Since they've been on Pop I believe it's always been 8

I think the only thing they did was change the day it was shown

I was referencing since they got TV whether it was FS1, Spike, Destination America or POP.

Oh in that case, a ton

[cabbageboy]

Bah. I usually watch the show at 8, though apparently I am one of the few that still does. I guess this isn't really shocking given the terrible numbers. I think TNA is just in a death spiral and has been for 4 years or so. No offense to Twitch but if the show is on there and not on an actual network then I probably won't seek it out.

[HMARK Center]

Oct 12, 2018 16:54:08 GMT -5 cabbageboy said:

Bah. I usually watch the show at 8, though apparently I am one of the few that still does. I guess this isn't really shocking given the terrible numbers. I think TNA is just in a death spiral and has been for 4 years or so. No offense to Twitch but if the show is on there and not on an actual network then I probably won't seek it out.

Why not? It'd be the same show.

[Hypnosis]

So after the POP deal expires, I'm thinking Impact goes to Twitch or local channels like with ROH.

But yeah, the death time slot on a channel in less homes than Spike TV isn't a good sign for the company if the Twitch/local channels thing doesn't last.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Oct 12, 2018 17:39:49 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

So after the POP deal expires, I'm thinking Impact goes to Twitch or local channels like with ROH.

But yeah, the death time slot on a channel in less homes than Spike TV isn't a good sign for the company if the Twitch/local channels thing doesn't last.

Less homes than Spike TV? f*** that they’re on less homes than Destination America.

They’ll be reduced to public access.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Dammit...….just another pain of doing Impact Implosion. The constant time changes.