Josh Mathews on Impacts rumored TV deal: "I'm very excited"

[octopus]

Josh Mathews was hosting Tessa Blanchard on PressPass today and was asked about the TV deal. Seems to confirm big things are going on right now.

Josh was asked about Konnan's comments about a potential better TV deal, but he didn't say much: "I can't give you any confirmation. I can tell you we're in an excited place with some things going on, but obviously I can't get into any specific detail about what's going on. But I'm excited."

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I would be more excited if Josh would get fired.

[Chainsaw]

May 23, 2019 16:58:15 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I would be more excited if Josh would get fired.

Maybe we'll get lucky and the TV station's only request for signing the deal is that they get rid of ol' Bucket Of Chum, er, Money.

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Josh: “they don’t tell me a goddamn thing, but I’m excited!”

[fw91]

he was just excited to get some sort of interview.

[Hypnosis]

May 23, 2019 16:58:15 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I would be more excited if Josh would get fired.

The guy he's trying to imitate would be an upgrade.

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who is going to pay them? They won't be on a Fox, Sinclair, NBC or Turner family of channels

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There’s no way it’s happening, but I have to admit I’d get a laugh laugh if they somehow ended up with a better network setup than the Executives.

They’re also somehow going to outlive every other wrestling promotion.

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

May 23, 2019 16:44:05 GMT -5 octopus said:

Josh was asked about Konnan's comments about a potential better TV deal, but he didn't say much: "I can't give you any confirmation. I can tell you we're in an excited place with some things going on, but obviously I can't get into any specific detail about what's going on. But I'm excited."

Shut up Josh...

[HMARK Center]

May 23, 2019 18:31:50 GMT -5 @jr1 said:

who is going to pay them? They won't be on a Fox, Sinclair, NBC or Turner family of channels

No one, but if they could swing some kind of deal where they don't have to pay just to be featured on a much more visible channel (or keep those costs minimal, at least) while getting a slice of advertising revenue, it'd be a huge step back up for them. Right now they're in a decent spot: WWE got its big money and AEW got a sweet deal, so it's clear that TV executives are, for the moment, feeling positive about wrestling (we'll see how things look if Smackdown going to Fox doesn't budge WWE's numbers very much), and Impact being a lower-cost production could make them pretty attractive to some decent outlets.

That said, I'm not holding my breath that they're going to get anything of great significance, but literally just about anything is better than what they've got now.

[Joe Neglia]

Didn't realize he was even still there.

[DASH 243✅]

Maybe they'll land that sweet 6 a.m Saturday spot on wgn that ring warriors used to have

[ayumidah]

PBS!

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

I hope they get a good deal. They've been putting on great TV for the last year and deserve a better showcase. They're on a decent channel here in the UK but the timed lot is a bit shit.

[richyque]

Its either wgn america or one of cbs's many channels like tru tv, cbs sports net etc.

[jimmyjames]

Wherever they end up I'm sure Josh will be there in the pillow fort, whether he's employed by Impact or not.

[111111]

I mean at this point the TV guide channel would be a better deal and they’ve been there done that and ended up up schitts creek without a paddle......

[benstudd]

May 23, 2019 16:58:15 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I would be more excited if Josh would get fired.

Just when they get their TV deal. 

[Welfare Willis]

May 23, 2019 23:21:09 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Didn't realize he was even still there.

Which could be said of Impact in general as well.

[salz4life]

I'll be honest.... I would like to see Impact get a decent TV deal so I can start watching. From what I have read, it has gotten better and I would love to watch Disco (I did actually type that out) get his a$$ kicked by the ladies.