LATEST ON IMPACT TV PLANS, MORE

[markymark]

Scott D’Amore, while speaking to PWInsider.com following the AAA press conference last week in Madison Square Garden, said the current hope is to find a new TV home for Impact on a larger platform by this Fall. If and when that happens, secondary Impact programming will pop up on Pursuit Channel (think Xplosion, etc) with the mothership series being placed elsewhere. Impact owner Anthem has a big ownership stake in Pursuit.

There has been a push of late to spend more money on marketing and promoting the company as they've had more money coming in.

Impact will be taping a Salute to the Troops event for Twitch.TV this Friday 4/12 at Fort Campbell Army Post in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, free for all military personnel and their families as well as those with a Department of Defense ID card. The show is being put together in conjunction with Tried-N-True Pro Wrestling, which is run by Crimson. Scheduled for the event are Johnny Impact, X-Division Champion Rich Swann, plus Brian Cage, Moose, Sami Callihan, Eli Drake, Madison Rayne and Kiera Hogan. Sami Callihan was pulled from AAW this Friday in Chicago to work the event as well.

The current plan is for Impact Champion Johnny Impact to appear on the 9/15 AAA event in New York City. If he is still champion, he would be the first ever Impact Champion to appear in the hallowed halls of Madison Square Garden.

This week’s Impact on Pursuit features Johnny Impact & Taya vs. Brian Cage & Jordynne Grace, the debut of Josh Alexander and Ethan Page as a new tag team, The North (it’s about time they figured something out for Page), Su Yung vs. Rosemary and Moose vs. Zachary Wentz.

Impact will tape a One Night Only PPV this Saturday 4/13 in conjunction with Kentucky’s UCW in Owensboro featuring OVE vs. Chase Stevens and The Maddox Brothers, Rich Swann defending the X-Division Championship against Scott Sexton, Impact Champion Johnny Impact defending against Chris Michaels, The Rascalz vs. The Murphy Boyz and more. PWInsider.com is seeking live reports.

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Smart to actually try to spend more money in markerting and advertising, and it would be good for the pro wrestling business if Impact gets a better TV deal for the Fall(We know AEW is getting either TBS, TNT or any big TV network).

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Yea, good luck with that

AEW is still on the market looking for a station and if all you can get last time was this hunting channel, where are you going from here?

[markymark]

WGN or El Rey Network(if LU never returns), AEW will gets TBS or TNT according to JR and Meltzer

[octopus]

Apr 10, 2019 11:49:10 GMT -5 markymark said:

WGN or El Rey Network(if LU never returns), AEW will gets TBS or TNT according to JR and Meltzer

Did they specifically say TNT/TBS? I bet its Bleacher Report.

[markymark]

Apr 10, 2019 11:51:12 GMT -5 octopus said:

Apr 10, 2019 11:49:10 GMT -5 markymark said:

WGN or El Rey Network(if LU never returns), AEW will gets TBS or TNT according to JR and Meltzer

Did they specifically say TNT/TBS? I bet its Bleacher Report.

Well they hinted that it would be a network that everyone has and it was big. At worst AEW gets TruTV imo.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Tried N True pro wrestling wasn’t the indy fed that had all the fake Doink gimmicks and Riot Control?

[bigbadbull]

Apr 10, 2019 11:49:10 GMT -5 markymark said:

WGN or El Rey Network(if LU never returns), AEW will gets TBS or TNT according to JR and Meltzer

I think AEW is ironing some stuff out but they'll get a channel. I would say El Ray would be good for Impact but I wonder if the higher-ups would say no due to Lucha Underground.

[Final Countdown Jones]

TNA's going to be sitting on Pursuit for a while to come, I feel. Even with new management, the stink of what they did to the networks they'd been on paired with the live twitch simulcast and their now non-existent Neilsen ratings are going to make them a complete non-starter.

[HMARK Center]

Interesting that they have "more money coming in"; guess it goes to show that actually running cards with some advertising and tickets people actually have to pay for, combined with an improved product, can lead to better business.

As bad as the stink that Dixie left behind was, I wonder if once AEW's deal is announced that a smaller network will suddenly go "Huh, WWE on Fox, AEW on TNT/TBS, maybe this wrestling stuff is getting hot again" and make an offer.

[Welfare Willis]

Apr 10, 2019 19:58:46 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Interesting that they have "more money coming in"; guess it goes to show that actually running cards with some advertising and tickets people actually have to pay for, combined with an improved product, can lead to better business.

As bad as the stink that Dixie left behind was, I wonder if once AEW's deal is announced that a smaller network will suddenly go "Huh, WWE on Fox, AEW on TNT/TBS, maybe this wrestling stuff is getting hot again" and make an offer.

Now is the Weather channel's time to make an Impact!

[Mozenrath]

Apr 10, 2019 19:58:46 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Interesting that they have "more money coming in"; guess it goes to show that actually running cards with some advertising and tickets people actually have to pay for, combined with an improved product, can lead to better business.

As bad as the stink that Dixie left behind was, I wonder if once AEW's deal is announced that a smaller network will suddenly go "Huh, WWE on Fox, AEW on TNT/TBS, maybe this wrestling stuff is getting hot again" and make an offer.

I don't remember specifics, but I seem to recall something saying their live shows are actually selling some tickets for a change, so maybe they've stopped completely shitting the bed on that front. Impressive, if so, considering even only somewhat removed from prime TNA had serious problems doing, running house shows without operating at a loss due to no one knowing it was happening.

[kingoftheindies]

Apr 10, 2019 19:58:46 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Interesting that they have "more money coming in"; guess it goes to show that actually running cards with some advertising and tickets people actually have to pay for, combined with an improved product, can lead to better business.

As bad as the stink that Dixie left behind was, I wonder if once AEW's deal is announced that a smaller network will suddenly go "Huh, WWE on Fox, AEW on TNT/TBS, maybe this wrestling stuff is getting hot again" and make an offer.

That and I think a lot of TV channels are just having trouble coming up with original content. Look at a channel like IFC. They are trying to grow but the only original show they have that has really gotten popular is Brockmire. You cant rely on Two and a Half Men and That 70's Show reruns if you want to become more than the Independent Film Channel

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Apr 10, 2019 19:58:46 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Interesting that they have "more money coming in"; guess it goes to show that actually running cards with some advertising and tickets people actually have to pay for, combined with an improved product, can lead to better business.

As bad as the stink that Dixie left behind was, I wonder if once AEW's deal is announced that a smaller network will suddenly go "Huh, WWE on Fox, AEW on TNT/TBS, maybe this wrestling stuff is getting hot again" and make an offer.

They’ve been slowly improving financially for awhile now. When they restructured the management, they stopped the bleeding for the most part and got them back to a sustainable business plan, and I believe they had some new contracts kick in this year to help cash flow.

And AEW quite possibly could get people interested in Impact, but I don’t think anyone makes an offer til AEW TV debuts. If they come out the gate hot, I could see someone taking a chance on Impact.

[The Spelunker!]

Apr 11, 2019 1:25:32 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Apr 10, 2019 19:58:46 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Interesting that they have "more money coming in"; guess it goes to show that actually running cards with some advertising and tickets people actually have to pay for, combined with an improved product, can lead to better business.

As bad as the stink that Dixie left behind was, I wonder if once AEW's deal is announced that a smaller network will suddenly go "Huh, WWE on Fox, AEW on TNT/TBS, maybe this wrestling stuff is getting hot again" and make an offer.

I don't remember specifics, but I seem to recall something saying their live shows are actually selling some tickets for a change, so maybe they've stopped completely shitting the bed on that front. Impressive, if so, considering even only somewhat removed from prime TNA had serious problems doing, running house shows without operating at a loss due to no one knowing it was happening.

Around half of these live joint shows and tapings sell out the venue. Whether or not that’s a lot of people varies greatly upon where they are. Sometimes it’s 1-200 people sometimes it’s a few thousand. Either way it’s certainly more money coming in.

[Hypnosis]

Apr 11, 2019 1:12:03 GMT -5 Welfare Willis said:

Apr 10, 2019 19:58:46 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Interesting that they have "more money coming in"; guess it goes to show that actually running cards with some advertising and tickets people actually have to pay for, combined with an improved product, can lead to better business.

As bad as the stink that Dixie left behind was, I wonder if once AEW's deal is announced that a smaller network will suddenly go "Huh, WWE on Fox, AEW on TNT/TBS, maybe this wrestling stuff is getting hot again" and make an offer.

Now is the Weather channel's time to make an Impact!

Glacier's starting a promotion?

[lildude8218]

Impact's TV plans are to have everyone on the roster apply for a Best Buy credit card until they can afford to buy a new plasma TV

[kingoftheindies]

Apr 11, 2019 8:36:14 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Apr 11, 2019 1:25:32 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I don't remember specifics, but I seem to recall something saying their live shows are actually selling some tickets for a change, so maybe they've stopped completely shitting the bed on that front. Impressive, if so, considering even only somewhat removed from prime TNA had serious problems doing, running house shows without operating at a loss due to no one knowing it was happening.

Around half of these live joint shows and tapings sell out the venue. Whether or not that’s a lot of people varies greatly upon where they are. Sometimes it’s 1-200 people sometimes it’s a few thousand. Either way it’s certainly more money coming in.

Amazing what a difference having promoters that promote the show can make.

[The Spelunker!]

Apr 11, 2019 12:08:04 GMT -5 kingoftheindies said:

Apr 11, 2019 8:36:14 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Around half of these live joint shows and tapings sell out the venue. Whether or not that’s a lot of people varies greatly upon where they are. Sometimes it’s 1-200 people sometimes it’s a few thousand. Either way it’s certainly more money coming in.

Amazing what a difference having promoters that promote the show can make.

Between that and partnering with the local promotions to do joint shows. Gives the local promotion a boost, and gives Impact people who already know the area.

[BlackoutCreature]

I want them to wind up on Nickelodeon just so we can get a Nick Knack's video about them.

[wildojinx]

Apr 11, 2019 14:22:48 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

I want them to wind up on Nickelodeon just so we can get a Nick Knack's video about them.

Actually, didnt Nickelodeon air Kaiju Big Battle briefly?