All-Purpose TNA Impact Wrestling TV Thread

[JoDaNa1281]

[Rave]

Aug 26, 2023 12:54:47 GMT -5 JoDaNa1281 said:

And now I'm glad I record Impact instead of watching live, so I can skip past stuff like this.

[ace]

Sounds like they’re finally going to tape TV in Mexico again. Those are always fun shows

[dpg]

IMPACT WRESTLING CHANGING TV TAPING SCHEDULE, UPGRADING PRODUCTION FACILITY, MARKETS FOR REMAINING PPVs THIS YEAR, PROMOTION TO DEBUT ON VEGAS STRIP & MORE
By Mike Johnson on 2023-08-28 15:15:00
Impact Wrestling held an all hands on deck talent and crew meeting prior to tonight's TV Taping in Toronto, PWInsider.com has confirmed. PWInsider.com has spoken with a number of talents that were in attendance and then additional sources to flesh out statements that were made to the roster.

The major news coming out of the meeting was that the promotion will be making what was described to PWInsider as "massive upgrades" to its production facility starting this fall. It was described to the team as the upgrades bringing "state-of-the-art production technology and advances" to the Impact on AXS weekly series as well as the promotion's future PPV specials. PWInsider.com is told that the promotion will be greatly renovating their space at Skyway Studios in Nashville and it's just not logistically feasible to edit and produce from the facility during that process.

In asking around once we heard news of that upgrade, the belief is that the process will take about a month to put together, plus another few weeks for the staff to get used to and master the upgrade system. One source in the production area joked that the upgrade will allow the team to "finally take time off during holiday weeks" and that they might be able to finally "pass the award for most overworked production team to someone else, I hope."

We are also told that Impact on AXS production will be assisted by some of their sister companies for the post-Bound for Glory TV episodes during this time period.

During the meeting, it was stated there would be some adjustments made to the Impact Wrestling TV taping schedule for the remainder of the year as a by-product of the production upgrades taking place. There will not be conventional TV tapings going forward in the near future (I would assume at least until early 2024), with the promotion instead taping at their announced live events.

During that time period, less talents will be utilized over the remainder of the year following Bound for Glory weekend. PWInsider.com is told that Anthem will be paying day rate talent for extra days through the remainder of the year to help offset their missing dates.

The revised schedule kicks off with Impact heading to Europe for its return to that continent with live events the week of 1026-10/29 Coventry and Newcastle, England as well as Glasgow, Scotland. Those events will now be taped for TV. That would give the company several week's worth of content from those four live events alone and add some additional prestige for the fans who are there live at the events.

In November, there will be a new IPWF 80s-style throwback taping in Toronto at Santino Marella's Battle Arts Academy on Saturday 11/11.

Impact also informed the roster the promotion would be teaming with Lucha Libre AAA for a joint show in Mexico this November, promising future details as they get locked in. That event will be featured on Impact on AXS TV.

The December Final Resolution 2023 PPV was also confirmed during the meeting as being held at Toronto's Battle Arts Academy on Saturday 12/11.

The promotion also informed talent that the 2024 Hard to Kill PPV will be held in Las Vegas in January - and that for the first time, the show would emanate from a venue directly on the Vegas Strip. Impact had been previously running the market at Sam's Town Live, so this would be a big upgrade in terms of location in that city as that's about 25 minutes away from the Strip with no traffic. The promotion did not announce the date or new venue to the team. If and when we confirm it, we'll report it.

In asking around, we are told that there are no Impact Wrestling talent releases coming as a result of the pivot in the company's schedule and taping calendar. The UK tour will have a smaller than usual roster, which has always been the case of late for the promotion when they have done recent international events (as seen in the recent Australia dates).

In 2024, we are told they will be back to using the complete roster and the expectation internally is the promotion will have a far grander year going forward once this process is complete.

www.pwinsider.com/a...

[ace]

Awesome.  I know that Gail is retired and there are back issues she doesn’t want to risk…although she does seem open to another match now and again on twitter…but I wish they could do like…Gail and Trinity vs Kong and someone.  Make it about the history and the present in one match.

[Rave]

Oh no, not this again...

And this.

[ace]

Gail Kim is going to wrestle on the IMPACT 1000    show! She announced it on Busted Open radio today. Said if Kong could do it, DVon could do it and the Beautiful People could do it…she could do it.

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Aug 29, 2023 2:01:02 GMT -5 dpg said:

IMPACT WRESTLING CHANGING TV TAPING SCHEDULE, UPGRADING PRODUCTION FACILITY, MARKETS FOR REMAINING PPVs THIS YEAR, PROMOTION TO DEBUT ON VEGAS STRIP & MORE
By Mike Johnson on 2023-08-28 15:15:00
Impact Wrestling held an all hands on deck talent and crew meeting prior to tonight's TV Taping in Toronto, PWInsider.com has confirmed. PWInsider.com has spoken with a number of talents that were in attendance and then additional sources to flesh out statements that were made to the roster.

The major news coming out of the meeting was that the promotion will be making what was described to PWInsider as "massive upgrades" to its production facility starting this fall. It was described to the team as the upgrades bringing "state-of-the-art production technology and advances" to the Impact on AXS weekly series as well as the promotion's future PPV specials. PWInsider.com is told that the promotion will be greatly renovating their space at Skyway Studios in Nashville and it's just not logistically feasible to edit and produce from the facility during that process.

In asking around once we heard news of that upgrade, the belief is that the process will take about a month to put together, plus another few weeks for the staff to get used to and master the upgrade system. One source in the production area joked that the upgrade will allow the team to "finally take time off during holiday weeks" and that they might be able to finally "pass the award for most overworked production team to someone else, I hope."

We are also told that Impact on AXS production will be assisted by some of their sister companies for the post-Bound for Glory TV episodes during this time period.

During the meeting, it was stated there would be some adjustments made to the Impact Wrestling TV taping schedule for the remainder of the year as a by-product of the production upgrades taking place. There will not be conventional TV tapings going forward in the near future (I would assume at least until early 2024), with the promotion instead taping at their announced live events.

During that time period, less talents will be utilized over the remainder of the year following Bound for Glory weekend. PWInsider.com is told that Anthem will be paying day rate talent for extra days through the remainder of the year to help offset their missing dates.

The revised schedule kicks off with Impact heading to Europe for its return to that continent with live events the week of 1026-10/29 Coventry and Newcastle, England as well as Glasgow, Scotland. Those events will now be taped for TV. That would give the company several week's worth of content from those four live events alone and add some additional prestige for the fans who are there live at the events.

In November, there will be a new IPWF 80s-style throwback taping in Toronto at Santino Marella's Battle Arts Academy on Saturday 11/11.

Impact also informed the roster the promotion would be teaming with Lucha Libre AAA for a joint show in Mexico this November, promising future details as they get locked in. That event will be featured on Impact on AXS TV.

The December Final Resolution 2023 PPV was also confirmed during the meeting as being held at Toronto's Battle Arts Academy on Saturday 12/11.

The promotion also informed talent that the 2024 Hard to Kill PPV will be held in Las Vegas in January - and that for the first time, the show would emanate from a venue directly on the Vegas Strip. Impact had been previously running the market at Sam's Town Live, so this would be a big upgrade in terms of location in that city as that's about 25 minutes away from the Strip with no traffic. The promotion did not announce the date or new venue to the team. If and when we confirm it, we'll report it.

In asking around, we are told that there are no Impact Wrestling talent releases coming as a result of the pivot in the company's schedule and taping calendar. The UK tour will have a smaller than usual roster, which has always been the case of late for the promotion when they have done recent international events (as seen in the recent Australia dates).

In 2024, we are told they will be back to using the complete roster and the expectation internally is the promotion will have a far grander year going forward once this process is complete.

www.pwinsider.com/a...

I'm happy for them, it felt like this company was at death's door for so long. Now we have NWA to dunk on instead.

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[canceled4truth]

I have a Samsung Smart TV and one of the default channel is — for some reason — a 24/7 stream of Impact/TNA content. So this past week I've been watching the most Impact content I have since like, 2011, and I gotta say...it's pretty good? I'm amazed at the kind of talent they've been able to bring in and keep while still being #3 by a good margin. Hopefully they have the Thursday shows too

[dpg]

Aug 30, 2023 15:32:24 GMT -5 canceled4truth said:

I have a Samsung Smart TV and one of the default channel is — for some reason — a 24/7 stream of Impact/TNA content. So this past week I've been watching the most Impact content I have since like, 2011, and I gotta say...it's pretty good? I'm amazed at the kind of talent they've been able to bring in and keep while still being #3 by a good margin. Hopefully they have the Thursday shows too

Since D'Amore and Callis came in (Callis has since left) Impact has been consistently well booked. Its also become good at taking ill used or overlooked talent and giving them a chance.

[ace]

Impact booking is legitimately my favorite booked company at this point. Gedo has done some weird stuff I’m not in to for a while now. Tony gets credited with great booking because the match quality is high…but the week before every PPV that comes up I look at how we actually get to the big matches and am utterly underwhelmed. It’s just too busy a show for me at this point. I watch the matches that I hear are great and they always are. But the stories? Meh. WWE has improved a ton but I still don’t care about so many characters. A lot of that is due to years of repetitive usage that’s hard to wash off. I actually think they do a decent job right now by and large. AAA is a complete mess…and not in the way I like my AAA messes.

Impact is just consistently solid. There are things I’m not as into…The Design and the Death Dollz for example…but I am invested in a surprising number of characters every week. I also like how their open door policies freshen things up from time to time. Subculture may have only had a brief title run…but it was a series of awesome matches and transitioned from ABC to Rascalz while keeping that match fresh for later. D’Amore has turned what used to be the biggest headache company booking-wise into the one I sit back and enjoy following with almost no headaches. I’m here in August thinking about the options for BFG and am far more invested in where things like Alexander/Shelley, Alexander/Maclin, KUSHIDA/Rush and ABC/Rascalz are heading than anything on All Out or Payback aside from Omega/Takeshita and OC/Moxley. The first of which is mostly because I know the match will rule. Hell I’m more interested in JOYA after one entrance than anything on Payback.

[JoDaNa1281]

It's Thursday, which means it's Impact Day!

The night begins with Before The Impact! Join Gia Miller & Josh Mathews, as they take a look back at the past week of Impact Wrestling, including the monumental Emergence! They'll also take a look at social media, with the Social Media Top 5 & the Clap Back Moment of the Week. George Iceman(and possibly, The Shrubs) will also join us, giving us the latest from Iceman's Intel. This week's feature match will see Drilla Moloney vs. KUSHIDA!

Be sure to tune in...tonight at 7:15/6:15c on YouTube for Impact Insiders, ImpactPlus & Facebook!

After that, it's time for an all new episode of IMPACT! It's Episode 998, so here's what's in store

*6-Man Tag Team Match: The Most Professional Wrestling Gods(Moose & Brian Myers) & Eddie Edwards vs. SANADA, Jake Something & Frankie Kazarian
*Knockouts #1 Contenders Battle Royal - Confirmed Participants: KiLynn King, Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans, Jody Threat, Jessicka, Courtney Rush, Alisha Edwards, Killer Kelly, Masha Slamovich
*Singles Match: Kon vs. Eric Young
*Crazzy Steve in Action

All this, & more...tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV & 8:30/7:30c on YouTube for Impact Insiders!

[JoDaNa1281]

[JoDaNa1281]

I think some of us have forgotten, that the biggest thing to happen in wrestling on Sunday was...

...THE OFFICIAL DEBUT OF JOYA!!!!!

[JoDaNa1281]

It's Time For Our Feature Match Of BTI, as Drilla Moloney faces KUSHIDA!

[JoDaNa1281]

KUSHIDA got caught!