[60] On November 2, TNA ended its relationship with OVW. [112] EC3 then began a feud with The Undisputed Era, after he defeated Adam Cole on the October 24 episode of NXT and was attacked by The Undisputed Era afterwards. After the match however, he tried to attack Storm after which Storm came out on top, but was immediately attacked by Magnus. [45], In October 2009, TNA President Dixie Carter hired professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and former WCW President Eric Bischoff. From June 2004 to March 2013, TNA taped its flagship show Impact! Following on from this, the two began a heated rivalry, fighting each other on several occasions, including an unsanctioned fight that led to a no-contest at Destination X. perspective review of NXT Week 21, overall show Reax (will it ever end? [40] Bateman and Kaitlyn discovered Matt Striker in a janitor's closet hidden by Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks on the April 11 episode of NXT Redemption. [167] More recently Impact has established working relationships with a number of North American independent promotions to co-promote house shows, Twitch specials and Impact Plus exclusives. [15] He reverted to his Derrick Bateman name in June, in a loss to DJ Gabriel. [59], Hutter worked a dark match on August 29, 2013 before the Impact Wrestling television tapings in Cleveland, Ohio, losing to Jay Bradley. 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The TNA name agreement ended at the end of 2006, as TNA began to promote their own house show events, though UWF still used an unbranded six-sided ring. In May 2004, TNA introduced a television program, Impact! The next week, Carter defeated Galloway, with Aron Rex as special referee, to keep his spot in the main event of Bound for Glory against Lashley. Hutter began his career in Cleveland wrestling regularly for several promotions in the Ohio region after making his debut. Unfortunately, a poorly timed injury resulted in his release in 2013, after which he moved on to TNA. However, on the June 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, Carter was defeated by Alberto El Patrón in a Six Sides of Steel match, failing to win the GFW Global Championship and lost his opportunity to face Lashley at Slammiversary. [17] They went on to successfully defend the championship against Los Aviadores, Clay and Marlow, and The Dude Busters (Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta). Wrestling) is an American[9] professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. [63] In November, A.J. [79], The 2014 Bound for Glory pay-per-view was held in collaboration with Wrestle-1 in Tokyo, Japan on October 12; the TNA World Heavyweight and the TNA World Tag Team titles were not defended at the event, which featured TNA wrestlers James Storm and The Great Sanada against Wrestle-1's The Great Muta and Tajiri in the main event. back to Thursday nights after claiming it was what the fans preferred. [3] It was reported near the beginning of 2016 that Aroluxe Marketing, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based marketing agency, had taken a stake in TNA at the start of 2016 in return for providing partial funding, as well as taking over TNA's production operations. On the March 15 (which was taped on January 13) episode of Impact Wrestling, Ethan Carter III participated at the Feast or Fired match where he picked one of the briefcases alongside Eli Drake, Petey Williams and Moose. [98] On the April 26 episode of Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice, Bennett defeated Carter by pinfall, ending Carter's unpinned streak. On January 16, 2020, Impact announced that TNA would return for a one night only event called TNA: There's No Place Like Home. 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Backstage, the producers shuffled the schedule so that some non-wrestling segments went first to give the ring crew some more time, but they did not have many of them. [119] After his short feud with Ambrose, EC3 would be off Raw for the following months, and was relegated to Main Event as a jobber, a secondary program taped before Raw. 20 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, This page was last edited on 31 January 2021, at 14:53. [19][20][21] Nonetheless, with the formation of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) that year, and that promotion's high-profile U.S television deal with TNT (which is seen in more households than AXS), Impact is still viewed as America's 3rd largest promotion by comparison. [17] Since 2019, Impact has been thought by many to have recovered, through its sustained international television distribution,[18] and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV, which subsequently began carrying Impact programming. Husband and wife team Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis would debut soon after. There were a total of 111 weekly pay-per-views. He worked with the promotion as Ethan Carter III, the storyline nephew of TNA's legit owner Dixie Carter. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was fully rebranded under its current name after its main television series. [182], The Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame was introduced on May 31, 2012, as the TNA Hall of Fame. On July 2, 2010, MCU Park hosted a live TNA house show, which also broke the TNA domestic attendance record at the time and is currently the most attended live TNA house show in the United States, with a capacity crowd of 5,550. After defences against Hijo del Fantasma and Fallah Bahh, Carter put the title on the line against Matt Sydal, but the match ended in a draw. [120] Then, during its Homecoming pay-per-view on January 6, 2019, the company announced that, starting with Impact's debut on Pursuit on January 11, it would simulcast Impact on Twitch, due to not many pay-TV providers carrying Pursuit. On January 12, 2020, Impact held its Hard to Kill pay per view. [120][121] At the WrestleMania 35 pre-show on April 7, EC3 competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but failed to win the match. [65] On the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Carter teamed with Rockstar Spud and The BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz) in a four-on-two handicap match against Sting and Jeff Hardy, where Carter pinned Sting. [35], In September 11, 2005, TNA held its Unbreakable pay per view. [126] On the June 24 episode of Raw, EC3 pinned 24/7 Champion Cedric Alexander, to claim his first championship within the company, but quickly dropped it to R-Truth seconds later following a distraction by Carmella. These shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, nicknamed the "TNA Asylum". Say goodbye to 2020 and ring in the new year with IMPACT. On the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling, Carter was confronted by Sting and was issued an option; either face Sting immediately, or enter the Feast or Fired match. ", "Impact Wrestling Results (7/15) EC3 vs Galloway! [66] In December 2013, A.J. After the match, Carter challenged Impact for a match where if he won, he takes his number one contender spot, which Impact accepted. [29] Bateman and Maxine lost to O'Neil and AJ on the September 6 episode of NXT Redemption. [25], After a period of absence from WWE programming, Bateman was inserted into the fifth season of NXT as a rookie midway into the competition, returning on the June 28, 2011 episode of NXT Redemption and bringing back his Pro Daniel Bryan in the process. [8][140] On January 4, 2017, Anthem Sports & Entertainment purchased an 85% majority stake of the company, re-organizing TNA's parent company to Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC, and Carter resigned as Chairwoman after 14 years in charge, while joining the advisory board of Fight Media Group. [109] During his match against Dream, he suffered a concussion, delaying the plans to call him up to the main roster during the summer. He competed in several more dark matches before the television tapings, teaming with Nick Nemeth and Chris Cage in a loss to Mike Kruel, Vladimir Kozlov and Boris Alexiev in a six-man tag team match, before losing to Mondo again. [123] In a dark match before the April 9 episode of SmackDown, EC3 was managed by Drake Maverick. On the November 9 episode of NXT Redemption, Maxine revealed to Bateman that she and his former friend Johnny Curtis went on a date, and they later tag teamed together in a winning effort against the team of Titus O' Neil and Percy Watson. ", "TNA Impact Wrestling Results (8/6) – No Surrender Returns, Gail Takes on the Dollhouse, EC3 vs Hardy in Full Metal Mayhem! The agreement permitted UWF to use the TNA logo on posters and signage, as well as to use the six-sided ring with TNA branding. Ryder felt that this situation led many television stations to regard professional wrestling as bad for business, so he suggested a company not reliant on television, but rather one going straight to pay-per-view. [11] The following week, he lost to Mike Mondo in a dark match, before changing his ring name to Mike Hutter. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, since March 2020, Impact has held its tapings behind closed doors at the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. [23] He then returned on the March 1 episode of NXT, competing in a tag team match with Conor O' Brian defeating the team of Byron Saxton and Jacob Novak. Carter watched the main event and congratulated El Patron for his championship win. Impact later sold set items from their soundstage in Orlando. [132][133][134][135], According to a report on August 7, 2015, TNA filed a new business name of Impact Ventures, LLC. As part of the yearly process, selected inductees are chosen based on their overall contributions to Impact Wrestling's history. After 27 months and 111 pay-per-view events, TNA began producing a weekly television show and monthly three-hour pay-per-views. Subsequent shows would include episodes taped during a tour of England, which would be the last TNA appearances for Kurt Angle. The promotion's parent company, TNA Entertainment, was changed firstly to Impact Ventures and then to Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC., with Anthem's Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm becoming President of the new parent company. [69] The following week, Carter teamed with Magnus losing to Gunner and James Storm in a tag team ladder match where Carter's and Gunner's Feast or Fired briefcases were on the line. [26] Meanwhile, Bateman's character began to show more villainous traits, eventually causing Bryan to abandon him after declaring that Bateman was making a fool out of himself. ", "TNA Impact Wrestling Results: Turning Point, World Title Match, Jeff Jarrett, Knockouts, More", "411's TNA Bound For Glory Report 10.04.15", "411's TNA Impact Wrestling Report 11.11.15", "1/5 TNA Impact – MCMAHON'S Complete Report on Pop debut", "2/2 TNA Impact Report – Angle challenges for TNA Hvt. [94], Destination America gained over 41.94 million viewers over the course of 2015's first quarter, making this the channel's best first quarter ever,[95] followed by their best May ever in prime time. [62] It was arranged for Jarrett to wrestle for W-1 in October 2013. On the August 24 episode of Impact Wrestling, Carter entered in the 20 Man Gauntlet for the Gold match for the vacant GFW World Heavyweight Championship at N°7, but was eliminated by Moose and Eddie Edwards. Bei Slammiversary X am 10. Their first live show was Impact vs. Lucha Underground, a co-promoted show with Lucha Underground. [78] On the July 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, he retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times in one night against Norv Fernum, Shark Boy and Kurt Angle. [15] On the February 26 television tapings, Hutter, Washington, and Tristan Delta lost a dark match to Brett DiBiase, Maverick Darsow, and Tank Mulligan. He made his final appearance for the promotion on episode 16, losing to Prohibition in a match to determine the participants in a match for the PWO Heavyweight Championship.[10]. [71] On March 9, at Lockdown, Bobby Lashley answered Carter's open challenge after his scheduled opponent (Kurt Angle) couldn't wrestle due to injury the match ended in a no contest. [181] However, this was later altered due to the lack of TNA shows in late 2014 and many TNA wrestlers appeared at independent events, but were not allowed to appear on any television or pay-per-view tapings. [6], Shortly after Anthem's acquisition of TNA, it was re-branded to Impact Wrestling. ", "TNA Impact Wrestling Results (7/8) – BroMans Street Fight, Bram vs Anderson, E-C-3 Title Defenses! He was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Johnny Curtis. Bateman made his televised return on the May 4 episode of SmackDown where he once again faced Ryback, but was defeated. He immediately began feuding with Josh Prohibition and Johnny Gargano and in the main event on episode 13 he teamed with Jason Bane to defeat Prohibition and Gargano. [160][161] In May 2015, it was reported that the relationship between TNA and Wrestle-1 had ended. [58] In March 2013, TNA began taping Impact from different venues around the United States and terminated its lease with Universal Studios. [136] On November 4, Corgan was removed as President,[139] then on November 30 it also reported that Corgan had settled his lawsuit against TNA, with Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp acquiring the loans Corgan made to Dixie in the process. [36], TNA would later secure a deal with Spike TV and aired its first episode on October 1, 2005. [42], On October 23, 2008, TNA made the transition to HD and since then, all programming has been broadcast in high-definition. On the December 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, his match against Eddie Edwards for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship ended in a no contest. EC3 defeated George "The Trashman" Gatton on November 19 and then defeated ring announcer Louden Noxious the next night. Rather than emphasizing the fact that most wrestlers who perform this style are under 220 lb (100 kg) by calling it a cruiserweight division, Impact Wrestling (then TNA) decided to emphasize the high risk nature of the moves that these wrestlers perform, removing all restraints on its wrestlers, allowing them to perform almost stunt like wrestling moves. Among the organizations Impact has worked with are Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) from 2007-2009 and The Crash, Japan's Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Wrestle-1 (W-1) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). On April 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Carter interfered in the match between Lashley and James Storm for the World Heavyweight Championship, hitting Storm over the head with a beer bottle, thus turning heel in the process once again. [133][134], On the October 19 episode of ROH Television, EC3 made his debut for the promotion cutting a promo in the ring. [83] He successfully retained his title against GFW wrestler PJ Black at Turning Point. On the March 14 episode of NXT Redemption, he confessed his love for Kaitlyn and kissed her, solidifying their relationship. [117], On August 14, 2018, Jeff Jarrett and his company Global Force Entertainment announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Impact Wrestling's parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment in the District Court of Tennessee for copyright infringement over the GFW rights, as Jarrett owned all Global Force Wrestling properties since its creation in 2014. [30] On the October 26 episode of NXT Redemption, Bateman proposed to Maxine, who accepted the proposal after slapping and kissing him. On November 21, 2013, TNA returned to Universal Studios due to rising costs of taping Impact Wrestling from different venues. That same show, Hutter won a six-man elimination match to become the inaugural Firestorm Pro Heavyweight Champion. The original intention, as they were exclusive to pay-per-view, was to be viewed as an edgier product than WWE. [106] However, Corgan himself stated that neither TNA nor Anthem Sports & Entertainment had yet repaid the $2.7 million debt that was owed to him by TNA[107] and, as such, he was considering suing, as well as converting the debt into a 36% stake. Impact referee Earl Hebner was also inducted. They also aired their monthly pay-per-views from that location until October 2006 when Bound for Glory was broadcast from the Compuware Arena in Detroit. Hutter made his return for the promotion Absolute Intense Wrestling under his TNA ring name Ethan Carter III and he teamed with fellow TNA wrestler DJ Z and Raymond Rowe, collectively known as Dudes on TV, and defeated Alex Daniels, Johnny Gargano and Josh Prohibition. The state of Tennessee has also put a lien on TNA for unpaid taxes. [46], Before the March 8 debut, however, a historic episode of Impact! On the October 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Rockstar Spud snapped and slapped EC3, resulting in Carter firing him as his chief of staff. [159] On March 2, 2014, TNA collaborated with Wrestle-1 in producing the Kaisen: Outbreak supershow in Tokyo, Japan, where three TNA championships were defended. In spite of his investor status, the following year Jarrett revealed plans to start a new professional wrestling promotion, Global Force Wrestling. It was possible that one of the other minority owners could pay Corgan, effectively making them the majority owner of TNA. [110] After that event, EC3 began a brief feud with Lars Sullivan, after EC3 accused him of attacking Aleister Black. [79][80] On the July 15 episode of Impact Wrestling, EC3 defeated Drew Galloway to retain his title. [44], After the conclusion of NXT Redemption, NXT transitioned into the renamed FCW developmental territory. [69] TNA accepted his resignation but clarified that Jarrett was still an "investor" in TNA. Then, Bruce Prichard announced a 3-way match between Carter, Storm and Magnus to determine the number one contender to the Impact World Heavyweight Championship. [117][118] During the segment, EC3 was interrupted by Dean Ambrose, leading to a match that EC3 won. It was the sudeness of the change that made this a bad move for TNA. He is working as a member of the Board of Directors for Anthem Sports and Entertainment, also has a strategic agreement with the company in Content Development and Promotion.[143]. [24] In July 2002, Vince Russo joined Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion as a creative writer and would assist in the writing and production of the shows. On the July 21 episode of Impact he made his in-ring return when he attacked the self-proclaimed TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose, establishing himself as a face in the process. [6] He also appeared on Raw in August 2006, as a police officer with Shane McMahon who were to arrest D-Generation X. Hutter made his Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) debut on the March 27, 2007 television tapings, where he lost to Tony Braddock in a dark match using his real name. [64], From the period of 2013 to 2014, many well-known names or veterans of the company left TNA. [128] The event was planned to take place during the WrestleCon convention on April 3, 2020, at The Ritz Ybor in Tampa, Florida. On the May 9 episode of NXT Redemption, Bateman was attacked backstage by an unknown person. On the January 5, 2017, episode of Impact Wrestling, he challenged Lashley and Eddie Edwards for Edwards' TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a three-way match, in a losing effort. Your one-stop source for WWE news and rumors. TNA officially returns for one night only on Friday, April 3rd at 7pm. [178] In January 2018, Impact announced that they are returning to a four-sided wrestling ring. In 2009, he signed a contract with WWE, where he competed as Derrick Bateman. or she may be THE Knockout, depends on how you look at it. HDTV set to debut this Thursday", "TNA News: TNA To Debut A New Set?, HD Update, & More News", "TNA Wrestling Moves To Monday Nights Starting March 8th 2010", https://bleacherreport.com/articles/562588-return-of-the-wars-january-4th-2010-flashback-analyzing-the-aftermath, "TNA News: TNA rebranding Impact on Thursday nights; "Reaction" start date announced in press release on Thursday move", "TNA Confirms iMPACT! [16] In mid-2010, he formed a tag team known as The Handsome Man's Express with Leo Kruger, and the pair unsuccessfully challenged Los Aviadores (Hunico and Epico) for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship on July 2. [16] He went on to lose to Skip Sheffield, Percy Watson, Mason Ryan, Wes Brisco, and Eli Cottonwood over the next several months. [68] Also in December 2013, TNA founder Jeff Jarrett "resigned" from the company. [15] On February 19, he changed his ring name to Derrick Bateman, and gained Abraham Washington as a manager as he teamed with Lennox McEnroe in a loss to Scotty Goldman and DJ Gabriel. [84] Ethan Carter III gave Matt Hardy a last chance to win his title, in a Title vs. Jeff Hardy's Services match, which Matt Hardy accepted. [14] Hutter made his last appearance with Firestorm Pro Wrestling on December 13, 2008, when he vacated the Firestorm Pro Heavyweight Championship, which he later awarded to John McChesney when McChesney won a four-way match for the vacant championship. Following their Redemption PPV, Impact would return to touring, taping from various smaller venues. [33] The next week on the January 4 episode of NXT Redemption, Bateman lost in singles competition to Darren Young after a distraction from Johnny Curtis and Maxine announcing that they're getting married in Las Vegas. [111] Wrestlers Drew Galloway, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Jade, Crazzy Steve, Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis left the company during this period. Later on in 2008, TNA conducted its first tour of England, with most shows selling out. Afterwards, he was confronted backstage by Shane Taylor and S.O.S. Hutter also wrestled for House of Glory which is owned by Amazing Red, where once again wrestled under his EC3 name, and was a HOG World Heavyweight Champion. Initially, TNA's weekly pay-per-view show operated as the company's main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. In 2012, Impact Wrestling (then TNA) changed policy, preventing its talent from appearing at any independent events that are later released on DVD. [43] In addition, TNA introduced a new HD set that included new lighting and several large high-resolution screens. On January 5, Jeff Jarrett was brought back to the company by Anthem as an executive consultant, and later promoted to executive producer and chief creative officer. [88] From December 2014 to March 2015, several employees re-signed with TNA, including Kurt Angle,[89] Jeff Hardy, Gail Kim, Mr. Anderson, Abyss and Matt Hardy. Russo states that he coined the name "Total Nonstop Action", the initials of the company "TNA" being a play on "T&A". However, Angle attacked him and challenged him to a match at Lockdown. [180] Many Impact wrestlers perform regularly for various promotions on the independent circuit in addition to Impact Wrestling weekly shows. In May 2016, Hutter made his debut for Evolve Wrestling again under his TNA ring name Ethan Carter III attacking Johnny Gargano during the main event of Evolve 61 forming an alliance with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Drew Galloway. will move to AXS after Bound for Glory in October, and will continue to be simulcast on Twitch. 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