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This article is about the television program. For the video game, see TNA Impact! (video game).
TNA Impact!
TNA Impact!
GenreProfessional wrestling, Hardcore wrestling, Lucha libre, sports entertainment
Created byJeff Jarrett
Vince Russo
Dutch Mantel
StarringTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling roster
Opening theme"Change Me" by Trae Vedder from Death On Two Wheels
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes301 (as of April 19, 2010)
Production
Production locationImpact! Zone
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time88 minutes
Original release
NetworkFox Sports Net (2004 – 2005)
Webcast/Urban America Television (limited markets) (2005)
Spike (2005 – present)
ReleaseJune 4, 2004 (2004-06-04) –
present

TNA Impact! (stylized as "TNA iMPACT!") is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that currently airs on in the United States and Canada on Spike[1], and airs on Bravo in the United Kingdom. TNA Impact is filmed at the Impact! Zone (Soundstage 21 at the Universal Studios Florida theme park of Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida).[2] Tapings of the show are held biweekly on Mondays and Tuesdays and admission is free, on March 8, 2010 iMPACT! will air live one week and have free alternating tapings the other week.[3]The show's current opening theme is "Change Me" by Trae Vedder From Death On Two Wheels.[4]

History

Fox Sports Net era: May 2004 - May 2005

In May 2004, TNA announced that they had negotiated a television deal with Fox Sports Net (FSN) where they would get a one-hour timeslot on Fridays in most markets, putting TNA on unrestricted cable and satellite for the first time.[5] TNA began taping TNA Impact that month and aired the first episode on June 4, 2004. Impact was also syndicated throughout Canada (on RDS) and Europe (on The Wrestling Channel and, also later, both Eurosport Bravo and Bravo 2). TNA's contract with FSN expired in May 2005 and was not renegotiated, with the last episode airing on May 27, 2005. The series as a whole gained little success, averaging a 0.2 household rating.

Webcasts

TNA was left with no television deal and, therefore, had no means of promoting their monthly pay-per-views (although Impact did continue to air on certain regional networks in place of TNA Xplosion). On July 1, TNA began offering new episodes of Impact through their website, first using BitTorrent downloads, then by streaming through RealPlayer.[6][7] To save on production costs, four hours of Impact were recorded in a day and made available throughout the subsequent month.[8]

Spike era

At the same time, TNA began seeking a more profitable television outlet, finally negotiated a Saturday night timeslot with Spike TV, now known simply as Spike, and started airing Impact on October 1, 2005. Two episodes were taped every other Tuesday, airing them on the subsequent Saturday.[9] TNA's syndication contracts for Impact on local TV channels, from after the FSN contract, were converted to contracts for TNA's syndicated show, TNA Xplosion. They are no longer paying for the timeslot, though Spike controls their advertising revenue.[10] Because of viewership growth, Impact was moved to Thursdays in April 2006, and later to an earlier primetime slot in November. Tapings were moved to Tuesdays.[11]

In June 2006, episodes of Impact became available at the iTunes Store.[12]

Two hour expansion (2007–present)

Impact expanded to two hours on October 4, 2007, still starting at the same time.[13]

On January 17, 2008, Spike presented an event entitled "Global iMPACT!", which featured TNA wrestlers in matches against talent of New Japan Pro Wrestling.[14]

On March 27, Impact! aired live for the first time in the show's history in its regular timeslot.

Announced in a release on TNAwrestling.com on April 2, 2008, TNA came to terms on a deal that had "Impact" airing in Australia starting April 5. Up until then, TNA had only broadcast their monthly pay-per-view events on Main Event. Impact now airs every Saturday at 10:00 p.m.

On October 23, 2008, TNA aired its first Impact! outside of the Impact! Zone in Orlando. It was broadcasted from Las Vegas, Nevada. TNA also made the transition to HD and announced that all Impacts! after this would be broadcast in High Definition.

Move to Mondays (2010)

On January 4, 2010 Impact! went head-to-head for the first time with TNA rival-promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s Monday Night Raw. This would be the first time since March 2001 that two major wrestling promotions went head-to-head in a Monday night television ratings competition. TNA advertised the debut of Hulk Hogan and his return to professional wrestling; WWE promoted the return of Bret Hart to Raw, who last made an appearance in November 1997 before the Montreal Screwjob;[15] On this night, Impact! was watched by 2.2 million viewers, the highest in the show's history; Raw was watched by 5.6 million viewers, the most since August 2009.[16]

On February 15, 2010, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) made the announcement that Impact! would move to Monday nights beginning on March 8, 2010.[17] The show will air live on a bi-weekly basis and taped the other week. On the March 8 edition, Impact! debuted their new theme song.[18] Beginning with the April 12, 2010 show, iMPACT! will air at 8:00pm EST on Spike TV. This change was made as a result of the increase in ratings from the March 29, 2010 show (which aired at 9:00pm EST) and the April 5, 2010 show (which aired at 8:00pm EST).[19] It was announced, via Dixie Carter and Eric Bischoff's Twitter accounts, that the name of the show would change to Monday Night Impact! .

Content

Television ratings[20][21][22][23]
Channel (timeslot) Avg. rating
FSN (Fri. 3pm) 0.2
Spike (Sat. 11pm) 0.7
Spike (Thu. 11pm) 0.9
Spike (Thu. 9pm) 1.0
Spike (Thu. 9pm; 2hrs) 1.2
Spike (Monday 9pm; 2hrs) 0.8
Spike (Monday 8pm; 2hrs) 0.9

Impact generally features four to seven matches over the course of the two hour show, as well as numerous interviews and segments interspersed between the matches.[24] Due to the nature of the wrestling business, advertisements for merchandise and upcoming pay-per-view events often serve as bookmarks for the commercial segments.

When Impact was on Fox Sports Net, all matches had a time limit (10 minutes for normal singles matches and 20 for tag team matches and the main event) and the station's Fox Box was used.[25] In the event of a time limit draw, the winner was determined by the NWA Championship Committee, a group consisting of three veteran wrestlers. Since leaving the channel, TNA discarded the time limit concept, but in late 2009, TNA brought back the time limits.

Roster

Main article: List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees

Commentators

Commentators Dates
Mike Tenay and Don West June 4, 2004 – August 13, 2009
Mike Tenay and Taz August 20, 2009 - present[26]

Management Director

Main article: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling authority figures

Special Episodes

Episode Title Date Rating Note
Live Impact! March 27, 2008 1.0[27][28] First live Impact! ever.
Live HD Impact! October 23, 2008 1.1[28] First live HD Impact! outside of the Impact! Zone.
Impact! 200 July 30, 2009 1.3[29][30] 200th episode of Impact! on Spike.
Super Impact! October 15, 2009 0.94[29][31] Special 3 hour episode of Impact! leading up to Bound for Glory.
New Years Knockout Eve December 31, 2009 0.6[29] 4 Hour All Knockout edition of Impact! Also featured the Top 3 PPV matches of 2009 as voted by the fans.
Monday Night Impact! January 4, 2010 1.5[32][33] Live 3 hour edition of Impact! airing on a Monday.

Recurring segments

Segment Type Host(s) Period active Notes
Rough Cut Interview segment TNA Roster February 2008 - April 2009 A in-depth interview about someone's life and career in professional wrestling. Also used as a video package interview to hype feuds between two or more wrestlers, on some occasions
$25,000 Fan Challenge Wrestling Challenge Awesome Kong
w/Raisha Saeed 		May 2008 - July 2008 A "fan" (kayfabe) entered the ring to compete with Awesome Kong. If they won they get $25,000 and the TNA Knockout Championship. The contest ended with Taylor Wilde defeating her, making her the third champion in history.
Karen's Angle Interview segment Karen Angle July 2008 - October 2008 Karen hosted a talk show interview segment. The segment came to an end when it was revealed on Impact! that Karen was taking time off to focus on her family.
O.D.B.'s Angle / Trash Talking with O.D.B. Interview segment O.D.B. November 2008 - December 2009 Took the place of Karen's Angle after she left the company.
Hardcore History 101 Interview segment Mick Foley February 2009 - April 2009 Behind the scenes stories from Foley's career.[34]
Off the Wagon Challenge Wrestling challenge Beer Money, Inc.
(Robert Roode and James Storm) 		February 2009 - April 2009 Open challenge for Beer Money's TNA World Tag Team Championship. If the challengers lost by pin or submission, the wrestler who was pinned or submitted is fired.

International broadcasters

In addition to being broadcast on Spike in the United States,[35] TNA Impact! is also broadcast internationally in many different countries.

Country Network Ref
Australia Fox8 [36]
Austria, Germany and Switzerland Sky Deutschland [37][38]
Canada The Fight Network
Spike 		[39]
Chad, Ivory Coast, Ghana,
Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe 		Setanta Sports Africa [40]
Denmark Canal 9 [37]
France W9 [37]
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 		ESPN Star Sports [41]
Israel EGO Total [42]
Italy GXT [37][43]
Mexico 52MX [44]
Portugal Sport TV [37][45]
Ireland and United Kingdom Bravo [37]

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