Impact Wrestling is an American professional wrestling campaign currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Promotion operates as a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment through its parent company, Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, in Nashville, Tennessee, this promotion was originally known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was associated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It withdrew from the NWA in 2004 and is known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), but continues to use the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team NWA championships as part of the deal. After the agreement expired in 2007, the company created the World Tags heavyweight championship World Heavy Weight and TNA World. The promotion was purchased by Anthem in early 2017, and it was renamed Impact Wrestling after its main television series.
Impact Wrestling (under its previous name, TNA) has been considered the second largest professional wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE until at least 2015. However, from mid-2017, Impact has become increasingly seen to have lagged behind the old Honorary rival ring. The loss of television contracts and their previous personnel problems have been noted as contributing factors to their decline.
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History
Formation
The TNA concept originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ended in 2001. Bob Ryder, Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett went on a fishing trip and contemplated their future in the professional wrestling business. Only one wrestling product is left on national television USA: World Wrestling Federation (WWF, then WWE). Ryder feels that this situation causes many television stations to consider professional wrestling a bad thing for business, so he suggests a company does not rely on television, but rather goes directly to pay-per-view. In July 2002, Vince Russo joined the promotion of NWA-TNA Jeff and Jerry Jarrett as creative writers and will assist in the writing and production of the show. Russo stated that he created the name "Total Nonstop Action", the initials of the "TNA" company into a play "T & amp; A", the abbreviation of "Tits and Ass". Initial intent, as exclusive for pay-per-view, should be viewed as a more sophisticated product than WWE.
The Jarretts found the financial support they needed and the company held its first show on June 19, 2002. That night, however, in a dark match just before they aired, a 450 lb wrestler named Cheex hit the rope with so many powers that one broke. The estimated repair time is 30-60 minutes, which they do not have because the schedule asks them to live within minutes, whether the ring is ready or not. Behind the stage, the producers shuffled the schedule so that some non-wrestling segments went first to give the crew a ring some more time, but they did not have many of them. The ring crew repaired the rope with the help of Ron and Don Harris, and everyone lived with hope for the best.
In October 2002, Panda Energy bought a controlling interest (72%) from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Initially, TNA's pay-per-view impressions were operated as the main source of revenue for the company, instead of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. These events take place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, dubbed "TNA Asylum". After 27 months and 111 pay-per-view events, TNA began holding weekly and monthly pay-per-view three-hour television. The last weekly payment took place on September 8, 2004. Xplosion was launched on 27 November 2002 as the first regular TNA cable show and featured exclusive matches from TNA Asylum as well as exclusive interviews with TNA wrestlers. On November 18, 2004, the event became a recap of the previous week Impact! in the light of the changes in the recording schedule. Xplosion re-show an exclusive match (billed as "Xplosion Xclusives") again on October 7, 2005 in addition to closing Impact! . "Xplosion Xclusives" is also aired on the internet show of TNA Global Impact! which has now stopped. Broadcasting Xplosion in the United States stops at the end of 2006, although some exclusive games can be viewed at TNA Today .
2004-2010
In May 2004, TNA introduced a television program, Impact! (styled as iMPACT!), Produced at Soundstage 21 at Universal Studios Florida and broadcast on Fox Sports. The transition includes the use of six-sided rolling rings, the "Fox Box" implementation featuring competitors and punctuality for matches and a style that is generally more sportlike than the sport entertainment style exemplified by WWE.
By switching to cable television, the TNA stopped their weekly pay-per-view impressions that supported the monthly 3-hour payout format used previously by WCW and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and are currently used by WWE. In November 2004, TNA held its first of pay-per-views, Victory Road, starting a pay-per-view pattern indicating that it continues into 2013.
The TV contract with Fox Sports ended in May 2005 and was not renegotiated, leaving the TNA without television exposure. This prompted the TNA to broadcast Impact! via webcast - initially available via BitTorrent and finally via RealPlayer - and on Urban America Television replacing Xplosion . During this time, the TNA continues to pursue a profitable television deal for regular broadcasting. TNA will then secure a deal with Spike TV and broadcast its first episode on October 1, 2005.
In October 2006, the TNA began to make pay-per-view options outside its central filming location, Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida, with Bound for Glory. In April 2006, TNA began a partnership with YouTube, where TNA supplied YouTube with exclusive video content in exchange for hosting, leading to the production of internet events. In January 2007, TNA's mobile content agreement with New Motion, Inc. led to the introduction of TNA Mobile and mobile fan voting. TNA has also launched "TNA U TV"; podcasts are broadcasted via YouTube to help promote the company. Impact! was extended to a two-hour format on October 4, 2007. On June 21, 2009, TNA launched an online video-vault subscription service where customers can watch pay-per-view by selecting one of three payment options.
On October 23, 2008, TNA made the transition to HD and since then, all programs have been broadcast in high definition. In addition, TNA introduced a new HD device that includes new lighting and several large high resolution screens.
2010-2014
In 2010, TNA hired professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and former WCW President Eric Bischoff. Both gained behind-the-scenes positions (Bischoff was a creative part and Hogan was a consultant) and made some changes. They also employ many former WWE wrestlers, including Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy, while returning to the four-sided rings. On February 15, TNA made a new deal with Spike TV, which moved the Impact! to Monday night, face to face with Raw (though the network continues to open the Thursday night slot for a repeat of Monday night's show). The first episode occurred on March 8th.
On May 3rd, TNA moved Impact! returned to Thursday night, was renamed as "TNA Thursday". At the same time, Spike also took TNA Reaction (adapted to TNA ReAction) or, alternatively, as TNA Reaction, which became a common one -jam docu-series on June 24th. ReAction focuses on TNA stories and characters and previews upcoming episodes Impact! . On February 24, 2011, TNA began holding recordings of Impact! at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina. On May 3rd, Impact! is re-branded Impact Wrestling .
On November 7, TNA revealed that the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) will be the official development area of ​​the TNA. In December 2011, TNA debuted their Indian subsidiary, Ring Ka King. On May 31st, 2012, Impact Wrestling began airing live on new start time at 8 pm. EST on Thursday night. The live schedule will continue throughout 2012. On July 11, DirecTV, the Spike operator, blocked all Viacom stations affecting TNA views from DirecTV customers. Once DirectTV and Viacom reach agreement, the deleted channel is added back on July 20th. In March 2013, TNA began recording Impacts from different places throughout the United States and halted leases with Universal Studios. On March 14, TNA introduced a new universal HD stage that will be used for all weekly programs. On 2 November, TNA ended its relationship with OVW.
TNA formed a relationship with Japan Wrestle-1 promotion starting July 2013 with a meeting between TNA founder Jeff Jarrett and head of Wrestle-1 Keiji Mutoh. It's set for Jarrett wrestling for W-1 in October 2013. In November, A.J. Styles successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at the Wrestle-1 event in Japan.
From the period 2013 to 2014, many well-known names or veterans of the company left the TNA. Hulk Hogan's contract with TNA expires in October 2013 and returns to WWE in early 2014. In December 2013, A.J. Style leaves TNA after the contract expires. Styles later said that he could not accept the offer of a new TNA contract which would see him take a 60% salary cut. Also in December 2013, TNA founder Jeff Jarrett "stepped down" from the company. The TNA accepted his resignation but clarified that Jarrett was still an "investor" in the TNA. Regardless of his investor status, the following year Jarrett revealed plans to start a new professional wrestling campaign, Global Force Wrestling. The departure did not stop in 2014, with TNA Sting veterans Chris Sabin, Hernandez, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian all leaving the company that year, and TNA contracts Hall of Famers Bully Ray and Devon reportedly ended in October 2014, with TNA transferring them to alumni from their list in January 2015.
At the end of July, the website TMZ reported that Spike TV did not update Impact Wrestling after October. In response, the TNA refuted the report, stating that negotiations are still ongoing. On August 14, the TNA moved the Impact Wrestling from Thursday to Wednesday night. On August 20, TNA signed an extension with Spike TV until the end of 2014.
Payments for Bound for Glory 2014 were held in collaboration with Wrestle-1 in Tokyo, Japan on October 12; TNA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team TNA titles were not defended at the event, featuring TNA wrestlers James Storm and The Great Sanada against Wrestle-1 The Great Muta and Tajiri at the main event. After Bound for Glory, TNA effectively became a hiatus as Impact Wrestling ended their contract with Spike TV and subsequently moved to Destination America. The show stopped showing new television shows after the November 19 episode Impact Wrestling, with a final episode of 2014 dedicated to the Best Of TNA clip, before continuing the show on January 7th. , 2015 with live performances from The Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom in New York City.
2015-2017
As revealed in November 2014, TNA terminated its relationship with Spike and instead partnered with Discovery Communications to distribute its program from January 2015. In the United States, the TNA program, including Impact Wrestling, moved to Destination America. Discovery also holds rights in certain international markets. Spike's reach at the time was estimated at more than 97 million homes while the American Purpose was estimated at 59 million households. However, Destination America is one of the fastest growing cable networks.
Impact Wrestling aired on Destination America on Wednesday, January 7th at 9:00 pm. TNA has also started two new events: Impact Wrestling: Unlocked, hosted by Mike Tenay, and TNA Wrestling's Greatest Matches, the series that presents the best matches in the company's history. From December 2014 to March 2015, several employees re-signed with TNA, including Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Gail Kim, Mr. Anderson, Abyss, and Matt Hardy. Awesome Kong also rejoined the company after several years of absence. During this period, veteran Samoa Joe and the Tazz commentator left the company with mutual consent.
On April 27, 2015, Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan joined TNA as a senior producer of creative development and talent.
Destination America earned over 41.94 million viewers during the first quarter of 2015, making this channel the best first quarter, followed by May at their best prime time. In both cases, Discovery Communications was mentioned Impartial Wrestling as one of the reasons for audience enhancement. Despite this success, Discovery Communications lowered Unlocked and Greatest Matches from their program in May 2015.
On November 19, TNA signed an agreement with Pop to show Impact Wrestling, which premiered on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, in a live broadcast held at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. With this movement to Pop, Impact Wrestling introduces new HD sets, graphics and theme music. The event featured the semi-finals and finals of the TNA World Title Series, which was won by Ethan Carter III. Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis's husband and wife team will debut shortly thereafter. The next show will include episodes recorded during the UK tour, which will be the last TNA performance for Kurt Angle. TNA returned to record Impact Wrestling at Impact Zone at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, starting with Live Impact Wrestling on March 15th. On March 19, old TNA wrestlers Eric Young and Bobby Roode left the promotion. after 12 years. On April 22, Velvet Sky, another old TNA wrestler, left the company.
On 12 August, Billy Corgan became the new President of the promotion, while Dixie Carter became Chief and Chief Strategy Officer. On October 13, Corgan sued TNA because the unpaid debts claimed by Corgan had failed in the TNA. The state of Tennessee has also granted loot to the TNA for unpaid taxes. Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment, the Canadian Fightcaster Fight Network's parent company Impact Wrestling, offers to assist TNA and repay Corgan for loans, while also offering additional financial support to TNA to help keep them from filing for bankruptcy. On October 31, Corgan lost his orders that the TNA could not sell the company, but TNA was required to pay back to Korgan on November 1. Perhaps one of the other minority owners may pay Corgan, making them the majority owner of TNA effectively.. On November 3, the company revealed that Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment provides credit facilities to finance operations for TNA and that Corgan is no longer with the company as President. However, Corgan himself stated that neither TNA nor Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment has not paid off the $ 2.7 million debt owed to him by the TNA and, as such, he is considering demanding, and turning the debt into 36% of the shares. As a result of the settlement between Corgan and TNA, Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment has secured a loan made by Corgan to Dixie.
In January 2017, CBS Corporation, which has a Pop cable channel, joined Upstream's new live streaming service to broadcast TNA. Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment buys the majority of TNA shares, rearranging the parent company of TNA. Dixie Carter retained a 5% minority stake in the company, but resigned as Chairman after fourteen years with the company and joined the advisory board of Fight Media Group. Promotional parent company, TNA Entertainment, was first converted into Impact Ventures and then to Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC., With Anthem Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm becoming President of the new holding company. On January 5, Jeff Jarrett was brought back by Anthem to serve as a consultant. On March 2, all appearances of TNA names were dropped on the TV recording. On the same recording, Bruce Prichard stated that the name was "dead", with Anthem again promoting the promotion as Impact Wrestling, the name of its main television platform. Wrestlers Drew Galloway, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Jade, Steve Crazzy, Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis left the company during this period. On April 20th, Impact announced a merger with the original Global Force Wrestling. The company then announces that they are rebranding again, taking the name of GFW. In the following September, Anthem's press release once again began to refer to the company as Impact Wrestling. On October 10, Anthem released the Global Wrestling Network as an alternative to WWE Network. The Global Wrestling Network primarily displays a collection of Impact/GFW tape libraries but also includes content from other sources. On October 23rd, Impact Wrestling announced the termination of its relationship with Jeff Jarrett and his company Global Force Entertainment Inc., officially ending a rebranding effort to GFW.
2018-present
In December 2017, Anthem announced that they hired Don Callis and Scott D'Amore as Executive Vice President to take over the daily operations of Impact Wrestling beginning with January 10th, recording. On the recording the company is restored back to a traditional four-sided ring and also sees the return of former World Astronomer Austin Aries and new wrestlers, such as Kiera Hogan, Su Yung, PentagÃÆ'³n Jr, FÃÆ' Â © nix and Brian Cage and for the company. Impact also announced a partnership with Twitch.tv live streaming service to generate content for their platform, their first show is Brace for Impact with WrestlePro. Their first live show was Impact vs Lucha Underground promoted along with Lucha Underground. They also generate real-life streams (IRL) for WrestleCon 2018.
The impact of announcing the first live-per-view live of the year was Redemption, on April 22nd.
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Ownership
This promotion was originally formed by Jarretts under the parent company known as J Sports & amp; Entertainment, LLC.
Panda Energy International bought a controlling interest (71%) in the company in 2002 from Jerry Jarrett, reuniting as TNA Entertainment, LLC, in the process. In 2012, Panda Energy is breaking away from its stake in the TNA. Dixie Carter, Panda Energy's founding daughter Robert Carter, who has served as TNA president, acquired the stake, making it the majority shareholder of TNA. Jeff Jarrett leaves the company on December 22, 2013 but remains a minority shareholder until a temporary return on June 24, 2015, with an agreement to return it including the transfer of his minority share to Dixie Carter, making him a sole shareholder.
According to a report on August 7, 2015, TNA proposed a new business name from Impact Ventures, LLC. It was reported in early 2016 that Aroluxe Marketing, Brentwood, a Tennessee-based marketing agency, took a stake in TNA in early 2016 in return for providing partial funding, and taking over TNA production operations. It was reported in June 2016 that Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan acquired a minority stake in TNA from Dixie Carter, but instead gave Carter a loan. Then on 12 August, TNA appointed Corgan as the company's new President and Carter's transition from President to Chairman and Chief of the new Strategy Strategy. It was reported on September 16th by New York Post that Fight Network Canada, through its parent company, Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment Corporation, has taken a stake in TNA. On November 4, Corgan was removed as President, then on Nov. 30 also reported that Corgan had resolved his lawsuit against TNA, with Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. obtained a loan made by Corgan to Dixie in the process.
In early 2017, TNA will go through a period of restructuring that will see a change of ownership, with Anthem taking 85%, Aroluxe 10% and Dixie Carter 5%. On January 4, 2017, Anthem Sports & amp; Entertainment bought 85% of the majority of the company, rearranging TNA parent company Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC, and Carter resigned as Chairman after 14 years in power, while joining the Fight Media Group advisory board. Ed Nordholm, Executive Vice President of Anthem, then took over the Anthem Wrestling Exhibition as President.
Shortly after the acquisition of Anthem TNA, it was re-branded to Impact Wrestling. On January 5, Jeff Jarrett was brought back to the company by Anthem as executive consultant, and was later promoted to executive producer and chief creative officer. In April 2017, announced at Impact! that the promotion will "merge" with Jarrett's new Growth Global Wrestling campaign. In the run-up to the Slammiversary XV PPV, Anthem officially announced its intention to acquire GFW to inaugurate the merger. However, after he took unlimited leave, the promotion then broke with Jarrett and has returned to the Impact Wrestling brand on October 23rd. The deal for Anthem to acquire GFW is never completed.
TV and tour schedule
Pay-per-view (2002 -2004)
From 2002-2004, the official promotional weekly promotional pay-per-view was performed mostly at Tennessee State Field Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, dubbed "TNA Asylum".
Impact! and Xplosion (2004-2013)
From June 2004 to March 2013, TNA recorded its flagship event, Impact! and its secondary show Xplosion at Universal Studio Orlando Soundstage 21, whose company is titled "Regional Impact". They also aired their monthly salary from that location until October 2006 when Bound for Glory was broadcast from Compuware Arena in Detroit.
Initially, TNA worked with American wrestler Federation Hermie Sadler in 2005 to create a home event. TNA allows the use of rings and for championships to be maintained at these events. TNA began running independent home performances on March 17, 2006. They will continue to work with the United Wrestling Federation and promote independent performances at the same time, until 2007. In 2007, TNA first toured Europe, holding two shows in Porto and Lisbon in Portugal with APW Wrestling. In 2008, the TNA wrestler appeared in Wrestle Kingdom II in Japan. Then in 2008, TNA made its first tour in the UK, with most of the shows sold out. Promotions first visited Germany, Scotland and Ireland in 2009, France, Wales and the United Arab Emirates in 2010 and Belgium in 2012.
In August 2007, live event coordinator Craig Jenkins stated that TNA was intended to feature eight pay-per-views and 96 home events outside Orlando, Florida in 2008.
In 2009 on the TNA United Kingdom tour, a home show at Wembley Arena in London broke the TNA attendance record. On July 2, 2010, MCU Park hosted a live TNA house event, which also broke the TNA's domestic presence record at the time and is currently the most accomplished live TNA house show in the United States, with a capacity of 5,550 people.
Leaving and returning to the Impact Zone (2013-present)
On January 31, 2013, TNA announced that it will record their Impact Wrestling weekly show at venues across the United States, with the first live show being held on March 14 at Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Chicago suburb).
On November 21, 2013, the TNA returned to Universal Studios due to the increased cost of recording the Wrestling Impact from different places. Since returning to Universal Orlando, most of the episodes have been recorded there, although several episodes have been recorded from The Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City, at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, The Manchester Arena at Manchester, and Wembley Arena in London as part of a January 2015 tour, and, in June 2017, in India, became the first major promotion for recordings in the country. After Bound for Glory 2017, Impact made a series of recordings in Ottawa.
Partnership
International
Throughout its history, Impact has worked with several international wrestling promotions, with championships of promotions sometimes being maintained at Impact Wrestling events. Among the Impact organizations have worked with the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and The Crash, Japan Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Wrestle-1 (W-1). The then-TNA relations with NJPW lasted from 2008 to 2011, and included the TNA sent wrestlers to participate in the annual NJPW Wrestle Kingdom event, as well as NJPW sending future heavyweight Kazuh Okyo candidates to the TNA; However, the relationship deteriorated in 2011, when Team JuW Team Champion 3D Champions was detained from a New Japan tour that supported appearing on Impact Wrestling and Okada was given an inspired Green Hornet gimmick, Decision Impact of Executive Vice President Scott D 'Amore has since apologized on behalf of the previous regime. On March 2, 2014, TNA collaborated with Wrestle-1 in producing Kaisen: Outbreak supershow in Tokyo, Japan where three TNA championships were retained. In May 2015, it was reported that the relationship between TNA and Wrestle-1 had ended.
In February 2017, Impact made a new work agreement with the Japanese promotion, Pro Wrestling Noah. Impact also has a working agreement with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) of Mexico and in 2018, announces a partnership with Lucha Underground, which allows their wrestlers to appear to Impact regularly. In April 2018, Impact and Lucha Underground promoted Impact vs. Lucha Underground from New Orleans to a sellout crowd.
National
Impact Wrestling also works with North American independent promotions in collaborative efforts, such as Global Force Wrestling (also founded by Jeff Jarrett), OMEGA Championship Wrestling (owned by Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Gregory Helms) and Evolve Wrestling. Recently Impact has established working relationships with a number of independent North American promotions, whether to add content to Impact's Global Wrestling Network (GWN) and to promote home events, Twitch and exclusive GWN One Night Only specials. These promotions include, Wrestling Future Stars, Smash Wrestling, AML Wrestling, Superkick'd, Border City WrestleCade, Rocky Mountain Pro, Rockstar Pro Wrestling, Wrestlepro, Revolver Wrestling, BANGKIT, Fate of Wrestling, Big Time Wrestling (California) DEFY Wrestling and House of Hardcore.
Features
X Division
From its origin, Impact Wrestling has featured a high-risk, high-flying wrestling style known as its X Division. Rather than emphasizing the fact that most wrestlers who perform this force under 220 (100 kg) by calling it the cruiserweight division, Impact Wrestling (later TNA) decided to emphasize the high-risk nature of the wrestler's movements, removing all restrictions on the wrestler, them to act almost like a wrestling movement.
Initially, there was no weight limitation on the X Division or its title, although in practice, most wrestlers in this division had become the explorers class, with Samoan Samoa, billed 280 lb (130 kg), Kurt Angle, billed at 230 lbs (100 kg ), and Abyss, billed at 350 pounds (160 kg), is an important exception. To further emphasize this, the slogan "It is not about weight limitations, it's about no limit" is used to describe the division. Although it was emphasized throughout 2007, Division X is generally regarded as one of the main attractions of Impact Wrestling. In August 2011, the weight limit of 225 pounds (102 kg) was introduced. It was secretly revoked in March 2012. The changes were introduced in March 2013, including a weight limit of 230 pounds. and made all three games of threat matches, repealed in August.
Six-sided Ring
From the first promotional show in June 2002, the TNA used a standard four-sided wrestling ring. In June 2004, with the prime minister Impact! , the TNA turned to a six-sided ring, which is sometimes used in Mexican AAA promotions. TNA used a six-sided ring until January 2010. A poll selected by fans to determine which type of ring the company will be using is held in June 2014, and a six-sided ring is won. In January 2018, Impact announced that they were returning to a four-sided wrestling ring.
Impact Wrestling Contract
Wrestling impacts are prohibited by contracts from working for other companies with television wrestling events, but are free to do non-television work for any other independent, domestic or international wrestling promotion, as well as television shows held by foreign promotions that Impact Wrestling is linked to or have a relationship work with promotions such as AAA, NJPW, and Ring Ka King. Many Impact wrestlers appear regularly for various promotions on independent circuits other than the Weekly Impact Wrestling event. In 2012, Impact Wrestling (later TNA) changed its policy, preventing its talent from appearing in any independent event which was later released on DVD. However, this was later changed due to the lack of TNA events by the end of 2014 and many of the TNA wrestlers appeared in independent events, but were not allowed to appear on TV or pay-per-view recordings. The top Impact wrestlers have guaranteed the contract, but the majority of the Impact wrestlers are paid per appearance basis. The impact eater is classified as an independent contractor and is not offered health coverage through promotion. In November 2017, the Impact Wrestling contract gives players full ownership of all intellectual property related to their character.
Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame
The Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame was introduced on May 31, 2012, as TNA Hall of Fame. As part of the annual process, selected applicants will be selected based on their overall contribution to the history of the Wrestling Impact. On June 10 at Slammiversary 10, Sting was revealed as the first applicant to the TNA Hall of Fame and his official induction took place at Bound for Glory in October 2012. On June 2, 2013, former TNA President Dixie Carter revealed that the newest member of the TNA Hall of Fame was Kurt Angle, who was officially inducted into TNA Hall of Fame on October 19, 2013. At Slammiversary XII on June 15, 2014, Angle revealed the 3D Team as the next pioneer to the TNA Hall of Fame. In 2015, Jeff Jarrett returned to TNA and was sworn in to TNA Hall of Fame. Referee Earl Hebner's impact was also sworn in. In Bound for Glory on October 2, 2016, Gail Kim was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.
Championships and achievements
Current championship
Canceled Championships
See also
- List of Wrestling Impact albums
- List of Impact Wrestling alumni
- Impact List of pay-per-view wrestling event
References
External links
- ImpactWrestling.com
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