I didn’t even know they were still on pop 
thought it was a twitch show now
thought it was a twitch show now
TNA Leaving Poptv, New Network Annouced
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Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
Update:
Mike Johnson of PW Insiderreports that IMPACT Wrestling‘s new television deal with Anthem‘s Pursuit Channel will not be an exclusive deal. According to Johnson, “The Pursuit move is being seen as a way for Impact to take a breather and not have to worry about where the show will air as they still try to pursue a larger scale deal. With Anthem having interest in Pursuit, it was an easy move for the series to make and should Impact find a more beneficial network, home, they would have the ability to shift the series elsewhere. If that happens (and of course, it’s a big if), Pursuit has already shown interest in carrying other Impact programming, including potentially Xplosion or a Best of series. The network is happy to have Impact, feeling that their audience demographic would also want to watch pro wrestling.”
Johnson adds that IMPACT Wrestling saw changes at POP(rebranding and a shifting television lineup) as potential trouble and decided to leave on their own and retain a positive relationship with the company in lieu of getting pulled from the network altogether. Johnson also notes that Impact will likely move to Fridays at 10PM on the Fight Network in Canada. There are no current plans to air replays on Pursuit HD. Johnson notes, “Impact realizes that the move to Pursuit will see them lose a portion of their former viewership and while some in the company are spinning this as a positive, others are not as happy, feeling it was another step downward in prestige. The company is working on potential ways for the Impact Wrestling weekly series to be seen on digital platforms, but nothing has been worked out as of this writing.”
Mike Johnson of PW Insiderreports that IMPACT Wrestling‘s new television deal with Anthem‘s Pursuit Channel will not be an exclusive deal. According to Johnson, “The Pursuit move is being seen as a way for Impact to take a breather and not have to worry about where the show will air as they still try to pursue a larger scale deal. With Anthem having interest in Pursuit, it was an easy move for the series to make and should Impact find a more beneficial network, home, they would have the ability to shift the series elsewhere. If that happens (and of course, it’s a big if), Pursuit has already shown interest in carrying other Impact programming, including potentially Xplosion or a Best of series. The network is happy to have Impact, feeling that their audience demographic would also want to watch pro wrestling.”
Johnson adds that IMPACT Wrestling saw changes at POP(rebranding and a shifting television lineup) as potential trouble and decided to leave on their own and retain a positive relationship with the company in lieu of getting pulled from the network altogether. Johnson also notes that Impact will likely move to Fridays at 10PM on the Fight Network in Canada. There are no current plans to air replays on Pursuit HD. Johnson notes, “Impact realizes that the move to Pursuit will see them lose a portion of their former viewership and while some in the company are spinning this as a positive, others are not as happy, feeling it was another step downward in prestige. The company is working on potential ways for the Impact Wrestling weekly series to be seen on digital platforms, but nothing has been worked out as of this writing.”
For sure. Everything took a step backwards. The production values dipped. Commentary is terrible. The same old bland storylines that make even interesting characters look like crap. I wonder if Anthem even cares about their investment, production is even worse than CZW at this point.
That’s definitely a common sense solution. This show can be a secondary/companion piece to the main show on WGN or whatever
why couldn’t WCW get this many chances brehs
why does god hate us
shyt ECW was only 7 million in debt. That’s pennies compared to the money sunk into this. ECW should still be in business today.
I feel bad because they've done a lot of work to turn the perception of the product around. It often can feel like a dead show on its last legs but it's rarely bad wrestling TV. Some not great attempts at comedy with Falah Bah and Scarlett and all that stuff but for the most part they've tried to push and create new stars this year (Cage, Tessa, Sami, Eddie Edwards new persona, LAX, etc)
That said, I think they're fighting a losing fight at this point. Perhaps whatever happens with AEW will impact them more than anyone.
That said, I think they're fighting a losing fight at this point. Perhaps whatever happens with AEW will impact them more than anyone.
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Nobody gets this channel
Chrome2279
All Star
If it’s gonna be at 10pm slot.... they should take advantage of it... put more adult content during the show.
The Rainmaker
Mr. Money in the Bank
HipHopStan
Top 113 Poster
Just think...in four years - TNA will be 20. 
If they make it, of course.
If they make it, of course.
The fact that this infographic had to be made, and the takeaway is that in the very likely event that you don't have access to Pursuit, you're 10 days behind.......man.
This is really, really bad.
I get that they're spinning this as a temp thing until they close another deal, but this sure as hell doesn't put them in a decent negotiating position for their next deal.
JerseyBoy23
Veteran
I'm thinking even if they stay with Pursuit, that it won't be 10 days. That was a Pop TV thing.