Global InformationTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling information
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Trade name | NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004–2017, 2024–present) Impact Wrestling (March 2017–June 2017, September 2017–January 2024) Global Force Wrestling (June 2017–September 2017)[1] |
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| Formerly | J Sports & Entertainment, LLC (2002)[2] TNA Entertainment, LLC (2002–2016)[3] Impact Ventures, LLC (2015–2016)[4] |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Professional wrestling Streaming media |
| Founded | May 10, 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Founders | Jeff Jarrett Jerry Jarrett Bob Ryder |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide[5] |
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| Parent | Anthem Sports & Entertainment[8] |
| Divisions | TNA+ TNA Wrestling Home Video |
| Website | tnawrestling |
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA Wrestling or simply TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee.[9] It is a subsidiary of Canada's Anthem Sports & Entertainment.[10]
Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following the end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001,[11] the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body.[12] In 2004, the promotion dropped "NWA" from its name, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Despite leaving the NWA's membership, it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships as part of its agreement with the governing body. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its flagship weekly television series. The promotion returned to the TNA name starting in January 2024.[13][14]
From its inception, the promotion had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind WWE.[15][16] Many former WCW wrestlers that did not move to WWE joined TNA.
In 2017, Impact was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor,[17][18][19] with the loss of their U.S. television contract with Spike in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, being noted as factors to their decline.[20] By 2019, Impact was thought by many to have recovered through its sustained international television distribution,[21] and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV, which subsequently began carrying Impact programming.[22][23] With the establishment 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), TNA has since been viewed as being the third largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind both WWE and AEW respectively.[24][25]
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- ^ "TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Worldwide Broadcast Schedules & Channels". impactwrestling.com. 2012. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
- ^ "Executives". Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ^ "Anthony Cicione Named President of TNA Wrestling". Impact Wrestling. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "About Us". anthemse.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Anthem Sports & Entertainment | AXS". Anthemse. Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ "Anthem Sports & Entertainment – Impact Wrestling". Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ^ "Privacy Policy — Impact Wrestling". Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
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- ^ Welcome Back TNA - Impact Wrestling.com
- ^ "TNA wrestling continues international TV expansion". The Tennessean. April 10, 2015. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
Founded in 2002, TNA has established itself as the second-largest professional wrestling promotion in the country
- ^ Dixon, James; Furious, Arnold; Maughan, Lee (2012). The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I, Volume 1. Lulu.com. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-291-10089-1. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Hogan ... Numerous fallings out with McMahon over the years led to his departure, and he now treads water in distant number two promotion TNA, hurting rather than helping the cause.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (June 19, 2017). "June 19, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Conor McGregor/Floyd Mayweather on, Okada/Omega classic, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 6. ISSN 1083-9593.
Okada's next title defense will be on 7/1 in Long Beach against Cody ... There is a very good chance that Cody will be winning the ROH title from Christopher Daniels ... If he does ... that creates the unique situation of the world champion of Japan's No. 1 organization against the world champion of the (very distant) No. 2 organization in the U.S.
- ^ "Ring Of Honor Plans Streaming Service, Possible Tour Expansion". November 9, 2017. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
Ring of Honor is undeniably WWE's chief competitor.
- ^ "ROH announces streaming service similar to WWE Network with live events, archives, and live PPV access". pwtorch.com. February 2, 2018. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
Although there aren't comparable metrics, at some point since TNA Impact Wrestling left Spike TV and ROH continued to stabilize itself with the Sinclair partnership and New Japan relationship, ROH easily became the no. 2 pro wrestling company based in North America, behind only WWE – although by a big distance.
- ^ "Bracing for Impact Wrestling: once the world's number two company, 2018 is critical to its survival". Newsweek. February 10, 2018. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
and, at one time, the second most popular promotion in the United States behind industry leader World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) .. a few months later, Impact Wrestling imploded. Again.
- ^ "IMPACT Wrestling Announces New UK TV Deal with 5STAR". Anthem Sports & Entertainment. April 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ^ "Ring Of Honor To Stream Television Tapings Live". July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Hamflett, Michael (September 10, 2019). "Impact Wrestling Parent Company Purchase AXS TV & HD Net". WhatCulture.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Silverstein, Adam (May 15, 2019). "AEW TV deal: Weekly show to air live on TNT with Turner also streaming pay-per-views". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ Fiorvanti, Tim (May 31, 2019). "June 3, 2019 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Double or Nothing Review". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2019.