Impact To Become TNA Again.

[drifter]

TORONTO | CHICAGO – October 21, 2023 – Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a global, multi-platform media company, announced today that its professional wrestling company, IMPACT Wrestling, is returning to its iconic Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling name, at “Hard To Kill,” its first pay-per-view event of 2024, which will originate for the first time ever from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The announcement was made Saturday night at the end of the “Bound For Glory” pay-per-view, which aired live around the world in front of a standing-room-only crowd in Chicago.


TNA will launch 2024 with Hard To Kill on Saturday, January 13, with a second night of action-packed professional wrestling – the “Snake Eyes Extravaganza Show” – at The Palms on Sunday, January 14. The Snake Eyes Extravaganza Show will be taped to air on the company’s flagship weekly TV show, Impact!, airing every Thursday night on AXS TV (8 p.m. EST).


“We still hear the ‘TNA’ chants wherever we go,” said IMPACT Wrestling President Scott D’Amore. “Fans have longed for TNA Wrestling, so that’s what we’re bringing back in 2024: TNA Wrestling, we’re back!”

Tickets for both Hard To Kill on January 13 and the Snake Eyes Extravaganza Show on January 14 will be on-sale on Friday, November 4, at www.Impactwrestling.com

Company officials confirmed that the new year will launch a new-look TNA Wrestling that runs from the entrance ramp to turnbuckles in the ring to larger, more prestigious venues and much, much more. Further details on the TNA Wrestling return will be revealed on Tuesday, October 24, when D’Amore sits down for an exclusive interview with Tom Hannifan that will air live on IMPACT’s Facebook page, starting at 12noon EST. The Q&A will include questions from worldwide pro wrestling media.

TNA Wrestling launched in the summer of 2002 and has long been known as the most innovative professional wrestling company in the world. TNA is known for its high-risk, action-packed X Division matches that have run with one simple motto: It’s not about weight limits, it’s about no limits. Stars of the X Division have included Chris Sabin, with a record 10 title reigns; A.J. Styles, the first-ever champion; along with Jay Lethal, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Petey Williams, Frankie Kazarian and Trey Miguel, among others.

TNA is also the home of the prestigious Knockouts Division, widely regarded as the best women’s division in all professional wrestling. The Knockouts Division features Trinity, Deonna Purrazzo, Mickie James, Jordynne Grace, Gisele Shaw, Masha Slamovich, KiLynn King, Jessicka and Courtney Rush, among others. Legendary past Knockouts include Gail Kim, Awesome Kong, The Beautiful People, Taya Valkyrie, ODB, Tara, Traci Brooks and so many others.

[johnnyhanson21]

So happy went back to their most successful name and era.Biggest news to me is Athem is clearly going to put more money behind the brand and finally going to run bigger venues.These 1,000 or less venues they've run for years has been brutal need to look at 2,000 to 5,000 venues and selective in terms of cities they run in that can hopefully draw a good crowd.

To get this rebranding over need to bring in a big name or two in Punk,Goldberg,Mone,Ospeary or Ziggler and also should be back and OG name or two associated with the original TNA brand in Storm,Red,Low Ki,Harris or if reports are true a possibly released Bobby Roode.


You do that and think they can finally start heading into a positive direction in '24 and become a real 3rd company again.

[hitmancmedge]

I don’t know what to make of this. They changed to Impact because TNA was a “dead toxic brand” to really not having any momentum at all. This past weeks show did 77k. I don’t know what to make of this move. I feel like honestly they will always sit in this position. There is just so much televised wrestling. People will go if it’s in their city cause it’s something to do, but otherwise I think they just kinda keep existing.

[drgreenevil]

The fed that is not about T!Ts AND @$$ IS BACK!!!!!!
Rebranding to Impact was an immense step up. To go back to this is just laughable.
Didn't Jeff Jarrett back in the day admit that they called it TNA so that people looking for cable corn might get confused and give it a shot?

[hitmancmedge]

Oct 22, 2023 9:06:13 GMT -5 drgreenevil said:

The fed that is not about T!Ts AND @$$ IS BACK!!!!!!
Rebranding to Impact was an immense step up. To go back to this is just laughable.
Didn't Jeff Jarrett back in the day admit that they called it TNA so that people looking for cable corn might get confused and give it a shot?

Yes he has said on his podcast that the name was “shock and awe” to get people to be like “what is this all about”

[J-MANN]

TNA got me back into wrestling in 2005

Love to see this name back in wrestling.

[JC Motors]

Hopefully they bring back the 6 sided ring and get a figure deal with a toy company

[K5]

i still need to catch the show from last night but that card looked stellar

they need to bring back the old website then too please, holy f that is nostalgic to me. like 2002 version

and rehire ron killings lol

[drifter]

Oct 22, 2023 10:56:01 GMT -5 JC Motors said:

Hopefully they bring back the 6 sided ring and get a figure deal with a toy company

According to what I read, there is no plan to bring the 6 sides back, and there's been no talk of it. Apparently a lot of the wrestlers that wrestled in both the 4 and 6 have said they prefer the 4 because it's not as hard on their bodies as the 6 sided is.

[cableV]

It would be nice if they could get on a better network. WOW, a company "no one" talks about, gets a better rating than Impact and they are relegated to late nights on the weekend. I would like to see what Impact could do with WOW's tv coverage.

I record Impact every week but find myself FF through most of it. It's not a reflection on the work/talent. There is just something about the presentation, look or feel of the show I don't like.

[CM Tusk]

Hottest of takes: Sting should have his last match in TNA.

[ASR (therockisback)]

Great news, always loved TNA/Impact

[Deleted]

It’s just a name. Does it really make a difference?

[tmnt316]

Doesn't matter to me since I never stopped calling it that.

[Its Tiffy Time]

bringing it back to 2010 MFERS

[kinnikuman]

Oct 23, 2023 1:48:31 GMT -5 @twistedone22388 said:

It’s just a name. Does it really make a difference?

To some, yes.

[@brit_figs]

WELP! Another Board name change needed plz Mod!

[LA Times]

Oct 22, 2023 21:09:12 GMT -5 CM Tusk said:

Hottest of takes: Sting should have his last match in TNA.

Only if its against Ric Flair

[figurecollector]

Oct 25, 2023 16:29:20 GMT -5 @brit_figs said:

WELP! Another Board name change needed plz Mod!

It will not be until the first 2024 PPV when it is official.

[CM Tusk]

Oct 25, 2023 18:58:48 GMT -5 LA Times said:

Oct 22, 2023 21:09:12 GMT -5 CM Tusk said:

Hottest of takes: Sting should have his last match in TNA.

Only if its against Ric Flair