Taryn Terrell announces TNA exit
Former TNA Knockouts champion Taryn Terrell announced Monday that she is leaving TNA. “I will not be returning,” Taryn said in a YouTube video message. “It’s just a personal decision.” Late in 2015, Taryn talked […]
TNA News
Viewership for first two TNA airings on Pop TV
TNA on Pop TV – December 29 Part 2 of TNA’s “Best of 2015” special drew a few more viewers than Part 1 on Pop TV. The airing on Tuesday, Dec. 29 drew 136,000 viewers, […]
TNA on Dest. America Viewership – Final Stats on 2015 run
TNA and Destination America’s run lasted one year. Things started off okay on Friday nights when TNA drew 550,000 combined viewers, which was proportional to Spike TV’s available homes. However, when Impact was shifted to Wednesday nights mid-year, […]
A.J. Styles talks wrestling future, finding the right deal, more
A.J. Styles and Jeff Hardy, 38, are separated by two months in age. Both wrestle a similar style and both have their own following of hardcore fans. Hardy is recovering from a serious leg injury suffered […]
TNA adds to January U.K. Tour
TNA has announced two signature gimmick matches for their European Tour in January. Announced for Saturday, January 30 in London, England is the Lockdown cage match as part of a double TV taping at the […]
Magnus 2.0 – why he left TNA, joining GFW, future in WWE?
Magnus (Nick Aldis) is currently recovering from an elbow injury that will sideline him into 2016. However, he is looking forward to a new chapter of his wrestling career that could lead to WWE. Aldis […]
Pop TV to air TNA shows in 2015
Pop TV is getting a head-start on airing TNA programming. The “Best of 2015” programming that was advertised at the end of this week’s Impact episode on Destination America will instead air on Pop TV […]
12/16 TNA Impact Viewers – the final airing on Dest. America, comparison to lead-in
TNA finished its run on Destination America with its smallest audience for an original airing. Of course, the episode was bumped out of prime time to a late-night 11:00 p.m. airing. TNA Impact Viewership Tracking […]
Week of 12/7 Live TV & DVRs – Was Raw’s big increase set up by strong DVR viewing?
Was this week’s big Raw TV increase set in motion the week before via DVR viewing? A look at last Monday’s Raw shows it had the most DVR viewing over the course of three hours since […]
Report – Jeff Hardy to miss another year, how it affects WM32
Jeff Hardy avoided major injuries throughout the first 20 years of his wrestling career. Now, an injury suffered outside of the ring, at his home, on a dirt bike path, might affect the remainder of wrestling […]
Kurt Angle talks “best time” to step away from wrestling, WM send-off?, NXT interest?
In a new interview, Kurt Angle reiterated his position that he is “retiring from TNA,” but not retiring from pro wrestling after his TNA contract expires in January. If he never wrestles again, though, Angle […]
Kurt Angle talks ending TNA run, not retiring
Kurt Angle confirmed in a radio interview that his final matches for TNA will be on the U.K. Tour in January. However, he is not retiring. “Let’s not forget. These (dates) are it,” Angle said on BBC […]
UPDATE on TNA ending Dest. America run
UPDATE: It appears that Wednesday’s TNA Impact will be the final episode on Destination America. The episode is slotted for 11:00 p.m. EST featuring follow-up to last week’s TNA Title tournament quarter-final matches. TNA decided to […]
12/9 TNA Impact Viewership + DVR views
TNA Impact Ratings Tracking – December 9: Impact drew 269,000 first-run viewers on Destination America, up from 221,000 last week. The midnight EST replay/West Coast airing then drew 68,000 viewers, down slightly from 73k last week. TNA’s […]
Bubba Ray Q&A – Where is “Bully Ray?,” WM32 teaser, heated Twitter exchange
WWE star Bubba Ray Dudley’s Friday night on Twitter consisted of a Q&A, a teaser of the Dudleys facing the Hardys again, and then a heated exchange with a Twitter follower. During the Q&A, Bubba joked […]
TNA Title Update – Final Rounds on Pop TV debut, updated bracket
The TNA Title series will not conclude in 2015, leaving TNA without a champion to close their run on Destination America. TNA announced Wednesday that the semi-finals and finals of the TNA Title tournament will […]
Week of 11/30 Live TV & DVR Views – Raw, SD, Impact
After a very poor showing during Thanksgiving Week last week, pro wrestling TV regained about 500,000 viewers. It was still about half of the 1.0 million viewers lost during Thanksgiving. This was also the first […]
Week of 11/23 TV & DVR Viewers – post-WM Raw outdraws entire week of wrestling
The Week of November 23 was not a good week for pro wrestling. Nearly one million fewer viewers watching the main shows of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, TNA Impact, and ROH TV than the previous […]
When will the TNA Title Series conclude?
One of the biggest wrestling mysteries right now is when exactly the TNA World Title tournament will conclude. Has it already been taped? Will they re-tape matches? How did the canceled India tour affect TV […]
12/2 Impact Ratings – How is TNA finishing on Dest. America?
This week’s edition of TNA Impact dipped in total viewers Wednesday night on Destination America. Also, the late-night replay did not seem to be affected by losing the ROH TV bridge. TNA Impact Ratings Tracking – […]
Pop president optimistic TNA can regain Spike TV audience, talks business plans, Tuesday nights, more
In Part 1 of an interview discussing the decision to link up with TNA, Pop TV president Brad Schwartz talked about being impressed by TNA’s presentation and TNA president Dixie Carter. In Part 2 of […]
Ross puts TNA rumor to bed
Former WWE announcer Jim Ross put a rumor to rest about being part of the TNA broadcast team when Impact debuts on Pop TV in January 2016. “(Impact Wrestling) has a good announce team & don’t […]
11/25 Wed. Night TV Viewers – ROH’s final audience, Impact rebounds
Ring of Honor finished its run on Destination America with an average-sized audience last Wednesday. TNA Impact also rebounded to about their average on Dest. America. Wednesday Night ROH/TNA Programming – November 25 (Week 26) – TNA […]
Kurt Angle In-Depth – retirement plans, return to TNA/WWE?, Kobe Bryant moment, D-Bryan, Streak, NXT
A very reflective Kurt Angle said in a new on-camera interview that he is content walking away from pro wrestling for at least one year after his TNA contract expires in January. Angle revealed in […]