Impact wrestling thread - It's a Don West tribute thread now!

[Evo2012]

Got my Hydro tickets in the post on Monday, so keep an eye out.

[Ant]

I still love the line-up for that battle royal!

 

Ken Shamrock, Malice (The Wall), Brian Christopher, Bruce (Kwee Wee), Buff Bagwell, Chris Harris, Del Rios (Phantastio), Devon Storm (Crowbar), Apollo (Peter El Stripper), Jeff Jarrett, Justice (Abyss), K-Krush (R-Truth), Konnan, Lash LeRoux, Screamin' Norman Smiley, Rick Steiner, Scott Hall, Slash (Wolfie D), Steve Corino, The Vampire Warrior (Gangrel).

 

Proper eclectic, from a 2014 perspective.

 

Exclude (obviously) anyone that's no longer with us (perhaps just Malice?) I'd take that line up in it's current form over the advertised tour roster.

[garynysmon]

Dixie's BIG announcement.....

 

BREAKING: Thrilled to announce a major, new multi-year deal between TNA & @ChallengeTV to keep ALL our programming FREE in the UK & Ireland

[PunkStep]

Of course it'll be free Dixie you donut. There will probably be a divide between WWE fans if they have to pay a subscription over here, so you can probably count on one hand the number of fans that will pay for TNA on TV.

[Vamp]

Modern day wrestling really needs more screaming Norman.

[AshC]

Of course it'll be free Dixie you donut. There will probably be a divide between WWE fans if they have to pay a subscription over here

They do - a Sky one. Challenge, by comparison, is a Freeview channel.

 

Anyway, here's the new tour poster.

 

[wrestleuk]

Is the Glasgow show a double taping?

[wrestlingmad]

I can't believe there showing IMPACT from Glasgow live in the UK. That's half mental, although quite cool for us.

[Ant]

Is the Glasgow show a double taping?

 

Dunno. Originally they billed it as Live tv taping, then taping half of the next show. The second half of "that" show would be taped on a subsequent UK date.

[LEGIT]

Dixie called Impact the "#1 wrestling show in the UK/Ireland" on her Twitter. To what extent is that true?

[wrestlingmad]

Dixie called Impact the "#1 wrestling show in the UK/Ireland" on her Twitter. To what extent is that true?

IMPACT gets higher ratings than RAW. It's true.

 

However, IMPACT is free. RAW is on the uber expensive Sky Sports package.

[IANdrewDiceClay]

Well WWE makes $36 million a year in revenue from the UK. TNA is sandwiched between WrestleTalk TV and repeats of Strike it Lucky.

[wrestleuk]

100% true it beats raw/smack down over here in pretty much in most of Europe every week

[Psygnosis]

They have just signed a 'multi-year' deal with Challenge.

 

http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/5...dom-and-Ireland

 

Challenge becomes the exclusive home of TNA IMPACT WRESTLING in the UK & Ireland | New multi-year deal marked with broadcasts from the TNA MAXIMUM IMPACT VI UK Tour

 

Challenge is delighted to announce a new multi-year partnership with TNA IMPACT WRESTLING. The deal secures more wrestling programming than ever before for fans and Challenge viewers with Challenge now becoming the exclusive home of TNA IMPACT WRESTLING in the UK and Ireland.

 

Challenge will show all the exciting action from the TNA MAXIMUM IMPACT VI UK Tour, starting with a TV broadcast on Thursday 30 January 2014 from Glasgow's SSE Hydro. This event will debut on UK television BEFORE it airs in America and the rest of the world

[wrestleuk]

3 year deal with a decent pay rise for TNA is what I've heard nothing on getting ppvs live though but fingers crossed