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TNAs new jab at WWE *Spoiler*
Topic Started: May 4 2011, 07:58 PM (336 Views)
stevenUK1
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SPOILER Alert: The following article contains a spoiler for next week's iMPACT!:

At Tuesday's TNA iMPACT! tapings from Orlando (set to air next Thursday, 5/2), Mick Foley was revealed to be the person from "the network" that has been keeping Hulk Hogan in line.

Foley came out and interrupted a promo by Immortal, informing them that TNA iMPACT! will now be known as "Impact Wrestling" - and the show will be "all about wrestling" - a clear jab at WWE, which has been distancing itself from everything "wrestling" in recent months.

Later in the show, they actually re-shot the entire segment, with Mick Foley saying that the show is no longer "TNA" - but "Impact Wrestling".

This led to some confusion as to whether it was the company name that was changing - or just the name of the television show.

In response to the confusion - Hulk Hogan tweeted the following on Wednesday, which appears to indicate that the "TNA" name is no more:

"No TNA. only IMPACT. HH"


TNA is dead? Woooo. . . . No wait. . . I'm confused. Why change the TNA name to iMPACT wrestling? This is even worse than TNA.
Edited by stevenUK1, May 4 2011, 08:00 PM.
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March Haire
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It's also a clear jab at TNA, who haven't featured anything like wrestling since the company's founding.
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President Skroob
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Did they already forget their original tagline was "we are wrestling"? Actually, when did Foley get a coorporate job?
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May 4 2011, 11:19 PM
Did they already forget their original tagline was "we are wrestling"? Actually, when did Foley get a coorporate job?
Right? I thought he owned part of TNA, too.
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stevenUK1
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On Friday, TNA star Jeff Jarrett responded to fans asking him about whether it was TNA's company name that was changing to "Impact Wresling" - or just the iMPACT! television show. Jarrett responded:

"Impact...it's now Impact Wrestling."

Based on what we've been hearing in recent weeks, there has been serious talk of rebranding the entire company "Impact Wrestling" and phasing out the "TNA" letters in the coming months. However at this point, after a week of conflicting and confusing information, it apears just the television show is being renamed.
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So the show is now called Impact Wrestling instead of Impact. If they did change the name of the company as well as the show, wouldn't that make the name of the show, Impact Wrestling's Impact Wrestling?
Edited by Joker, May 8 2011, 01:57 PM.
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The "Why Wrestling Matters" series on their YouTube channel is very well done honestly.

Though Impact Wrestling doesn't have the same name recognition / branding potential as TNA.
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Jun 6 2011, 04:20 PM
The "Why Wrestling Matters" series on their YouTube channel is very well done honestly.

Though Impact Wrestling doesn't have the same name recognition / branding potential as TNA.
Other than the fact that Jarrett, Hogan, and other heels who are kayfabe against the change keep talking about why wrestling does indeed matter, sure.
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I found this relevant. TNA is coming to town later this month. Instead of performing in the same arena WWE does they managed to book the public skating rink near it. NWA even has a better venue than that later this year.

It makes sense to be in a smaller venue, but it has to be somewhat depressing when the wrestlers can see the proper arena when walking to the place little kids ice skate.
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