TNA had some real momentum in 2005-2006. I don't know what went wrong. Christian,and then Angle defected from the WWE. Samoa Joe was running rampant. Joe vs AJ vs Christopher Daniels from 2005 is still one of my favorite matches.
I'm not going to place all the blame on vince Russo but after he came back in 06 you really start to see tna venturing into sports entertainment and over the top gimmick matches and storylines
Here are things that went wrong in TNA: 1. Dixie Carter 2. Hiring Bischoff and Hogan 3. Jarrett overbooked himself as the champion 4. Former WWEs over TNA homegrown talents 5. AJ Styles losing "worth" 6. Losing promotions and TV deals (from losing Spike TV deals to Pop TV)
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I'm DEFINITELY interested in how Impact emerged from the ashes of TNA! I remember things got really chaotic when some of my favorite stars started leaving: Kurt Angle left his boots in the ring; Taryn Terrell vanished; MVP and Bobby Lashley followed, etc.! I eventually stopped watching! Channel surfing one day and getting into the cool, gang like feud between Konnan, LAX and another team led to my 3 week return before the show itself seemed to vanish! Wha' happened after that? How did IMPACT survive, who's running things and how did they become involved with AEW? I gotta know!
I think I can remember TNA hitting British TV for the first time in 2005. After I got fed up with WWE after WrestleMania 21 TNA was a breath of fresh air at the time especially the Knockouts Matches which showed me for the first time what Women’s Wrestling could be which I think many sometimes forget about the original Western Women’s Wrestling Evolution was in TNA before WWE
Having just found this channel, I'd absolutely be interested in seeing a Part 2 on this about Impact Wrestling. While it's not as big as it used to be, Impact has been putting out a great product these past couple of years, including during the pandemic period.
I remember 2008/2009 feeling like the company was finally where it needed to be, an entire group of friends and I watched it exclusively over wwe at that point. Miss those days
Carter's dad got controlling shares in the company for a quarter million dollars. I thought it would be worth a little more than that. Thank you for making these videos. Im glad others love pro wrestling like i do.
I thought TNA’s PPV with the highest buyrate was Lockdown 2008, which also featured Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe in the main event. Not their first match at Genesis 2006, but I could be mistaken.
Great work again Dave . I miss chatting on the livestream with you all ! I actually ordered every one of those weekly TNA NWA PPVs they did before they got TV . And I enjoyed TNA for the most part (dumb shit aside ) until Hogan came in . I said the same thing about WCW ! lol ! But tell me im wrong ? Both companies went to Hell when Hogan came in . Except later with the NWO in WCW . But Dangerous Alliance era was awesome ! And TNA was decent too with the X division and more . Then Hulk .....
Well as I pointed out in the video Hogan drew Impacts highest watched segment on their highest rated show. WCW improved in ratings too when Hogan showed up. I understand people don't like him but he does provide a value whether his detractors want to admit it or not
Interesting when TNA moved to Monday night Spike would rerun it on Thursday I would just wait until Thursday to watch it Glad when it moved back to just Thursday as I liked both shows
I lay the blame at Russo, Jarrett, Carter, Hogan and Bischoff's feet. Pushing way pass their prime talent , attitude era shit storylines, keeping younger talent down , not firing Russo and costing them their spike tv deal and more than that
Dave, do make sure when it comes to how TNA lost spiketv, don't push the false narrative about spike and Vince Russo. Angelina love on a podcast spoke openly about how Dixie wanted double from spike during the renewal, and played hardball till spike gave up and walked away. This aligned with a spiketv exec who stated Dixie made the renewal difficul and spike pulled out. Also, Dixie in an article at the time wanted a network that would be dedicated to help tna grow, aka give them more money. Problem is when I post a link, whether a RU-vid or news article for evidence youtube prevents me from posting the comment, so I can't give you links
it's a shame what happened to them. followed the same footsteps as wcw. not putting over there day ones and younger guys to bring in all ex wwe guys who are now superstars in wwe currently. aew almost went down this path but luckily someone got in there ear. stay away from hogan bischoff and russo.