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71-510: Jonathan Figueroa (born April 26, 1982), better known by his ring name Amazing Red , is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and promoter. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former three-time X Division Champion and one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion . He has worked on the American independent circuit and appeared for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). Figueroa

142-522: A ladder match . On the following Impact! , Red won the X Division Championship for the second time by pinning Samoa Joe following interference by Bobby Lashley . On the October 15 episode of Impact! , Don West debuted as Red's new manager. On October 18, at Bound for Glory , Red retained his X Division title in an Ultimate X match against Homicide , Daniels, Suicide, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. The following week on Impact! , Red lost to Homicide in

213-553: A 0.8 rating. The show returned to Thursday nights on Thursday, May 13, 2010. Commenting on the move on the TNA website, Brian J. Diamond (Spike TV's Senior Vice President of Sports and Specials) said, "The fans have spoken and with their input, we have determined the best time slot to maximize the TNA audience is on Thursday nights where we are confident it will be among the most-watched shows with young men." TNA president Dixie Carter called this move "a win/win opportunity for both TNA and

284-537: A Monday night television ratings competition. TNA advertised the debut of Hulk Hogan and his return to professional wrestling, while WWE promoted the return of Bret Hart to Raw , who last made an appearance in November 1997 before the Montreal Screwjob . On this night, Impact! was watched by around 4 million viewers for the opening hour. This was the highest viewership in the show's history. It's also

355-589: A channel partly owned by Anthem but with a significantly smaller subscriber base than Pop; To compensate, Impact Wrestling expanded their previous agreement with Twitch to simulcast Impact! episode broadcasts online, beginning with the Pursuit Channel debut on January 11. On September 9, 2019, Anthem purchased a majority stake in AXS TV . Impact! moved to AXS the following month, after Bound for Glory on October 20, 2019, and continued to simulcast on

426-465: A few others, their real name. One notable exception was made for David Otunga because of his real marriage to singer Jennifer Hudson at the time, which gave WWE some mainstream exposure. Low Ki used the alias "Senshi" during his second TNA stint to reserve his primary ring name for other use. A similar example is the team known as The Dudley Boyz in ECW and WWE and Team 3D elsewhere. WWE trademarked

497-510: A higher recorded viewership than the current 2nd biggest wrestling company (AEW) has ever had for it's weekly TV shows. Raw was watched by 5.6 million viewers, the most since August 2009. Impact! was permanently moved to Monday nights on March 8, 2010. The show would air live on a bi-weekly basis and be taped for the following week. Beginning with the April 12, 2010, episode, Impact! was aired at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Spike TV. This change

568-475: A new addition to the commentary team for Impact Wrestling . In a September interview with Sports Illustrated , Dixie Carter indicated that Impact Wrestling would remain on Destination America for the rest of the year which ended on December 16, 2015. Beginning January 5, 2016, Impact Wrestling aired Tuesday nights on Pop . With the show's move to Pop, Impact Wrestling received new theme music ("Roustabout" by The Smashing Pumpkins ' Billy Corgan ), and

639-572: A new one-hour preshow, Before the Impact (abbreviated as BTI ), which premiered on February 16 on AXS TV in the U.S. BTI features news, recaps of previous episodes of Impact! , previews of the following episode, and an exclusive match. BTI would replace Xplosion , which was cancelled in March 2021. The two shows would crossover on the June 3 episodes, when Josh Alexander faced T. J. Perkins for

710-405: A new stage. Impact Wrestling moved to Thursday night beginning July 21, 2016, to avoid airing directly opposite WWE SmackDown , which moved to Tuesdays. In 2017, TNA was acquired by Anthem Sports & Entertainment and was subsequently rebranded as "Impact Wrestling" in March. Thus, the promotion and the television series would begin sharing the same name. In June 2017, the promotion, held

781-481: A non-title match. The return match between the two was booked for Turning Point , where Red was able to retain his title. Afterwards Don West quietly broke off his affiliation with Red, while he went on to defend his title on TNA's weekly Webmatches against the likes of Chris Sabin and Homicide. At Genesis , Red retained his title in a match against the returning Brian Kendrick . On the January 28 episode of Impact! ,

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852-703: A one-hour timeslot on Fridays in most markets, putting TNA on unrestricted cable and satellite for the first time. TNA began taping a new weekly series that month, TNA Impact! , with the first episode premiering on June 4, 2004. After 51 shows TNA's contract with FSN expired in May 2005 and was not renegotiated, with the last FSN episode of Impact! airing on May 27, 2005. Impact! continued to air on certain regional networks in place of Xplosion . On July 1, TNA began offering new episodes through their website, first using BitTorrent downloads , then by streaming through RealPlayer . To save on production costs, four hours of

923-515: A rematch the following week, Sangriento was not seen again for two months, until appearing in a backstage segment with Eric Young at Destination X on July 10. At the same pay-per-view Amazing Red wrestled in an X Division number one contender's Ultimate X match, which was won by Alex Shelley, and which would turn out to be his final match for the promotion. On August 4, 2011, Figueroa announced via his Twitter account that he had parted ways with TNA. On March 4, 2012, Red returned to Ring of Honor at

994-722: A set of tapings in Ottawa. Following the 2018 Redemption pay-per-view, Impact Wrestling would return to touring, taping in various smaller venues. The year's taping locations included Windsor, Ontario , Toronto , Mexico City , New York City , and Las Vegas . In 2019, Impact Wrestling held tapings in Philadelphia , Dallas , New York City, Houston , Windsor, Mexico City, Nashville, Toronto, Rahway, Fort Campbell, Owensboro, and other venues in Ontario . On January 11, 2019, Impact!' s U.S broadcast moved to Pursuit Channel ,

1065-545: A show in India , becoming the first major U.S. promotion to hold events in that country. On July 4, 2017, after the company briefly rebranded as Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the show's name was changed to GFW Impact! (or simply, Impact! ). The GFW branding would be dropped in the October of that year, following the departure of Jeff Jarrett and the subsequent cancellation of the merger with Impact Wrestling. After Bound for Glory 2017 in November 2017, Impact would do

1136-479: A time limit draw, the winner was determined by the NWA Championship Committee, a group consisting of three veteran stars. Since leaving the channel, TNA discarded the time limit concept. The show features various on-air personalities including the wrestlers, ring announcers, commentators, and on-screen authority figures. TNA also has had various recurring on-air segments hosted by members of

1207-439: A tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling . During the tour, he suffered a near career-ending knee injury, tearing his anterior cruciate ligament and having to undergo surgery which kept him on the sideline for an entire year. Red wrestled CM Punk in a dark match at a SmackDown taping on May 12, 2005. In June 2012, Red wrestled a tryout dark match for WWE . Red's last appearance was at a New York Wrestling Connection event at

1278-754: A variation of it, sometimes modifying the spelling to better fit their gimmick , such as Dave Bautista becoming Batista (later reverting to his real name for his Hollywood acting career), Patricia Stratigeas becoming Trish Stratus , Jonathan Good becoming Jon Moxley , Bryan Danielson becoming Daniel Bryan (when he wrestled in WWE), Richard Fliehr becoming Ric Flair and Randall Poffo becoming Randy Savage . Others simply use part of their name, such as Bill Goldberg using Goldberg , Nicole Garcia-Colace using Nikki Bella , Mike Mizanin using The Miz , Cody Runnels using Cody Rhodes , and Michael Wardlow using Wardlow . Many female wrestlers go solely by their first name such as. It

1349-646: Is a highly respected tradition in Mexican lucha libre for performers to hide their true identities, usually wrestling under masks, and revealing a luchador's identity without their permission is considered a serious offence with real-life consequences. Professional wrestlers are often referred to by their contemporaries by their ring name. In interviews, Bret Hart regularly referred to Mark Calaway, Curt Hennig, and Kevin Nash by their ring names ( The Undertaker , Mr. Perfect , and Diesel ). Ring names are often trademarked by

1420-448: Is also common for wrestlers of all genders to use a nickname in addition to their real name for marketability and other reasons. Ricky Steamboat is an atypical instance of a wrestler adopting a ring name to sound less intimidating, as his legal name of Richard Blood was considered unfitting for his babyface persona. Some (mostly independent ) wrestlers still go to great lengths to ensure that their real names are not publicly known. It

1491-484: Is also the founder of House of Glory wrestling school , where he is also one of the head trainers. He is the cousin of wrestlers Joel and Jose Maximo and Zelina Vega . In April 2019, Red announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to a severe neck injury. However, he would return to the ring only a few months later, to work for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Figueroa originally wrestled as Red, but Savio Vega decided to expand his ring name to include

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1562-470: Is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that debuted on June 4, 2004. The series currently airs on AXS TV as well as streaming on TNA+ in the United States, owned by parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment . In May 2004, TNA sealed a television deal with Fox Sports Net (FSN) where they would get

1633-833: The 10th Anniversary Show , where he teamed with T. J. Perkins in a losing effort against the House of Truth ( Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong ). In August 2019, Red was announced for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Super J Cup that takes place in late-August. He would be defeated in the first round by the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay . He would then be booked for the September U.S. tour Fighting Spirit Unleashed . Also, Red opened his own training school, House of Glory . During his initial stint in

1704-581: The Canadian Destroyer . Figueroa is married and has two children with his wife. Ring name Ring names are much more common in professional wrestling than any other sport; famous examples include Terry Bollea becoming Hulk Hogan , Michael Shawn Hickenbottom becoming Shawn Michaels , Roderick Toombs becoming Roddy Piper , Dwayne Johnson becoming The Rock , Christopher Irvine becoming Chris Jericho , and Phillip Jack Brooks becoming CM Punk . A number of wrestlers adopted their real name or

1775-621: The Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina . On May 3, 2011, during the tapings of the May 12 episode of TNA Impact , the show would change its name to Impact Wrestling and adopt the slogan "Where Wrestling Matters". The show's color scheme would change from red and black to blue, white and gray, while the URL of TNA's website was also changed to impactwrestling.com. TNA held Impact Wrestling tapings on August 25, 2011 at

1846-628: The ROH Tag Team Championship from The Prophecy, defeating Christopher Daniels and Xavier . The duo would subsequently feud with the Prophecy and the Briscoes, but Homicide subbed in for Red for a successful title defense over Daniels and Dan Maff . Amazing Phenomenon's title reign lasted 158 days, and was vacated due to Red's injury. Through late 2003, Amazing Red wrestled as Misterio Red as well as Airwalk Spriggan, while on

1917-929: The Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama , on September 21 at the Knoxville Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee , and on October 26 at the Macon Coliseum in Macon, Georgia . The first international Impact Wrestling tapings took place on January 28, 2012 at the Wembley Arena in London , England . Through the summer of 2012, starting on May 31, Impact Wrestling aired live at a new time slot at 8:00 p.m. ET. The live schedule

1988-717: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Destination America had decided to cancel Impact Wrestling by late September 2015. TNA vehemently denied the report, stating: "These false statements constitute defamation and if necessary we will seek all legal remedies available to us." The following week Destination America signed a 26-week trial deal with Ring of Honor (ROH) that would see Ring of Honor Wrestling air as Impact Wrestling' s lead-in, which began on June 3. Impact Wrestling subsequently began airing on Wednesdays starting in June. On June 3, D'Angelo Dinero officially joined Josh Mathews as

2059-615: The X Division Championship and the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Jerry Lynn , simultaneously. At Victory Road 2004 , Red competed in a 20-man X-Division Gauntlet match for the X Division Cup which was won by Héctor Garza . While working for TNA, he also wrestled for Ring of Honor as a member of the three-man tag team The S.A.T. with cousins, Jose and Joel Maximo. Eventually, he began to team with "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles , becoming known together as Amazing Phenomenon. The team would go on to win

2130-500: The X Division Championship in Impact Wrestling's first-ever 60-minute Iron man match . The match began on BTI and concluded in the opening minutes of Impact! . On April 8, 2021, Impact! moved back to Thursday nights. On August 4, 2021, Impact Wrestling launched a new YouTube membership program called "Impact Wrestling Insiders", which would include day-and-date premieres of new Impact! episodes. Subsequently,

2201-411: The iTunes Store , though they have since been removed. Due to further viewership growth, Impact! was expanded to two hours on October 4, 2007, still starting at the same time of 9:00 p.m. On January 17, 2008, Spike presented an event entitled " Global Impact! ", which featured TNA wrestlers in matches against talents from New Japan Pro-Wrestling and on March 27, 2008, Impact! aired live for

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2272-485: The promotion that creates a character or gimmick for a performer. It is common to see one performer use a variety of ring names throughout their career, even if their overall persona remains similar. This is especially true in WWE , which has largely forced most wrestlers that have debuted since 2006 to use a WWE-owned ring name instead of a ring name that they used on the independent circuit or, such as with Daniel Bryan and

2343-518: The " Impact Zone " by the company with the promotion's pay-per-views being also broadcast from that location until October 2006, when Bound for Glory emanated from the Compuware Arena in Detroit . When the show was on Fox Sports Net , all matches had a time limit (10 minutes for normal singles matches and 30 minutes for title matches) and the network's Fox Box was used. In the event of

2414-737: The "Dudley Boyz" name, leading them to have to change their name when they went to TNA. The members' individual names were also trademarked by WWE, forcing them to have to change their names. WWE partially repealed the policy in 2015, allowing wrestlers who were well known in other promotions such as Samoa Joe , A.J. Styles , Shinsuke Nakamura , Austin Aries , Bobby Roode , and Eric Young to use their long-standing ring names (or, in Nakamura's and Roode's cases, their real names) as well as wrestlers who sign "Tier 2" NXT brand contracts such as Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa , who wrestle both on NXT and

2485-535: The British Invasion attacked Red after his six-man tag team match. As Rob Terry was going to cash in his " Feast or Fired " briefcase, which gave him the right to challenge for the X Division Championship anytime, anywhere, his stable mate Doug Williams managed to convince him to hand it over to him and defeated Red to win the Championship. On the April 12 episode of Impact! , Red took the place of

2556-424: The House of Gangone stable, and would then, of his own choice, turn heel by attacking two of his students, Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy). Red is known for his high-flying style. He has been described as a pioneer and an innovator during the early 2000s. Will Ospreay has called him an inspiration. Red is also credited for inventing the front flip piledriver , which is later known by many wrestlers as

2627-667: The Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was broadcast from The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada . TNA also made the transition to HD for this and all future broadcasts. On January 4, 2010, the show went head-to-head for the first time with TNA's rival-promotion WWE 's flagship show Raw . This would be the first time since March 2001 that two major wrestling promotions went head-to-head in

2698-429: The Impact Zone. On March 14, 2013, TNA introduced a new universal HD set which is used for all weekly programming. On May 30, 2013, Impact Wrestling went back to its old start time of 9:00 p.m. In 2013, TNA broadcast five Impact Wrestling specials, starting on July 18, 2013 with Destination X . This was followed by Hardcore Justice , No Surrender , Final Resolution and Turning Point . These specials replaced

2769-469: The July 29, 2021 episode. On January 15, 2020, Impact's Twitch channel was banned after a sexually implicit segment involving Rob Van Dam was aired during that week's episode; the ban would be lifted on January 22. Beginning October 29, 2019, Impact! moved to Tuesday nights on AXS TV . On April 8, 2021, Impact! moved back to Thursday nights. Generally, the show features four to seven matches over

2840-696: The March 13, 2014 live broadcast of Impact Wrestling , TNA changed to soundstage 20 at Universal Studios. Soundstage 19 and 20 were only temporary venues for Impact Wrestling tapings. Since June 10, 2014 TNA taped Impact Wrestling from The Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom in New York City. On July 17, 2014, after a poll made on the Impact Wrestling website, TNA brought back

2911-441: The May 28 episode of Impact! , he challenged Suicide for the X Division Championship but was unsuccessful in winning the title for a second time. On August 16, at Hard Justice , Red competed in a Steel Asylum match in another losing effort. On the October 1 episode of Impact! , Red became the number one contender to Samoa Joe 's X Division title by defeating Jay Lethal , Consequences Creed , Sheik Abdul Bashir and Kiyoshi in

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2982-485: The PPV events of the same name following TNA changing their monthly PPV format to a quarterly model. On November 21, 2013 TNA returned to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida due to the high cost of production on the road after being unable to cover the rising costs of taping on the road. Impact tapings were filmed from soundstage 19, rather than at the original Impact Zone at soundstage 21, but select shows were still taped on

3053-445: The U.S. in three years. Numerous other shows were held throughout Canada all through the year. In 2024, Impact Wrestling was rebranded to TNA Wrestling. As a result, the weekly show's name was also changed back to TNA Impact! . TNA Impact! originally premiered on Fox Sports Net , where it remained until May 2005. The show began broadcasting episodes via syndication in limited markets on Urban America Television (replacing

3124-587: The X Division Championship for the third time. Red re-lost the title to Lethal two days later at a live event in Rahway, New Jersey . On the December 23 episode of Impact! , Red answered Jeff Jarrett 's MMA Challenge, but was defeated by submission. After the match Red, told Jarrett that he had a younger brother, who would answer the challenge the following week. The following week Red's storyline brother, billed simply as Little Red (later renamed Crimson), answered

3195-532: The beginning of 2006, where he lost his match to Javi-Air and re-injured his knee. After being on the sidelines with his injury, Red made his return on December 13, 2008, at Jersey All Pro Wrestling's Best of the Light Heavyweights. The match was won by Archadia as he defeated Flip Kendrick and Louis Lyndon. In April 2009, it was announced via the TNA website that the Amazing Red would return to

3266-456: The cancellation. TNA president Dixie Carter and Spike subsequently released independent statements claiming that negotiations were ongoing. In August, amid ongoing negotiations with Spike Television, Impact Wrestling moved to Wednesday nights. Spike spokesperson David Schwarz told The Christian Post that increasing competition from other sports programs prompted the move from Thursday nights. The show ceased airing new televised events after

3337-514: The challenge and was winning his match against Jarrett, before Jarrett was pulled away from the ring by his security guards Gunner and Murphy . Shortly afterwards, Crimson broke away from Red and the relation between the two was seldom mentioned again. On the April 19 episode of Xplosion , Figueroa debuted as Sangriento , a masked luchador , in a three-way match, where he defeated Jay Lethal and Chris Sabin. Sangriento made his Impact! debut on May 5, defeating Suicide. After defeating Suicide in

3408-468: The company in the Team 3D Tag Team Invitational Tournament . On the April 30 episode of Impact! , he teamed with then- X Division Champion Suicide to defeat The Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ). Suicide and Amazing Red were eliminated from the tournament on the May 14 episode of Impact! , by new stable The British Invasion , after interference from Shelley and Sabin. On

3479-684: The company's Twitch channel. The show moved to Tuesday nights, beginning on October 29, 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , all Impact! episode tapings were held behind closed doors at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee , beginning in April 2020 with the two-part Rebellion special, which was taped from April 8 to 10, and broadcast from April 21 to 28. Beginning with Hard to Kill on January 16, 2021, until Slammiversary on July 17, 2021, crowd noises were piped-into Impact Wrestling programming. In February 2021, Impact Wrestling launched

3550-564: The company, he became one-time HOG Tag Team Champion with his former teammate Crimson after defeating the Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). He also won the HOG Heavyweight Championship at House of Glory's "High Intensity 6" and would hold the title for a record setting 364 days. He lost the title almost a year later at "High Intensity 7" to Anthony Gangone in a No Ropes Match. Red would be forced to join

3621-420: The course of the two hours, as well as numerous interviews and segments interspersed between the matches. Due to the nature of the wrestling business, advertisements for merchandise and upcoming pay-per-view events often serve as bookends for the commercial segments. From June 2004 to March 2013, TNA programming was taped at Universal Studios Florida 's Soundstage 21. The Soundstages at Universal were dubbed

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3692-633: The edition of November 19 of Impact Wrestling , with the final episodes of 2014 being dedicated to Best of TNA clip shows, before resuming events on January 7, 2015 with a live show from The Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom in New York City. The last episode of Impact Wrestling broadcast on Spike aired on December 24, 2014. On November 19, 2014, TNA reached a deal with Discovery Communications to move its programming, including Impact Wrestling , to Destination America in January 2015. After premiering on Wednesday, January 7, Impact Wrestling moved to its permanent slot on Fridays on January 16. Along with

3763-481: The fans". On June 24, 2010, Spike TV expanded "TNA Thursdays" to three hours with the addition of TNA Reaction (stylized as TNA ReAction or, alternatively, as TNA ReACTION ), which became a regular one-hour docu-series immediately preceding TNA iMPACT! from 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Eastern. ReAction focused on the stories and characters of TNA Wrestling and previewed the upcoming episode of TNA iMPACT! On February 24, 2011, TNA held Impact! tapings at

3834-660: The first time in the show's history in its regular timeslot. By April 2, 2008, TNA had come to terms on a deal that had the show airing in Australia starting April 5. Up until then, they had only broadcast their monthly pay-per-view events on Main Event in Australia. The contract expired in March 2011 and was not renewed, however, in May 2011, the show was picked up by Australian Network FuelTV , which began airing it every Saturday at 8:30 p.m. AEST, starting on June 11. On October 23, 2008, TNA aired its first Impact! filmed outside

3905-482: The independent circuit to keep their ring names (or, in Gargano's case, his real name). Gargano and Ciampa have since signed exclusive WWE contracts. "In-house" WWE wrestlers still use WWE-owned ring names. In rare cases, the rights to a wrestler's ring name may be owned by a company with little or no connection to professional wrestling, such as Marvel Comics ' ownership of the name Hulk Hogan until early 2003, which

3976-616: The injured Hernandez and teamed up with Matt Morgan to successfully defend the TNA World Tag Team Championship against the Motor City Machine Guns. After the match, Morgan attacked Red for getting the pinfall in the match. After a few weeks out of action, Red returned to Impact! , on the June 10 episode, in a losing effort against Kurt Angle . On September 23 Red defeated Jay Lethal at a live event in his hometown of New York City to win

4047-548: The move to Destination America, the show got a new logo, graphics package, theme music, and stage. Former WWE employee Josh Mathews was also added to the commentary team. A brand new weekly series hosted by Mike Tenay , Impact Wrestling: Unlocked , premiered on Saturday, January 17 and TNA Wrestling's Greatest Matches , a series featuring the best matches in the company's history, made its U.S debut on Saturday, January 10. After switching timeslots numerous times, both shows were cancelled in May. Also in May, Dave Meltzer of

4118-598: The prefix "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Numerous boxers have used ring names or nicknames as their mode of identification during their professional boxing careers, particularly during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The ring name "Kid" was particularly popular, indicating the boxer's comparative youth. Since the mid 20th century, ring names for boxers have typically been less common, although nicknames have become more popular in recent years. Famous examples of boxers who used ring names include: Impact! (TV series) TNA Impact! (stylized as TNA iMPACT! )

4189-606: The promotion ended its partnership with Twitch; the final Twitch broadcast of Impact! aired on July 29. On October 23, 2021, Impact held their first event outside of Nashville in a year and a half with Bound for Glory , which took place just outside of Las Vegas in Sunrise Manor, Nevada , with Impact later resuming a full schedule of live touring in January 2022. In March 2023, Impact held events in Windsor, Ontario, Canada . This would mark their first shows outside of

4260-687: The road from time to time, such as the Genesis Impact Wrestling special on January 16 and 23, 2014 from Huntsville, Alabama. TNA also launched a new programming initiative called "IMPACT365" to advertise upcoming shows and start new angles and storylines. On January 30, 2014, for the first time, Impact Wrestling was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on Challenge before it aired in the United States. The show took place at The Hydro in Glasgow , Scotland . Starting with

4331-503: The show were recorded in a day and made available throughout the subsequent month. Seeking a more profitable television outlet, TNA negotiated a Saturday night timeslot with Spike TV (now known as the Paramount Network ), which had recently lost WWE Raw back to USA Network . Spike started airing Impact! on October 1, 2005, five days after the departure of Raw . Two episodes were taped every other Tuesday, airing them on

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4402-412: The six-sided ring permanently. On July 28, 2014, TMZ reported that Spike would not renew TNA's contract, which was due to expire in September. The decision was reportedly triggered by TNA's decision to bring writer Vince Russo back to the company as a consultant. However, Mike Johnson of PW Insider who first revealed that Russo was working for TNA insists that his involvement had nothing to do with

4473-577: The spring of 2010, where it remained until 2014. In 2015, the show moved to Destination America , initially airing on Friday nights, before moving to Wednesday nights on June 3, 2015, until its final broadcast on December 16, 2015. From January 5, 2016, until January 4, 2019, Impact! aired weekly on Pop , with the show moving back to Thursday nights on July 21, 2016. In October 2018, Impact! moved to 10pm ET on Thursdays nights. On January 11, 2019, Impact! moved to Friday nights on Pursuit Channel and Twitch; Impact would be simulcast on Twitch until

4544-577: The subsequent Saturdays. TNA's syndication contracts for the show on local television channels, from after the FSN contract, were converted to contracts for their syndicated show, TNA Xplosion . They were no longer paying for the timeslot, though Spike controlled their advertising revenue. Because of viewership growth, Impact! was moved to Thursdays in April 2006, and later to an earlier primetime slot in November. At this time tapings were moved from Tuesdays to Mondays. In June 2006, episodes became available at

4615-460: The syndicated show Xplosion ) and on the Internet between June 24 and September 16, 2005. The company would eventually secure a deal with Spike TV , with the first episode airing on October 1, 2005. Impact! first began airing episodes on Saturday nights, before later moving to Thursday nights in April 2006. The show would briefly move to Monday nights in 2010 before returning to Thursdays in

4686-550: The word "Amazing" while he worked for the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico, giving origin to his more common pseudonym, Amazing Red. Red, who was already known for his work in the United States independent circuit , joined NWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA TNA) at its 2002 inception, quickly establishing himself in its X Division . During his first run in TNA, Red held both

4757-458: The wrestler's gimmick changes, either subtly or dramatically. After debuting in WWE as the " Connecticut Blueblood " Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Paul Levesque's character later morphed into Triple H . A more drastic change sometimes occurs when a wrestler turns heroic or villainous , such as when Hulk Hogan joined the villainous nWo (New World Order) and became "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. His new attitude

4828-596: Was due to Hogan being advertised as " The Incredible Hulk Hogan" early in his career, while Marvel owned the trademark for their comic book character. Sometimes, a wrestler will buy the rights to their own ring name; for example, Steve Borden owns the rights to the name Sting and licenses it to the musician of the same name . The wrestler formerly known as Test took this one step further and legally changed his name to "Andrew Test Martin". Jim Hellwig, known as The Ultimate Warrior , had his name legally changed to simply "Warrior". In many cases, ring names evolve over time as

4899-604: Was enhanced by changing his costume color scheme from his famous red and yellow to nWo's black and white. Steve Williams adopted the ring name Steve Austin to avoid confusion with the then-more established performer "Dr. Death" Steve Williams . Austin would wrestle under that name for several years before signing with the WWF and being given the name "the Ringmaster". This gimmick failed to catch on, and Austin reverted to his established name, reaching his greatest level of success with

4970-827: Was later extended first through September, and then through the rest of 2012. On March 14, 2013, TNA began taping Impact from different venues around the United States, such as the Sears Center in Chicago, the Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , and the Manhattan Center 's Grand Ballroom in New York City . TNA officially terminated its lease with Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida in late March 2013 and left

5041-467: Was made as a result of an increase in ratings from the March 29, 2010, show (which aired at 9:00 p.m. Eastern) to the April 5, 2010, episode, which aired at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. During this period, replays of the show continued to air on Thursday nights. After two months, the show returned to Thursdays permanently as the ratings for the Monday showings were declining. The final Monday Impact! scored

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