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67-462: In May 2004, TNA sealed a television deal with Fox Sports Net (FSN) where they would get 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

134-493: A Lethal Lockdown match after interference from the special referee, Bully Ray , who was initially intended to be the "insurance" for Dixie's team. As a result of her team's defeat, MVP took control of TNA as the (storyline) Director of Wrestling Operations. Following the events of Lockdown, Dixie feuded with Bully Ray, who promised that he would put her through a table. On the June 27 tapings of Impact that aired August 7, Carter

201-551: 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

268-536: 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

335-584: 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

402-474: A full-time employee of Levenson and Hill, receiving a promotion to the position of vice president at the age of 32. In 1993, she started her own business in Nashville, focusing primarily on sport and music representation. In 2002, the president of Monterey Peninsula Talent (a booking agency) contacted Carter and informed her that Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , a professional wrestling promotion, required

469-508: 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

536-407: A marketing and publicity outlet. Carter began working with TNA, but, two months later, was informed by Jeff Jarrett (a part-owner of TNA) that a key financial backer ( HealthSouth Corporation, which was having financial problems due to its being investigated for accounting irregularities) had withdrawn support from TNA, and that the company was in dire straits as a result. Carter, claiming to "[See]

603-466: 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 the subsequent Saturdays. TNA's syndication contracts for

670-472: 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

737-518: 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

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804-403: 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

871-450: A restructuring period that would see ownership change, with Anthem taking 85%, Aroluxe 10%, and Dixie Carter retaining 5%, making Carter the minority owner and leaving her with no decision-making power in TNA going forward. On January 4, 2017, Anthem Sports and Entertainment purchased 85% majority stake of TNA Wrestling and Carter resigned as chairwoman after fourteen years in charge. Ed Nordholm of Anthem took over as president. Carter joined

938-715: 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 ,

1005-596: 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

1072-479: 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

1139-511: A title defense in Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración promotion. When Dorian Roldán, AAA owner, announced Judas Mesias as AJ's rival, Carter said that she talked with Roldán attempting to cancel the match. Meanwhile, she announced a tournament to crown a new TNA Champion, as she refused to recognize Styles' reign. Magnus eventually won the tournament and the championship at Impact Wrestling: Final Resolution by defeating Jeff Hardy in

1206-447: Is "incompetent" and "she doesn't know what she is doing". Vince Russo has also been critical of Carter's management style stating, "Dixie just did so much more damage than good, just not being upfront and not being honest and everything was underhanded and behind people's back. I can't tell you how many times as my boss, she would tell me something and then it always ended with, 'but you can't say anything, you can't tell anybody' and that

1273-432: Is an American businesswoman. She is best known for her time as president of the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Carter was in a backstage role during her early time with the company, though began to appear on TNA programming from 2009, and became an on-screen storyline character in 2010. In 2012, Carter purchased the majority share of TNA from Panda Energy International , making her

1340-667: Is married to Serg Salinas, former music producer for TNA with whom she has two children; a daughter Reese and a son Tanner. In November 2017, Carter appeared on Ant & Dec's DNA Journey as it was revealed that she is a distant cousin of British television host Declan Donnelly . She has also appeared on WWE's Kurt Angle: Homecoming episode of the WWE Network series WWE 24 . Carter has been criticized due to her decisions about TNA. AJ Styles , once dubbed as "The Face of TNA", said that Carter ruined TNA because of her "not knowing what's best for business". Konnan claimed Carter

1407-617: 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

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1474-675: The University of Mississippi , graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Business Administration . While a student, Carter was active on the Student Programming Board, and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma women's fraternity . In addition, Carter worked as an intern with Levenson and Hill, a marketing and advertisement firm in the Las Colinas suburb of Dallas , Texas. Upon graduating, Carter became

1541-926: 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

1608-712: 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

1675-496: 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,

1742-408: 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

1809-517: 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

1876-562: The Advisory Board of Fight Media Group, the division of Anthem that deals with the combat sports-related assets of the company where she would focus on the global growth of the brands in that division, while also remaining as a minority shareholder of the company until she left in the same year. After making only occasional appearances on pay-per-views , Carter made her first appearance on TNA Impact! on August 27, 2009, interviewing new signee Bobby Lashley . In early 2010, after

1943-667: 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

2010-427: 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

2077-462: 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

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2144-695: 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

2211-613: The March 3, 2011, edition of Impact! , the result of the court battle between Carter and Hogan was revealed, with Hogan declaring himself as the new head of TNA Wrestling. Carter returned to TNA on October 16 at Bound for Glory , when Sting defeated Hogan to bring her back to power. Carter made an appearance on the December 8 edition of Impact Wrestling , along with Sting to confront TNA World Heavyweight Champion , Bobby Roode . The segment ended with Roode spitting in Carter's face. In

2278-484: 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

2345-440: 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

2412-452: 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

2479-676: 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

2546-502: The company. Meanwhile, Bruce Prichard described Carter as "very gullible", and criticized the corporate structure within TNA. Various women who performed for the Knockouts division criticized Carter. Velvet Sky said that Carter "ruined it for all of us". Sky also stated that Spike TV canceled Impact Wrestling after they got tired "of Carter's shit". Angelina Love , Velvet Sky's tag team partner, said that working with her

2613-419: 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

2680-467: The debuts of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff , Carter became a regular authority figure on Impact! , before losing her on-screen power to the two of them, on the October 14, 2010, edition of Impact! . However, Carter would make another appearance on the November 25, 2010, edition of Reaction when, in storyline, she informed Hogan and Bischoff that a judge filed an injunction against the two on behalf of Carter over not having signatory authority. On

2747-685: 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

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2814-639: The eponymous Dixieland match , with the help of Rockstar Spud and Dixie's storyline nephew Ethan Carter III . They formed "Team Dixie" in the process. On January 9, 2014, Magnus defeated AJ Styles upon his return to TNA, unifying the titles. Styles left TNA after the match. On January 30, 2014, Montel Vontavious Porter debuted in TNA as an investor and entered into a feud with Carter. At Lockdown 2014 , Dixie Carter's team of Bobby Roode , Austin Aries , and BroMans ( Robbie E and Jessie Godderz ) lost to MVP 's team of himself, The Wolves , and Willow in

2881-489: The evil Dixie interfered in the main event and ordered referee Earl Hebner not to count Styles' pin; however, Styles would ultimately defeat Bully Ray to become the TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Next week, she tried to convince Styles to sign a new contract with TNA, but Styles refused, leaving the company with the title. On October 29, 2013, Carter vacated the title. However, Styles announced

2948-404: The fans and apologized for her actions for the past year and a half saying that she would not make those same mistakes again, this would turn Dixie into a babyface once again. On the January 5 live debut of Impact Wrestling on Pop TV , Dixie opened the show feuding with Ethan Carter III and ended up leaving abruptly when Eric Young attacked Matt Hardy , who was confronting Carter. Carter

3015-478: 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

3082-658: 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

3149-403: The following episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter ripped up AJ Styles' new contract as awarded by Hulk Hogan, then gave Hogan an ultimatum to join forces with her by next week. Hogan declined her offer and quit, Carter initially begged him to reconsider, but then claimed Hogan could not quit because she had fired him, though Hogan had already walked off camera by this point. At Bound For Glory ,

3216-427: The ground. It was ultimately revealed that Carter and Styles were merely helping a mutual friend, Claire Lynch, work through drug addiction issues. Carter appeared at the ending segment of Impact Wrestling on September 19, 2013, to (in character) confront AJ Styles over the remarks he has made about the way she was running the company. Carter responded by saying that Styles was not a great wrestler and claimed that she

3283-422: 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 the show were recorded in a day and made available throughout the subsequent month. Seeking

3350-577: The majority owner. In 2016, Billy Corgan succeeded Carter as president, with Carter becoming chairwoman of the promotion. Following a restructuring period, Anthem Sports & Entertainment purchased the majority of the promotion from Carter. The promotion was subsequently renamed Impact Wrestling in 2017, and Carter would remain a minority owner until she left. Carter was born in Dallas , Texas to parents Robert W. and Janice Carter. She graduated from The Hockaday School in 1982 and subsequently attended

3417-543: 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

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3484-512: The potential in a marketplace that had one company WWE with a US$ 900 million market cap and no competitor", contacted her parents, the owners of Panda Energy International , a Dallas-based energy company . In October 2002, Panda Energy purchased 71% of TNA from the HealthSouth Corporation for $ 250,000. On October 31, 2002, TNA (which originally traded as "J Sports and Entertainment") was renamed "TNA Entertainment". Carter

3551-416: The presidency. Soon after, however, Corgan sued the company and Carter, as he was lied to about when he would get his money back. On November 30, it was reported that Corgan had settled his lawsuit against TNA, with Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. acquiring the loans Corgan made to Carter in the process. In late November 2016, it was reported that, once Corgan's lawsuit was settled, TNA would go through

3618-603: 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

3685-748: 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

3752-497: The roster. Fox Sports Net Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 576422740 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:03:41 GMT Dixie Carter (wrestling) Dixie Carter-Salinas (born October 6, 1964)

3819-516: 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

3886-465: 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

3953-576: 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

4020-428: The summer of 2012, Carter was also the focal point in a storyline where Kazarian and Christopher Daniels accused her of having an affair with company TNA mainstay A.J. Styles . The duo provided compromising footage of Carter and Styles entering a hotel together as well as photographs of them embracing. Carter's real-life husband Serg Salinas made a televised appearance on Impact Wrestling where he knocked Styles to

4087-460: 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

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4154-460: Was appointed president of TNA Entertainment in spring 2003. In December 2007, Carter voluntarily appeared before United States Congress to be interviewed regarding professional wrestling in the wake of the Chris Benoit double murder and suicide . Carter served as the president of TNA until August 12, 2016, when she became the new chairwoman of the promotion, with Billy Corgan taking over

4221-546: Was just so hard to work under that umbrella". Kurt Angle praised Carter as a "great boss", stating, "Sometimes, having a woman in charge is a lot better than a man, because they're so much more understanding, more compassionate". Hernandez praised Carter as "smart" for delegating responsibilities to others with more knowledge of the professional wrestling business. Eric Bischoff also praised Carter as an "intelligent woman" who could sell her product to corporate executives but criticized her for not having an overall vision for

4288-821: 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

4355-466: 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

4422-406: Was put through a table by Bully Ray . At the June 26, 2015 tapings for the July 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , Carter made her first televised appearance after a nearly year long absence. After her nephew, Ethan Carter III, finished his match with Kurt Angle, Carter admitted that she was on a power trip whose ego got the best of her, and that the company doesn't belong to her or her nephew, but to

4489-462: Was the one who created the Styles' persona to get marketing for the company. She added that Styles would still be living in poverty if her father didn't pay him, and she was the one who created this house (TNA). She was about to leave when Styles was going to respond, she decided to end the show by cutting off the microphones and turning off the lights, thus turning into a villainess in the process. On

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