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Impact Wrestling
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Genre Sports entertainment
Professional wrestling
Created by Jeff Jarrett
Vince Russo
Dutch Mantel
Starring Total Nonstop Action Wrestling roster
Opening theme "Sinister Rise Above" by Dale
Oliver "Change Me" by Trae Vedder
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 452 (as of March 7, 2013)
Production
Location(s) Impact! Wrestling Zone
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time 120 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Fox Sports Net (2004–2005)
Webcast/Urban America Television (limited markets) (2005)
Spike (2005–present)
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)
Original run June 4, 2004 – present

Impact Wrestling (stylized as IMPACT WRESTLING and formerly known as TNA iMPACT!) is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that currently airs in the United States and Canada on Spike. In total, it is viewable in over 100 countries and is available in 17 different languages. It has had great success in the United Kingdom as one of the most successful and most popular professional wrestling programs available on British television. Impact Wrestling is filmed at the Impact Wrestling Zone (Soundstage 21 at the Universal Studios Florida theme park of Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida) where admission is free. Tapings of the show take place on Monday and Tuesday night and are aired on its 9pm Thursday time slot. The show's current opening theme is called: "Sinister Rise Above" by Dale Oliver.

Contents

History

Fox Sports Net era (May 2004–May 2005)

Webcasts (July 2005–October 2005)

Spike TV era (October 2005–present)

Two hour expansion (October 2007–present)

Move to Mondays (March 2010–May 2010)

Return to Thursday Nights (May 2010–2011)

Re-branding to Impact Wrestling (May 2011–present)

Content

Roster

Main article: List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees

Commentators

Commentators Dates
Mike Tenay and Don West June 4, 2004 – August 13, 2009
Mike Tenay and Taz August 20, 2009 – October 18, 2012
October 25, 2012 – November 8, 2012 (second hour)
June 6, 2013 – July 11, 2013
August 15, 2013 – present
Todd Keneley and Jeremy Borash October 25, 2012 – November 8, 2012 (first hour)
Todd Keneley, Mike Tenay and Taz November 15, 2012 – May 30, 2013
Mike Tenay and Jeremy Borash November 1, 2012 (second hour)
July 18, 2013 – August 1, 2013
Jeremy Borash, Taz and Mr. Anderson August 8, 2013

Management Director

Main article Total Nonstop Action Wrestling authority figures

Special episodes

Recurring segments

References

External links

See also

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