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| Impact Wrestling | |
| Presented by | Spike TV |
| Starring | TNA roster |
| Opening theme | "Sinister Rise Above Instrumental" by Dale Oliver |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 546 (as of November 19, 2014) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | 2 hours (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox Sports Net (2004 – 2005) Webcast (2005) Urban America Television (2005) Spike (2005 – 2014) Destination America (2015 – ) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original airing | June 4, 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | TNA Xplosion TNA Today |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Impact Wrestling (stylized as IMPACT WRESTLING and formerly known as TNA iMPACT!) is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). 2005, it airs weekly on Spike in the United States and Canada.
Impact Wrestling originally debuted in the United States on Fox Sports Net on June 4, 2004, but after TNA's contract was not renegotiated in May 2005, the show was left without a television network to broadcast on. The show began broadcasting episodes via syndication in limited markets on Urban America Television (replacing TNA's syndicated show Xplosion) and on the internet between June 24 and September 16, 2005 before securing a deal with Spike TV (now known as Spike), with the first show airing on 1 October 2005. The show first began airing episodes on Saturday nights, however in April 2006 the show was moved to Thursday nights. Impact Wrestling briefly moved to Monday nights in 2010 but moved back to Thursdays later that year. In August 2014 Impact Wrestling moved to Wednesday nights, In November 2014 it was announced that Impact Wrestling would move to Destination America in January of 2015.
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History
Fox Sports Net era (May 2004 – May 2005)
Webcasts (July 2005 – October 2005)
Spike TV era (October 2005 – December 2014)
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 – July 2014)
Final months on Spike (July 2014 – December 2014)
Move to Destination America (January 2015)
Content
| Channel (timeslot) | Years | Avg. rating |
|---|
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
