Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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- Dixie Carter, President
- Chris Sobol Vice President of Operations
- Jeff Jarrett, a silent partner
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA abbreviated, is an American Wrestling League, which was founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. It is now owned by Panda Energy International. The company is registered under the name of TNA Entertainment, LLC and is located in Nashville ( Tennessee). TNA was originally a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, known in the early years under the name NWA / TNA. The promotion came in 2004, but out of this wrestling federation.
The shows are produced primarily at Universal Studios in Orlando ( Florida), where the former WCW had to record their shows. The main show of the promotion, Impact Wrestling, will be broadcast in the United States every Thursday on the TV channel Spike TV.
TNA was the first American doctorate who exclusively used a hexagonal ring in contrast to the square wrestling ring normally used. Since 17 January 2010, TNA also uses the ordinary ring.
- 4.1 Wrestlers
- 4.2 knockouts ( wrestlers )
- 4.3 Other contributors (TV / Internet)
- 5.1 Current Champions
- 6.1 Impact Wrestling
- 6.2 Pay -per- views
Formation
After the closure of WCW and ECW in May 2001, known as Southern and Cruiserweight wrestling martial art lost its most important platforms. This gap in the market wanted to use and thus gain fans, where the product of the now dominant WWE (formerly WWF) did not appeal to TNA. J Sports Entertainment ( a company with Jeff Jarrett as General Manager and his father Jerry Jarrett as President ) was then founded TNA Wrestling On May 10, 2002. Total Nonstop Action held its first weekly PPV on 19 June 2002 in Huntsville (Alabama ) from.
While other leagues, such as World Wrestling All-Stars, who wanted to use the space after the closing of WCW and ECW, again disappeared from the scene, TNA could assert itself. The foundation of TNA was a new opportunity for Jeff Jarrett, after he could not find work after the failure of WCW Vince McMahon.
After the founding TNA lost a lot of money, which meant that the main investor, the HealthSouth Corporation withdrew the financial support ( HealthSouth itself had problems, there have been investigations into accounting irregularities ). In October 2002, Jerry Jarrett, therefore, sold his majority stake in the private company Panda Energy International. October 31, 2002 Panda Energy and J Sports and Entertainment founded the private company TNA Entertainment LLC ( J Sports and Entertainment was later resolved). Jeff Jarrett was Vice President, while Dixie Carter, the daughter of the chairman and CEO of Panda Energy, Robert W. Carter, who was a former publicist for TNA, was appointed President. Panda Energy owns 71 % of TNA Entertainment, LLC.
TNA lost since the takeover by Panda Energy but still money ( an estimated expenditure of $ 1,000,000 per month without considering the revenue), but Panda Energy has repeatedly acknowledged despite purchase offers by other companies to their involvement in TNA.
Development of the business model
The original business model of TNA was in some respects different from the WWE. By avoiding tours and free weekly broadcasts the costs should be kept low. The system of programming originally consisted of weekly pay- per-views in the cable network.
The weekly PPVs were available for $ 9.95, so much cheaper than the monthly major events of the WWE. The shows were eventually transferred from March 2004 with a delay of 6 months on the Wrestling Channel free, which was the first step of the organization in the international market.
Initial calculations showed that about 50,000 PPV purchases were needed per week to break even. The actual figures were according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, however, only 5000-15000 purchases per week. After 111 weeks TNA had on 9 September 2004, therefore, set the weekly PPVs. On November 7, 2004 held the TNA PPV Victory Road first three hours of 2004, the organization to which something could have over 10,000 purchases.
On June 4, 2004, they began airing the TV show TNA Impact on the Fox Sports Net. TNA used at this show for the first time the six-sided ring. By March 2006, the sports beverage manufacturers Morphoplex was the main sponsor of TNA and paid monthly $ 200,000 to TNA.
On 7 November 2005, a contract was signed with Midway Games. In the past, video games were an important source of income for other wrestling organizations. The game, which has the working title TNA Impact should appear in the course of 2008 for PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Wii.
TNA held on 17 March 2006, the first house show from in the Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. It was first signed an agreement with the United Wrestling Federation, which you could host a series of TNA house shows in the states on the Atlantic coast and in the southeast, the majority should take place in Virginia. This agreement has now been lifted, however, so that henceforth TNA House produces its own shows.
In April 2006, TNA announced a partnership with YouTube, which YouTube exclusive video content, such as May publish summaries of Impact. On YouTube you can watch several times, among others, the week " TNA Today", an interactive show. In the program there are usually seen interviews with TNA wrestlers.
On 23 October 2008 TNA introduced the HD format for Impact and monthly PPVs. On this occasion Impact was broadcast live from the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. The following items were recorded in a converted Impact Zone.
On 12 May 2011, the weekly main show TNA iMPACT! officially renamed Impact Wrestling.
Since November 2011, TNA is working with Ohio Valley Wrestling. It acts as a development territory OVW, so that built up in the future by OVW wrestler for TNA wrestler and TNA can take advantage of the promotion of Daniel Briley for training purposes. The company is known mainly as a result of cooperation with the WWE, emerged stars like John Cena or Randy Orton under their direction.
2011 was also founded with Ring Ka King a promotion in India. The first shows were recorded in collaboration with Endemol in December 2011 and sent from January 2012. This serves to extend the program to the Asian market. Main responsibility of this project is Jeff Jarrett.
Particulars
Booking Committee
The consequences of Impact Wrestling and the pay- per-views are led by a committee designed by former wrestler Bruce Prichard as well as the other members Eric Bischoff, Dave Lagana and Matt Conway. Dixie Carter President of TNA Entertainment has a veto on all decisions. Previously worked, among others, Dutch Mantell, Vince Russo and Jeff Jarrett as a booker.
Before the creation of the committee only a small number of people was busy with the Booking. In part, the position of the Moneybookers was also associated simultaneously with the camera roll of the Plenipotentiary.
Authority figures
General Manager (Director of Authority )
Between 23 July 2003 and 16 June 2005, the Plenipotentiary has also held the camera roll of the Plenipotentiary. Three people had this position: Erik Watts, Vince Russo and Dusty Rhodes. This position was abolished after Dusty Rhodes left the Company.
- Erik Watts (July 23, 2003 to January 28, 2004 )
- Vince Russo (February 18, 2004 to November 7, 2004 )
- Dusty Rhodes (November 7, 2004 to June 16, 2005 )
NWA Championship Committee
The NWA Championship Committee was a group of wrestling veterans who acted as arbitrators and in a match that was a draw within the time limit, certain a winner. The committee consisted of Harley Race, Larry Zbyszko and Terry Funk, Funk later replaced by Roddy Piper, but never appeared on television. After Race and Piper left the TNA, the Committee heard in principle as an entity for the camera to exist, although it is still occasionally used for Angles.
TNA management
In October 2005, Larry Zbyszko began again to speak of an unclear authority which he always referred to only as " TNA Management". " TNA Management" has been represented in the past by " special guest referee " Earl Hebner, " consultant " Dave Hebner and " messenger" Christy Hemme. From 18 June 2006 until September 15, 2009 Jim Cornette was the management 's face. From January 4, 2010 to October 16, 2011, total management of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, Mick Foley between are also served in the May / June 2011.
Current Roster
Wrestlers
Knockouts ( wrestlers )
The female wrestlers in TNA are referred to as knockouts. The name comes from the DVD Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling, Vol.1 of 2006, which had the wrestlers as content. The name Knockout remained as the name for the female wrestlers in TNA.
Other contributors (TV / Internet)
Current title
TNA used the TNA World Heavyweight Championship as the primary title for individual wrestlers, while the TNA World Tag Team Championship is the award for the most successful tag team. There is also the TNA X Division Championship as a secondary single Wrestlers title. It remains this belt the so-called X - Division, that the lighter and technically and / or demanding acrobatic wrestlers reserved. Despite the often higher wrestlerischen levels of X - Division World Heavyweight Title has a far greater prestige, which can be explained specifically by its long, indirectly reaching back to the early 20th century history.
Was introduced at the PPV Bound for Glory TNA Women's Knockout Title on October 14, 2007. First title holder was Gail Kim.
On 23 October 2008 the TNA Legends Championship Booker T introduced and proclaimed himself the first title holder. The title was renamed on November 19, 2009 in TNA Global Championship from reigning champion Eric Young. 2010, the title was eventually renamed the TNA Television Championship.
Current Champions
Products
Impact Wrestling
Pay -per- views
Originally organized TNA weekly PPVs and renounced it on free to air TV shows. After switching to a monthly model of the first PPV was held under the name Victory Road in 2004. The most important PPV in TNA 's Bound For Glory. This plays for the league a role similar to WrestleMania for the WWE and was organized in October 2006 as the first TNA PPV outside of Nashville or Orlando because it took place in the Motor City Detroit, Michigan.
TNA Wrestling held until 2012 every month a pay- per-view. As of 2013, the current three Hauptgroßverantstaltungen Lockdown, Slammiversary and Bound for Glory pay-per - views are only existent, as the previous model with 12 PPVs TNA was no longer working in the future. In order to continue to meet existing TV contracts, there will be additional for a better rate of eight three-hour events from April 2013 under different mottos.
The three major events, " TNA Lockdown", " TNA Slammiversary " and " TNA Bound for Glory" were 2013, on the website of German TV channel Sport 1 as commercial live streams available.