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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

"TNA Wrestling" redirects here. For the mobile video game based on the promotion, see TNA Wrestling (video game).
"Impact Wrestling" redirects here. For the promotion's flagship television program that was once the promotion's namesake, see TNA Impact!

Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC
NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004–2017, 2024–present)
Impact Wrestling (March 2017 – June 2017, September 2017 – January 2024)
Global Force Wrestling (June 2017 – September 2017)[1]
FormerlyJ Sports & Entertainment, LLC (2002)[2]
TNA Entertainment, LLC (2002–2016)[3]
Impact Ventures, LLC (2015–2016)[4]
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryProfessional wrestling
Streaming media
FoundedMay 10, 2002 (2002-05-10) in Nashville, Tennessee
FoundersJeff Jarrett
Jerry Jarrett
Bob Ryder
Headquarters
Nashville, Tennessee
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide[5]
Key people
  • Leonard Asper
    (Founder/president/CEO – Anthem Sports & Entertainment)[6]
  • Anthony Cicione
    (president – TNA Wrestling)[7]
  • Ariel Shnerer
    (VP Business Development – Anthem, Head of Creative – TNA)[8]
Products
ParentAnthem Sports & Entertainment[9]
DivisionsTNA+
TNA Wrestling Home Video
Websitetnawrestling.com

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee.[10] It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by businessman Leonard Asper.[11]

Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following the end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001,[12] the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body.[13] The promotion dropped the "NWA" brand from its name in 2004, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships until this agreement ended in 2007; after which, the company would create its own World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017. In March of that year, it was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its weekly flagship television show, but returned to the TNA branding in January 2024.[14][15]

From its inception, TNA had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind WWE a position it would hold for most of the 2000s and early 2010s.[16][17] The promotion was known for featuring former top talent from WCW, WWE, and ECW, such as Raven, Jeff Jarrett, and Sting, free agents that were released from the WWE such as Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, and Mr. Kennedy (who wrestled as Mr. Anderson in TNA), as well as more homegrown wrestlers who had not appeared in WWE yet and mainly performed for the promotion such as AJ Styles and Samoa Joe. (Some of whom would later be signed by WWE during the mid to late 2010s as TNA suffered financial issues).[18] From 2015 to 2017, the promotion was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor;[19][20][21] with the loss of their U.S. television contract with Spike in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, being noted as factors to their decline.[22]

By 2019, the promotion was viewed to have recovered through its sustained international distribution,[23] and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV; which subsequently began carrying the promotion's programming.[24][25] TNA is currently viewed as being the third-largest wrestling promotion in the United States; following the establishment of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019, and its current television deals with Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT and TBS (both of which are seen in more households than AXS).[26][27]

  1. ^ "TNA wrestling rebrands as GFW, eyes global expansion". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference jsportsandentertainment was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference newbizname was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "IMPACT Ventures Names Billy Corgan Its New President; Current President Dixie Carter Becomes Chairman – Impact Wrestling". impactwrestling.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Worldwide Broadcast Schedules & Channels". impactwrestling.com. 2012. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  6. ^ "Executives". Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  7. ^ "Anthony Cicione Named President of TNA Wrestling". Impact Wrestling. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "Meet Our Team". Anthem Sports and Entertainment. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "About Us". anthemse.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "Anthem Sports & Entertainment | AXS". Anthemse. Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  11. ^ "Anthem Sports & Entertainment – Impact Wrestling". Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "Privacy Policy — Impact Wrestling". Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference The History of TNA: Year 1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Lambert, Jeremy. "IMPACT Wrestling Returns To Being TNA Wrestling With TNA Hard To Kill On January 13, 2024 | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  15. ^ Welcome Back TNA - Impact Wrestling.com
  16. ^ "TNA wrestling continues international TV expansion". The Tennessean. April 10, 2015. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015. Founded in 2002, TNA has established itself as the second-largest professional wrestling promotion in the country
  17. ^ Dixon, James; Furious, Arnold; Maughan, Lee (2012). The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I, Volume 1. Lulu.com. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-291-10089-1. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2018. Hogan ... Numerous fallings out with McMahon over the years led to his departure, and he now treads water in distant number two promotion TNA, hurting rather than helping the cause.
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference peak was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ Meltzer, Dave (June 19, 2017). "June 19, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Conor McGregor/Floyd Mayweather on, Okada/Omega classic, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 6. ISSN 1083-9593. Okada's next title defense will be on 7/1 in Long Beach against Cody ... There is a very good chance that Cody will be winning the ROH title from Christopher Daniels ... If he does ... that creates the unique situation of the world champion of Japan's No. 1 organization against the world champion of the (very distant) No. 2 organization in the U.S.
  20. ^ "Ring Of Honor Plans Streaming Service, Possible Tour Expansion". November 9, 2017. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018. Ring of Honor is undeniably WWE's chief competitor.
  21. ^ "ROH announces streaming service similar to WWE Network with live events, archives, and live PPV access". pwtorch.com. February 2, 2018. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018. Although there aren't comparable metrics, at some point since TNA Impact Wrestling left Spike TV and ROH continued to stabilize itself with the Sinclair partnership and New Japan relationship, ROH easily became the no. 2 pro wrestling company based in North America, behind only WWE – although by a big distance.
  22. ^ "Bracing for Impact Wrestling: once the world's number two company, 2018 is critical to its survival". Newsweek. February 10, 2018. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2018. and, at one time, the second most popular promotion in the United States behind industry leader World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) .. a few months later, Impact Wrestling imploded. Again.
  23. ^ "IMPACT Wrestling Announces New UK TV Deal with 5STAR". Anthem Sports & Entertainment. April 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  24. ^ "Ring Of Honor To Stream Television Tapings Live". July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  25. ^ Hamflett, Michael (September 10, 2019). "Impact Wrestling Parent Company Purchase AXS TV & HD Net". WhatCulture.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  26. ^ Silverstein, Adam (May 15, 2019). "AEW TV deal: Weekly show to air live on TNT with Turner also streaming pay-per-views". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  27. ^ Fiorvanti, Tim (May 31, 2019). "June 3, 2019 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Double or Nothing Review". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2019.

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