It kinda makes me wonder if WCW would still be around if they just had the option of moving to a more obscure network. TBS doing it in-house might've ultimately done them in.
@ColeYote We might never know. In 2001 TNT didn't want nothing to do with wrestling and ECW didn't find another network and no other network was willing to have any wrestling. WCW did try The Big Bang but we all know how that turned out.
Ngl, the fact that Impact managed to survived through this worst period of time will always get my respect. That time, everyone were sure that they will be closed down every week but Impact managed to pull through every single time. If not for that, I would never see Josh Alexander wrestle as a single star and his fantastic title reign and also his feud with Moose. What's more crazy is that Impact still manage to stay as the #3 major wrestling company in USA until now in 2023 (Even after GCW briefly overthrown them).
Agreed. While current Impact could definitely be better, it is really something when "Hard To Kill" isn't only just a name of their monthly big shows. And yeah at least there's still cool peeps here and there like Josh Alexander and MOOSE, as well as doing stuff like letting Shelley be champ now among other things.
@@GuntanksInSpace it boggles my mind why Josh and Moose are there, all else I could really care less. I watched Impact recently and boy that show was bad, the camera makes action hard to follow and the crowd is like you're at a public church.... Is Ed Northholm investing anything in this company, it looks embarrassing..
Impact Wrestling is the ultimate cockroach. And I mean that as a compliment. No matter what bad things happen to them, whether it's being infected by the dying shards of WCW, A.K.A Hogan and Bischoff, losing their Spike TV Deal, low balling AJ Styles so badly that he just fucks off to Japan, or even a very public power struggle between the people who are supposed to be running the godamn company, you just can't kill them. They're literally the definition of that "I lived bitch" meme.
Sounds like WWE as well. The ratings were garbage from about 2009-2016. It took a second brand split for at least Smackdown to get good again. Raw on the other hand...
2002 - 2004 the begining of the company. 2005 - 2009 The golden times for TNA 2010 - 2017 The dark times for TNA/GFW/Impact Wrestling 2018 - Present The rebirth of Impact Wrestling.
2018 was a dark age for me after WWE snug all TNA talent ,after the Hardy leave their where almost no reason to watch ,ROH have become a bigger promotion because of the Elite pre AEW !!! It was a slow build up to get where they now !!!
When TNA needed a Star, a curly haired Derrick Bateman stepped forward. When NWA needed a better World Champion, EC3 stepped forward. WWE buried him twice, he rebuilt himself twice. Respect.
@@ShubhamMishrabro Lets just say after having Murdoch and Tyrus as NWA's world champ, it's a huuuge upgrade Even though it was a short reign, I kinda still prefered cardona reign as champ EC3 has been solid but the quality of his opponents so far is underwhelming
Bobby Lashley had one of the greatest world title reigns ever, but the abrupt conclusion, bad management, and overall bad show quality overshadowed his reign.
This exact period of TNA is what got me back into wrestling after a 12 year hiatus from it. Couldn’t believe what TNA became at this point. But it got me threw a tough period in my life. So this era is always gonna have a special place for me.
It’s Dixie fault… everybody that tried to help wasn’t allowed to, she just wanted the money. Billy tried. Also thank you for doing this one!!!!! I commented on the poll lol
Despite all the problems it has gone through over the years, TNA/Impact is still around. Yes, it is a shadow of what it was at its prime (which was never that big) but is still survives. At this rate, WW3 will destroy the world and Impact will still have shows in the bombed-out Impact Zone for a super mutant and ghoul crowd.
And now most of TNA's legends are in either WWE as Producers or top guys (Roode, Styles, Abyss, Aldis, Eli Drake, Lashley, McIntyre, Kross, Sam Shaw as Dexter Lumis) or AEW Legends (Hardyz, Christian, Sting, Samoa Joe)
The 2015 period of TNA was kinda great. I've gone back to re-watch it multiple times. The MVP stories, Spudd vs EC3, Revolution vs The Hardys, the BroMans. All great.
Things go strong until about halfway through when the money really starts to hurt and wrestlers start leaving. They recover in 2016 (I'd argue 2016 is one of the best years in company history) but that latter half of 2015 was pain to sit through.
@@TheGreatDevlin It's crazy how much they went back and forth at the time. If you look a little earlier, they had a great summer 2014 too. But that was after a weak early 2014. And so on and so on.
@@mistakinglee1586fuck, NWA had such a good start under his ownership too (with the exception of cucky the clown on commentary). Once he and Aldis got into their spat, it seems like everything just fell to peices and never recovered. I don't even get how NWA has fallen that far? Of all people for Corgan to hitch his wagon to, fucking Tyrus?
Why didn't they is a shock to me. Anthem running it has been so embarrassing , it reminds me of Sinclair first days of ROH. They put table scraps and wonder why the company ain't bigger?
I really believe RUclips is the only thing keeping Impact afloat, chances are no network would have kept giving them a chance during the pandemic, but with everyone staying at home and just watching videos all day they finally got the attention they needed to get stay going long enough to be, at least for now, a somewhat option amongst the other two giants.
I believe your brain is AWOL. They have international TV deals, they're selling out wherever they're holding shows, they're the third biggest wrestling brand in the US, oh yeah, and AXSTV are a billion dollar company. They also own the channel Impact is on. So maybe shut up if you don't know what you're on about.
Why does every start up company that has debuted since 2001 immediately start like from day one the game plan seems to be …… “all right we finally got enough money to get this thing going. We want to get a better deal and we want to grow the audience in one day we want to be as big as WWE, so we can’t fuck this up……… so everyone go home tonight and watch WCW from mid 1999 all the way through 2001 when they shut down and we’re going to make that our product” Watching this video that’s exactly what it reminded me of. It reminded me of Vince Russo‘s WCW. Holy shit this was terrible.
I remember this time very well. Me and my girlfriend always used to have pizza and watch Impact. I was super hyped for guys like Drew Galloway, Aron Rex and Cody Rhodes to come in. I loved Decay and im not sure if he was in the company at this time but really liked Tigre Uno. My girlfriend was obsessed with Rosemary.
Mr. Corgan has been able to enact his vision with the NWA.... and it's gradually growing back. It was X-tra hard for them when the government lockdowns halted their show.... but the present shows are quite entertaining, and short enough to be digestible.
From 2014 to 2017 it always seemed like TNA was on the verge of going down for good, but somehow they always managed to stay afloat. So damn impressive.
The amount of starpower TNA had in 2016 looking back was wild. The most popular act in wrestling at the time in the broken Hardyz, Galloway, Lashley, LA Knight, EC3
These are the forgettable years that i didn't bother watching. TNA lost me at the Hogan/Bischoff era, the Aces and Eights storyline, and Dixie becoming an onscreen character
Love the part when you say "TNA had run out of money" when you turn back the clock 5 years later and it wasn't really an issue paying guys and old legends big contracts like crazy and they had a STACK roster too 🤣🤣 glad they're doing kinda fine to this day but this was hysterical.
Met Sgt Chris Melendez at an indy show. I was doing merch and after the show some of the guys came over to tthe booth. Super nice guy! he gave me a ring worn shirt that I still have, he signed it for me too this was a Clarksville, TN show
The Destination America era was such a mess (But, the station would actually air previous PPV during all different times of the day/night) The Pop tv era was solid overall despite all the drama online regarding TNA going bankrupt every couple of days) TNA/Impact has outlived both WCW & ECW that alone is surreal (Billy Corgan had some cool ideas in TNA but, the Wrestling business tried to take advantage of him Corgan had some sort of pull to use Marilyn Manson & Hole music on TNA shows which is also very impressive… People knock NWA but, there last PPV 75 was actually really good he also signed a deal with The CW (Which doesn’t mean as much as it could’ve since The CW is no longer tied with WB ) but, despite what certain critics/insiders say the best Pro Wrestling in 2023 is the indie scene i guess both the NWA and Impact Wrestling are consider indie territories
I remember this era of TNA 😂😂😂 I’m so glad I stayed watching TNA full time tho, or I’d of missed The Broken Universe, and that was one of my fav eras of any wrestling show.
As an Indian from India,I'm surprised that u mentioned "Ring ka king",lmao i forgot that it existed but shout out to you brah you a real wrasslin guru👍🏽
This is actually the time frame that I tried to watch tna and I gave up quick on the program. Inconsistent storyline and poor choices to sign all the wwe guys and screw over the tna guys. They had AJ Styles and f'ed up. Like Amber Heard levels of crapping the bed. I tried watching again but can't find it and won't pay for extra networks. Anyways......cheers for the efforts and recaps, and glad you have the company to share your passion about.
Your channel makes me want to go back and watch old school TNA for the first time. It also makes me want to watch new school TNA for the first time. Basically, makes me want to watch TNA for the first time.
So many good things and people happened during this time think you are underselling the turn around when they went to pop. Drew Galloway, Eli Drake, Moose, Lashley, Decay, Broken Hardys, Hot Mess,Cody Rhodes. All people still at the top of the industry or that had an effect on it
I remember following TNA when it was in its hay day and pretty much because I was a massive Jeff hardy mark so when he went and sat on that cage I was all over it. I stopped watching wrestling around the twice in a lifetime story on wwe because I just didn’t find it interesting anymore but around 2016 I decided to give wrestling a go again but unfortunately I came back just as Daniel brian retired and the storylines were poor (dolph ziggler summer Rae and Tyler breeze love triangle, star dust and the big dog every week) so I decided to see how Tna was doing as it was on free tv in the uk only to find it was the tournament replays and I was so confused and genuinely thought that was what Tna had become. I think big money Matt actually won me back over because I always like Matt hardy in some way and EC3 to me was fresh and genuinely looked like someone who booked right could carry the company. Unfortunately the wheels came off again and I just couldn’t watch the show anymore. I do watch NWA but that is pretty much where my following of smaller companies goes now.
I have been a fan of TNA/Impact since the start but their have been some hits an misses over the years. I watch time to time this time in TNA/Impact an their were a lot of problems I did like the Beat Down Crew which would be the WWE's hurt business. I loved The Broken Matt Hardy Stuff an Bobby Lashley was AMAZING. Eli Drake was AMAZING AS WELL an it tells a lot about LA Knight looking at how over he is. The money problems with the company is just crazy an for ratings TNA was still good in the ratings on Spike it's crazy how they stop the programming. Billy Corgan, you can truly tell he is a fan an RESPECTS THE WORLD OF WRESTLING. I remember when Smashing Pumpkins was on an episode of ECW back in the day. NWA is a perfect example how Corgan has a lot of respect for wrestling. AWESOME VID AS ALWAYS ❣
As bad as the year might have been, 2016 TNA still looks way better than 2023 Impact. At least they still had actual star power and hot women back then, now it's a bunch of indie goobers, the bloated husk of Tommy Dreamer and a bunch of female "wrasslers"
Lots of dodgey wrestlers, qanon wrestlers like tyrus and tessmacher, guys with bad attitudes like ec3,ares and low ki etc. Company was at its worse, although pretty much a big indy company now and much better to watch today
@@whyphy2213 He didn't. It's a label people slap on anyone with an opinion right of MSNBC in order to devalue them as people. In reality, he can't name one talking point that they espouse that's from QAnon. Tyrus is a frequent guest on the Gutfeld show, which is a badly written program on FOX news. News flash, pendejo. Just because you don't like their political affiliation doesn't mean that they're wacked out conspiracy theorists like Paul London or Brian Kendrick.
You should be happy. Apparently Impact Wrestling is going back to being TNA again in January. If they can pick up a few of the WWE rejects and some of the wrestlers whose AEW contracts are ending, maybe the resurgence of the company can be consolidated.
Watching the company during this time was just sad to watch. And for my time to watch as a wrestling fan it wasn't good. From me slowly stopping watching WWE, to seeing Impact look like a hallowed-out fruit and me having trouble trying to watch NJPW & other indies, yeah, 2016 was the year I nearly gave up watching wrestling for good. The biggest positive of Impact in 2016 was either the Broken Matt Saga or EC3.
@@Markyd123 I think the booking and story lines were consistent. This was the era were websites was praising them over WWE for the booking. Losing tv was unfortunate but had nothing to do with the product just the management.
Spike TV doesn't dnt want Russo on the network working for TNA Dixie's dumb ass secretly kept him on and then she accidentally sent an email about him to the wrong person and they found out. So Spike sent them to the shadow realm
You could have shown the few weeks where the shows had so many money problems that they had to cut out and censor theme songs cause they couldn't pay for them anymore.
I actually enjoyed this period. WWE was sucking at the time and tna had some serious talent going on. It started falling apart in 2016, if Corgan had control they would have been better off. If you compare the roster from this time period compared to today, it’s not even close. They have no star power right now…the biggest names are who? Bully Ray and Trinity?? It’s hard to get invested in their current product.
Oh yeah, and imo, main reason Grado in America didn’t work was because how much it would’ve cost to play Like a Dream… that was his theme song over here
@@Markyd123 I’d say he’s more of a straight up entertainer/comedy wrestler who just didn’t fit TNA at the time, went All In earlier this year and I was well happy to see him there!
Usually when you’re a kid almost any wrestling seems like good wrestling, yet somehow as a kid, and I wasn’t even on social media, I knew this just wasn’t good wrestling
Feels like bill corgin had tna headed in the right direction and the majority corporate owners thought they could get all the credit and eventually ruined the show when they took control...typical
I agree with our narratour, 2015 was 75% good. I kept watching, which is more than I can say for aew,which I only watch highlites of if the matchup is big leauge
@petesmart1983 I remember Grado wasn't like a Hulk Hogan of TNA. Popularity wise. But he was like a Hulk Hogan of comedy wrestling. And when Grado got fired from TNA I didn't follow it. Until WWE Network aired UK indy shows. I saw Grado on there and I feel like I wouldn't have cared about Grado or ICW if it weren't for Grado in TNA. He was great. He kind of made wrestling fun again. Even though he mainly did comedy in TNA. 😀🌈🦄
Despite being saddled w a dumb gimmicky name, I wanted to see this company do good, like any other non-wwe company. I think Corgan had some good ideas, but bad ones as well. This was the downturn & it's good to see them doing somewhat better these days.
Even the guy who initially spread the lie about TNA losing their Spike deal over Russo has since admitted it's a lie. Leave it to a cliché BritMark to spread misinformation anyway. Has Jim Cornette given you your opinions for the week yet, Nigel Blatherton?
Very late to the video but TNA's one night only PPV deals with Sony Six (Indian broadcaster) kept them alive during this period. Even during this turmoil, TNA did a tour of India because it was in contract. I think it's one of the overlooked but important footnotes in the survival of TNA during this era.
Dixie Carter just couldn’t understand she was just supposed to be an Angel investor, a money mark, a pr rep, anything but actually running the company…. 😂
Oh yeah Pop used to be TV Guide network so it had TV Guide stuff on the bottom for some of it. Also I remember watching TNA as a kid in 2016 and I remember hating Bennett as a heel. They honestly should have put the strap on him. I left after they cockteased a tv fight for the belt only for it breakdown and move to PPV. The best part for me was the one TV match between Jeff and Matt where Jeff did that high spot that was great.
I think it was safe to say that in 2016 I was getting bored of watching WWE and that's why I was starting to watch TNA when they moved to pop TV in early 2016 and started watching it a lot from then on 🤔
Billie Corgan is obviously a massive fan of wrestling considering TNA screwing him over and him losing millions of dollars on it. Glad he finally has TV contract with NWA now
TNA/Impact is like the company that just won’t die. It’s impressive that they’ve been able to hang around for so long.
Are you Tirulipo Jr.?
It kinda makes me wonder if WCW would still be around if they just had the option of moving to a more obscure network. TBS doing it in-house might've ultimately done them in.
Their women's division is 10/10, no other promotion even comes close.
@ColeYote We might never know.
In 2001 TNT didn't want nothing to do with wrestling and ECW didn't find another network and no other network was willing to have any wrestling.
WCW did try The Big Bang but we all know how that turned out.
Ngl, the fact that Impact managed to survived through this worst period of time will always get my respect. That time, everyone were sure that they will be closed down every week but Impact managed to pull through every single time. If not for that, I would never see Josh Alexander wrestle as a single star and his fantastic title reign and also his feud with Moose.
What's more crazy is that Impact still manage to stay as the #3 major wrestling company in USA until now in 2023 (Even after GCW briefly overthrown them).
Which is not saying much, indyfeds like czw and roh used to have a bigger following in the mid 00s than tna does now.
Agreed. While current Impact could definitely be better, it is really something when "Hard To Kill" isn't only just a name of their monthly big shows. And yeah at least there's still cool peeps here and there like Josh Alexander and MOOSE, as well as doing stuff like letting Shelley be champ now among other things.
@@GuntanksInSpace it boggles my mind why Josh and Moose are there, all else I could really care less. I watched Impact recently and boy that show was bad, the camera makes action hard to follow and the crowd is like you're at a public church.... Is Ed Northholm investing anything in this company, it looks embarrassing..
@@athanaskozhuharov9700 i sure hope TNA/Impact does well when they said they're upping production and trying bigger venues again.
Being a big TNA fan, 2016 was a brutal year, It's painful seeing a company you loved growing up decline so much because of poor leadership
2016 was one of their best years of the decade on screen. This was 2015
current TNA is still worse than 2016
@@BLCKSMTHApparelReally, only because of the Matt Hardy stuff. MOSTLY, at least.
@@carlosbermudez1459yeah hardys ,EC3 , drew , lashley
That's how I felt about wcws last years
Impact Wrestling is the ultimate cockroach. And I mean that as a compliment. No matter what bad things happen to them, whether it's being infected by the dying shards of WCW, A.K.A Hogan and Bischoff, losing their Spike TV Deal, low balling AJ Styles so badly that he just fucks off to Japan, or even a very public power struggle between the people who are supposed to be running the godamn company, you just can't kill them. They're literally the definition of that "I lived bitch" meme.
Impact will be around after the heat-death of the Earth.
La roach 🪳
Sounds like WWE as well. The ratings were garbage from about 2009-2016. It took a second brand split for at least Smackdown to get good again. Raw on the other hand...
Lmao they really are
2002 - 2004 the begining of the company.
2005 - 2009 The golden times for TNA
2010 - 2017 The dark times for TNA/GFW/Impact Wrestling
2018 - Present The rebirth of Impact Wrestling.
2018 was a dark age for me after WWE snug all TNA talent ,after the Hardy leave their where almost no reason to watch ,ROH have become a bigger promotion because of the Elite pre AEW !!! It was a slow build up to get where they now !!!
2024 - The return of TNA Wrestling
@@syahminorizan8064cap
@thewrestler9184their golden age definitely wasn't from 2010 to 2013 it was there one of the worst
Wasn't 2012 their most successful year financially?
Your loyalty to TNA/iMpact is admirable Mark.
He doesn't watch it.
Adressing him as (a) Mark feels wrong. Hawk it is.
@@user-fe8gx3ie5vhe does
@@mjl11I agree
@@mjl11 its either MarkyD or Hawk Hogan. "mark" is his dayjob name LOL =)
When TNA needed a Star, a curly haired Derrick Bateman stepped forward.
When NWA needed a better World Champion, EC3 stepped forward.
WWE buried him twice, he rebuilt himself twice.
Respect.
Ec3 is nwa champion. How good is he there? I remember his promotion being bad last time
@@ShubhamMishrabro Lets just say after having Murdoch and Tyrus as NWA's world champ, it's a huuuge upgrade
Even though it was a short reign, I kinda still prefered cardona reign as champ
EC3 has been solid but the quality of his opponents so far is underwhelming
thanks
@@khaiwee9024
Bobby Lashley had one of the greatest world title reigns ever, but the abrupt conclusion, bad management, and overall bad show quality overshadowed his reign.
This exact period of TNA is what got me back into wrestling after a 12 year hiatus from it. Couldn’t believe what TNA became at this point. But it got me threw a tough period in my life. So this era is always gonna have a special place for me.
Good to know bro, hope you are well now
It’s Dixie fault… everybody that tried to help wasn’t allowed to, she just wanted the money. Billy tried. Also thank you for doing this one!!!!! I commented on the poll lol
Nope Corrigan is a moron
After seeing what Billy has done to NWA, I'm pretty sure he was a toxic influence on TNA.
Despite all the problems it has gone through over the years, TNA/Impact is still around. Yes, it is a shadow of what it was at its prime (which was never that big) but is still survives. At this rate, WW3 will destroy the world and Impact will still have shows in the bombed-out Impact Zone for a super mutant and ghoul crowd.
James Storm as the Revolution leader was so absurd ,must see tv every week 😂
I almost forgot about that part of his career
Bro sometimes I remember that segment where he has Sanada tied in a shack and him saying "Sanada!!!... Youre weak!"
@@MasterUpload2010 Samee or the time when he would Slap Sheera and renamed him Koya😭
@@therelease7083 the weird shit we remember
Hay I enjoyed his theme song he was using at the time it was good :)
And now most of TNA's legends are in either WWE as Producers or top guys (Roode, Styles, Abyss, Aldis, Eli Drake, Lashley, McIntyre, Kross, Sam Shaw as Dexter Lumis) or AEW Legends (Hardyz, Christian, Sting, Samoa Joe)
Damn, that would have been an amazing roster today.
The 2015 period of TNA was kinda great. I've gone back to re-watch it multiple times. The MVP stories, Spudd vs EC3, Revolution vs The Hardys, the BroMans. All great.
Things go strong until about halfway through when the money really starts to hurt and wrestlers start leaving. They recover in 2016 (I'd argue 2016 is one of the best years in company history) but that latter half of 2015 was pain to sit through.
@@theangelandtheone You are correct. Late 2014 and mid 2015 are ROUGH.
@@TheGreatDevlin It's crazy how much they went back and forth at the time. If you look a little earlier, they had a great summer 2014 too. But that was after a weak early 2014. And so on and so on.
They did Billy so dirty. He made BFG happen at least once. If anybody should have been able to buy TNA it was him.
I thought so too but with the decision with NWA and himself. I prefer this timeline.
@@mistakinglee1586fuck, NWA had such a good start under his ownership too (with the exception of cucky the clown on commentary). Once he and Aldis got into their spat, it seems like everything just fell to peices and never recovered. I don't even get how NWA has fallen that far? Of all people for Corgan to hitch his wagon to, fucking Tyrus?
@@mistakinglee1586💯
Why didn't they is a shock to me. Anthem running it has been so embarrassing , it reminds me of Sinclair first days of ROH. They put table scraps and wonder why the company ain't bigger?
@@athanaskozhuharov9700 A greater travesty. I don't care much for Cornette these days but he was 100% right about what they did to ROH.
I think Corgan tried to hit the music industry special on her, she kicked out at 2.9 hawked up and hit the cab driver slam on him for the finish
Crazy how in 2016, TNA was putting out the best product in years whilst on the brink of death
I really believe RUclips is the only thing keeping Impact afloat, chances are no network would have kept giving them a chance during the pandemic, but with everyone staying at home and just watching videos all day they finally got the attention they needed to get stay going long enough to be, at least for now, a somewhat option amongst the other two giants.
I believe your brain is AWOL. They have international TV deals, they're selling out wherever they're holding shows, they're the third biggest wrestling brand in the US, oh yeah, and AXSTV are a billion dollar company. They also own the channel Impact is on. So maybe shut up if you don't know what you're on about.
Also their india TV deal.
Why does every start up company that has debuted since 2001 immediately start like from day one the game plan seems to be ……
“all right we finally got enough money to get this thing going. We want to get a better deal and we want to grow the audience in one day we want to be as big as WWE, so we can’t fuck this up……… so everyone go home tonight and watch WCW from mid 1999 all the way through 2001 when they shut down and we’re going to make that our product”
Watching this video that’s exactly what it reminded me of. It reminded me of Vince Russo‘s WCW. Holy shit this was terrible.
Before there was Nia Jax, there was Lei D’Tapa.
I remember this time very well. Me and my girlfriend always used to have pizza and watch Impact. I was super hyped for guys like Drew Galloway, Aron Rex and Cody Rhodes to come in. I loved Decay and im not sure if he was in the company at this time but really liked Tigre Uno. My girlfriend was obsessed with Rosemary.
Lashley in 2016-2017 Impact is one of the biggest examples of a big fish in small pond in wrestling history
This brought us Tomasso Ciampa’s Rick Rude Moment.
He did a final TV Match for Impact (on tape) and debuted for nXt.
Mr. Corgan has been able to enact his vision with the NWA.... and it's gradually growing back. It was X-tra hard for them when the government lockdowns halted their show.... but the present shows are quite entertaining, and short enough to be digestible.
tbh that just proves that its all Dixie's fault
@@woobgamer5210 Plausibly so. I can imagine that every talent in the program has their own opinions too. I'm certain that there were too many "chefs".
3:15 Fun fact: my mom met Gail Kim and her husband at her work's dinner party in our old home in PA and got both their autographs
And?
This is some good timing, our boy just got NWA on national TV! Announced today it is the CW.
Smackdown on fox. Nwa on cw that would have been awesome as a kid
From 2014 to 2017 it always seemed like TNA was on the verge of going down for good, but somehow they always managed to stay afloat. So damn impressive.
The amount of starpower TNA had in 2016 looking back was wild. The most popular act in wrestling at the time in the broken Hardyz, Galloway, Lashley, LA Knight, EC3
Actually TNA could have stayed on Spike for a lot less money but the Carters didn't want that. Which was a huge goof.
It was clear that Cody Rhodes was only there as a favor for Impact letting Brandi be a Knockout despite her lack of in ring experience.
These are the forgettable years that i didn't bother watching. TNA lost me at the Hogan/Bischoff era, the Aces and Eights storyline, and Dixie becoming an onscreen character
You’re not alone there brother
Love the part when you say "TNA had run out of money" when you turn back the clock 5 years later and it wasn't really an issue paying guys and old legends big contracts like crazy and they had a STACK roster too 🤣🤣 glad they're doing kinda fine to this day but this was hysterical.
man brooke tessmacher got me through some nights when i didn’t have internet😭
Me too bro 😂
@@carter3369 the struggle was real🤣🤣😭
Met Sgt Chris Melendez at an indy show. I was doing merch and after the show some of the guys came over to tthe booth. Super nice guy! he gave me a ring worn shirt that I still have, he signed it for me too
this was a Clarksville, TN show
You should have taken his leg and watch him try to chase you 😂😂
The Destination America era was such a mess (But, the station would actually air previous PPV during all different times of the day/night) The Pop tv era was solid overall despite all the drama online regarding TNA going bankrupt every couple of days) TNA/Impact has outlived both WCW & ECW that alone is surreal (Billy Corgan had some cool ideas in TNA but, the Wrestling business tried to take advantage of him Corgan had some sort of pull to use Marilyn Manson & Hole music on TNA shows which is also very impressive… People knock NWA but, there last PPV 75 was actually really good he also signed a deal with The CW (Which doesn’t mean as much as it could’ve since The CW is no longer tied with WB ) but, despite what certain critics/insiders say the best Pro Wrestling in 2023 is the indie scene i guess both the NWA and Impact Wrestling are consider indie territories
I remember this era of TNA 😂😂😂 I’m so glad I stayed watching TNA full time tho, or I’d of missed The Broken Universe, and that was one of my fav eras of any wrestling show.
4:35 That’s what pissed me off more, those episodes will never see the light of day
Apparently Hernandez beat lashley in a cage match. Would have loved to seen that one.
@@Markyd123I heard that one. I also heard there was a BDC segment where MVP was meditating 😂
As an Indian from India,I'm surprised that u mentioned "Ring ka king",lmao i forgot that it existed but shout out to you brah you a real wrasslin guru👍🏽
I remember the 3 round thing! One judge Always voted contrary to the other two no matter how dominate one wrestler was that round.
2016 was great - Hardy vs Hardy, Lashley - belt colector, EC3 face turn and Decay
I saw Billy Corgan at the clip cover and at first I think that Alex Wright became TNA Owner. 😄
Oh, Big Bratwurst.
@@FerraristDXI see somebody else here is a jam up guy
Das Wunderfed, eh?
That Destination America intro from the first episode is still one of the better intros to a show I’ve seen.
That intro will always go hard. Reminds me of Def Jam Vendetta
I like the video promos and cut scenes from this Era. The music and production was great.
Can we just say when Jim cornette was in TNA it was actually really good
Russo and Jim were there at the same time which is wild lol
And that had absolutely nothing to do with Cornette, I guarantee it.
1.8 Million? I didn't know Corgan had it like that.
22:22 Dixie with the contract on loop is too good
The day AJ Styles left was the day TNA died for me…although I’m glad he left.
This is actually the time frame that I tried to watch tna and I gave up quick on the program. Inconsistent storyline and poor choices to sign all the wwe guys and screw over the tna guys. They had AJ Styles and f'ed up. Like Amber Heard levels of crapping the bed.
I tried watching again but can't find it and won't pay for extra networks. Anyways......cheers for the efforts and recaps, and glad you have the company to share your passion about.
The Wild slap nut always pops up, He's a stable of this channel
"So, that's a feud"....just might be my favorite line lol
Your channel makes me want to go back and watch old school TNA for the first time. It also makes me want to watch new school TNA for the first time. Basically, makes me want to watch TNA for the first time.
So many good things and people happened during this time think you are underselling the turn around when they went to pop. Drew Galloway, Eli Drake, Moose, Lashley, Decay, Broken Hardys, Hot Mess,Cody Rhodes. All people still at the top of the industry or that had an effect on it
I remember following TNA when it was in its hay day and pretty much because I was a massive Jeff hardy mark so when he went and sat on that cage I was all over it. I stopped watching wrestling around the twice in a lifetime story on wwe because I just didn’t find it interesting anymore but around 2016 I decided to give wrestling a go again but unfortunately I came back just as Daniel brian retired and the storylines were poor (dolph ziggler summer Rae and Tyler breeze love triangle, star dust and the big dog every week) so I decided to see how Tna was doing as it was on free tv in the uk only to find it was the tournament replays and I was so confused and genuinely thought that was what Tna had become. I think big money Matt actually won me back over because I always like Matt hardy in some way and EC3 to me was fresh and genuinely looked like someone who booked right could carry the company. Unfortunately the wheels came off again and I just couldn’t watch the show anymore. I do watch NWA but that is pretty much where my following of smaller companies goes now.
I have been a fan of TNA/Impact since the start but their have been some hits an misses over the years. I watch time to time this time in TNA/Impact an their were a lot of problems I did like the Beat Down Crew which would be the WWE's hurt business. I loved The Broken Matt Hardy Stuff an Bobby Lashley was AMAZING. Eli Drake was AMAZING AS WELL an it tells a lot about LA Knight looking at how over he is. The money problems with the company is just crazy an for ratings TNA was still good in the ratings on Spike it's crazy how they stop the programming. Billy Corgan, you can truly tell he is a fan an RESPECTS THE WORLD OF WRESTLING. I remember when Smashing Pumpkins was on an episode of ECW back in the day. NWA is a perfect example how Corgan has a lot of respect for wrestling. AWESOME VID AS ALWAYS ❣
Ec3 was an absolute star at this point. Wish we had gotten to see him come out to Trouble when he returned in 2020
Dixie’s dad is an oil tycoon. Who knows how much money has been lost by TNA over the years but the small shows help keep cost low I’m sure
As bad as the year might have been, 2016 TNA still looks way better than 2023 Impact. At least they still had actual star power and hot women back then, now it's a bunch of indie goobers, the bloated husk of Tommy Dreamer and a bunch of female "wrasslers"
Lots of dodgey wrestlers, qanon wrestlers like tyrus and tessmacher, guys with bad attitudes like ec3,ares and low ki etc. Company was at its worse, although pretty much a big indy company now and much better to watch today
Brooke is a QAnon follower? Where did you find that?
@@whyphy2213 He didn't. It's a label people slap on anyone with an opinion right of MSNBC in order to devalue them as people. In reality, he can't name one talking point that they espouse that's from QAnon. Tyrus is a frequent guest on the Gutfeld show, which is a badly written program on FOX news.
News flash, pendejo. Just because you don't like their political affiliation doesn't mean that they're wacked out conspiracy theorists like Paul London or Brian Kendrick.
Brooke is Q? Goddammit.
@@kevinramsey417 well she is from st louis, misery
Isnt she married to Kaz? i hope he isnt that way as well.
You should be happy. Apparently Impact Wrestling is going back to being TNA again in January. If they can pick up a few of the WWE rejects and some of the wrestlers whose AEW contracts are ending, maybe the resurgence of the company can be consolidated.
Didn't watch a single episode back in the day, but the recap took me there. Can't believe so much talent came outta that squad.
2015 of TNA wrestling seen a lot of good changes and bad changes
Watching the company during this time was just sad to watch. And for my time to watch as a wrestling fan it wasn't good. From me slowly stopping watching WWE, to seeing Impact look like a hallowed-out fruit and me having trouble trying to watch NJPW & other indies, yeah, 2016 was the year I nearly gave up watching wrestling for good.
The biggest positive of Impact in 2016 was either the Broken Matt Saga or EC3.
I think 2015 to 2017 was as good as 2007 through 2009. The rise of Lashley, Gallows and Ec3. It was like old school Midsouth.
You think a year where they literally couldn’t air tv for 2 months was as good as 2007-2009?
@@Markyd123 I think the booking and story lines were consistent. This was the era were websites was praising them over WWE for the booking. Losing tv was unfortunate but had nothing to do with the product just the management.
@@TheMaskedheel 2016 I’d agree with you. Underrated year. Lashley, Bennett, moose, ec3, Cody, drew. But 2015 nah.
Spike TV doesn't dnt want Russo on the network working for TNA
Dixie's dumb ass secretly kept him on and then she accidentally sent an email about him to the wrong person and they found out.
So Spike sent them to the shadow realm
Crazy how most of the names that you mentioned as highlights of TNA during 2016 make up a decent portion of WWE's main event nowadays.
You could have shown the few weeks where the shows had so many money problems that they had to cut out and censor theme songs cause they couldn't pay for them anymore.
2015 seemed to be a really bad year for wrestling like TNA was dying and WWE had tons of injuries.
I actually enjoyed this period. WWE was sucking at the time and tna had some serious talent going on. It started falling apart in 2016, if Corgan had control they would have been better off. If you compare the roster from this time period compared to today, it’s not even close. They have no star power right now…the biggest names are who? Bully Ray and Trinity?? It’s hard to get invested in their current product.
current TNA is still worse than anything in the 2010s
WWE still sucks
Even though ur burying the era, u made it look fun asf with the clips u put 😅😅
They’ve been having the worst year they’ve ever had for the last 14 years
Oh yeah, and imo, main reason Grado in America didn’t work was because how much it would’ve cost to play Like a Dream… that was his theme song over here
But if that’s his only worth how good is he?
@@Markyd123 I’d say he’s more of a straight up entertainer/comedy wrestler who just didn’t fit TNA at the time, went All In earlier this year and I was well happy to see him there!
@@connorledwith98 yes he was in the opening stuff wasn’t he? I’m not actually against him, I’m just kind of undecided.
@@Markyd123 yeah man, came out with Paul Wight!
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This was great. A good recap since I didn't watch this time of TNA. Stopped right after AJ left.
Been awhile since we heard slapnuts appears sound effect
Wonder how many new "territories" Billy will add to the NWA
TNA Was Not The Same After AJ Styles & Sting Left In 2014
Usually when you’re a kid almost any wrestling seems like good wrestling, yet somehow as a kid, and I wasn’t even on social media, I knew this just wasn’t good wrestling
Matt Hardy single handedly kept Impact Alive with his Broken gimmick.
I want LA knight to bring the dummy button to WWE 🤣😂
Feels like bill corgin had tna headed in the right direction and the majority corporate owners thought they could get all the credit and eventually ruined the show when they took control...typical
You could tell corgan was gonna blow with his quote before he started but I guess we aren’t allowed to state the obvious anymore
I call this the weird rock wall entrance way era of tna.
I was going to say what the hell was that?! 😂 I'd stop watching by this point
@@claytonman31 I never understood why they had it honestly.
Amazing video. On point and great recap !
Never thought i would see a Brazil's reference in TNA or in your videos
I agree with our narratour, 2015 was 75% good. I kept watching, which is more than I can say for aew,which I only watch highlites of if the matchup is big leauge
No mention of Bram re-signing with TNA 4 times in a year
Grado was insanely popular in America when he wrestled in TNA.
He wasn't mainly cause he tried to do his old gimmick but of copyright they couldn't use it
@petesmart1983 I remember Grado wasn't like a Hulk Hogan of TNA. Popularity wise. But he was like a Hulk Hogan of comedy wrestling. And when Grado got fired from TNA I didn't follow it. Until WWE Network aired UK indy shows. I saw Grado on there and I feel like I wouldn't have cared about Grado or ICW if it weren't for Grado in TNA. He was great. He kind of made wrestling fun again. Even though he mainly did comedy in TNA. 😀🌈🦄
2015 was hard to watch despite some decent stuff still, 2016 was just it. Gave up at some point during that year
Despite being saddled w a dumb gimmicky name, I wanted to see this company do good, like any other non-wwe company. I think Corgan had some good ideas, but bad ones as well. This was the downturn & it's good to see them doing somewhat better these days.
Even the guy who initially spread the lie about TNA losing their Spike deal over Russo has since admitted it's a lie.
Leave it to a cliché BritMark to spread misinformation anyway.
Has Jim Cornette given you your opinions for the week yet, Nigel Blatherton?
Very late to the video but TNA's one night only PPV deals with Sony Six (Indian broadcaster) kept them alive during this period.
Even during this turmoil, TNA did a tour of India because it was in contract. I think it's one of the overlooked but important footnotes in the survival of TNA during this era.
Dixie Carter just couldn’t understand she was just supposed to be an Angel investor, a money mark, a pr rep, anything but actually running the company…. 😂
Oh yeah Pop used to be TV Guide network so it had TV Guide stuff on the bottom for some of it. Also I remember watching TNA as a kid in 2016 and I remember hating Bennett as a heel. They honestly should have put the strap on him. I left after they cockteased a tv fight for the belt only for it breakdown and move to PPV. The best part for me was the one TV match between Jeff and Matt where Jeff did that high spot that was great.
Great video
I think it was safe to say that in 2016 I was getting bored of watching WWE and that's why I was starting to watch TNA when they moved to pop TV in early 2016 and started watching it a lot from then on 🤔
Wrestlingifs got me into Marky D and I haven't looked back
When did wrestlingifs mention Markyd
@@pleaseshutup7053 Perc angle
2016 is when I gave up on TNA and was still barely watching WWE. I didn't hang on much longer and stopped watching both companies.
Billie Corgan is obviously a massive fan of wrestling considering TNA screwing him over and him losing millions of dollars on it. Glad he finally has TV contract with NWA now
The DCC was going somewhere but Corgan's exit ruined those plans
TNA went to hell when Hulk Hogan and Eric Bishoff came in the company. It was bad enought Vince Russo was on the loose in TNA.