Impact officially moving to Monday nights

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Entertainment industry publication Variety is reporting that TNA Wrestling is set to announce on Monday that it's flagship TNA iMPACT! show is moving to Monday nights starting March 8th.

According to Variety.com, iMPACT! will air head-to-head with WWE RAW for 2 hours, from 9-11 p.m. (Eastern time) and will be live every other week.

"We've always wanted to go on Monday nights," said TNA president Dixie Carter. "That's where the wrestling viewing audience is accustomed to being."

Eric Bischoff calls iMPACT! moving to Monday nights "a little bit of history repeating itself. Bischoff said, "This is a great opportunity for TNA to step up and get noticed and showcase their product. I've said since the moment I started talking to Dixie, in my opinion we should go head-to-head with 'Monday Night Raw.' To me, it's a battlefield -- and to win the battle, you have to be on the battlefield."

When asked to comment on WWE's new competition on Monday nights, WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman said, "We're not too concerned. We're in good shape."

I've been trying to tell cetian people around here that WWE is not worried about what TNA is doing and here is conformation. "We're not too concerned." "We're in good shape." That pretty much confirms what I have been trying to tell a someone around here.

Why, Because he said that statement?

Bill Clinton said that he did not have sexual relations with that woman, But did he?

Just because somebody states something, Does not mean it is true. Same goes for both ends.

WWE are concerned, They are not concerned to a degree of Monday Night Wars but once TNA builds up a bigger fan base it will get to that point. WWE are concerned, As they would be with ROH, NJPW etc. There wrestlers are leaving for promotions like these, People are viewing these shows instead of there's (Some anyway), Certain staff members are jumping ship and ROH & TNA consider themselves the alternative.

You cannot argue this, WWE are concerned, to an extent. Saying they are not is obnoxious, Markish and ignorant.

TNA are concerned about PWG and ROH. Do I care? ... No. Does it bother me admitting that? ... No.

If WWE wasn't concerned about TNA, they would let WWE fans carry signs about TNA to their live events.

Exactly right, How about that 'Watch TNA Thurdays on Spike' Blimp at WM 24 that they took out of the DVD lulz

Don't think it matters if WWE is concerned or not. It's beside the point. The point being that it's too early for TNA to be doing this and that they are essentially going to get anally raped from a ratings standpoint. Hell, I could be wrong and I'll be the first to admit it if I am. Hope I am wrong because there are too many talented guys in TNA for that to just be wasted. But the product itself is second rate. And moving to Monday nights, with the largest wrestling company in the world, is going to expose those flaws more. They got higher than usual ratings on the night they did go head-to-head. But you can't exactly debut Hulk Hogan every week. Numbers will start to drop and I think it'll just be a matter of time until TNA goes under. Could be years from now after a good run on Mondays really but it'll happen sooner or later. Either way, good luck to TNA cause there are alot of guys there who deserve to do well.

And I do agree with Sykesy in a way. I don't know if I would use the word concerned but WWE obviously does pay attention to TNA, they know they are there, they just don't acknowledge it. Don't see why you would want to talk about and give any potential exposure to a rival company. I don't know if WWE are concerned with TNA but they are on the radar obviously.

EdgeHead wrote:

If WWE wasn't concerned about TNA, they would let WWE fans carry signs about TNA to their live events.

Sykesy wrote:

Exactly right, How about that 'Watch TNA Thurdays on Spike' Blimp at WM 24 that they took out of the DVD lulz

Umm, I don't think that has nothing to really do with them being concerned, I think that has more to do that WWE doesn't want promote something that doesn't benefit themselves. Let's say they weren't concerned. If they start allowing people to show signs or keep advertisments in their shows for TNA, then that will lead more people to watching TNA and give them a reason to be concerned, it's smarter business, not concern.

Anyways, I do think WWE is concerned about TNA but to a small extent. I think WWE believes that if TNA does became a success that they are able to take them down and remain dominant as they have for the past decade in the wrestling world. I think WWE will be checking TNAs ratings on Monday, compare Raws ratings to before TNA moved to now that they have, and take it from there. I assume if nothing really changes within they next year or so, TNA would probably almost completely drop from WWE's radar.

Sykesy wrote:

Exactly right, How about that 'Watch TNA Thurdays on Spike' Blimp at WM 24 that they took out of the DVD lulz

How many WM 24 DVD's were sold? Why would they allow any product to have totally free promotion on the grandest stage of them all. That would not make any business sense at all. WWE Raw is the highest rated wrestling program of the week. Why would they allow completely free promotion of another wrestling product? That would also be very bad business.

I will go as far as to say WWE is awar of what is going on in TNA, but that does not mean they are concerned. IF Impact's ratings start to creep up and Raw's ratings start to fall, they will have reason for concern. The last time they went head to head, WWE still got higher then usual ratings. WWE has absolutely no reason to be concerned at this point.

“TNA iMPACT!” ON SPIKE TV MOVES TO MONDAY NIGHTS IN 4 WEEKS

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling’s Flagship Series Will Air Live Every Other Week From
Universal Studios In Orlando, Fl.

New York, NY, February 16, 2010 – “TNA iMPACT!,” Spike TV’s highly-rated two-hour weekly series, is moving from Thursday nights to Monday nights beginning Monday, March 8 (9:00-11:00pm ET/PT), it was announced today by TNA President Dixie Carter and legendary pop culture icon Hulk Hogan at a press conference at the “TNA iMPACT! Zone” at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

“TNA iMPACT!” will air live on March 8, with subsequent telecasts live every other week. The series features many of the biggest names in wrestling including Hogan, Ric Flair, Mick Foley and Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, as well as the hottest young talent in the industry: TNA World Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe and “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan.

The first ever Monday live “TNA iMPACT” broadcast on Spike TV, ran as a three-hour special head-to-head against WWE RAW on Monday, January 4, 2010, and drew a franchise-record 2.2 million viewers. Two wrestling companies have not broadcast head-to-head weekly since the “Monday Night Wars” in the late 1990’s between WWE and WCW.

“On January 4 wrestling fans showed us they’re ready for a new professional wrestling alternative on Monday nights, and we’re answering that call. Bringing ‘iMPACT!’ to Mondays is our most exciting move yet in a year that’s already been filled with huge milestones for TNA” said Carter.

"Monday nights are now officially the best night of the week to be a fan of professional wrestling," Hogan said. "My mantra has been 'change is coming' since partnering with Dixie Carter and TNA Wrestling. This change is great for the business and all fans of professional wrestling will benefit because of it."

"TNA iMPACT! has emerged as one of cable's top performers with young men, said Spike TV President Kevin Kay. "With NFL Football off the television schedule and with "TNA iMPACT’s" expanding roster of top wrestling talent, we see this as an opportunity to tap into the millions of wrestling fans on Monday nights."

Since its founding in 2002, Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling has become the world’s fastest growing professional wrestling company, currently airing in over 120 countries worldwide.