Welcome
Back, Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling
TNA
Returns on January 13, 2024 At The Hard To Kill Pay-Per-View
From The Palms Casino Resort In Las Vegas, Nevada
TORONTO | CHICAGO – October 21, 2023 – Anthem
Sports & Entertainment, a global, multi-platform
media company, announced today that its professional
wrestling company, IMPACT Wrestling, is returning
to its iconic Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling
name, at “Hard To Kill,” its first pay-per-view
event of 2024, which will originate for the first
time ever from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
The
announcement was made Saturday night at the end of
the “Bound For Glory” pay-per-view, which
aired live around the world in front of a standing-room-only
crowd in Chicago.
TNA
will launch 2024 with Hard To Kill on Saturday, January
13, with a second night of action-packed professional
wrestling – the “Snake Eyes Extravaganza
Show” – at The Palms on Sunday, January
14. The Snake Eyes Extravaganza Show will be taped
to air on the company’s flagship weekly TV show,
Impact!, airing every Thursday night on AXS TV (8
p.m. EST).
“We
still hear the ‘TNA’ chants wherever we
go,” said IMPACT Wrestling President Scott D’Amore.
“Fans have longed for TNA Wrestling, so that’s
what we’re bringing back in 2024: TNA Wrestling,
we’re back!”
Tickets
for both Hard To Kill on January 13 and the Snake
Eyes Extravaganza Show on January 14 will be on-sale
on Friday, November 4, at www.Impactwrestling.com
Company
officials confirmed that the new year will launch
a new-look TNA Wrestling that runs from the entrance
ramp to turnbuckles in the ring to larger, more prestigious
venues and much, much more. Further details on the
TNA Wrestling return will be revealed on Tuesday,
October 24, when D’Amore sits down for an exclusive
interview with Tom Hannifan that will air live on
IMPACT’s Facebook page, starting at 12noon EST.
The Q&A will include questions from worldwide
pro wrestling media.
TNA
Wrestling launched in the summer of 2002 and has long
been known as the most innovative professional wrestling
company in the world. TNA is known for its high-risk,
action-packed X Division matches that have run with
one simple motto: It’s not about weight limits,
it’s about no limits. Stars of the X Division
have included Chris Sabin, with a record 10 title
reigns; A.J. Styles, the first-ever champion; along
with Jay Lethal, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Petey
Williams, Frankie Kazarian and Trey Miguel, among
others.
TNA
is also the home of the prestigious Knockouts Division,
widely regarded as the best women’s division
in all professional wrestling. The Knockouts Division
features Trinity, Deonna Purrazzo, Mickie James, Jordynne
Grace, Gisele Shaw, Masha Slamovich, KiLynn King,
Jessicka and Courtney Rush, among others. Legendary
past Knockouts include Gail Kim, Awesome Kong, The
Beautiful People, Taya Valkyrie, ODB, Tara, Traci
Brooks and so many others.
At
the conclusion of Saturday night’s Bound For
Glory pay-per-view, it was announced that Impact Wrestling
was reverting back to its former name, Total Nonstop
Action, next year. This obviously came as a massive
surprise to everyone watching, and now PWInsider.com
has reported the reasons for the change. One of these
was that the company wanted to unite its history,
and the others were that both international partners
and fans of the product that they surveyed preferred
the original name.
“PWInsider.com
is told by Impact/TNA sources that the decision was
made for several reasons. One, it would “unite”
the fragmented history of the promotion, which at
different times was known as TNA, then Global Force
Wrestling, then finally Impact Wrestling. A secondary
factor in making the decision was that a number of
the company’s international partners preferred
the TNA name and at times, were still using the name
internally. We are also told that the company also
quietly polled long-term fans of the promotion earlier
this year and learned that many of them stated they
preferred the TNA name.”
TNA
was founded by Jeff Jarrett and his late father, Jerry,
in 2002 under the name NWA: Total Nonstop Action,
who took it from slightly above an independent promotion
to a globally recognized brand. Yet, after several
years of being seen as a small-scale competitor to
WWE, financial difficulties saw the promotion struggling
to survive. However, they were saved when Anthem Sports
& Entertainment purchased them in 2017 and renamed
the company Impact Wrestling. Shortly afterward, they
rebranded again to Global Force Wrestling following
a merger, although this was short-lived, and subsequently,
they reverted back to Impact Wrestling.
