Preview:

 

Venue:

Soundstage 21 of Universal Studios - Orlando, Florida

Wednesday 21st October

 

TV Schedule:

USA: Thursday 29th October on Spike TV at 9/8c

UK: Friday 30th October on Virgin 1 at 9pm

 

TNA iMPACT Debuts On Virgin 1

30th October 2009

 

Virgin 1 is giving Freeview viewers and TNA fans the opportunity to watch "TNA iMPACT" on Virgin 1 on Fridays at 9pm staring on Friday 30th October 2009 in The UK.

 

TNA fans can continue to watch "iMPACT" at its regular time on Bravo on Saturdays at 9pm with encores Sunday 9pm on Bravo 2, Saturday 9am on Bravo, Saturday 7pm on Bravo 2, Sunday 8am on Bravo 2 and Sunday 10am on Bravo 2

 

Kurt Angle And Desmond Wolfe Go To War, Who Attacked AJ?, And Much More

30th October 2009

 

This Friday night, TNA Wrestling debuts on Virgin 1 at 9pm with two hours of Total Nonstop Action iMPACT, as the road to the Sunday 15th November "Turning Point" Pay-Per-View continues. The below is a preview of what is scheduled to take place on the huge broadcast.

 

-Kurt Angle and British newcomer Desmond Wolfe will go to war this week on iMPACT. What will the fallout be from what happened last week between Angle and Wolfe? Can the newcomer top his TNA debut and take the fight to the greatest wrestler in the world? Don't miss it this Friday.

 

-Who attacked TNA World Heavyweight Champion "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles on iMPACT? More on that developing situation this week!

 

-Abyss will battle Dr. Stevie and Daffney in a No DQ Handicap Match

 

-"The Boss" Bobby Lashley will face Eric Young for the TNA Legend's Championship

 

-Plus, in Knockouts action it will be Tara taking on Alissa Flash

 

All this and much more on TNA iMPACT's debut on Virgin 1 this Friday night at 9pm, plus news on the Sunday 15th November "Turning Point" Pay-Per-View event!

Edited October 23, 200915 yr by FreeSpirit

yes, awesome!!!!!

...Something I can watch? For Free?

 

Fudge it, I'll bite - Even if only for a few lols. XD;;;

I can hear TNA fans around the UK and Ireland chanting: "This-is-Awesome"....

...Or somebody watching the first time muttering 'Change the channel'.

 

Not everyone can sit through TNA and agree with it, same thing with the WWE! :D

For a one off, if you ignore the just HORRIBLE story telling, iMPACT is actually a little bit better than RAW right now. I mean, it's still sh*t, but it's a slightly less smelly, smaller sh*t.

Does this deal include the PPVs?

I always felt Bravo had too many adverts and eventually just stopped watching. Probably will watch iMPACT a lot more now.

Nothing is official yet but it seems as though Bravo are looking to change there format in 2010 and Virgin want TNA on there network instead.

 

Here's some more details:

 

http://www.tnarevolution.com/news/2009/10/05/tna-to-air-on-virgin-1-in-the-united-kingdom/

 

The timeslot it will air in is 9:00-10:30pm, which is less than than what they get on Bravo for iMPACT every week so it’ll be interesting to see what deal they have agreed.

 

The potential viewership increase for TNA is good though, Virgin is available to alot more people wherever there paying or it's free through Freeview.

 

Good deal if you ask me.

I have Bravo, I have Virgin. I don't watch Impact now, gave up months ago, and a change of TV won't make me start watching again.

Only an hour and a half?

I doubt half an hour could be cut just by removing some ad breaks.

Then again, maybe less iMPACT is not entirely a bad thing.

sweet, that'll save me downloading it yet. I'd imagine Impact will completely trump Smackdown and Raw viewings now then since its pretty much available to everyone (apart from losers who arent prepared for the switch over yet)

Only an hour and a half?

I doubt half an hour could be cut just by removing some ad breaks.

Then again, maybe less iMPACT is not entirely a bad thing.

 

I think they'll just be cutting the matches out, leaving an hour and a half show.

I doubt half an hour could be cut just by removing some ad breaks.

RAW and Smackdown are only 90mins in length when you take out the commercial breaks, so it is feasible.

And don't they have to put in "From The Vault" to fill up 2 hours? Myth busted.

I don't watch the UK broadcast (I, ahem, acquire the Australian version which doesn't have the 'From the Vault' segment) and it's still 90mins. I do know that 'FtV' is included in the UK edition to keep it to two hours, but that's because we have less breaks than the US.

 

If 'From the Vault' wasn't in the UK edition, the show would run at around 1hr45mins (with UK breaks totalling around 15mins of that), so Smackdown itself is still 90mins worth of the actual show.

I think they'll just be cutting the matches out, leaving an hour and a half show.

 

RAW and Smackdown are only 90mins in length when you take out the commercial breaks, so it is feasible.

 

Smackdown on average comes in around 88 minutes, and the time set on WWE for show length by Sky is 98 minutes pre commercial breaks, hence the FTV.

 

And don't they have to put in "From The Vault" to fill up 2 hours? Myth busted.

 

Myth?!

Credit:

tnawrestling.com

 

TNA WRESTLING FANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: Virgin 1 is giving Freeview viewers and TNA fans the opportunity to watch "TNA iMPACT!" on Virgin 1 on Fridays at 21:00 staring on October 30, 2009.

 

TNA fans can continue to watch "iMPACT!" at its regular time on Bravo on Saturdays at 21:00, with encores Sunday 21:00 on Bravo 2, Saturday 09:00 on Bravo, Saturday 19:00 on Bravo 2, Sunday 08:00 on Bravo 2 and Sunday 10:00 on Bravo 2

 

Well it's been confirmed on tnawrestling.com.

 

I doubt that Virgin 1 will have the first UK broadcast of the week of iMPACT now that it will still continue to air on Bravo, but I'm seriously hoping that it's not episodes from weeks/months ago.

Fridays at 9? Doesnt that clash with Smackdown?

They're only showing it on Virgin1 till early December and then they're stopping. The only reason they're showing it on Freeview temporarily is to get more UK people interested in TNA.

Uh...But Freeview doesn't have Bravo, so even if they GET interested, it doesn't mean they're going to subscribe to satellite just to watch it. That's rather narrow minded thinking, no matter how you slice it.