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{{About|the television program|the video game|TNA Impact! (video game)}}
{{Infobox television
|show_name=TNA Impact!
|image=[[File:TNA Impact Logo.png|250px|TNA Impact!]]
|genre=[[Professional wrestling]], [[Hardcore wrestling]], [[Lucha libre]], [[sports entertainment]]
|opentheme="Cross the Line" by AD/AM<ref name=themeadam>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1127/84/|title= Watch The Open To The Live HD iMPACT|date=2006-10-16|oublisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|accessdate=2009-07-26|quote=On Thursday's "iMPACT!" on SpikeTV, viewers saw the debut of the new "Cross The Line" music video from up-and-coming independent hard rock band "AD/AM".}}</ref>
|camera=[[Multiple-camera setup]]
|runtime=88 minutes
|creator=[[Jeff Jarrett]]<br/>[[Vince Russo]]<br/>[[Dutch Mantel]]
|starring=[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling roster]]
|country=United States
|location=[[TNA Impact! Zone|Impact! Zone]]
|network=[[Fox Sports Net]] (2004 – 2005)<br/>[[Webcast]]/[[Urban America Television]] (limited markets) (2005)<br/>[[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] (2005 – present)
|first_aired={{Start date|2004|6|4}}
|last_aired=present
|num_episodes=294 (<small>as of February 25, 2010</small>)
|website=http://www.tnawrestling.com/tv
}}

'''''TNA Impact!''''' (stylized as "'''''TNA iMPACT!'''''") is a [[professional wrestling]] [[television program]] for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) that currently airs on in the United States and Canada on [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/tv/coverage.html|title=TNA Coverage List|accessdate=2007-06-25|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}</ref>, and airs on [[Bravo (UK TV channel)|Bravo]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. ''TNA Impact'' is filmed at the [[TNA Impact! Zone|Impact! Zone]] ([[Sound stage|Soundstage]] 21 at the [[Universal Studios Florida]] theme park of [[Universal Orlando Resort]] in [[Orlando, Florida]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalorlando.com/Shows/tna_wrestling.aspx|title=Universal Studios Florida - Live Shows - TNA Wrestling|accessdate=2007-07-06|publisher=Universal Orlando Resort}}</ref> Tapings of the show are held biweekly on Mondays and Tuesdays and admission is free.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/show/20271|title=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling On Spike TV! - Live Events|accessdate=2008-03-28|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}</ref> The show's current opening theme is "Cross the Line" by AD/AM.<ref name=themeadam/>

==History==
===Fox Sports Net era: May 2004 - May 2005===
In May 2004, TNA announced that they had negotiated a television deal with [[Fox Sports Net]] (FSN) where they would get a one-hour timeslot on Fridays in most markets, putting TNA on unrestricted cable and satellite for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2004/articles/1084322920.php|title=NWA: TNA’s TV deal officially signed, Latest on Hirohito angle, WWE trademarks|accessdate=2007-03-10|date=2004-05-05|last=Gray|first=Richard|publisher=Lords of Pain}}</ref> TNA began taping ''TNA Impact'' that month and aired the first episode on June 4, 2004. ''Impact'' was also syndicated throughout Canada (on [[Réseau des sports|RDS]]) and Europe (on [[The Fight Network (UK & Ireland)|The Wrestling Channel]] and, also later, both [[Eurosport]] [[Bravo (UK TV channel)|Bravo]] and [[Bravo 2]]). TNA's contract with FSN expired in May 2005 and was not renegotiated, with the last episode airing on May 27, 2005. The series as a whole gained little success, averaging a 0.2 household rating.

===Webcasts===
TNA was left with no television deal and, therefore, had no means of promoting their [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|monthly pay-per-views]] (although ''Impact'' did continue to air on certain regional networks in place of ''[[TNA Xplosion]]''). On July 1, TNA began offering new episodes of ''Impact'' through their website, first using [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]] [[Uploading and downloading|downloads]], then by [[Streaming media|streaming]] through [[RealPlayer]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.johng.co.uk/2005/06/25/tna-officially-via-bit-torrent/|title=TNA Officially via Bit Torrent|accessdate=2007-03-19|date= 2005-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://prowrestlingimpact.blogspot.com/2005/06/tna-reaches-deal-with-real-broadcast.html| title=TNA Reaches Deal With Real Broadcast Network To Stream "iMPACT!" News|accessdate=2007-03-19|date=2005-06-30}}</ref> To save on production costs, four hours of ''Impact'' were recorded in a day and made available throughout the subsequent month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1121846796.shtml|title=Impact! Taping Results from Orlando, FL for the next four weeks|accessdate=2007-01-09|date=2005-07-20|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>

===Spike era===
At the same time, TNA began seeking a more profitable television outlet, finally negotiated a Saturday night timeslot with Spike TV, now known simply as [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]], and started airing ''Impact'' on October 1, 2005. Two episodes were taped every other Tuesday, airing them on the subsequent Saturday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1121972935.shtml|title=More on TNA's new television deal with Spike TV; debut & taping schedule|accessdate=2007-01-09|date= 2005-07-21|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> TNA's syndication contracts for ''Impact'' on local TV channels, from after the FSN contract, were converted to contracts for TNA's syndicated show, ''TNA Xplosion''. They are no longer paying for the timeslot, though Spike controls their advertising revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1123737280.shtml|title= Notes on TNA's debut on Spike TV in October, advertising situation, more|accessdate=2007-01-09|date=2005-08-11|publisher= WrestleView}}</ref> Because of viewership growth, ''Impact'' was moved to Thursdays in April 2006, and later to an earlier primetime slot in November. Tapings were moved to Tuesdays.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/144962855.shtml|title=TNA Changes iMPACT! Taping To Mondays|accessdate=2007-01-01|date= 2006-03-21|publisher=TNA Wrestling News}}</ref>

In June 2006, episodes of ''Impact'' became available at the [[iTunes Store]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/153949246.shtml|title=No Surrender Note, iMPACT!/ITunes, & More|accessdate=2007-01-01| date=2006-07-03|publisher=TNA Wrestling News}}</ref>

====Two hour expansion (2007–present)====
''Impact'' expanded to two hours on October 4, 2007, still starting at the same time.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1522|title=TNA Wrestling Goes Two Hours On SpikeTV Starting October 4| accessdate=2007-09-10|date= 2007-09-09|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}</ref>
On January 17, 2008, Spike presented an event entitled "Global iMPACT!", which featured TNA wrestlers in matches against talent of [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]].<ref>[http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/item/1687 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling On Spike TV!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

On March 27, ''Impact!'' aired live for the first time in the show's history in its regular timeslot.

Announced in a release on TNAwrestling.com on April 2, 2008, TNA came to terms on a deal that had "Impact" airing in Australia starting April 5. Up until then, TNA had only broadcast their monthly pay-per-view events on Main Event. Impact now airs every Saturday at 10:00 p.m.

On October 23, 2008, TNA aired its first Impact! outside of the Impact! Zone in Orlando. It was broadcasted from [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]. TNA also made the transition to [[High-definition television|HD]] and announced that all Impacts! after this would be broadcast in High Definition.

On January 4, 2010 ''Impact!'' went head-to-head for the first time with TNA rival-promotion [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE)'s ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''. This would be the first time since March 2001 that two major wrestling promotions went head-to-head in a Monday night television ratings competition. TNA advertised the debut of [[Hulk Hogan]] and his return to professional wrestling; WWE promoted the return of [[Bret Hart]] to ''Raw'', who last made an appearance in November 1997 before the [[Montreal Screwjob]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/other/story/1410650.html|title=Criticizing, praising TNA, WWE on Monday night|last=Fishman|first=Scott|date=5 January 2010|publisher=[[Miami Herald]]|accessdate=9 January 2010}}</ref> On this night, ''Impact!'' was watched by 2.2 million viewers, the highest in the show's history; ''Raw'' was watched by 5.6 million viewers, the most since August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/font_color_770000_CALDWELL_S_TAKE_font_12/article_37912.shtml|title=Caldwell: Instant Analysis on the WWE Raw & TNA Impact TV Ratings|last=Caldwell|first=James|date= 2010-01-05|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch|accessdate=2010-01-09}}</ref>

====Move to Mondays (2010)====
On February 15, 2010, [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) made the announcement That ''Impact!'' would move to Monday nights beginning on March 8, 2010.<ref name="tnawar">{{cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015194.html?categoryid=14&cs=1|title=TNA wrestling to move to Spike - Weekly series to compete against WWE on Mondays|date=2010-02-14|last=Schneider|first=Michael|accessdate=2010-02-15|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The show will air live on a bi-weekly basis and taped the other week.

==Content==
{{update|section}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size: 95%"
|+[[Nielsen ratings|Television ratings]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/nwa/impactrat.htm| title=NWA TNA Impact Ratings|accessdate=2007-04-05|publisher= Wrestling Information Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wrestlingalert.com/ratings.php|title=Ratings|accessdate= 2007-04-05|publisher=WrestlingAlert}}</ref>
! Channel {{small|(timeslot)}} !! Avg. rating
|-
|| [[Fox Sports Net|FSN]] {{small|(Fri. 3pm)}} || 0.2
|-
|| [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] {{small|(Sat. 11pm)}} || 0.7
|-
|| Spike {{small|(Thu. 11pm)}} || 0.9
|-
|| Spike {{small|(Thu. 9pm)}} || 1.0
|-
|| Spike {{small|(Thu. 9pm; 2hrs)}} || 1.2
|-
|| Spike {{small|(Sat. Morning Replay 9am; 2hrs)}} || 0.2
|-
|}
''Impact'' generally features four to seven matches over the course of the two hour show, as well as numerous [[List of professional wrestling terms|interviews]] and segments interspersed between the matches.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/quickresults/index.html|title=Quick Results Archive|accessdate=2007-09-16|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}</ref> Due to the nature of the wrestling business, advertisements for merchandise and upcoming [[pay-per-view]] events often serve as bookmarks for the commercial segments.

When ''Impact'' was on [[Fox Sports Net]], all matches had a time limit (10 minutes for normal singles matches and 20 for tag team matches and the main event) and the station's [[FoxBox (sports)|Fox Box]] was used.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/tv_reports/32221/Sudden-Impact:-6.04.04.htm|title=Sudden Impact: 6.04.04|date=2004-06-04|accessdate=2007-09-16| publisher=411mania}}</ref> In the event of a time limit draw, the winner was determined by the NWA Championship Committee, a group consisting of three veteran wrestlers. Since leaving the channel, TNA discarded the time limit concept, but in late 2009, TNA brought back the time limits.

===Roster===
{{Main|List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees}}

===Commentators===
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #FCFDFF; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! Commentators || Dates
|-
|[[Mike Tenay]] and [[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]]
|June 4, 2004 – August 13, 2009
|-
|Mike Tenay and [[Tazz|Taz]]
|August 20, 2009 - present<ref>http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1651/84/</ref>
|}

===Management Director===
{{Main|Professional wrestling authority figures#Total Nonstop Action Wrestling authority figures|l1=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling authority figures}}

===Special Episodes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Episode Title
! Date
! Rating
! Note
|-
|Live ''Impact!''
|March 27, 2008
|1.0<ref name="liveiMPACT!rating">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2008/1206745205.shtml|title=Final 3/27 TNA Impact rating - first live show does disappointing number|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-06-17|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref><ref name="Gerweck08">{{cite web|url=http://www.gerweck.net/ratings08.htm|title=2008 Nielsen Television Ratings|publisher=Gerweck.net| accessdate=2009-08-15}}</ref>
|{{small|First live Impact! ever.}}
|-
|Live HD ''Impact!''
|October 23, 2008
|1.1<ref name="Gerweck08"/>
|{{small|First live HD ''Impact!'' outside of the Impact! Zone.}}
|-
|''Impact!'' 200
|July 30, 2009
|1.3<ref name="Gerweck09">{{cite web|url=http://www.gerweck.net/ratings09.htm|title=2009 Nielsen Television Ratings|publisher= Gerweck.net|accessdate=2009-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1249333163.php|title=Final 7/30 Impact rating|publisher=WrestleView|date=2009-08-03|accessdate=2009-08-17|first=Adam|last=Martin}}</ref>
|{{small|200th episode of ''Impact!'' on Spike.}}
|-
|Super ''Impact!''
|October 15, 2009
|0.94<ref name="Gerweck09"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1255990784.php|title=10/15 three-hour Impact rating|publisher=Wrestle View|date=2009-10-19|accessdate=2009-11-09|first=Adam|last=Martin}}</ref>
|{{small|Special 3 hour episode of ''Impact!'' leading up to [[Bound for Glory (2009)|Bound for Glory]].}}
|-
|New Years Knockout Eve
|December 31, 2009
|0.6<ref name="Gerweck09"/>
|{{small|4 Hour All Knockout edition of ''Impact!'' Also featured the Top 3 PPV matches of 2009 as voted by the fans.}}
|-
|Monday Night ''Impact!''
|January 4, 2010
|1.5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1262734175.php?style=dark|title=TNA Impact delivers highest rating |publisher=WrestleView|first=Steve|last=Gerweck|date=2010-01-05|accessdate=2010-01-06}}</ref><ref name="Gerweck10">{{cite web|url= http://www.gerweck.net/ratings.htm|title=2010 Nielsen Television Ratings|publisher=Gerweck.net|accessdate=2010-01-07}}</ref>
|{{small|Live 3 hour edition of ''Impact!'' airing on a Monday.}}
|-
|}

===Recurring segments===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=15%|Segment
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=10% |Type
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=15%|Host(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=10%|Years active
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=45%|Notes
|-
|Rough Cut
|Interview segment
|TNA Roster
|February 2008 - April 2009
|{{small|A in-depth interview about someone's life and career in professional wrestling. Also used as a video package interview to hype feuds between two or more wrestlers, on some occasions}}
|-
|$25,000 Fan Challenge
|Wrestling Challenge
|[[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]]<br> w/[[Cheerleader Melissa|Raisha Saeed]]
|May 2008 - July 2008
|{{small|A "fan" ([[kayfabe]]) enters the ring to compete with Awesome Kong. If they win they get $25,000 and the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship|TNA Knockout Championship]]. The contest ended with [[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] defeating her, making her the third champion in history.}}
|-
|Karen's Angle
|Interview segment
|[[Karen Angle]]
|July 2008 - October 2008
|{{small|Karen hosts a talk show interview segment. The segment came to an end when it was revealed on Impact! that Karen was taking time off to focus on her family.}}
|-
|O.D.B.'s Angle / Trash Talking with O.D.B.
|Interview segment
|[[Jessica Kresa|O.D.B.]]
|November 2008 -
|{{small|Took the place of Karen's Angle after she left the company.}}
|-
|Hardcore History 101
|Interview segment
|[[Mick Foley]]
|February 2009 - April 2009
|{{small|Behind the scenes stories from Foley's career.<ref>http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1295/84/</ref>}}
|-
|Off the Wagon Challenge
|Wrestling challenge
|[[Beer Money, Inc.]]<br><small>([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]])</small>
|February 2009 - April 2009
|{{small|Open challenge for Beer Money's [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]. If the challengers lose by pin or submission, the wrestler who was pinned or submitted is [[Kayfabe#"You're fired!" and "I quit!"|fired]].}}
|}

==International broadcasters==
In addition to being broadcast on [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] in the [[United States]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1101/35/|title=United States Global TV Listings|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|date=September 28, 2007|accessdate=November 9, 2009}}</ref> ''TNA Impact!'' is also broadcast internationally in many different countries.
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Network !! Ref
|-
|[[Australia]]
|[[Fox8]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/217/35/|title=Australia Global TV Listings|accessdate=2009-11-09| publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Austria]], [[Germany]] and [[Switzerland]]
|[[Sky Deutschland]]
|<ref name="Europe"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sky.de/web/cms/de/select-wrestling-tna.jsp|title=TNA Wrestling on the Sky Deutschland Website|accessdate=2009-11-09|publisher=[[Sky Deutschland]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Canada]]
|[[The Fight Network]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/213/35/|title=Canada Global TV Listings|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|date=2007-09-28|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chad]], [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]],<br>[[Nigeria]], [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Zimbabwe]]
|[[Setanta Sports]] Africa
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_37578.shtml|title=TNA News: TNA signs TV deal in Africa for Impact and monthly PPVs|publisher=PWTorch|date=2009-12-22|accessdate=2009-12-22}}</ref>
|-
|[[Denmark]]
|[[Canal 9 (Denmark)|Canal 9]]
|<ref name="Europe"/>
|-
|[[France]]
|[[W9 (TV channel)|W9]]
|<ref name="Europe"/>
|-
|[[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Maldives]],<br>[[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]]
|[[ESPN Star Sports]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/215/35/|title=India/Asia Global TV Listings|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|date=2007-09-28|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
|-
|[[Israel]]
|EGO Total
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/216/35/|title=Middle East/Africa Global TV Listings|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|date=2007-09-28|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
|-
|[[Italy]]
|[[GXT]]
|<ref name="Europe"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gxt.it/gxt-ke-ti-guardi-scheda_programma.php?id=12|title=TNA Impact on GXT's website|publisher=[[GXT]]|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mexico]]
|52MX
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/212/35/|title=Mexico Global TV Listings|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|date=2007-09-28|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
|-
|[[Portugal]]
|[[Sport TV]]
|<ref name="Europe"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporttv.pt/Modalidades/Wrestling.asp|title=Wrestling on Sport TV's website| publisher=[[Sport TV]]|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
|-
|[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[United Kingdom]]
|[[Bravo (UK TV channel)|Bravo]]
|<ref name="Europe">{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/214/35/|title=Europe Global TV Listings|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|date=2007-09-28|accessdate=2009-11-09}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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