The Rise And Fall Of TNA

From the birth of TNA in 2002 with its weekly PPVs and rising stars such as AJ Styles and James Storm to the Hulk Hogan/Eric Bischoff era to its eventual transformation into IMPACT Wrestling, Dixie Carter's former outfit has seen countless changes and many highs and lows. This is The Rise And Fall Of TNA.
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[@justinpeterson3686]

Let's bring in the guys who brought down WCW; brilliant move Dixie Carter.

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

Imean it worked for Vince

[@moonsaves]

@@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd Difference is that he didn't give them creative control.

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

@@moonsaves yeah he did Eric have full creative controll over Monday night raw and Heyman had full creative controll on smackdown vi ce just moderated it through conference calls Paul Heyman did a shoot interview about it. This difference is Vince is not a fan of wresting Dixie Carter is.

[@JungleBunkRootsMusic2022]

@@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd Eric bischoff had no creative control on raw, he was just an on screen character.

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

@@JungleBunkRootsMusic2022 Paul Heyman did an interview where he said they had creative controll you can look it up my guy

[@kamek7246]

The six sided ring was honestly my favorite part about TNA

[@kevinpayton2664]

It was one of my favorite things about the company.

[@songokussj3]

Indeed, it made them stand out and there were more options for moves. For instance, with Monty Brown, it made his Pounce far more entertaining because you could see it from more angles.

[@MegatronYES]

As awesome as it was…. it is quite known at this point that the workers HATED it

[@LordGrim1313]

A lame attempt to look like MMA.

[@westyorkshireaudit1254]

Yes 👍

[@josedelgado8247]

I will always remember TNA for having the superior female wrestling matches. The knockouts made the WWE divas look lame. the beautiful people was perhaps my favorite stable; they were what LayCool aimed to be

[@cjvaye99]

right. everyone talks about the women's revolution in wwe but dont ever mentioned TNA beat them to it by almost a decade. They were putting on great women's matches way before WWE.

[@bigguyCIA4u]

WWE women's wresting was terrible back in the 2000s. They just took a bunch of models and threw them in the ring

[@ShutUpAndLoveMe62]

I loved the Knockouts!! I had so much Beautiful People, Awesome Kong, and Gail Kim merch. I also go to meet most of them in Orlando and they were super nice!!

[@jacksonloram7887]

@@bigguyCIA4u My dad only let me watch wrestling if I told him when the divas matches were on

[@raven_nevermore888]

Couldn't agree with you more

[@AceTrainerLiam]

Man I loved TNA back in the day.

[@smarkslowplay3512]

2004-06 was their golden era. Maybe second half of 2009 too

[@CreamFraiche]

Woah a wild Liam appears! Not expecting that lol

[@AceTrainerLiam]

@Tomjo5 Impact is fantastic today, correct. That doesn’t mean can’t reminisce about the golden days, nor does it mean it didn’t have its very rocky patches. Part of loving something is being able to recognise its flaws.

[@bunyan4.20]

Me to i watched it since the start when you had to pay 10 bucks every week to watch it on PPV i loved TNA too bad Dixie Carter and them ruined TNA it slowly went down hill after that it got so bad i had to quit watching and i have never been able to get back into it since then i have tried i just can't do it

[@syedviqar5011]

Yeah I became instant aj styles fan watching tna

[@VanillaBear9915]

I always thought of TNA as the poor mans WWE. Although now that I'm older, I see that they had made some of the best wrestlers and gimmicks around

[@RegularGuy1998]

I remember watching Abyss for the first time and thought: this guy is cool as hell

[@vampirascoffin870]

Eventho he was a low budget kane/mankind

[@JustJames83]

Knock off early Mankind. Still good though

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

Abyss the idiot! Proud owner of Hogan's HoF ring... amazing

[@tamarperrilliat4292]

He had a mankind undertaker bar hopper vibe to him

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Joseph Park Esq

[@williamhild1793]

The downfall of TNA was caused by one word... "....., Brother!"

[@taylormay420rodgers]

The Broken Hardys Saved it for a bit a few years ago. ... but when they left to ROH so did the viewers

[@elneco4654]

And the rise was caused by that exact same word... Except this time, it was followed by Nero.

[@hatsunemikufanboy]

nah it was caused by the word ... "bro"

[@green49285]

The fact that he & flair had a no holds barred match is still fucking crazy to me.

[@nick56677]

In the TNA press conference announcing the move to Monday Nights, Dixie said Hogan was the fuel. Yes Hogan was the fuel....The Gas that burned the entire building down!

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

Impact is still hands down the best with booking women. The Knockouts are gold

[@willkayl8793]

Wait, you mean WWE and more importantly Steph McMahon didn’t invent and solely make popular Women’s wrestling? Back when it was TNA, they gave women the most time and the most attention. When Vince was giving us bra and panties BS, TNA was putting on actual matches. I loved TNA’s Women’s division and I love the Knockouts Division now.

[@laraspace6139]

so true.

[@DrKartoffelsalat]

The Knockouts were and are still a standout, and together with the X division what made TNA something you could enjoy. The rest may have been largely meh, but those two divisions were always impressive.

[@wyrw]

HHH and NXT have done really well promoting the women's side, but when you look at the difference in talent you have to give it to TNA

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

@@wyrw see Trips did a lot for the women in NXT, but I can't forgive what happened with Chyna in the grand scheme

[@JungleBunkRootsMusic2022]

I have no idea why dixie would hire the people who destroyed wcw. Hell, the only reason why tna existed in the first place was because of the damage Hogan, bischoff and co inflicted on wcw. Dixie was a rubbish leader

[@aaronh3347]

Well one she isn't the smartest person in the world, but at the time there was a pretty limited amount of people who really knew how to run a wrestling promotion, and WWE was running 3 shows, ROH was up and down but still running shows, and those people were willing to come work for her and Impact. And you could make a case that Russo did some good, and that Hogan and EB did some things right, they just made really bad mistakes too and Dixie didn't really know when to say no or how to assert her ownership to benefit her company. I would say ideally EB or Paul Heyman would have been the best choices to run the company without Hogan or the others.

[@danthonyallen6168]

I hated Dixie! She was terrible

[@BaronTMan]

I imagine both Hogan and Biscoff are very persuasive people, heck how many times have biscoff worked with WWE?

[@TheOldSchoolGamer93]

To be fair Bischoff and Hogan were also responsible for beating wwf in ratings for consecutive years. Problem was she forgot it wasn't 1995 anymore.

[@Hatchbasic]

Bischoff didn’t kill wcw, what Russo did was much worse but then again, Dixie kept bringing in Russo

[@tolgaozatc4442]

It's too shame that Bobby Roode's 2011-2013 run was never mentioned in this video. The IT Factor of Professional Wrestling was hell of a gimmick. He carried the company for a long time. And it actually was the Bobby Roode we all wanted to see on WWE's main roster. That was the time I like TNA most. And if we wanna speak about TNA we should mention. Mr. Anderson. He show what he can do in WWE if it wasnt Randy Orton incident. Loved early 2010s TNA unlike the most people.

[@RogueBlackOp]

It was a bright spot in the Bischoff/Hogan era. Roode was the perfect heel champ and I loved it

[@Ykwhat75]

No he is mid

[@fmgmack]

Mr. Anderson Vs Kurt Angle is the greatest non title feud in recent wrestling history

[@maxacorn]

the leader of the selfish generation. i loved robert roode so damn much during that time.

[@cngotham4111]

I also liked the sting joker gimmick and his group.

[@leemarshall674]

The decline didn't start in 2007. They started turning a profit around 2008 and were doing their highest ratings during the Main Event Mafia period. Things began to decline when Hogan and Bischoff came in after that one big rating on their debut show.

[@capturedbyjacob7852]

I agree, they were pretty solid half way through the 10’s!

[@ddjsoyenby]

yup 2007-2009 was a high point.

[@Mrfurg10]

Everything Bishoff touches dies along with hogan

[@anxofmyown]

Funny how everyone says the high period of TNA aligns with Jim Cornettes time there🎾

[@keithbellair9508]

I thoughy hogan did great.. the bully/ hogan feud was awesome

[@mackisepic3279]

I feel like Impact is at this point of surviving in the wrestling landscape and being expected to survive for the future to come but not really being all that relevant. It is FASCINATING

[@themadoneplays7842]

I dunno Impact has made a huge comeback and could still have a bright future ahead of it.

[@mackisepic3279]

@@themadoneplays7842 well, you have a point. I do genuinely hope that Impact gets back a genuine loyal fan base. Just feels like Impact is only occasionally discussed when a huge signing or event happens instead of keeping interest consistently

[@taylormay420rodgers]

impact is on life support... cant watch it without seeing people from other companies if it be njpw or aew been like this for a long time

[@themadoneplays7842]

@@taylormay420rodgers Actually Impact being a partner with AEW and NJPW is actually a good thing as it allows its own stars to go over in other promotions and boost its own numbers, I mean it is what saved WWE during the heyday of WCW. Yes it's not ideal but cross promotion is a good thing.

[@james_the_animator]

I think Impact is going to stay at the level they’re at right now, not growing or declining significantly. The AEW partnership likely won’t last much longer.

[@gatesofwrestling]

Loved TNA as a kid. AJ, Jeff, Joe, Sting, Aries, Roode, James Storm, Amazing Red, Motorcity machine guns, Suicide, & Bully fucking Ray

[@TheDukeofMadness]

TNA knew how to use Samoa Joe and AJ Styles. That triple threat match with Christopher Daniels at Unbreakable 2005 is one of the best I've ever seen.

[@Blaklyon0]

True but, that damn face paint idea that, must of been dreamed up by Vince Russo, was dumb... If rubbed off half way into the match and wasn't legit looking at all... Looked like some cheap vinyl tape or latex paint.

[@ThemagnificentMichael]

Yeah that’s how I remember tna

[@JeffreyMarksWorld]

AJ Styles sure. But Joe? Absolutely not it's hard to believe someone would actually say something like that

[@GlenNewsome]

Steiner Math is one of the greatest promos ever.

[@RealGateGuardian]

Dear GOD is that the greatest promo I've seen in years.

[@johndonald9239]

Even covid-19 pandemic fail to kill TNA or now known as Impact Wrestling, this shown that this promotion is hard to kill

[@whyphy2213]

IMPACT Wrestling will last for along time

[@starbreaker269]

Why would anyone want a company to go out of business

[@samoanjoseph1457]

It may not have killed them but it did cost them some talent. Though with all the cuts WWE made, they were able to make up the difference.

[@gorilla8811]

TNA won't get down, Same with ROH, they're not the types of promotions to go out

[@nick56677]

TNA Impact is still around in the same sense MySpace is still around. Still better than WWE tho

[@THISissockwormadness]

Man I used to love TNA. Being a kid living in England meant I could never watch WWE because it was on so late but TNA was always on midday on the Challange channel (I’m pretty sure it was that). I remember Angle and Joe dominating and I remember how damn fun and entertaining it was.

[@songokussj3]

Yeah it was challenge, but it was a very entertaining product. If I could be honest, that era of TNA is probably my favourite, even moreso than the attitude Era (don't stone me!), I think my all time favourite part of TNA was the World Cup (the series with Canada, UK, Japan, Mexico etc).

[@MG-wk2eh]

I remember TNA when it was on The Wrestling Channel (now called the Fight Channel or something) back in 2005/2006. It must've moved to Challenge much later. I used to watch WWE SmackDown! on Saturday nights when it was on Sky One but couldn't watch it when they moved it to Sky Sports in early 2005 as my family didn't subscribe to the sports channels. I'd never heard of TNA but thought it reminded me of WWE when I found it. I remember Kurt Angle joining TNA but lost interest in pro-wrestling shortly after that as I was in my teens by that point.

[@JF-jh6nl]

Facts

[@stuartheaps4941]

It was on Bravo I'm sure.

[@Monaayy29]

2005-09 TNA is the best TNA

[@danthonyallen6168]

Christopher Daniels A.J. Styles Samoa Joe Kurt Angle Beer Money Inc. LAX Amazing Red Consequences Creed (Xavier Woods) What a time to be alive 💪🏽💯

[@smgkrys5737]

I would say the era right after that was the best 09-13

[@Monaayy29]

@@smgkrys5737 sorry I couldn't get into Hogan and Bischoff

[@smgkrys5737]

@@Monaayy29 I didn’t really like that shit either but the roster wasn’t bad and I liked some of there storylines around that time like aces and 8s

[@Monaayy29]

@@smgkrys5737 oh most definitely

[@poyodiablo26]

MarkyD123 can tell you all about TNA

[@rasslebaby]

Nah he’d just tell you to shuv it

[@emeraldambience275]

Haha yeah, he has good knowledge on TNA than anyone I've seen in YT.

[@siegel177]

Be careful or he'll Smack ya One!

[@richborn6700]

No thanks that channel is garbage

[@AdrianM865]

Big homie Marky!

[@whyphy2213]

Impact is on the rise again since Don Callis and Scott D’Amore came in as VPs. Just like High School Musical, it was the start of something new

[@suneater98]

Random fact I like high school musical 2😂

[@smarkslowplay3512]

Lol how??

[@Hatchbasic]

No it’s not

[@whyphy2213]

@@suneater98 HSM 2 also had some good songs

[@starbreaker269]

@@Hatchbasic yes they are they are working with new japan and aew and are in a really stable position

[@DowleBFC]

I went off WWE and TNA was my hook back into wrestling. So many new to me wrestlers that I grew to like; AJ, Daniels, Samoa Joe, Motor City Machine Guns, Beer Money, Monty Brown, Abyss, Petey Williams, LAX.

[@dukeyxxyz]

The sad thing is TNA had so much potential before the Hogan Era. I was so bored with WWE at the time and just happened to catch an episode of TNA at the time and while I thought it was kind of lame at first, I kept watching and got hooked on it because of the amazing talent they had. I've always especially enjoyed tag team wrestling and they by far had the best tag team roster at the time.

[@sosababiiali4841]

Eric Bischoff is constantly in the news talking about Tony Khan and aew but he still failed to take WWE down twice because at the time that him and Hogan showed up on tna they had a pretty good roster until they came with their out-of-touch booking and bringing half their friends and the company

[@chrisshaw5117]

Their downfall was when Dixie Carter took over and then turn around and got Hogan & Bischoff involved. Then they got rid of the six-sided ring that was the end of the downfall

[@VileSyndicxte]

One company that should've been so much more than it currently is, is Ring of Honor. Decades worth of AMAZING talent in a company constantly hindered by sh!tty management choices.

[@jordancourtney9142]

ROH just didn’t have the capital, production value, and presentation to complete. The market for good like purist wrestling wasn’t quite big enough for roh to blow up. This is kinda why you see roh with all of these like wrestling observer awards and stuff but no real like mass impact.

[@impalaman9707]

AEW just needs to gather up all the good talent remaining from ROH (i.e., Jay Lethal, the Briscoes) and sign them next, because not only are they a perfect fit for AEW, but those guys deserve, and have for a long time, been deserving to be seen on a larger stage than what ROH is providing.

[@james_the_animator]

@@impalaman9707 The Briscoes have a history of problematic behavior (including Jay’s homophobic tweets and the Confederate bandanas they used to often wear), so I think some AEW fans might have a problem with them coming in. Lethal is surrounded by rumors too, ranging from sexual harassment to political manipulations.

[@lillegend_4835]

IMPACT and ROH should merge into one company...

[@impalaman9707]

@@lillegend_4835 I don't know. ROH likes to think of themselves as more for the "smart" fans than Impact. Impact is kinda dumb. Maybe an NWA/ROH merger would work better

[@SadwichPunch2100]

Thank you for giving a fair assessment of TNA, rather than just crapping all over them. They get a lot shit, deservedly so in most cases, but for a brief time in the mid to late 00s they were great.

[@yousafihsan167]

Man back when TNA had established stars like Kurt Angle booker sting and future stars like joe styles and roode . They could have been miles better than what they are now

[@girijathesaviour9290]

Forgetting Christian??

[@jackhughes7637]

@@girijathesaviour9290 Christian isn't on the same level as the above

[@girijathesaviour9290]

@@jackhughes7637 no, he is above

[@jackhughes7637]

@@girijathesaviour9290 I mean that's revisionist history. Christian was a skinny midcarder and to say he was above icons of the business like Kurt Angle and Sting is hilarious.

[@girijathesaviour9290]

@@jackhughes7637 umm nope was quite beefed up during his TNA run

[@pimpdaddysatan]

The X Scaffold match, with Rhino.. is one of my favorite matches I remember from those days!! That shit was crazy!!

[@ReaverPrime]

The Unbreakable match remains to this day the best match TNA ever put on. It has everything a good match needs to be great. It is also one of the best multi-man matches any wrestling organization has ever put on.

[@Danielpeter2344]

I saw TNA at Universal Studios back in the day. That was so cool for me as a kid. I had never been to a WWE show, but was a huge fan at the time, so seeing any kind of live pro wrestling show was a great experience for me.

[@foreverforgiven1133]

Dixie Carter looking like Celine Dion in the thumbnail 😂

[@thewrestler9184]

I don't know why the video is told as if the company's out of business. The company's still around & still going strong, at least by their standards. They're not as big as WWE or AEW (though they're partners now) but they're still a big promotion. Heck at the very least I think we can all agree they've surpassed ROH now as the third biggest American wrestling promotion.

[@ryancollins2355]

Impact is alive, TNA is dead

[@ppicaso1458]

Strange in 2016 or 2017 they fell bellow RoH as #2 in NA, RoH was getting all this attention similar to how AEW is now. Now no one talks about them. You will literally not find any videos on current RoH. Even NWA gets mentioned more than them. MLW gets a few fist pumps.

[@zarostheemptylord5893]

@@ryancollins2355 well said..it died the day they let Hogan get rid of the 6 sided ring for the standard 4 just so he could feel more comfortable for the few matches he did

[@SsnakeBite]

Honestly, I gotta respect TNA/Impact Wrestling just for still being around in one shape or another. People have been announcing its death on a weekly basis for years and yet here they are, still chugging along, still making deals with pretty big companies and still having a unique identity.

[@wheatgrinder83]

I know, right? Episode 1000 of Impact! coming in September, too.

[@sibi__24]

IMPACT WRESTLING IS HARD TO KILL

[@karlitosway7474]

It’s like a antibiotic resistant bacteria

[@jamelaelexaaran7479]

hence why they named a PPV after it

[@JamesBuggemo]

You lot have been on fire with the non-wrestling news segments.

[@katebaxenden2927]

TNA helped me get through a really tough time thank you for all the happy times you gave me I will cherish this always

[@kidgrim1902]

Long Live TNA! Thank you for trying to keep wrestling alive during the dark years 🥺

[@karlc2869]

TNA's never ending potshots also contributed to them becoming a shell of their former glory. Thank you Dixie and Russo!

[@nishitgautam5524]

My first ever piece of wrestling merch was a set of TNA play cards which I bought from a convenience shop right next to my house.

[@mikegeoffroy2176]

i was at the lockdown 2008 show in lowell, and i saw kurt angle vs samoa joe, a match that at the time i never realized was one of tna's all time greatest matches

[@dominiquejones3805]

They had a gr8 roster and guys were leaving it all n the ring

[@dangerfeild4Life]

Thank you for acknowledging Beer Money and the MCMG. Their best of seven series had me completely hooked at the time!

[@bschuss1]

In my opinion way better than the best of seven we just got between The Elite and Death Triangle. Beer Money and MCMG just had such good chemistry and put on awesome matches.

[@1KHC]

TNA was the first live wrestling event I went to and it was great. I remember it was more accessible on TV than WWE at times so I watched it. I loved watching the promos, the matches and PPVs and guys like Somoza Joe, Bobby Roode, AJ Styles, Abyss, Austin Aries, James Storm etc (I could go on) made it great. And who can forget, my favourite tag team of all time, Curry Man and Shark Boy.

[@soulblade2099]

One major flaw in the story. Spike TV wanted to own TNA, Dixie did not want to sell the company to them and lose all control of it. This is from Dixie herself, which would be the most inside story possible. Spike likely was not interested in a product that they saw potential in, yet they could plainly see was horribly mismanaged

[@guydelusignan4272]

I started watching TNA because WWE switched to Sky Sports (a package we didn't have) around 2004. In the UK we had the Wrestling Channel where TNA and ROH were the stalwarts. TNA in the mid 2000s was amazing, though at the time I took it for granted and just wanted to watch WWE. The TNA roster was incredible; Jeff Jarrett, Abyss, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Sting, Low Ki, (The Fallen Angel) Christopher Daniels, America's Most Wanted, Team Canada, 3 Live Kru, Raven and even more...

[@ashleyalexander2847]

Before I watch this video, I loved TNA before the Eric and hogan era. They were not needed. It was a great product. Gail kim and Kong made there woman's division. They made me fall in love with woman's wrestling

[@ashleyalexander2847]

@@Deadguy2322forreal huh? I'm not here for grammar lessons

[@aaronh3347]

The Main Event Mafia was such a great concept, if they had used it better to really push younger talent and picked said talent better they really could have hit a home run with that one.

[@4wayy_x363]

Jeff Hardy really helped keep them alive from ‘10-‘14 but even he couldn’t hold that company on his back no matter how much they leaned on him

[@always-alicia]

Unfortunately, his road to Victory was more of a road to “Bulls***,” and Sting agreed!

[@PParklind]

I really loved TNA back in the day. Always get annoyed when people, who obviously didn't watch, bash it.

[@invaderjaymz]

The thing is Jeff Jarrett was an outstanding technical wrestler

[@erickgarcia6379]

True, but in the end it was Jarrett who created TNA something that no one would have done if he had given up when his wrestling career ended in 2001 when vince fired him.

[@craigstoner2632]

@@erickgarcia6379 that's the same logic as "Hitler was good, he killed hitler" 🤣

[@kevinfrank8164]

I have been waiting for a video explaining both the good and bad of TNA and this was great! I would love for a more in depth on in the future going over all of the insanity of their horrible booking in the future!

[@katenga21]

I totally enjoyed TNA back in the day,. great talents, show and fun, had a fair few favourites

[@frankgt5004]

I think impact wrestling should bring back the 6 sided ring for one night only

[@jrsmith1998]

no. the should being of back permanently

[@hyperacc6530]

@@jrsmith1998 Nah they tried bringing it back already. It was poorly received by both fans and wrestlers. Fans thought they were copying UFC. Because ofc UFC apparently created the concept of a six sided ring which means no one else ever can use one. But the wrestlers hated it because it was harder to work in, and smaller than the standard 4 sided ring. It's more familiar to the wrestlers and ofc they get more space to work with. I'm not against them bringing back the 6 sided ring personally. But in almost every way it would be a really bad decision outside of maybe like, an annual throwback show like they kinda did when they bought back the TNA Branding for one night. Or how WWE sometimes do classic raw or smackdowns (altho tbh the way WWE does it is insanely lazy they just change some logos, the ring apron, and ropes and that's it not even the stage or anything.

[@joshmclovin6840]

@@hyperacc6530ummmm, UFC uses an eight sided cage… hence why it’s called The Octagon 😅

[@timthegem]

Not only did you fail to mention one of the greatest promos in wrestling history between Ric Flair and Jay Lethal, you also failed to mention the Karen Angle atrocity and the Brooke Hogan mess.

[@ojs831]

You said they were the only major wrestling company in North America (in 2001), forgetting that AAA and CMLL existed at that time.

[@unfixingbowl5454]

I honestly can’t believe they’re still around

[@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd]

I can sometimes companies can over come the odds and are meant to stand the test of time just look at the NWA and ROH you think TNA/IMPACT was down bad wooo

[@jeffjackson9679]

Kind of like Kmart and Sears...thought they died off 5 years ago, but there are still a handful of stores around.

[@mike1975a]

Well done, Ross. I really enjoy your presentation style.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Christian Cage and Booker T took it 2 the next level. Mever would of thought Bubba Ray would become such a good solo wrestler

[@obsidianthe7th]

I love that at one time TNA employed everyone on the cover of The Death of WCW DVD

[@aerialaddison]

2024 Update: “The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of TNA Wrestling” narrated by the silky voiced Tom Campbell? Here for it.

[@enigma8464]

If IMPACT/TNA bring back the 6 sided ring, I think they would get back a LOT of viewers. Also making it available in Australia is a must because we miss wrestling and all we have is WWE (No AEW, no impact, no ROH). When TNA was on our TV's back in the good old days, I used to tell the says of the week by the wrestling shows... Monday was Velocity/Heat Tuesday was Tough enough Wednesday was RAW Thursday was ECW Friday was Smackdown Saturday was TNA Sunday was replays Wrestling in the 2002-2010 era was awesome for us Aussies

[@Philla815]

You can't tell me anyone adding RVD to there roster ever was a bad idea.

[@teach6882]

it was, he was overpushed in tna and porbably cost a lot and he almost never lost clean while beating tna established clearly

[@mrhaag]

He would have people come up to him and ask him if he was still working while on the show. It was the witness protection program.

[@gordonarmstrong2208]

I went off wrestling for a few years after the inVasion storyline- it was actually TNA that brought me back. It was a shame that it fell so far…

[@BenDPB]

I absolutely loved TNA during its early days! I attended one of their first shows in Essex and also saw their debut show at Wembley Arena. During the show, I screamed at Erb 'You screwed Bret' to which he replied, 'I know, asshole.' The X-Division, Beer Money, MCMG, Abyss, Bully Ray, AJ, Knockout division, and so much more made the product a must-watch. Sadly, the company fell apart, which seemed to coincide with the arrival of Hogan and Bichoff

[@siddheshkalyankar9468]

Ace club vs AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, sting 🤩🤩 those were the days.

[@Seamonkey2407]

I have relatives that live in Tennessee, and one of my cousins once dated a guy who was really good friends with the jarretts. He told us once before TNA started up that Jeff and Jerry were talking about creating their own company, so I knew of TNA before it even began. My cousin would end up working for Jerry Jarrett, not sure what kind of job it was. But, it was all cool. One night I was flipping channels and came across the ppv channel promoting TNA's first show that night, I told my mom that this might be that company we were told about so I asked if I could order it. Lol 😁

[@noob2thetubr293]

If it werent for jeff and jerry jarrett theyed be no impact hogan an dixie killed it

[@Mr.Majestic77]

TNA Wrestling is not a defunct promotion. The promotion was renamed "Impact Wrestling", the name of their featured weekly show. No, Impact (TNA) Wrestling no longer have the involvement of Jeff & Jerry Jarrett, Panda Energy or Spike TV (which was also remamed "Paramount") as financial backing. Currently, Impact Wrestling is owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment's CEO Leonard Asper and is view on Anthem Sports & Entertainment's cable channel AXS TV.

[@winky8201]

Spilled my fucking drink seeing okada dressed like that💀💀💀

[@Emmet-do4jq]

Yess! I love these types of videos. It’s even better when it’s about TNA.

[@codyweaver7546]

TNA: I want to be a profitable rival to the WWE. Also TNA: Let's just do WCW 2000 for a decade and so how it goes.

[@RealGateGuardian]

I remember watching the first NWA-TNA PPV on scrambled PPV for free. I had HIGH hopes for NWA-TNA, sad to see my hope was misplaced.

[@michael-orian5773]

When I first saw the thumbnail I was legit wondering when the hell Celine Dion was part of TNA.

[@andreslozano7312]

Crazy, I remember seeing the main event mafia form. Crazy to see the outcome now of the company as a whole

[@MegatronYES]

Mid-00’s TNA is my absolute favorite wrestling era, especially when Angle showed up and feuded with Joe

[@Sasfoot]

Between early 2006 and when Hogan & Bischoff came on board, I watched TNA religiously. Even the days after Russo came back were pretty good compared to the travesty Easy E and The Hulkster turned it in to. The days of AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Team Canada, Beer Money, MCMG, Amazing Red, etc. were an amazing time.

[@rrsaga]

I loved the shows in Orlando. Went all the time. They were fun

[@joeharty7821]

My peak of TNA growing up was the aces and eights story line I loved that so much

[@camilocortes2679]

Good video, but i think it is unfair to me that Sting is just barely mentioned when he was one of the leadders of the brand, the heart and soul of the company with AJ, the first real legend to step up and perhaps alongside Angle, company's "mainstream" biggest attraction.

[@KelticTim]

At any point in time could TNA ever really be called “WWEs competition”? Cmon man. At best it was akin to a Double A baseball team. It was middle minor league. They had some aging superstars who could still put some butts in seats, young stars on their way up to the majors, and journey men who just couldn’t give up the dream. At no time ever was TNA any actual competition to Vince and Co. If Vince ever thought it was an actual challenge to his empire, he would’ve crushed it with the same things that worked to end WCW.

[@lotokiba851]

In 09 it looked like it I was watching it. They lost all that momentum on rvd first day there when he beat aj styles for the title. When aj left I was done with that show to much damage was done by that day. I did see some clips recently of drew man tna saved drew Galloway he's basically the same guy he basically is the same guy.

[@MG-wk2eh]

TNA once had the prospect of growing big enough to become WWE's competition., at least. They could've grown organically and continued to be innovative. They got ahead of themselves and made some terrible decisions. They should not have touched Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff with a barge pole let alone given them power (seriously, after what happened in WCW, what were they thinking?) , but some ex WWE/WCW guys were brilliant in TNA like Kurt Angle and Sting.

[@joeyl7656]

Love these videos!!!

[@josepalomares111]

I was very skeptical about this video.. Once I hear Ross though, immediately my interest came in and I was glued! Very glad I stuck around because this is fantastic presentation.

[@roccomitchell7938]

Everything Vince Russo touches turns to crap 💩

[@frankgt5004]

Similar to good old vince now and days

[@impalaman9707]

He is the "Angel of Death"

[@timbartschwolfman]

Yep

[@blueprint7]

you don't know wrestling

[@no_one01-5]

@@blueprint7 piss off Russo!

[@martinrubio6357]

The main event mafia was a good faction

[@ernestgouker6304]

Awesome job ross. Definitely a great documentary video

[@ramseywilliams8843]

My hometown of Huntsville AL. I remember I didn’t go to the VBC because a) I was 7 and didn’t know wrestling that deep like now and b) didn’t know any of the wrestlers featured, my aunt somehow got an autographed photo of Wildcat Chris Harris wearing the NWA Tag Title.

[@danthonyallen6168]

Truthfully their women's division was top notch 👌🏽

[@martinrubio6357]

I like the x division thats what brought ratings

[@No1ANTAGON1ST]

Thank you for this. Very good nostalgia for me

[@monerville74]

Nice work. Really enjoyed watching this

[@TritonBrickRailway]

There was WCW, then TNA. Will AEW join them in an inevitable fall against WWE? Or AEW be the one to rise above WWE and dominate pro wrestling and be called the new top brand in the sport?!

[@nigarahmad4252]

It all depends how early Vince will step down

[@samoanjoseph1457]

I dunno about all that, but for the moment, AEW is doing a great job of recruiting the guys that WWE can't or won't keep. And they don't seem to be bleeding money yet. And Impact isn't doing horribly with this partnership deal. I think they both better pray that nothing bad happens to Omega, though.

[@no_one01-5]

First question. That depends how long Tony's dad keeps funding his real life toy set. Second. No.

[@johncummings4917]

@@no_one01-5 AEW actually makes money which TNA always struggled at. AEW also allows wrestlers to do other promotions also. AEW is doing it right and have wrestlers competing in events worldwide. It won't be one promotion taking down WWE but many working together.

[@Aalliiiq]

@@johncummings4917 It's a private LLC and its financial position is only privy to the primary shareholders so there is no way you can know if they are making money or not. Stick to the wrestling mark you don't know shit about finance literally making nonsense up.This is why people hate AEW marks. You are weirdos instead of simply consuming the product like a normal human being you want to masqarade as one of the directors. You are a fan boy like the rest of us so know your role and kindly stfu.

[@understandthat9817]

AEW has Learned and can still learn Alot from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of TNA.

[@rywalsh]

I remember staying up late on Saturday nights (after hockey night in Canada) and watching TNA just to see Jeff Hardy!

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

I believe every promotion, even the crappiest deserve some support for keeping talents engaged and giving the audience an alternative!

[@negandavidson9600]

O.o Idk that TNA was that old. You learn something new everyday.

[@ZacharysGamingExpOG]

The Rise of Impact Wrestling.

[@johnnycozzensjr9016]

The fact that double j was the top guy in tna is mainly what kept me from getting into it I figured if he's the best then there roster must be some shit

[@BlackMamba92233]

I loved the dog collar matches . I never knew how they pulled that off . I watched a dog collar match with Raven going up against Vampiro with both of their faces turning blue too green

[@jtwalters1978]

I swear Vince Russo destroys everything that he comes in contact with as far as wrestling 🤦🏿‍♂️😆

[@terrancefoster5270]

Just janky asf 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@timothyfogarty5829]

I've noticed any wrestler who thought Russo had good ideas went absolutely no where so....

[@cjvaye99]

well he was largely responsible for the attitude era in the beginning and that started the biggest boom in the history of the WWE. You can see why he would have such a huge ego and think he could do that anywhere. Yeah he played a big part in the beginning but so did the wrestlers like stone cold, the rock and dx. if you dont have guys like that to write for good luck trying to make it work.

[@WarlockX4]

@@cjvaye99 this right here. Without the right talent the storylines go nowhere...

[@artturner2054]

A reverse MacGyver. Russo could turn anything to shit

[@mackenziel1266]

I liked TNA 2011-2013, a lot, and was glad to see that horrible six sided ring gone. So I don't think the Hogan years were all bad.

[@its-jyre685]

The ring is what made it different then everybody else 😂

[@KawaiiKatarina]

I remember starting to watch WWE in 2010 and me and my friends were always referring to TNA as "That company with the 6 sided ring". That along with Jeff Hardy being there made me start watching TNA and although I started watching in 2011 and not earlier, I still loved the storylines and they feel nostalgic. Matt Hardy's delete persona that stuck with him even in WWE, Aces and Eights, Joker Sting, Jeff Hardy as Willow, his first ever heel run, even when he was loaded with drugs on Victory Road 2011 against Sting, although it was a disaster and it was very real and I wish Jeff all the best in battling his addiction, the moment felt fitting for his character because someone like Jeff turning heel for the first time ever made it seem like he was battling his personal demons, even though I didn't realize it was happening in real life too.

[@bigbossman2810]

One of my favorite match types that TNA had was the Feast or Fired matches.