Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
Continuing to expand its brand globally, Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced in June that IMPACT Wrestling would be coming to Mexico as part of a new TV deal with MX52. Then, a few days ago, Anthem offered an update, namely that IMPACT! would be airing weekly on Saturday nights, 9:30 CDT, starting July 7th. “Over […] READ MORE
Starting next week and leading up to Slammiversary XVI in Toronto, Ontario, the episodes of Impact Wrestling will be originating from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Impact fans may recall that Windsor has been featured on Impact before – after all, Impact Executive VP Scott D’Amore also runs Border City Wrestling (BCW) in Windsor and when the […] READ MORE
Despite the bravest attempts of TNA naysayers, the company now called Impact Wrestling (named after TNA’s flagship show that just hit it’s 14th year anniversary) is in its greatest resurgence in years. Sure it’s had some hits over the years, most notably the Broken Universe in 2016, but for the most part, the past decade […] READ MORE
For 22 years, John Mellnick has been a staple in the Michigan and Southern Ontario indie circuit as John E. Bravo, a nefarious hoodwink with a penchant for violence. An early student with Scott D’Amore‘s Can-Am Wrestling School student, the Michigan native is a original (and still regular) wrestler with D’Amore’s Border City Wrestling (BCW) […] READ MORE
Wrestling factions have always been a part of professional wrestling, from Jimmy Hart‘s First Family to the Four Horsemen, the nWo to Bullet Club, factions of top stars have been proven money in pro wrestling around the world. But while most factions are created to assemble main event or high mid-card wrestlers, sometimes they are […] READ MORE
Petey Williams is closing on a total of a decade with Impact Wrestling. The two-time X Division Champion and former captain of Team Canada has been wrestling since 2002, often, in some way, linked with Scott D’Amore. Trained by D’Amore, Maple Leaf Muscle debuted for Border City Wrestling and eventually found himself being managed by D’Amore. It should come as no […] READ MORE
In a story today out of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, a 7-year old boy suffering from a rare case of Muscular Dystrophy was put on the path to meet his hero, WWE’s John Cena, and it came from an unlikely source – Impact Wrestling Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore. The started a few days ago, when […] READ MORE
Over the past few months, Eric Thompson has had the chance to speak to many talents who work for Impact Wrestling as part of Impact’s media conference calls. Many of these men also work for other companies outside of Impact as well. One recurring theme was the growing alliance of promotions outside of the WWE […] READ MORE
This week’s Impact Wrestling media teleconference was with two-thirds of the new executive committee: Don Callis and Scott D’Amore. Across all of the questions they fielded, there was one consistent theme in their answers. Things are changing. The third member of the team, company president Ed Nordholm, seems to have entrusted the duo to rebuild Impact as they see […] READ MORE
It’s been no surprise that in the past few months, Impact Wrestling has made big moves in shifting it’s base of operations to Canada, more specifically, Anthem Entertainment’s home base in Toronto, Ontario. Tax incentives are greater in Anthem’s home country, more connections in the media production industry as well as the home office of […] READ MORE