GFW Xplosion
| Xplosion | |
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| Genre |
Sports entertainment Professional wrestling |
| Presented by |
Mike Tenay (2002–2008, 2013–2014) Jeremy Borash (2008–2016) Josh Mathews (2015–Present) |
| Starring | IMPACT roster |
| No. of episodes | 662 (as of May 30, 2017) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena (2002–2004, Early 2018) Impact Zone (2004–2017, 2018-2019) Various Arenas (2013–2014, 2017-present) |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 1 hour per episode (45 minutes plus commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Sun Sports (2002–2006) Extreme Sports Channel (UK: 2010) Challenge (UK: 2011–2017) My5 (UK: 2017–present) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | October 5, 2002 – present |
Xplosion is a professional wrestling television program produced by the Impact Wrestling promotion, featuring both highlights from the flagship television program of the same name and exclusive taped matches. It is currently produced for international markets with broadcast distribution in the United States on the Global Wrestling Network on a few days' delay.
It airs in Asia and the Middle East on ESPN Star Sports, in Israel on EGO Total. It also airs in Canada on Fight Network and in the United Kingdom on My5.
Xplosion was launched on November 27, 2002 as TNA's only regular cable show and featured exclusive matches from the TNA Asylum as well as exclusive interviews with all the TNA Wrestling personalities.
On November 18, 2004, the show became a recap show of the previous week's Impact! in light of alterations in the taping schedule. However, Xplosion resumed airing exclusive matches (billed as "Xplosion Xclusives") once more on October 7, 2005, in addition to recapping Impact!. The "Xplosion Xclusives" also aired on the now-ceased TNA Global Impact! internet show.
All of the matches seen on Xplosion were taped along with Impact!. Matches normally featured wrestlers who rarely appeared on Impact!. Occasionally, wrestlers may have made their debut or return on Xplosion and angles also took place.
Airing of Xplosion in the United States ceased at the end of 2006, although some of the exclusive matches could be seen on TNA Today. Starting on December 22, 2008, "Xplosion Xclusive" matches were also streamed on the TNA website and TNA's YouTube page.
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