TNA Global Impact!
| TNA Global Impact! | |
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TNA Global iMPACT! logo
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| Genre |
Sports entertainment Professional wrestling |
| Created by |
Vince Russo Jeff Jarrett |
| Starring | See Total Nonstop Action Wrestling roster |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | Approximately 22 minutes per episode |
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| Original network | Webcast |
| Original release | May 3 – August 19, 2006 |
TNA Global Impact! was a free online professional wrestling show produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that existed in 2006. Global iMPACT!, which was hosted by TNA interviewers Jeremy Borash and Christy Hemme, featured "exclusive footage, interviews, news updates, matches and more".
Global iMPACT! originated in TNA in 2005 as segments displaying the worldwide "iMPACT!" of TNA, with an unseen Jeremy Borash providing a voiceover. These segments included TNA performers appearing in promotions and tours of different countries, and various happenings in TNA.
On April 24, 2006, TNA announced that it would be converting Global iMPACT! into a weekly webcast show as of May 3, 2006 as part of an agreement between TNA and YouTube. Jeremy Borash was announced as the onscreen host, with Christy Hemme to co-host the inaugural broadcast. TNA website manager Bill Banks (who helped launch similar online shows such as WWE Byte This! and WCW Reload) was expected to have a large behind-the-scenes role.
This agreement would be short-lived after high viewership caused the YouTube server to crash, future episodes were hosted on TNA's official website. On August 19, 2006, the show has been put on hold with no real reason given. Instead, TNA switched to providing information in the form of an audio podcast.
On December 14, 2007, Spike TV issued a press release which included the fact that TNA will have a one-hour special in January entitled "Global iMPACT!". The show would feature taped matches involving TNA wrestlers competing at the Wrestle Kingdom II New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome show on January 4, including Kurt Angle facing Yuji Nagata for the IGF's version of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
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