TNA Xplosion
| TNA Xplosion | |
|---|---|
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| Genre |
Sports entertainment Professional wrestling |
| Created by | Dixie Carter |
| Presented by |
Mike Tenay (2002–2008, 2013–2014) Jeremy Borash (2008–2016) Josh Mathews (2015–2016) |
| Starring | TNA roster |
| No. of episodes | 725 (as of August 12, 2014) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena (2002-2004) Impact Zone (2004-2016, 2016) Various arenas (2013-2014, 2016) |
| 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: 2011-2016) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | October 5, 2002 |
| Website | |
TNA Xplosion was a television program hosted by various people in its over 10 year run it was produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), featuring both highlights from Impact Wrestling and exclusive taped matches. It is now produced only for international markets, no longer airing in the United States.
It did also air in Asia and the Middle East on ESPN Star Sports, in Israel on EGO Total. It also airs in Canada on Fight Network.
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 are taped ahead of time along with Impact!. Matches normally feature wrestlers who rarely appear on Impact!. Occasionally, wrestlers may make their debut or return on Xplosion and angles have also taken place.
Since May 2006, the hosts of the show are ring announcer/backstage reporter Jeremy Borash and SoCal Val. 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.
Beginning on December 22, 2008, "Xplosion Xclusive" matches are broadcast as web matches on the TNA website and TNA's YouTube page. The show was revamped at the June 14, 2010, tapings of the 300th episode of Xplosion, becoming more of an original program instead of a highlight show, with Jeremy Borash working as the lead play-by-play commentator. This was confirmed by Dixie Carter, who announced that Xplosion would be re-fitted to feature new and exclusive matches with the TNA personalties, as well as updates on everything TNA, including coverage of its flagship series Impact!, saying "TNA features more talented superstars than ever before in company history, so it made sense to refresh Xplosion and make it a more important part of the TNA brand."
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