Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
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| NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004–2017) Impact Wrestling (2017–present) |
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Formerly called
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J Sports & Entertainment, LLC (2002) TNA Entertainment LLC (2002–2016) Impact Ventures LLC (2015–2016) |
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| Industry | Professional wrestling |
| Founded | May 10, 2002 |
| Founders |
Jeff Jarrett Jerry Jarrett |
| Headquarters | 3201 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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| Owners |
Anthem Sports & Entertainment (85%) Aroluxe Marketing (10%) Dixie Carter (5%) |
| Website | www |
Impact Wrestling is a privately held American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee and founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002. Some consider it the second-largest professional wrestling promotion in the United States after WWE, and is controlled as a subsidiary of Toronto-based integrated media organization Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
The promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was associated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It withdrew from the NWA in 2004 and became known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), but it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and the NWA World Tag Team championships as part of an agreement. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships. It is the only major American promotion to predominantly make use of a six-sided wrestling ring.
The concept of TNA originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ended in 2001. Bob Ryder, Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett went on a fishing trip and contemplated their futures in the professional wrestling business. Only one wrestling product remained on United States national television: the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE). Ryder felt that this situation led many television stations to regard professional wrestling as bad for business, so he suggested a company not reliant on television, but rather one going straight to pay-per-view.
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