Voice of Wrestling (via Fightful) reports that Impact Wrestling is in negotiations with AXS TV and may be close to finalizing an agreement. However, the deal isn’t done yet and there have been a couple of hang-ups preventing it from closing.
AXS currently airs WOW Women of Wrestling (which features Impact Wrestling stars Tessa Blanchard and Kiera Hogan) and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Even if AXS acquires Impact, don’t expect a crossover with NJPW. According to Fightful, it’s very unlikely that NJPW will want to work with Impact unless AXS were to acquire the entire promotion. Impact has tried to “repair the broken bridge” and while the gesture was “appreciated” it didn’t change anything. fightful.com/wrestling/report-impact-wrestling-and-axs-negotiating-tv-deal
What does this mean? I’m a OwlBong. Is AXS a good channel with decent numbers/advertisers. Is it comparable to Spike? The fact that it homes multiple feds makes it seem low rent to me
Andrew Perry
>The fact that it homes multiple feds makes it seem low rent to me Better or worse than a fucking HUNTING channel?
Hunter Jackson
t. gun grabbing vegan libtard
Dominic Stewart
literally the only palatable wrestling promotion in 2019. CHADPACT will never die
Luke Bell
Not even, but I'd rather Impact be on AXS than some bum fuck channel no one has heard of.
Easton Smith
Can't imagine why NJPW wouldn't want to work them with, after the way TNA treated the NJPW Tag Championships, Sanada, and god knows what else.
I have never heard of AXS the network I just know they sell tickets at my local convention center
Elijah Torres
that's an improvement tho
Andrew Ward
>made Nakamura and Tanahashi jobbers in a period where they were the only money makers >gave Okada the Green Hornet gimmick and a jobber >kevinnashnaito.webm
Luke Green
the death rattle before AEW finishes them off for good
Jayden Brooks
impact will still be doing shows in 2 years, can you say the same about aew?
Xavier Martinez
Chadpact needs to steer clear of the gook shit. They are one of the few remaining redneck fan bases
Blake Harris
Sanada wasn't working for NJPW when he was at TNA.
Joseph Price
Sanada was great in TNA and they gave him a good push fro the start retard
Dominic Sanders
Rosemary is a shitter, but she's my favorite shitter. I wish she could have one WWE run before she is done.
HOLY FUCKING BASED. MARK CUBAN IS GOING TO BUY IMPACT >At one point, it appeared that IMPACT was set to debut on AXS-TV by the end of the summer. The July TV tapings in Windsor, Ontario were set to be the debut tapings for IMPACT on AXS-TV, but due to some final negotiations that are still being worked out, it’s currently been postponed.
>“This isn’t simply IMPACT moving over to AXS, it’s a little more complicated than that,” Joe Lanza of VOW mentioned in the Patreon report.
>“There’s a bigger picture business deal being negotiated that has to go down before any of this can potentially happen, and that’s the current snag.”
>“The original plan was for after Slammiversary, for IMPACT to air filler programming on Pursuit for a couple of weeks to buy themselves some time,” Lanza continued. “And then at the Windsor TV tapings on the 19th and 20th of July to tape the first TV for AXS. So this would have happened before the end of the summer. That’s out the window. None of this is finalized yet. It’s not dead, it’s still likely to happen, but there’s bigger dominos to fall before IMPACT can be moved to AXS.”
>Due to the later debut now, IMPACT has had to add a new round of TV tapings on July 14 to fill the “filler programming” dates and link to the July Windsor tapings. Some people noticed that IMPACT was missing a TV taping between Slammiversary and Windsor, and this was the reason why. July 14 was originally slated to be a One Night Only with Destiny World Wrestling in Mississauga (near Toronto) called Fallout, but it now seems that will become IMPACT TV tapings instead. lastwordonprowrestling.com/2019/07/01/impact-wrestling-heading-to-axs-tv/
>Fightful has reached out to AXS on the matter. At the time, AXS also hosts New Japan Pro Wrestling content, in addition to WOW Women of Wrestling. The latter actually features Impact stars Tessa Blanchard and Kiera Hogan heavily.
>Even though AXS will be home to Impact, it doesn't look like a potential partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling is on the horizon. Fightful spoke to three sources within NJPW who said that it's very unlikely ...
>We heard you loud and clear… Professional wrestling is getting its own night on AXS TV! Starting on July 13th, WOW – Women of Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling will be airing every Saturday night.
Starting on July 13th at 8/7c, WOW is back to relive unforgettable moments from season one, such as the three-way Championship brawl between Tessa Blanchard, Jungle Grrrl and Santana Garrett. This 8-week event will lead up to the season two premiere, which airs on September 7th at 8/7c. This 24-episode season will be packed with talent, spectacular bouts, pageantry and bitter feuds, and a single elimination tournament where the winner of the WOW Tag-Team Championship will be crowned.
>New Japan Pro Wrestling will follow WOW – Women of Wrestling at 9/8c on Saturday nights. To set the stage for NJPW’s move to Saturdays, AXS TV will present a special live broadcast of Night 1 of the promotion’s highly anticipated G1 CLIMAX 29 Tournament in Dallas on July 6 at 6/5c. The event kicks off a six-week stretch of same-day, near-live coverage of the G1 Climax, which is universally recognized as the greatest tournament in professional wrestling. The tournament is expected to include thrilling matches featuring IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada; “The Golden Star” Kota Ibushi; Los Ingobernables de Japón trio Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, and SANADA; “The Master of The Century” Hiroshi Tanahashi and Bullet Club leader Jay White. Every Saturday night, AXS TV will deliver two hours of coverage of NJPW’s Saturday G1 CLIMAX events that will be voiced by acclaimed play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Kelly. AXS TV’s same-day coverage will continue through the tournament’s A Block Final on August 10, followed by special presentations of the B Block Final on August 17 and Tournament Final on August 24. axs.tv/sports/njpw-wow-moves-to-saturday-night/
jesus bbc strong Cage is trash really. I will be very happy when he loose.
Jordan Lewis
SEETHE more faggot
Gavin Thomas
Good on Moose not allowing this juice bar work Impact like the Elite did ROH
Promote who's giving you a paycheck instead of trying to work yourself into side projects while on another person dime.
Moose seems like a legit dude
Connor Diaz
Cage has been publically salivating at the prospect of AEW just after Callis put the strap on him. It's ridiculous. He's a fucking roided up midget shitter who got himself hurt in his title match anyways, AEW probably wouldn't even want him.
Cameron Rodriguez
Cage could be enormous in AEW, he has every right to flirt with them. AEW is in need of big guys and he'd be a perfect fit. Same with Killer Kross, Johnny Impact and even Moose himself. Moose is just asshurt that he signed a 3-year deal with Impact recently.
Asher Wright
lol mad over fake fighting. Drown yourself you mushbrain spastic
