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Impact On POP vs Destination America?


Does anybody think TNA Impact was better on Destination America, is better now on POP, or think there is no difference?


I personally think Impact is better on POP. Since it started on the network at the beginning of this year, I found it to be the most consistently entertaining weekly wrestling show. When it was on Destination America, I really can't put my finger on it, but something was lacking. I often skipped shows on the D.A. era, reading about them on reports after they aired.


That's my take, anyhow. What's yours?

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TNA is fine on televsion.


Destination America wasn't avaliable to as many homes as Spike or POP.


Estimated number of Homes (000) Coverage %


DESTINATION AMERICA (Formerly PLANET GREEN) 57,238 49.2

POP (Formerly TV GUIDE NETWORK) 75,255 64.7

SPIKE TV 93,364 80.2


Destination America didn't honor their contract with TNA.







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Destination America didn't honor their contract with TNA.


Uh.....Did TNA honor their promises to DA as well???

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Destination America didn't honor their contract with TNA.


Wrong! Destination America did honor their contract. They were smart enough to put a clause in there to give them an out if TNA wasn't delivering on their end of the deal. Sure enough Dixie's promises of increased viewership,more revenue and so on for DA never materialized. It was clear that Dixie sold them a bill of goods. So DA did what they had to do and excersized that clause and dropped them after only a year.


Destination America wasn't avaliable to as many homes as Spike or POP.


True. But TNA did absolutely nothing to help promote DA either.


TNA is fine on televsion.


How? Because somehow it has managed to defy the odds and keep their company in business? They are still financially insolvent and employees on both sides of the camera are still jumping ship for more promising employment. Oh.But since they can keep their incredibly strange program(I've seen the Hardy's skits around Halloween. WTGDF was that s#!+)and they still have International deals. So what? They are still basically a name that no one really wants to even talk about anymore. It's become that bad.

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ZBent, it looks like you reported my post and then deleted your own. There was no reason to. I was just complimenting you on the fact that thanks to me you you have learned to actually post properly by stating your point of view. Before all you would do is post a question in the subject heading and then type the word discuss in the body of the post. Now, look how far you've come.

In the post you deleted you said that you have not changed the way you post because of me, but the simple fact is that you have. Considering that, I think a "thank you" from me to you would be appropriate.

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What a coward...Zbent or scaddy has been reporting us by the way.

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I never reported you. I have no idea who you even are.

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Oh gee, your are ZBent? You were a turd in the past on boards, so no surprised by your poor responses earlier. You got your act together?


Alright. Anyways, that's why I used OR in my statement. So its Scadeetin loser.

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I didn't report your post, dude. I only deleted it because I thought you deleted yours, but I see now an admin. did, so I'll say what I said then; You need to let your weird obsession with me go. I haven't been on this board in nearly 2 years, and had to scroll back to even find out who you were. The fact that you knew who I was right away says all kinds of disturbing sht about you. It's probably why this board isn't half as active now as it was then. I'll post the way I want to, and not according to your specifications. You want to keep your nonsense up, I'll simply use the ignore button and talk with those who are here for, you know, TNA Wrestling. It's your call. Either way this is the last time I'm addressing this off-topic garbage.

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I didn't report your post, dude. I only deleted it because I thought you deleted yours, but I see now an admin. did,

You know what, I believe you because I know your usual tactic is to act like an internet toughguy and not delete posts.

so I'll say what I said then; You need to let your weird obsession with me go. I haven't been on this board in nearly 2 years, and had to scroll back to even find out who you were.

But I know exactly who you are...ZBent. The guy who posts on the General Hospital message board and who can't handle a discussion where he is asked a follow up question. Change your name all you want, but we both know you are the same guy.

The fact that you knew who I was right away says all kinds of disturbing sht about you. It's probably why this board isn't half as active now as it was then.

This board has had very few consistent posters since you called yourself ZBent and would post threads with a question in the subject line and the word discuss in the body of the text.

I'll post the way I want to, and not according to your specifications.

But you are posting the way I want you to. I was the one that corrected you and made you post properly.

You want to keep your nonsense up, I'll simply use the ignore button and talk with those who are here for, you know, TNA Wrestling. It's your call. Either way this is the last time I'm addressing this off-topic garbage.

We both know you will respond again. Probably with your internet tough guy routine.

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Yep, Zbent lil routine revolves around changing his username and acting like nothing ever happened.


Might be on meds.

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I remember him. Zbent is one of the touchiest people I've ever come across on this site. I made a joke about something that was referenced in one of his posts and he got offended.b Appoarently he took my joke the wrong way and thought I was mocking him and he posted a very angry merssage in response. It took me several days to get him to understand that I've rarely spoken with him since then. You have to basically walk on eggshells with this guy.

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Yep, that's him. He usually starts off a bit passive then goes into tough guy mode and starts making threats at you.


Be careful around here...not only is he back...but ole Scadeetin is now reporting people.

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Another loser that has a fixation with me that I don't even remember.


No wonder these boards are closing.

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I might be on meds says the loser that has a fixation with me going back years.

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Yes, I thought Impact was better on Destination America. I wasn't able to watch Impact much on Destination America because I didn't have that network throughout the entire year. Right before their run on Spike TV ended, the product was improving, especially compared to previous months in 2014. 2015 continued that momentum. The crowds and look of the show felt better in 2015.

For the most part, their announcing had become so stale that it was fresh to have something different. Mike Tenay is good as a commentator and an interviewer, he's not always the right guy to lead an announce team. Josh Mathews is a good speaker, he doesn't add much to matches and sometimes comes off as disingenuous. The commentary in TNA still needs improvement. Pope is charismatic and tries to sell the talent and stories on commentary, his overall commentary isn't that good.

I liked the specials that Destination America had for TNA, they needed that years ago.

The knockouts division was reignited with Jessica Havoc, The Dollhouse, and TBP reuniting. Kong returned. The Dollhouse and TBP were good examples of how TNA usually excels with female stables. 2015 was the last time Madison Rayne was interesting.

Some of the pairings were creative, and reminded me of some of the stables during the early years of TNA.

Impact has had some decent episodes on POP, very few have stood out. One issue (which is a problem TNA for years) is that they rush matches involving grudges or something at stake rather than building to it. Also, the crowds over the past year haven't been that hot. That's why the episode with Drew Galloway winning the world title was one of the best episodes, the crowd was into that show. The knockouts division has become more underused, and The Dollhouse split when they were one of the highlights. Some of the highlights on POP include Lashley's dominant reign, the Broken Hardyz catching fire, Decay, Beer Money, Eli Drake, Drew Galloway, Maria, and Cody's brief stint.



Reboot, restart or re-imagining is another word for remake

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