TNA reduces PPVs to 4 a year

[Naitch]

TNA has officially announced that they will be shifting their focus from monthly live PPVs to four live shows on PPV per year. The promotion has announced that their live PPV events will be Genesis on January 13th, Lockdown on March 10th, Slammiversary on June 9th and Bound for Glory on October 13th.

To fill the month spots, the promotion will hold seven PPV specials dubbed "TNA Wrestling: One Night Only." The three-hour taped specials will kick off in April and run throughout the year on the first Friday of each month. This is where the tapings this weekend will come into play; as previously reported, they are a "Joker's Wild Tag Team Tournament and X-Division show.

Dixie Carter commented, saying, "The Pay-Per-View industry has changed so much in the last decade. The traditional pay-per-view wrestling model needed to evolve and we believe this strategy will positively impact not only the Pay-Per-View events but the weekly television programming as well."


Am I stupid or they still having 12 PPVs a year just 8 are per-taped and at a lower price? If what I think I read is what I read, typical stupid TNA, there can't be much of a demand for spoiled PPVs.

[Champ]

I just.......can't try to rationlize TNA anymore. They can never find one plan and stick with it. Longterm investment is your only chance at having a successful company. They're like a bunch of drug addicts getting their fix in every week and then the day after they feel like shooting themselves when they see the results

[Velkontés]

Jan 10, 2013 18:21:00 GMT -5 Naitch said:

Am I stupid or they still having 12 PPVs a year just 8 are per-taped and at a lower price? If what I think I read is what I read, typical stupid TNA, there can't be much of a demand for spoiled PPVs.

The really stupid part is

The three-hour taped specials will kick off in April and run throughout the year on the first Friday of each month. This is where the tapings this weekend will come into play

They've already taped, in the beginning of January, a show that won't be going out until May. I mean, what could possibly go wrong with that?

[Champ]

Half those guys will have turn heel or face and the others will be off tv by may. Are you fuckin kidding me with this? Tna has the worst management ever

[Naitch]

Part of me is hoping that someone goes to WWE and Braden Walker's it that is prominent on those show.

[MasterSnit]