TNA kündigt drastische Veränderungen im Pay-Per-View Kalender 2013 an: Nur noch vier statt zwölf Pay-Per-Views pro Jahr – Dafür mehrere „One Night Only“ Specials
Wie IMPACT Wrestling nun offiziell verkündete, wird TNA Wrestling im Jahr 2013 statt den bisherigen zwölf Pay-Per-Views mit Genesis, Lockdown, Slammiversary und Bound For Glory nur noch insgesamt vier Pay-Per-Views veranstalten.
Zusätzlich zu diesen vier Pay-Per-Views, wird die Company dreistündige „One Night Only“ Motto-Specials aufzeichnen, die beginnend ab April 2013 jeden ersten Freitag eines Monats als Pay-Per-View ausgestrahlt werden sollen, um auf diese Weise die noch bestehenden Verträge zu erfüllen.
Hier die englische Originalmeldung:
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING today announced a new worldwide Pay-Per-View programming initiative for 2013. The 52 annual episodes of IMPACT WRESTLING on SpikeTV will lead to four, live epic Pay-Per-View events commencing with “Genesis” on January 13th, “Lockdown” on March 10th, “Slammiversary” on June 9 and “Bound For Glory” on October 13th.
In addition, seven Pay-Per-View specials that will be branded as “TNA Wrestling: One Night Only,” series will debut in April 2013 and continue throughout the year during the additional months. The 3-hour taped Pay-Per-View specials will premiere on the first Friday of each month. The first two “One Night Only” specials will be “Joker’s Wild Tag Team Tournament” and “X-travaganza” which will feature the X-Division.
“The Pay-Per-View industry has changed so much in the last decade,” says TNA President Dixie Carter. “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.”
The company will continue to produce TNA Wrestling’s “Unfinished Business”, which are one-hour programs available on a Video on Demand (VOD) basis. The monthly titles continue to focus on the history of a rivalry or a specific past PPV event. These titles are available for two months at a time.
PWInsider gab inzwischen auch die Preise für die traditionellen Pay-Per-Views und die dreistündigen „One Night Only“ Pay-Per-View Specials bekannt:
2013
Genesis 2013- 35$
Lockdown 2013- 35$
Slammiversary 2013- 40$
Bound For Glory 2013- 45$
One Night Only Specials- 15$
Starting in 2014
Genesis, Lockdown, Slammiversary- 40$
Bound For Glory- 45$
One Night Only Specials- 15$
Mittlerweile gab PWInsider auch die einzelnen Mottos der dreistündigen „One Night Only“ Pay-Per-View Specials bekannt, welche wie folgt lauten:
TNA X-Travaganza- featuring the stars of the X-Division .
TNA Joker’s Wild Tag Team Special- featuring enemies teaming and a Battle Royal final
TNA Hardcore Justice 2 – ECW reunion style „hardcore“ show featuring hardcore stipulation matches bringing in ECW talents.
TNA „10 Reunion“ – Stars from the early days of TNA battling inside a Six-Sided ring.
TNA Knockouts Knockdown – One night Knockout tournament with the first round being all stipulation matches and the final four in a „test of their stamina“ to see who the final victor is.
TNA International Incident – One night tournament featuring talent from “ United States, India, Mexico, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Japan & the UK“ with the winner earning a TNA title shot.
TNA X-Division World Cup Tournament – four teams of X-Division wrestlers in a one night tournament featuring singles, tag, six man and eight man tag bouts.
TNA World Cup of Wrestling – Four teams, each captained by a TNA wrestler featuring a Heavyweight wrestler, a tag team and an X-Division wrestler battling in singles, tag and stipulation bouts. The finale will be a „two ring, triple chance Battle Royal.“
(Quelle: IMPACTWRESTLING.com / PWInsider)