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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 30, 2017 20:24:54 GMT -6
www.sescoops.com/impact-wrestling-rebranding-as-global-force-wrestling/Impact Wrestling Rebranding As Global Force Wrestling Following this week’s new that Impact Wrestling parent company Anthem Sports and Entertainment is acquiring Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling brand, it’s been announced that the Impact Wrestling promotion is being rebranded as Global Force Wrestling. Global Force Wrestling’s weekly show on Pop TV will retain the Impact name and company headquarters will remain in Nashville, Tennessse. Sunday’s Slammiversary show is being touted as another “re-launch” for the company. Jeff Jarrett, founder of TNA/Impact and Global Force, spoke to Tennessean.com about the news. “We’re a global brand. We have partnerships in Mexico, Japan, other places. Collectively coming together, we’ve combined forces and basically the rebrand final touches happen at Slammiversary.” Anthem Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm said, “One part of our international strategy is not just to take WWE-style ‘Impact’ and export it to other countries, but as well to more deeply penetrate those international markets in association with (wrestling) promotions that are centric to those markets. The (international promotions) want to tap into our expertise to boost those shows, but also to in turn boost the GFW content.” Visit Tennessean.com for more on Impact Wrestling rebranding as Global Force Wrestling.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 30, 2017 20:25:44 GMT -6
www.f4wonline.com/tna-news/impact-wrestling-rebranding-global-force-wrestling-238381IMPACT WRESTLING REBRANDING AS GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING BY JOSEPH CURRIER | @josephcurrier | JUN 30, 2017 2:55 PM When it was announced earlier this week that Impact Wrestling's parent company had officially acquired Global Force Wrestling, it wasn't entirely clear if that would result in any noticeable change in operations. Now, it appears that Impact Wrestling is rebranding as Global Force Wrestling. A report from The Tennessean noted that today, with it saying that the move is to distance the company from the financial trouble and legal drama that had surrounded it under previous ownership. The report said that the company's weekly TV show will still be called Impact and their offices will remain in Nashville. The Impact Wrestling Twitter account also shared The Tennessean's story. "We're a global brand," Jeff Jarrett said. "We have partnerships in Mexico, Japan, other places. Collectively coming together, we've combined forces and basically the rebrand final touches happen at Slammiversary." Anthem Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm claimed that the rebrand was necessary due to the double entendre of the old TNA name and because of negative media coverage that the promotion received. Impact Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling had become increasingly intertwined since Jeff Jarrett returned and took charge of creative after Anthem purchased TNA. GFW titles also began appearing on Impact, with them set to merge with Impact's belts at Slammiversary on Sunday. Among other items from the article, it was mentioned that the new GFW is developing an on-demand streaming app for North America to make use of TNA's video library and that they're further working on finding their place in India and the United Kingdom.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 30, 2017 21:10:34 GMT -6
www.pwinsider.com/article/110649/impact-wrestling-is-no-more-global-force-wrestling-to-replace-it.html?p=1IMPACT WRESTLING IS NO MORE, GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING TO REPLACE IT By Mike Johnson on 2017-06-30 16:21:00 If you were a fan of TNA or Impact Wrestling, it's no more. Just a few days before the company celebrates its 15th anniversary at the Slammiversary PPV, The Tennessean is reporting the company will be going under the Global Force Wrestling banner going forward. "We're a global brand," Jeff Jarrett explained to the newspaper. "We have partnerships in Mexico, Japan, other places. Collectively coming together, we've combined forces and basically the rebrand final touches happen (on Sunday) at 'Slammiversary.'" Impact Wrestling, initially titled TNA for Total Nonstop Action, was formed in June 2002 by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett as a weekly Wednesday night PPV event with no promotion beyond PPV barker channels and online promotion. The plan crashed immediately, in part due to Healthsouth, a major investor, pulling out almost immediately. Several months into its run, Panda Energy became the majority owner after the promotion's PR rep Dixie Carter, brought the idea of buying the company to her father's attention. Panda became the majority investor, eventually buying Jerry Jarrett out, leaving Jeff as a minority owner Jeff remained an owner even after resigning from the company and launching Global Force Wrestling in 2014. Panda Energy opted to divest itself of ownership in 2015, with Impact Ventures, LLC, owned by Dixie Carter, taking over 100% of the ownership. Almost immediately, the company ran into the red after being canceled by SpikeTV. After a flirtation with selling to Billy Corgan, Carter instead sold the company to Anthem Media, which also owns the Fight Network in Canada. Ed Nordholm explained in the article that the decision to change the name was due in part to all the bad publicity the TNA/Impact Wrestling name has garnered in recent years as well as potential marketing partners being down on the "TNA" initials due to the obvious double entendre involved. The plan going forward, according to Nordholm, is to "export" GFW content to different international broadcast partners and work with those partners to create localized wrestling content with talents native to that area while also using the Fight Network's App as a hub for all of that content online. According to the article, the company will remain headquartered in Nashville. To read their report, click here. www.tennessean.com/story/money/2017/06/30/tna-wrestling-rebrands-gfw-eyes-global-expansion/435802001/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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