Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA Wrestling or simply TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee.[9] It is a subsidiary of Canada's Anthem Sports & Entertainment.[10] Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following the end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001,[11] the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body.[12] In 2004, the promotion dropped "NWA" from its name, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Despite leaving the NWA's membership, it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships as part of its agreement with the governing body. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its flagship weekly television series. The promotion returned to the TNA name starting in January 2024.[13][14]
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| NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004–2017, 2024–present) Impact Wrestling (March 2017–June 2017, September 2017–January 2024) Global Force Wrestling (June 2017–September 2017)[1] | |
| Formerly | J Sports & Entertainment, LLC (2002)[2] TNA Entertainment, LLC (2002–2016)[3] Impact Ventures, LLC (2015–2016)[4] |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Professional wrestling Streaming media |
| Founded | May 10, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05-10) in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Founders | Jeff Jarrett Jerry Jarrett Bob Ryder |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide[5] |
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| Products | |
| Parent | Anthem Sports & Entertainment[8] |
| Divisions | TNA+ TNA Wrestling Home Video |
| Website | tnawrestling |
From its inception, the promotion had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind WWE.[15][16] Many former WCW wrestlers that did not move to WWE joined TNA. In 2017, Impact was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor,[17][18][19] with the loss of their U.S. television contract with Spike in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, being noted as factors to their decline.[20] By 2019, Impact was thought by many to have recovered through its sustained international television distribution,[21] and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV, which subsequently began carrying Impact programming.[22][23] With the establishment of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) that year, and that promotion's high-profile U.S. television deal with TNT (which is seen in more households than AXS), TNA has since been viewed as being the third largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind both WWE and AEW respectively.[24][25]