It has been reported that TNA has some interest from WGN and VELOCITY Network as possible future homes for Impact Wrestling after Spike TV drops it from its schedule at the end of the year and now it appears that two other networks are interested in carrying the company's flagship show.
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According to Wrestlingheadlines.com, it appears to be a lock that TNA and Spike TV will part ways at the end of the year as talks broke down between the two days before it was reported by TMZ that they were still in negotiations.
Spike TV originally wanted to drop TNA from its schedule in October when the contract between the two expired because the network wants out of the pro wrestling business, but Spike wanted to be a good partner and has kept TNA on through the end of 2014 while it searches for a new network home.
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According to the report, while WGN and Discovery Channel's VELOCITY Network have each been linked to having interest in Impact Wrestling, two other networks have also emerged. The report indicates that one of the networks that TNA is in discussions with is stronger than Spike, but doesn't have the same demographics.
WGN was linked to TNA in the past, but there were reports that they may not get back into the wrestling business after dropping the WWE from its network a few years ago. If WGN does decide to strike a deal with TNA amid the network shying away from Chicago sporting events, it is likely that the show could get pre-empted a lot, which is not something TNA would likely go for.
As far as VELOCITY, there were reports that the network was interested in acquiring the rights to Impact, though the deal was seen as a "worst-case scenario" for TNA. The company recently moved its flagship show to Wednesday nights, which will likely be the permanent slot once it finds a new network.
It was reported last month that VELOCITY Network is only available in high definition and is in just 48 million homes, so TNA was relieved to have an offer but were hoping that it would lead to more offers and they wouldn't have to sign on with them, which apparently has happened.
The rights fee that VELOCITY would pay TNA was also reportedly less than a quarter of what they currently receive from Spike TV to air Impact Wrestling every week.
While there was some doubt that TNA would land on its feet after getting dropped from Spike TV, there appears to be several interested parties in carrying the company's flagship program in 2015.
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