Impact On The Road?

Furious-Red

Partial Source: Pwinsider

ORIGINAL: TNA iMPACT! will be taped for the first time in North Carolina next month. The two locations being discussed are Fayetteville NC, and Charlotte, NC. There has been talk for a while about taking iMPACT! out of Orlando to test how the product would do in front of a fresh audience.

There has only been one episode of iMPACT! taped outside of Orlando, and that was the live special from the Hard Rock Café. That show featured Mick Foley and the debut of the Main Event Mafia.

The move to North Carolina would be a test to see how the tapings do outside of Orlando, but they would also still tape in the Impact Zone, since they lease the building from Universal Studios.

UPDATE: Dixie Carter posted the following on her Twitter... Excited to announce that TNA is taking 'iMPACT!' on the road to Fayetteville, NC on 2/24. More details soon at www.tnawrestling.com

Also, they have canceled the show scheduled for Thursday, February 24 at the Bill Ellis Convention Center in Wilson, North Carolina. Refunds will be available at point of sale.

http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/296947681.shtml

Machismo Fan

I wouldn't have ran a TV show in North Carolina with Flair and The Hardys being top heels but it'll be interesting to see how they react to the TV product.

Furious-Red

Machismo Fan wrote: »

I wouldn't have ran a TV show in North Carolina with Flair and The Hardys being top heels but it'll be interesting to see how they react to the TV product.

Surely a live crowd will be anything better then the Impact Zone Crowd are brutal

chopperbyrne

Predicts a lot of "X is Flair Country" signs and lots of old WCW t-shirts if it's in Charlotte especially.

CMpunked

Impact touring could actually make the product a little better.
Crowds will be more into it and the wrestlers should feed off that a little better than the impact zone.

Machismo Fan

Furious-Red wrote: »

Surely a live crowd will be anything better then the Impact Zone Crowd are brutal

I'm just saying I'd put it somewhere besides NC. At least they can get people to boo Hardy in the iMPACT! Zone.

D.Q

Having being to a show in the impact zone, it lacks any kind of atmosphere whatsoever. WWE house shows in the point were far more atmospheric to be honest.

EdK

D.Q wrote: »

Having being to a show in the impact zone, it lacks any kind of atmosphere whatsoever. WWE house shows in the point were far more atmospheric to be honest.

It has it's good and bad days depending on the time of year how many tourists are in there etc, But they've been spoiled with shows so regularly and it might make them appreciate what they get a bit more if iMPACT! is moved around

Turtyturd

D.Q wrote: »

Having being to a show in the impact zone, it lacks any kind of atmosphere whatsoever. WWE house shows in the point were far more atmospheric to be honest.

I think those who are regular attendants are just as pissed off with the product as most other people. I was at a good few shows back when there was no TV deal and before shows the crowd were informed to cheer whoever the hell you want and boo who you want. The atmosphere and banter between fans was much better than any WWE show I have ever been to. Compare that to them removing anti Hogan/Bischoff stuff recently and I can understand why the atmosphere has gone.

I think they have even done away with the street team they had who used to do a lot of promotion for them around Orlando in return for early entrance and preferential seating in the impact zone. They seem happy to let their ex WWE names bring in the tourists for an hour or two before they get bored and leave the studio half empty.

Furious-Red

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Here is the latest on TNA taking iMPACT! on the road.

The TNA iMPACT! taping in Fayetteville, North Carolina will NOT be a live show. The show will be a TV taping for shows on March 3rd and March 10th. So basically they'll tape two weeks worth of iMPACT! in one night so back-to-back iMPACT! broadcasts on SpikeTV will be from outside Orlando, FL. The March 10th taping will also be the go-home edition of iMPACT! before the TNA Victory Road PPV on March 13th.

TNA will also tape TV on February 14th and February 15th in Orlando for iMPACT! shows to air on February 17th and February 24th.

According to sources, the plan within TNA is to hold around 8-10 iMPACT! TV tapings on the road for the rest of 2011.

More as we get it.

Furious-Red

-- Tickets for the February 24th Impact tapings in Fayetteville, NC go on sale tomorrow. Tickets cost between $20-$60, and you can buy tickets at Ticketmaster.com.

-- While many thought that the show would be a live broadcast, it will simply be another set of tapings.

Lord TSC

D.Q wrote: »

Having being to a show in the impact zone, it lacks any kind of atmosphere whatsoever. WWE house shows in the point were far more atmospheric to be honest.

Having been to 3 TNA Impact tapings and a few WWE house shows, I'd say it varies. Both can be inconsistant tbf and can range from great fun and annoying boredom.

Furious-Red

Many within TNA believe they need to take iMPACT! on the road more often. Company officials were pleased with the recent tapings in Fayetteville, North Carolina and the feeling of just about everyone is that they need to go on the road as frequently as possible, providing it's cost effective.

Many feel the Impact! Zone fans are overexposed, not to mention that the venue makes the promotion appear minor league on television

CMpunked

Furious-Red wrote: »

Many within TNA believe they need to take iMPACT! on the road more often. Company officials were pleased with the recent tapings in Fayetteville, North Carolina and the feeling of just about everyone is that they need to go on the road as frequently as possible, providing it's cost effective.

Many feel the Impact! Zone fans are overexposed, not to mention that the venue makes the promotion appear minor league on television

The stage and bigger crowd made tna look pretty dam good.
The best thing was you could see the wrestlers got more into it because they were getting such great reaction.

Charisteas

CMpunked wrote: »

The stage and bigger crowd made tna look pretty dam good.
The best thing was you could see the wrestlers got more into it because they were getting such great reaction.

Totally agree, but I just hope it doesn't hinder them financially to do shows on the road more often.

Furious-Red

The only thing if they do Impact on the road is that im not sure about doing 2 tapings per venue. I no its better financially to do that but i felt the 2nd taping reactions were not as big as the 1st.

Apart from that they should keep doing shows on the road

jaykhunter

TNA could feasibly just tape 4 hours worth of in-ring matches in front of the crowd and split it over 3 impacts; and film the backstage vignettes earlier in the day or better yet, over 2 days.

All this would be less of a logistical nightmare if they didn't film 200 billion backstage vignettes for every iMPACT.