{"id":203100,"date":"2025-08-19T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=203100"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:37:51","slug":"tna-impact-reportedly-negotiating-for-bigger-media-rights-deal-that-could-lead-to-head-to-head-schedule-with-aew-dynamite-live-weekly-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/08\/19\/tna-impact-reportedly-negotiating-for-bigger-media-rights-deal-that-could-lead-to-head-to-head-schedule-with-aew-dynamite-live-weekly-format\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA Impact reportedly negotiating for bigger media rights deal that could lead to head-to-head schedule with AEW Dynamite, live weekly format"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3738403679\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>TNA might be considering moving its weekly flagship TV series Impact to Wednesday nights, perhaps on The CW or A&amp;E, which would put it head-to-head with AEW Dynamite, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/wrestling\/features\/tna-open-to-moving-and-opposing-aew-as-part-of-media-rights-discussions-exclusive\">according to Jon Alba of Sports Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TNA President Carlos Silva noted last month they were hoping to sign a lucrative media rights agreement &#8220;in the vicinity of $10 million annually.&#8221; Silva told SI it could encompass going live.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zb5sc8o4h\">&#8220;I think the first thing, I mean, I&#8217;m a live guy. I&#8217;ve been a live guy my whole career. The team that we&#8217;ve built believes in live, I would love TNA to be live every week. Live, every week, is a different animal, logistically and operationally. I know the team that we&#8217;ve got can handle it The partnerships that we&#8217;ve got would support it. But there&#8217;s a different cost structure around going live 52 weeks a year, whether you&#8217;re in a location like a performance center-type of place, some of the year you&#8217;re traveling, part of the year, it just changes the dynamic around operationally allocating your costs. And I think that would be the first thing that would change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TNA has been working with WWE earlier this year, and have been sharing talent since. WWE mentions TNA semi-regularly on WWE TV shows and they share wrestlers and championships between WWE&#8217;s NXT brand and TNA.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<del><\/del><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Check out the latest episode of the &#8220;All Elite Conversation Club&#8221; with Joel Dehnel and Gregg Kanner, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/all-elite-conversation-club-dehnel-kanner-talk-more-aggressive-competition-from-tko-copeland-and-christian-reunite-forbidden-door-card--67398189\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Elite Conversation Club - Dehnel &amp; Kanner talk more aggressive competition from TKO, Copeland and Christian reunite, Forbidden Door card\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=67398189&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Although TNA isn&#8217;t owned by WWE., a decision to schedule Impact head-to-head with Dynamite would be perceived as yet another aggressive move associated with WWE to try to thwart AEW&#8217;s growth and compete for eyeballs and dollars with their main competitor.<\/p>\n<p>AEW will be facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2025-2026-nba-schedule-how-to-watch-espn-amazon-nbc-peacock\">new competition with the NBA this year as ESPN<\/a> will be airing an NBA every Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show (8\/18) - WWE Raw w\/cohost Brandon LeClair\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHkwm4xWJ3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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