Coming from small yet humble roots to pay-per-views and sold out arenas, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is the only real genuine competition that the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) faces.
Formed in May 2002 by former WWE and WCW wrestler Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry, TNA was initially a member of the storied NWA (National Wrestling Alliance), before forming its own identity and franchise base in 2004. Operating out of Nashville, Tennessee, TNA focuses most of its promotion and live events around the TNA Impact set at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Beginning in 2004, TNA started airing TNA Impact as a weekly broadcast along similar lines as WWEs Smackdown and RAW shows. Despite some early rating difficulties which led to TNA being dropped from its original broadcaster (Fox Sports Net), it has now found a home at the former base of the WWE, Spike TV. TNA also broadcast into overseas territories including the UK and Australia.
TNA also runs monthly pay-per-view shows that culminate with Bound for Glory (TNAs equivalent of Wrestlemania), the showpiece of TNA Wrestling. These monthly pay-per-views have allowed TNA to move out of their Florida home and to take the TNA brand both across America and internationally, having completed successful tours of Asia and the UK in 2007 and 2008.
One of the biggest differences between TNA and the WWE is the fact that TNA uses a six-sided ring. This difference shapes everything in the company from the structure of its presentation down to the narrative flow. WWE and other usual wrestling events feature a 4 sided standard boxing ring, but TNA uses a hexagon shaped ring providing a completely different complexity from the WWE.
This six-sided ring is accompanied by a Six Sides of Steel match, very similar in style to the standard steel cage match, but with the addition of two more steel sides. TNA is also well known for pushing sports entertainment to the extreme, especially in the X Division, their Cruiserweight League. - 20785
Formed in May 2002 by former WWE and WCW wrestler Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry, TNA was initially a member of the storied NWA (National Wrestling Alliance), before forming its own identity and franchise base in 2004. Operating out of Nashville, Tennessee, TNA focuses most of its promotion and live events around the TNA Impact set at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Beginning in 2004, TNA started airing TNA Impact as a weekly broadcast along similar lines as WWEs Smackdown and RAW shows. Despite some early rating difficulties which led to TNA being dropped from its original broadcaster (Fox Sports Net), it has now found a home at the former base of the WWE, Spike TV. TNA also broadcast into overseas territories including the UK and Australia.
TNA also runs monthly pay-per-view shows that culminate with Bound for Glory (TNAs equivalent of Wrestlemania), the showpiece of TNA Wrestling. These monthly pay-per-views have allowed TNA to move out of their Florida home and to take the TNA brand both across America and internationally, having completed successful tours of Asia and the UK in 2007 and 2008.
One of the biggest differences between TNA and the WWE is the fact that TNA uses a six-sided ring. This difference shapes everything in the company from the structure of its presentation down to the narrative flow. WWE and other usual wrestling events feature a 4 sided standard boxing ring, but TNA uses a hexagon shaped ring providing a completely different complexity from the WWE.
This six-sided ring is accompanied by a Six Sides of Steel match, very similar in style to the standard steel cage match, but with the addition of two more steel sides. TNA is also well known for pushing sports entertainment to the extreme, especially in the X Division, their Cruiserweight League. - 20785
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