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TNA announces Orlando return

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#1 ·
It looks like it's going to be One Night Only tapings in February after the UK tour and then actual Impact tapings in March and April:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 27, 2015) – TNA Entertainment announced today it is heading home to Universal Studios in Orlando for a series of Pay-Per-View, international television and IMPACT WRESTLING tapings in February, March and April.
TNA Superstars and some very special guests will be in Orlando February 12 – 16 for a fun-filled and action-packed five-day extravaganza of events filmed at Universal Studios Back Lot Stage 20.
Cameras will be rolling for nine events over the five-day run, with eight special One Night Only Pay-Per-Views and Xplosion matches.
The schedule is as follows:
Day
Show Times
Thursday, February 12
7 p.m.
Friday, February 13
1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 14
1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 15
1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Monday, February 16
1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Doors to Universal Studios Stage 20 will open one hour before the listed show time. Entry to the venue, which is free of charge, is first come first seated.
In March and April, IMPACT WRESTLING, as seen on Destination America Fridays at 9/8c, will return to Orlando for a combined seven dates of television tapings. The schedule is as follows:

Friday, March 13
Saturday, March 14
Sunday, March 15
Monday, March 16

Thursday, April 23
Friday, April 24
Saturday, April 25


For more information visit impactwrestling.com and click on Tickets. And, be sure to follow IMPACT WRESTLING on twitter @impactwrestling and TNA President Dixie Carter @TNADixie for breaking news and special announcements.
http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/6330

I wonder if the March 13 episode will be live...
 
#2 ·
I wonder if stage 20 is the original Impact Zone, the one they used when they returned to Universal or a third, different one.

And it would be cool if March 13 is "live". Odds are I would think it is very likely.
 
#4 ·
I think the original one they used for years was 21, which was the largest. I remember the one they moved back into initially in 2013 was 19, which was a lot smaller, but I think they got 20 when they went back for the terrible Russo shows in the spring of 2014.
 
#6 ·
they can draw on the road if they go to the right places. the first ever Impact on the road was in Chicago and had over 6000 in attendance. multiple times through recent years they have taken PPV on the road and had attendance in the thousands.
the worst thing they do is when they do 3 or 4 nights in a row. of course you're not going to get good attendance when fans can pick ONE of the nights. not many people are going to go to multiple nights in a row.
 
#15 ·
Personally, I'm happy with this decision. New York has a loud, energetic crowd (in comparison to Orlando) but it costs a lot to run the city and the returns most likely didn't cover it. Having their shows from the Universal Studios saved them a lot of money that they could spend elsewhere, like production (lighting, Dixietron) and more live shows.

I hope TNA this time locks in the studio in Orlando. They can always run New York or some other city again, but it's best to have a fallback option. Running New York repeatedly would've burnt out that market, hence they can have a string of shows in Orlando before running a more rejuvenated New York market.
 
#17 · (Edited)
If I was TNA I would just do New York, UK, and Texas and take 2-3 months off each year to get fans hyped again for the next season. Think about how excited we were when TNA came back after this recent hiatus. Should do that ever year IMO. Wrestling is the only sport/entertainment product that doesn't take breaks and I think it hurts the product. Bellator MMA takes breaks, Network TV Shows take offseason, sports league take offseason. Why don't wrestling companies take offseasons.

A lot of indy wrestling company only wrestle events for maybe 6 months of the 12 and it leads to better shows.
 
#20 ·
Money is surelly is an important factor, but it is paifull to watch when wrestlers performing in front of dead crowd with half of the small arena being empty.

It's ok to run tapings in Orlando for 2 days, but they taping like 7 ONOs and then a TV tapings in couple of weeks.

I just cant be positive about that.
 
#22 ·
Like people have said, good finance wise. Them saving some dollar is never a bad thing. We wont really see Universal Studios until late March so I think by then the audience will be ready, it will have been a year. It's not like they have been visiting on and off, they have had a good period away.

The ONO PPV's they really need to focus on. Can they gain further revenue from them? Can they make them more important? Can the commentary be better? All things they really need to think about!
 
#27 ·
Seems like it. I'm hoping Slammiversary is still an actual PPV. That's always been my favorite TNA show of the year, and I think it's the one that delivered most in recent years. It was the best show of the year in 2014 and 2013, and 2012's was pretty good too (though I think BFG was better that year). I'm hoping for Slammiversary in somewhere other than Orlando. Maybe Detroit or Chicago?
 
#25 ·
honestly thought this was for an Orlando jordan return and i was like oh god why?!!
 
#26 ·
See thus is good.tna is doing chunk trappings in a couple locations through iut the year.thats the way to do it now and save.i habe no problem with the studios for a few months tapings .as long as its not long term its good.

They will have time to set the place up nice.

Whats really bad for brand is lack of them keeping a visual idenity for the stage. Its strange changing it always.

Since they are sticking to smaller venues now except uk tour.

They should make a unique 6 sided hexagon steel shape.with lights around it that people walk out of.naybe small screens on each side.

Keep it simple but stick to one set
 
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