AJ Styles wants to do a PPV in the UK

Seems like the next logical step. Problem is, the UK fanbase get all TNA's PPVs for free. Would seem a strange business tactic to promote a UK PPV to a US audience and have the UK audience get it for free.

The fans would show up, so whatever the expenses, they'd have probably anywhere from 10k-12k of ticket sales/merch/etc to help cover it depending on the PPV.

I'd think they'd do also do decent in Canada. As for the USA, I have to believe TNA would do 10k at Nassua Coliseum on Long Island. They just did 3k at a house show at a minor league baseball field in brooklyn. The new Barclay's Center is also an idea, but I'm not sure about the location. I rather Long Island over Brooklyn.

Also if Madison Square Garden ever advertised and had a show there, I'm sure it would do decent as well, but I don't see that happening.

To me, it seems TNA has to be somewhere where there is a lot of traffic and the population is dense, like Long Island and NYC. Or the UK.

They could probably get another record attendance if they did run a PPV in the UK. A lot of fans would flock to it and the atmosphere would be incredible again, like the London Impacts.

I'm sure there's a way around the time differences to air it live. Or like the OP said, people would just stay up for it. I don't think it'd be a huge concern.

I'd go to a Tna PPV in England and I 'm from Ireland

BFG or Slammi in the uk could possibly do 10-15,000 for attendance and would easily be there biggest show ever, they'd make enough off Merck and ticket sales to cover any lost buys for a tape delay.

Not Lockdown , Lockdown to Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, UK can have Slammiversary or Bound for Glory

They should do it, if wwe aren't going to do one which we all know that there not, then theres an open market for tna in uk,

People would go to a tna ppv in the uk, its something us English fans have wanted for years, we want wwe/tna to have at least one ppv a year in the uk. If tna did it in Manchester or London somewhere like that they would break 15k attendance, they have a very good English fan base they always out do wwe in the ratings over here.

Its a great step to them to grow themselves as a world wide brand.

I think it would be a fantastic idea. They do well enough with house shows and the Impact taping earlier in the year, a PPV would be huge.

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Or like the OP said, people would just stay up for it.

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Stay up for it? If TNA was to run a show at 7pm UK time, that would mean it would be live in the US in the afternoon when everyone is eating their dinner. I don't think there is much market for a TNA PPV at 12 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon.

If TNA cuts the PPVs, and does Clash of the Champions style specials that would be more viable. Have a three hour TNA event broadcast on a delay on a Tuesday night for three hours on Spike or something, but shown live on Challenge TV in the UK.

I hope it happens as I would definately go. Been hoping for something like this in a while. I think it's time WWE/TNA started thanking us British fans.

I'd make the journey to a TNA PPV if they held one over here in the UK. I'd imagine they'd hold it in London but it'd be nice if they held it here in Glasgow when The Hydro opens.

Impact looked more 'major league' in London the last time than it ever has. I think it was partly down to the arena they were in which had first-rate setup, e.g. railguards that looked like anti-tank barriers.

Hydro Arena in Glasgow when it opens please.

HYDRO ARENA IN GLASGOW PLEASE !!! what a way that would be to open the new 12,000 arena.

if uk fans are willing to show up at 12 day im for it but it must be live !!

maybe do a poll and ask fan if the odd time is ok? roh has did a ppv at 3.

If TNA cuts the PPVs, and does a specials that would be more viable, i think. Have a 4 hour TNA event broadcast on a delay on on Spike , but shown live on Challenge TV in the UK.

TNA air PPVs for free in the UK, but perhaps they could have a deal where they have a PPV in the UK which would only be available to the UK fans as a PPV, they would much rather watch something which was suited to their own timings. Then they could have it on tape delay in the US as a PPV, so if there were any American fans that wanted to watch it, they could and TNA would still earn some money. If they have a packed card, which I don't think TNA will have a problem giving the UK fans since it will be in front of a bigger crowd than any of their PPVs in the US, I'm sure there would be some American fans who wouldn't mind paying for it even if it were on delay. I think a PPV in UK would do a decent number of buys in the UK. Not a whole lot maybe, but combining the number of buys in both UK and US, it might be pretty close to the number TNA usually does anyway. I could see Slammiversary being a UK exclusive PPV.

TNA can't run PPVs over here. TNA is signed to BSkyB, who broadcast them through Challenge TV, which is a free to view channel. Sky would only allow TNA to run a PPV via Sky Box Office. WWE has exclusive rights to Sky Box Office, so TNA wouldn't be able to do a PPV.

Also one of the best features of TNA is that its on freeview, so most of the country can view it. If they had to pay money to see it, there is a risk of over saturating the market, so WWE have done. I remember they uproar when we had to pay for Royal Rumble 2002.

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TNA can't run PPVs over here. TNA is signed to BSkyB, who broadcast them through Challenge TV, which is a free to view channel. Sky would only allow TNA to run a PPV via Sky Box Office. WWE has exclusive rights to Sky Box Office, so TNA wouldn't be able to do a PPV.

Also one of the best features of TNA is that its on freeview, so most of the country can view it. If they had to pay money to see it, there is a risk of over saturating the market, so WWE have done. I remember they uproar when we had to pay for Royal Rumble 2002.

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How can WWE have exclusive rights over a PPV service? TNA is part of the Sky family too, if Sky had an objection with TNA they wouldn't have had them on Challenge TV in the first place.

Because WWE's PPV deal is completely different to their television contract with Sky. Sky Sports and Challenge present a completely different genre of programming and therefor a target audience. If TNA and WWE were on the same pay-per-view provider, it would be a conflict of interest and would confuse the market to the casual viewers. Thats why they wont be both on Sky Box Office.

Sky's priority is the WWE and always will be. They pay WWE hundreds of thousands of pounds to broadcast their various programs on Sky. The TV deal TNA has isn't anywhere in the ball park of being a lucrative or important to Sky.