Early 2007 and I actually enjoyed it a lot. I liked seeing all the guys I was already familiar with being stacked against newer guys that I'd never seen before. At the time it seemed like they were doing a good job making new stars and that it would only be a matter of time before they became competitors.
However, the popularity of professional wrestling in general was on the downswing and they became a little pretentious a couple years later. If they would have stuck to their guns, they'd have a better product now.
I was speaking more less of what my impression of the company was when I started watching it. I had some videos from 2003 on my computer that I got from my friend a few years before I actually started watching Impact and I saw Ken Shamrock and Magnum TA, but I wasn't as impressed with it as I was in 07 when I found their program on Spike TV and seeing the 6-sided ring. When I watched some of their product in 03-04 (can't remember exactly which year it was) it just seemed like a safe haven for wrestlers that weren't in WWE anymore, and probably wasn't a show I would have went out of my way to see.[/B]
Not sure I would say the product is probably better now than it was in 2007. The peak years were 2004-2006, but 07 maybe even late 06 is when the decline started. Also internationally they are more well known now, the sucess in the UK has been a really plus.