So, after the great reviews of Slammiversary XVI, I have been seeing many people talking about how IMPACT is rising in popularity and how many people are either coming back to it or are now becoming fans, which is all great to hear. It did get me wondering though. Why is IMPACT's popularity on the rise, when just a few years ago it was the bass of every wrestling joke? Well, I thought of a few things that have helped them, and I thought I would share them to see if you guys agree with them, and so y'all can add some more.
1) They are willing to let their wrestlers do Indie shows and fans get more engaged with the wrestlers. Now, to me, this is a big one in a sense because let's face it's awesome to be able to go to the local show or watch an Indie show viva Powerbomb or whatever you use and see wrestlers, some of whom may be your personal favorites like Shotzi Blackheart for me, on national TV every week. The best part of this is that they will still keep the story they are telling on National TV alive in Indie shows, and that to me is both impressive and awesome.
2) They have been on fire with their storytelling both in the ring and out of the ring. I mean seriously, the Eddie Edwards storyline between Sami and then Tommy was ducking amazing, Pentagon Jr. and Sami were ducking awesome as well, and LAX vs OGz is good as well. What do all these matches/stories have in common? They told the story they were telling excellently and dam near flawless. Eddie becoming obsessed with Sami after the whole eye thing and Sami playing games on him was great and both men gave a great performance in and out of the ring, and even after Eddie defeated Sami, which was Eddie's transition to a heel, he was still obsessed thus turning him against his close friend, Tommy. Now, Tommy and Eddie's story was great because it was just Tommy's obsession with beating Raven, which if you never saw I would recommend, it all over again, but even though it was repeated it was still interesting, though.
3) They have been more active on several forms of media. In today's world if you aren't active on any social media then you will be left behind in a matter of speaking, and IMPACT has figured that out and has been stepping up their Social Media game. They have their own Twitch channel, which shows BTS sometimes, special events like the Lucha Underground vs IMPACT during Wrestlemania weekend, and a bunch more items that you should check out.
Those are the only three I can think, but I am hoping y'all can add more to my list. As well there are three minor ones that weren't big enough to make their own thing which are they have wrestlers who can actually wrestle and can put on a good match, IMPACT isn't drawn out and the promos/segments build to the story, and the final one is that the women are treated as equal to the men and most of them are good wrestlers and aren't being pushed due to looks.
1) They are willing to let their wrestlers do Indie shows and fans get more engaged with the wrestlers. Now, to me, this is a big one in a sense because let's face it's awesome to be able to go to the local show or watch an Indie show viva Powerbomb or whatever you use and see wrestlers, some of whom may be your personal favorites like Shotzi Blackheart for me, on national TV every week. The best part of this is that they will still keep the story they are telling on National TV alive in Indie shows, and that to me is both impressive and awesome.
2) They have been on fire with their storytelling both in the ring and out of the ring. I mean seriously, the Eddie Edwards storyline between Sami and then Tommy was ducking amazing, Pentagon Jr. and Sami were ducking awesome as well, and LAX vs OGz is good as well. What do all these matches/stories have in common? They told the story they were telling excellently and dam near flawless. Eddie becoming obsessed with Sami after the whole eye thing and Sami playing games on him was great and both men gave a great performance in and out of the ring, and even after Eddie defeated Sami, which was Eddie's transition to a heel, he was still obsessed thus turning him against his close friend, Tommy. Now, Tommy and Eddie's story was great because it was just Tommy's obsession with beating Raven, which if you never saw I would recommend, it all over again, but even though it was repeated it was still interesting, though.
3) They have been more active on several forms of media. In today's world if you aren't active on any social media then you will be left behind in a matter of speaking, and IMPACT has figured that out and has been stepping up their Social Media game. They have their own Twitch channel, which shows BTS sometimes, special events like the Lucha Underground vs IMPACT during Wrestlemania weekend, and a bunch more items that you should check out.
Those are the only three I can think, but I am hoping y'all can add more to my list. As well there are three minor ones that weren't big enough to make their own thing which are they have wrestlers who can actually wrestle and can put on a good match, IMPACT isn't drawn out and the promos/segments build to the story, and the final one is that the women are treated as equal to the men and most of them are good wrestlers and aren't being pushed due to looks.
