"Championship Thursday" Debuts On IMPACT WRESTLING

[Testify]

ImpactWrestling.com:

Back in April, Hulk Hogan announced a new format to IMPACT WRESTLING on Spike TV – “Open Fight Night”. This once-a-month special gave anyone on IMPACT the opportunity to call out anyone on the roster and that person had to fight. Along with “Gut Check”, the episode featured a championship match where Hulk Hogan decided the challenger. Starting Thursday night and happening once a month, “Championship Thursday” will break out into its own episode of IMPACT WRESTLING on Spike TV - Hulk Hogan announced to ImpactWrestling.com today.

On “Championship Thursday”, an IMPACT WRESTLING champion will walk to the ring not knowing whom they will face. During this monthly episode, four challengers will meet with Hulk Hogan and plead their case why they deserve the shot at the champion. One by one, the challengers will be eliminated until bell time when two challengers remain. As the champion stands in the ring ready to defend, Hogan makes the final decision and the title match starts right then!

On Thursday, the World Tag Team Champions – Kazarian and Christopher Daniels -walk to the ring not knowing their foes. Hulk Hogan will sit down with four sets of challengers and hear their case during the broadcast! The challengers will be AJ Styles and a partner of his choosing, Robbie E & Robbie T, Gunner and Kid Kash, and Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez!

Tune into Spike TV on Thursday at 8/7c to see how it unfolds LIVE!

Bottom line, instead of this happening on Open Fight Night, it's happening on pre-PPV Impact. Got it?

I wonder who's AJ's partner will be since Kurt and Anderson won't be on Impact.

 

[Snowman1]

I like the idea, it gives you a little "taste" of PPV since they can't build for them. It'll be Chavo though

But does this mean we'll get the 15 segments of a guy making his choice like we did with the Open Fight Night Title Shot?

 

[Crayo]

So it's just me who thinks this idea is stupid? Save championship matches for PPV and use iMPACT to actually build towards them. The one good thing that can happen on these nights is stars who are returning, for the shock value. It can set up feuds as well I guess, but imo the negatives certainly out-weight the positives.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

It sounds exactly like OFN to me lol. I agree with Crayo though, except for special cases save title matches for PPV. And I don't see doing it once a month just because as a special case.

 

[Stopspot]

What Dolph's and Crayo said. Seems like a waste of a show really.

 

[Testify]

I can't wait to hear Robbie E talking with Hogan in an unscripted backstage segment. That should be all sorts of awesome.

 

[Stopspot]

I can't wait to hear Robbie E talking with Hogan in an unscripted backstage segment. That should be all sorts of awesome.

Hogan is gonna have a heart attack right then and there brother.

 

[Testify]

:OO

 

[Stopspot]

:OO

:hogan:

 

[Snowman1]

It sounds exactly like OFN to me lol. I agree with Crayo though, except for special cases save title matches for PPV. And I don't see doing it once a month just because as a special case.

Apparently this is being done to take some of the clutter away from OFN, they're basically moving the title match to this time of the month.

 

[Wacokid27]

Definitely lets you know that "anything can happen" on Impact.

Which is a good thing.

wk

 

[Bort]

Three days before PPV we're getting free title matches? Nice way to kill your buyrates.

 

[Crayo]

Three days before PPV we're getting free title matches? Nice way to kill your buyrates.

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[Snowman1]

I honestly doubt the tag title match on Impact hurt the buyrate to No Surrender... it honestly helped it by giving you a taste of how awesome TNA Tag Matches (and the World Tag Team Champions of the World) are. They gave you a good match on Impact then set up an awesome one for the PPV.

It may not be the best thing for the product, but it's good for business.

 

[Crayo]

I certainly don't think it's good for business at all. The idea as a whole is certainly bad for business (let's face it, PPV's are their business). It's just an insult to those who do buy the PPV's.