First Time Seeing TNA on tv

[iAMJamari]

What was your first time seeing TNA on television? For me it was in 2005 and idunno why but i would always be searching through the channels looking for different wrestling to watch. When i saw it i was excited and i was seeing guys like X Pac and Jeff Hardy.

 

[Chris]

When they premiered on Spike in '05. I think that was actually the episode Team 3D debuted on.

 

[Crippler]

The first Wednesday PPV on 2002. I was just at school one day and my friend said have you seen the TNA show before, i said no then we skipped school the next day and watched it during the afternoon. At the time we thought this was the greatest thing ever cause it had all the old school WWE and WCW guys but i'm guessing i i got back and watch them again it doesn't hold up like it use to.

 

[Tapout]

First episode Sting was on? I don't remember honestly. So around 2003 I think.

Was real big into it then.

 

[The New F'n Show]

I ordered the first PPV. As far as free TV it would have been the first episode on Fox Sports.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

I think in 2006. Don't remember exactly what episode, but the main event was Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles vs Christopher Daniels for the X Division title. Shit was so cash! It was also when Joe was still undefeated.

 

[Keith]

Was one of the TV shows from about 2004, it was a weekly ppv, but being in the UK I saw it for free on the Wrestling Channel. Don't remember too much about it, just that Piper was on it. Took me awhile to get into the match concepts or the younger talent, but could see it had something different.

 

[Dale]

The Hulk Hogan Era. I had Raw on the TV and iMPACT on a stream so I could see what the hell was going on.

Was a fun night to be a wrestling fan.

 

[Gimmick]

I remember flicking onto one night while watching TV. As far as I remember it was a Sabu vs. Abyss match. I didn't really like what I saw, so I switched it after a couple of minutes. It took me another year or two for me to finally give it a chance and see what the fuss was about.

 

[We Are Legion]

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.

 

[PHIL DUNPHY'S MOUSTACHE]

Their first weekly PPV back in 2002. We had a chipped card for our PayTV and got all PPVs for free, I saw it advertised and checked it out, was pretty sweet seeing the different guys on offer. The system boxes upgraded that Christmas and I never bothered actually ordering an event, and didn't see any TNA until it premiered on our TV in 2010.

 

[Chris Dresdon]

I first read about it when I came across an article regarding what Jeff Hardy was doing since leaving WWE the first time. I had no idea what TNA was or who any of the homegrown guys were. I remember seeing hype for the AJ Styles DVD and hype of him being the "Phenomenal One", made him seem like a huge deal and all I could wonder is why I hadn't heard of him or the promotion before. My exposure to TNA was mainly advertisements for the weekly pay-per-views until they debuted on Spike TV.

 

[Keith]

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.

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.

 

[We Are Legion]

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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.

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.

Overall though, I was still particularly entertained with the comedy segments of 2007, most-notably Shark Boy and a lot of things they were doing good that they don't do anymore. Also the Knockout division which Gail Kim was particularly excellent in at the time. It was also refreshing to see guys like Kurt Angle and Christian who I actually missed as opposed to people like X-Pac that were there the first time I was exposed to their product.

 

[Airfixx]

Some time during the Christian coallition angle.... 2007?

Never entirely 'bought in' though.... Show to show they can put on some good suff (pre-Hogan's arrival is the best period I can recall), but even if they start off nice, the nonsensical storytelling always end up doing my head in.