TNA Loses UK TV Deal with Challenge TV

You can feel the spin coming from here. According to Challenge TV’s official website, Challenge will no longer be airing “Impact Wrestling” starting in 2017. On TNA’s official Facebook page, they blame the fact that Challenge doesn’t air the show until 3-5 days after the episode airs in the USA.

This could not come at a worse time for TNA as they are required to pay Billy Corgan’s loan by the end of November 1 due to the result of a lawsuit. The promotion has been facing financial issues for a very long time now and their foreign TV contracts were one of their major assets.

For those of you who aren’t aware, Challenge TV is a channel that airs old game shows. It’s not exactly a high level network in the first place and now they’re saying TNA isn’t worth keeping around. TNA can spin things however they want but at the end of the day, people just aren’t watching the shows and there’s no way around it. I’m sure Aroluxe will be thrilled to pay Corgan $1.8 million now that they’ve lost this contract too.

What is the bright spot for TNA now? How much longer do you give them to survive? Let us know in the comments below.