I can see why they're doing this. People still call it TNA, despite all the rebranding. They could never get away from TNA, so why not embrace it?

To be fair, no matter what they have called it over the years, I have still been calling it TNA

In the 2022 royal rumble when AJ styles was in the ring and Robert Roode came up, the crowd shouted TNA TNA TNA. The wrestling world misses TNA.

TNA circa 2005-2009 was peak performance. Possibly the closest we’ll ever get to a legit wrestling product opposite of WWE. Hopefully they can get close to that or possibly even better

Harsh. TNA wasn't always garbage. When it was an hour long "adrenaline rush" with Samoa Joe, Styles, Daniels with Don West shilling his heart out it was a great alternative. That TNA was genuinely great.

TNA coming back was a bigger deal than anything AEW did that week

I know Jim has negative memories about TNA but I would take ‘05-‘09 TNA wrestling over AEW’s entire existence.

Honestly, I don’t blame them for going back to TNA, 90% of the time I see someone online talk about the promotion, it’s usually referred to as TNA and not Impact. I don’t think the rebranding to Impact ever really worked, because everyone still thought of them as TNA

I never stopped referring to it as TNA.

As a person who grew up with the tna impact name. Especially the 3 years from 06-09 was fantastic. The name has some nostalgia to it for people in their mid to late 20s and early 30s. When wwe was making Shelton have a momma and other stuff tna gave us the X division. Kurt angle and joe etc

Way more people know it as TNA. Makes perfect business sense.

The Woooooo off between Flair and Lethal will never be topped

I remember that the TNA wrestling was returning to the original name. The Women's Division was the best women's division in professional wrestling before NXT women's division that's took over.

I understand Jim’s feelings on the “TNA” branding, but as a longtime fan I COMPLETELY welcome the change back to TNA. “Impact” is an unknown brand where’s “TNA” has some equity behind it

2005-09 and 2012-13 Was probably my favorite period of the company

2004 to 2009 TNA was fantastic to the point that I got a bunch of childhood memories watching it and never stopped calling it that so I see this as a win

I don't think people are nostalgic for old crumpy I think we're nostalgic for like 2004-2007/2008 TNA. TNA fans are what ECW fans were in mid 2000's.

I'm truly curious who in Impact/TNA mgmt peed in Brian's cheerios many years ago? His vendetta against the company is unyielding despite him clearly not watching the product in many years...

Jeff Jarrett said that nobody outside of the US even calls them Impact Wrestling, even business related people would still refer to them as TNA, so maybe they're just tired of pretending they aren't and getting backlash for it.

I literally died when Brian said “the last 8 seconds of a basketball game can take 10 minutes” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 so incredibly accurate!

As someone who watched TNA around 06-09 I'm nostalgic for the name TNA.

Every time I see Russo in the cover art, I know we’re in for a treat.

I actually legit miss TNA I'd rather watch at any day than . Anything AEW does

I grew up watching TNA as a kid, I knew TNA as a wrestling company way before I knew about it being a dirty word.

TNA 2002-2009 was very special

I have bigger faith in TNA's return than AEW's on-going struggles

Even though TNA won’t be as big as it once was in 2008/2009, it’s nice to see them go back to their old roots.

Never really followed it but TNA has a soft spot for me. I was at the very first show in Huntsville, AL in 2002. A week or so prior I got to meet Jeff Jarrett who was near my house promoting the event and got a picture with him. Nice guy.

Ive been liking impact lately more than aew I'm glad TNA is back

TNA's history good or bad is a history that people know about, Impact Wrestling has no history

For some reason I skipped TNA during the Kross/Blanchard era, and barely paid attention during the EC3/Galloway/Drake era, but they have been so solid since 2020. What's amazing about their entire history is that there was never a point when their roster was thin or uninteresting. Also, TNA has definitely come into its own recently with them no longer needing to be flanked by ex-WWE guys anymore.

1, that is the most Shitstain pose ever 2, I love how it's gone full circle, for years everyone said TNA would be dead, and not only is it not dead, it's literally being re-birthed lol

Scott D'Amore is a fantastic president of Impact AND booker .. Impact 's leadership is just fine.

I liked TNA as a kid. It had a grit that WWE didn’t have at the time. It was a nice alternative. It had great tag teams like the Motor City Machine Guns, LAX, Dudley Bros, and Beer Money Inc in a time where WWE had hardly any legit tag teams. It’s women’s division shit all over WWE’s at the time. It had what is is still my favorite Kurt Angle run. AJ Styles was this new, amazing talent to behold. Scott Steiner and Booker T were funny as shit. I think it’s biggest downfall is that it couldn’t do long-term booking for shit. The roster was insanely stacked in that 2005-2009 era. It still feels like a much more legitimate alternative than AEW ever had been and with a fraction of the budget.

Maybe it was because I was quite young(12 ish) when I started watching TNA, I loved it. 2006-2012 Kurt Angle was absolutely insane, and they had some real talents(styles, Kaz, Daniels, Skipper, Ron Killings, etc) and I was probably too young to care if it was "bad for business"

"You can on the witness protection program and still be safe on Impact" - Jim Cornette

can definitely speak on this. i remember saying i was a TNA fan as a kid to adults, family, teachers, friends, friends parents, and getting weird looks. never mind even explaining to my mother i wanted to watch TNA on spike, can i please stay up late lmfao

Every single person I know has always called it TNA, even after they changed the name. I'm sure most people have, so they must have finally accepted their fate.

TNA is more well known than Impact as a brand. That's what it boils down to. I don't think it changes anything in the grand schemes of things, but this is a way for them to get more attention, good and bad.

Lmao Keith Lee in the thumbnail look crazy

Can take a vote !!!! I for one would love for Jim to watch anything impact or tna going forward I would love for him to do a review of bound for glory, ABC versus the rascals, Mike Bailey versus Will osprey, Alex Shelly and Josh Alexander there are good matches to be seen if you take time away from dumping on the company!!!

I really miss mid 00's wrestling. It was not only the best of TNA, but also ROH, NOAH and last time WWE was great.

"One word: HEAT"

Jeff Jarrett left the company because he stole the wife of their biggest star the first time and got drunk in Mexico the second time. I agree a lot with Jim, but he denying JJ’s responsibility in the fall of TNA is very cringe.

I’m actually looking forward to this. I still refer to impact as TNA. There’s no Dixie Carter, there’s no Shitstain Russo… the logo/moments before the rebrand/Russo/Hogan still resonate with me. A lot of great talent got showcased back in TNA glory years.

If WWE went back to WWF I guarantee you’d get ppl watching again just because. Nostalgia can be profitable if marketed right & not abused.

It's clear that Jim and Brian are not keeping up with what's going on in Impact, and have no idea how succesful they've been lately.

I liked the old TNA for the reason it was a alternative from wwe. Back in the day it was what AEW was promised to be. I think they are better than AEW is today. Controversial yes, but they have been better lately. I also like that they seem to willing to try different things, they don't always work. But it isn't bad for new things to happen if they stick.

bound for glory this year was awesome

I know the original meaning behind the name is dumb, but “T&A” isn’t really a thing people say anymore. I like most people who grew up on TNA never associated it with that.

When Swinger, Juvi, and Rhyno were in the BFG Gauntlet, there was an ECW chant... Let's rebrand!

Honestly they are going back to TNA because of the long time fans. For me I still think of it as TNA. However if Jeff would have given it a better name than Russos idea. This all could have been avoided.

Why is it that Jim cannot seem to keep his mouth shut when it comes to Vince Russo?! He must like getting sued I guess. 😀 Then again, hurling insults and veiled threats against Russo is likely the only way the old man feels like a bad ass! I often wonder what would have happened if Jim had ever followed through on any of those threats against Vince Russo? Oh I know, he would be in jail or got beaten up or killed by a much younger man in self defense! 😂

When he called it "Tits N Ass Wrestling" I literally understood how Velvet Sky got over.

I haven’t started the video yet as of the writing of this comment, so I can’t wait to find out what Jim said that inspired this Fat Albert reference lol.

TNA grabbed me with those knockouts👀 back in the day when i was flipping through channels when wwe aired them Main Event shows also saw kurt & booker t and was like what the!. To be honest i started back watching again shortly before Trinity signed with them its a few people there i like but anyways glad its back to TNA

Hopefully this version of TNA gets a proper shot at the big time, because more promotions thriving makes for a better experience for fans, makes for a better landscape for wrestlers. If I were running it, I'd be monitoring the contractual statuses of all the originals and influential names that contributed to the growth and success of TNA. TNA needs a solid mix of young indie talent, a good handful of veterans, and some recognizable, “mainstream” talent that can garner viewership and ticket sales.

Jim's plug for the draftkings had me dying at work. If Basketball was booked like a late 90s Wrestling event. I would watch every game.

I've never watched TNA, but I honestly thought it was called, TNA Impact wrestling the whole time.

I disagree with Brian about TNA never being the innovator. Both the X Division and The Knockouts division preceded anything that the WWE tried to do that was similar by a decade(NXT and making women's wrestling the focus for a good portion of the show)

There are only 2 things worth remembering from TNA. Velvet Sky and Scott Steiner promos.

The second I saw Fat Albert and "Rudy" Cornette, the Fat Albert theme started playing in my head.

Like the picture very much. It linked me to some of 80s Europop Boy Band like Bad Boys Blue.

I will say for someone who hasn't watched a Impact/TNA show for 3 years I really enjoyed that PPV.

Jim saying that its unnatural to only have one intimate partner in your life is a weird boomer thing to say. Sorry Jimmy but that was a miss

We are in the era of nostalgia, so makes sense why they would go back to TNA. People are looking backwards to things they found enjoyable, endearing or comforting due to how bad everything modern is becoming. Wrestling is a microcosm of that, that so many fans are burnt by today’s product they yearn for yesteryear

Dude! That Hydrasynth is AWESOME! Great synth along with Moog!

One of the main reasons why they switched back has to do with their international audience and tv companies. Now as for the product as a whole, their shows have been good lately except that battle royal but the matches and talent has been improved but they still need a better tv deal

For the first time I don’t agree with this podcast, what TNA did 20 years ago is what Wwe and AEW is doing today, x division style wrestling, AEW old stage with tunnels, aj styles, Samoa Joe and other things. For the first time TNA has a real chance to become an alternative, what AEW was supposed to do but yet fails miserably

I was waiting for this from Jim and Brian 🤣🤣❤️

When I heard of TNA returning an hour ago, I went looking for Jim’s reaction straight away! 😂

It's like if the current Raw changed it's name back to "Raw is War" but it's still the same show. Nothing changed.

“TNA” is when they had the most success.

There are fans from long ago rummaging through attic boxes in hopes of finding old T-shirts -- and hoping that medium size stretches.

Remember in WWF, Test and Albert, their tag team was called TNA, managed by Trish Stratus

If there’s no six sided ring and “Cross the Line” isn’t the theme song, then they’re already starting off on the wrong foot.

Impact was always TNA for me, however, the name TNA does have negative connotations to those who don’t know what it is or ever watched it. I am hoping that they will succeed with this hurdle. That being said, this would be a great opportunity for them to compete with AEW as the second U.S. based wrestling organization. Let’s see what happens.

I dont know about the rest of Impact but I will say No Surrender 2022 was the best damn PPV I have watched in years from top to bottom.

That draft kings ad read was amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I find it funny wrestling fans shit on Russo, but enjoyed watching the product when he was head of creative of those shows. I truly miss TNA from 2005-2010 last wrestling show i watched weekly. Both WWE & AEW now are unwatchable.

Jeff Jarrett spoke on his podcast a few days back about how Anthem's change of the name in the first place was against his advice. He also mentioned that the change was only for North America and how most countries never experienced the change and it's always been TNA Wrestling and still are. They've been bringing back all the former talent over the last year or two; The Motor City Machineguns, Bully Ray (and in the case of recent appearances D-von as well), America's Most Wanted, Frankie Kazarian (and his wife Traci Brooks), Christopher Daniels, Eric Young (alongside Scott D'Amore and A-1 of Team Canada), Little Guido, Nick Aldis (immediately prior to his WWE debut) and a bunch of others. Ace Steel id now working in the back and Punk (was most likely visiting Ace Steele, Mickey James and others) has been visiting there lately but no one knows what his situation is at the moment.

"Which one, Scott D'Amore?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Ah yes, TNA. The company that gave birth to Perc Angle In fairness, I think A LOT of us never stopped calling it TNA

Fat Albert wearing the TNA T-shirt.😅 Jim Cornertt is right, it is a time warp seeing a classic cartoon of Fat Albert from the 80’s.

We always called it TNA (as a nickname after the rebrabding). We knew what IMPACT was (TNA Wrestling and Impact is the TV show). I always look past the inuendo, I just love the letters and the memories and good times we had up to early 2010.

Lack of experience in vaginal navigation had me rolling😂😂😂

Its been long enough since theyve been TNA for the die hards it could elicite more positive memories and draw better attention. Regardless its better news that anything from AEW's 25 shows

Nostalgia can be a powerful drug. I've heard for years that TNA consistently delivers a great show, but I haven't been motivated enough to check it out. Nevertheless, they'll need more than just some buzz to make a significant impact (no pun intended.) I hope TNA can establish key differentiators or competitive advantages compared to the fed or dub to engage viewers and fill in gaps that the big two may not be addressing.

Literally no one’s referred to them as Impact.

If they could get back to the roots of what TNA was supposed to be and was from 02-09, they could truly be a breath of fresh air in modern wrestling. I watch classic wrestling 95% of the time because the business has become a shell of its former self.

TNA coming back is probably the biggest thing in pro wrestling in the last couple years

Finally!! I knew Jim was gonna give his thoughts & feelings about this.

Impact has been so consistent last 2 years

As the owner of a Buchla 200e, Waldorf Quantum, and Moog Model 10 modular system, I can’t be anymore jazzed to hear that Brian is a synth guy!

TOTAL NONSTOP BRO!

I love when Brian gets flabbergasted at Jim doing the sponsorship promo😂

I was getting exciting when I heard the synthesizer! Thought the black scorpion was back!

Travis did great art for Vinny Roo, I’m surprised Cornette approved lol

Put TNA on Wednesday nights and have WWE help them destroy AEW by lending them talent. Kinda like they did with ECW back in the 90s.

Been waiting for this one