Although IMPACT Wrestling recently announced a move from POP to lesser known Pursuit HD, the outdoors living station has not yet publicly acknowledged the wrestling promotion.
According to Mike Johnson of PW Insider, “As of this afternoon, Pursuit HD has yet to publicly acknowledge Impact Wrestling is moving to their network. Seriously? No matter how positive anyone wants to claim this move is, it’s obvious this was a stop-gap move made out of desperate necessity.”
A quick visit to Pursuit HD’s website shows plenty of promotion for hunting, fishing, and other outdoors oriented shows, but not so much as a mention of IMPACT Wrestling. Johnson previously reported that the move to Pursuit HD was received with mix emotions. Some in IMPACT Wrestling are reportedly spinning the move as a ‘positive’ while others ‘are not as happy, feeling it was a step downward in prestige.’
Whether the move is a step downward is certainly up for debate; however, one thing is absolutely certain, Pursuit HD is advertising nearly 200 shows and not one of them is IMPACT Wrestling.
IMPACT’s final episode on POP will air this Thursday evening.
Note: There has also been no mention of IMPACT Wrestling on any of Pursuit HD’s social media accounts. Pursuit’s Twitter page (@pursuitchannel) has not issued any new tweets since November 30th.
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