IMPACT Wrestling will have new content for their television broadcasts after all.
According to comments made by Tommy Dreamer on the latest episode of Busted Open Radio, IMPACT will be taping two months worth of shows this week at an undisclosed location. He noted that the tapings will be an empty arena format over the course of three days and said it “would be very, very taxing.”
Earlier today, it was also reported by PWInsider.com that IMPACT was moving ahead with plans to reformat their Rebellion pay-per-view as a TV special, and this week’s tapings will likely see content for that event taped. PWInsider.com provided more details on the tapings this week, noting IMPACT will be taping TV this week in Nashville at Skyway Studios, with the plan to produce 6-8 weeks of TV.
It was noted that IMPACT has used Skyway (which was also a potential home for NWA Powerrr before finalizing GPB in Atlanta) for several years for production but this is the first time a television taping will take place at this facility.
The state of Tennessee is currently under a two-week “stay at home” order but businesses classified as essential are allowed to remain open.
It will be interesting to see what talent is even available for this week’s tapings, as some of them live in Canada and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus are preventing them from entering the United States. During an exclusive interview with Wrestlezone last week, IMPACT Tag Team Champion Ethan Page noted that he’s stuck in Canada until this is all over, and mentioned his partner Josh Alexander and Cody Deaner are also affected for the next several weeks as well. He estimated IMPACT having two or three weeks of content left to air from their most recent television tapings but was not sure at the time how the show would continue.
“I don’t envy anyone on the writing team. Josh Alexander and I are stuck in Canada, so we can’t even cross the border until all of this clears. I suggested I vlog something for me and Josh, whether it’s us going to beat someone up—Cody Deaner lives in Canada, [Cousin] Jake Something is American, they can’t even meet up together—but I honestly don’t know. Everyone that has a company, this is why I’ve been trying to be as understanding as possible. Nobody knows what’s going on, so for us to blame someone that has no control over what’s happening,” Page said, “we all just need to be nice to each other and try and help each other out. We’ll get through it and it will end, everything will get back to normal—hopefully, eventually—we just have to get through this crap right now.”
IMPACT Wrestling is still paying talent despite needing to cancel their March and April events, which included today’s originally scheduled ‘TNA: There’s No Place Like Home’ event in Tampa and Lockdown in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
