TNA Epics
| TNA Epics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Sports entertainment Professional wrestling |
| Created by | Dixie Carter |
| Presented by | Mick Foley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom, United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 (7 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour per episode (44 minutes plus commercials). |
| Original release | |
| Network | Bravo (2009) Spike (2010) Extreme Sports Channel (2010) |
| Release | May 15, 2009 – April 15, 2010 |
| Related | |
| TNA Impact! (2004-present) TNA Xplosion (2002–2021, 2024-present) Before the Impact (2021-2023) TNA Gut Check (2004–present) TNA Global Impact! (2006) TNA Today (2007) TNA British Boot Camp (2013–2014) TNA+ | |
TNA Epics is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that aired on Spike in the United States and Bravo in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] The show was hosted by Mick Foley[1] and showed matches and events from the history much like WWE Vintage. In December 2009, Dixie Carter announced in an interview that Epics would be debuting on Spike in January 2010.[2] The second season began on Thursday, January 14, 2010.[3]
The series was later released in full on Impact Wrestling's Impact Plus streaming service.
History
[edit]Beginning on Bravo (2009)
[edit]TNA Epics originally aired on Bravo in the United Kingdom before being broadcast in the United States. The show was announced on May 8, 2009, as a chance for UK TNA fans to see classic TNA matches and events for the first time since TNA signed with Bravo and Classic TNA shows ceased being shown on The Wrestling Channel.[citation needed] On June 26, 2009, the air time of TNA Epics on Bravo was moved from Fridays at 10 pm GMT to Saturdays at 11 pm, meaning that TNA Epics would now be shown following the UK showing of TNA Impact![4] Epics disappeared from television in the UK when the July 11, 2009, episode which was set to feature "The Best of Jeff Hardy in TNA" was taken off the television listings before being set to air.[5] The status of the show remained unknown until it was announced to be cancelled on August 2, 2009, less than three months from its inception. However, the developed episodes are still available on television in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[6] However, Bravo showed replays of the episodes of TNA Epics at a new time of Saturdays at 8 pm, before the TNA Impact! broadcasts, and on September 26, 2009, the previously unaired episode "X-Division Insanity, Part 1" was shown.[7]
TNA Epics on Spike (2010)
[edit]On December 3, 2009, TNAWrestling.com posted a video interview with TNA president Dixie Carter. She announced that a "new show", TNA Epics would debut on Spike. It was later revealed that the show would begin on January 14, 2010, and air on one Thursday per month. On February 19, 2010, it was announced that the March 18th edition of TNA Epics, featuring the X-Division was dropped from Spike's schedule.[8] But, the show was later announced to be moved to Monday Nights following iMPACT! with the dropped episode being aired on Spike following TNA iMPACT! on March 15.[9] However, the episode was once again moved to the following night, Tuesday March 16.[10] Since April 2010, the current status of the show is unknown and no further episodes have been announced.
TNA Epics on Extreme Sports Channel (2010)
[edit]On Friday November 19, 2010, TNA Epics began re-airing on Extreme Sports Channel in the UK. At this time Extreme was already home to TNA's Monthly Pay-Per Views and weekly syndicated show Xplosion. Epics aired back to back double episodes every Friday night on Extreme Sports Channel, following TNA Xplosion at 10 pm and 11 pm. The show's run on Extreme ended on December 31, 2010, when TNA's contract with Extreme Sports ended and all TNA programming moved to Challenge.[11]
Streaming services (2016)
[edit]In September 19, 2016, Impact Wrestling began airing and releasing previously aired and unaired episodes of TNA Epics on the Impact Plus and Pluto TV streaming services.[12] The series has produced 20 episodes with 7 episodes that were previously unaired until the 2016 release on the promotions streaming service.
Episode list
[edit]Season 1 (2009)
[edit]| # | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Best of Six Sides of Steel" | May 15, 2009 | |
| A look back on some of the best Six Sides of Steel Matches in TNA history, featuring: | |||
| 2 | "Best of the X-Division Championship Matches vol. 1" | May 22, 2009 | |
| A look back on some of the best early X Division championship matches in TNA history, featuring: | |||
| 3 | "Best of Slammiversary" | May 29, 2009 | |
| A look back on some of the best matches from TNA's summer anniversary events, featuring: | |||
| 4 | "King of the Mountain Ladder Matches" | June 5, 2009 | |
| A look back at the first three King of the Mountain Ladder matches, a match that has made TNA what it is today. Featuring: | |||
| 5 | "Knockouts" | June 12, 2009 | |
| A look back at some of the best women's wrestling matches in TNA history, featuring: | |||
| 6 | "The Hogan Controversy" | June 19, 2009 | |
| A look back to a controversial incident in October 2003 when Jeff Jarrett travelled to Japan to attack the legendary Hulk Hogan! Includes rare footage from the brawl with Hogan as well as the fallout that enrupted involving Jimmy Hart, Rick Steiner and Sting. | |||
| 7 | "The Best of the World Heavyweight Title Matches, Part 1" | June 27, 2009 | |
| A look back to some of the early World title matches in TNA, featuring: | |||
| 8 | "The Hardcore Wars, Part 1" | July 4, 2009 | |
| A look back on historic barbaric matches in TNA, featuring: | |||
| 9 | "The Best of Jeff Hardy in TNA" | UNAIRED[13] | |
| A look back on some of the best matches in TNA from Jeff Hardy, one of wrestling's most popular superstars, featuring: | |||
| 10 | "X-Division Insanity, Part 1" | September 26, 2009 | |
| A look back at some of the most daredevil, crazy, high-flying X Division matches in TNA history, featuring: | |||
Season 2 (2010)
[edit]| # | Title | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kurt Angle" | January 14, 2010 | |
| A look back on some of Kurt Angle's greatest matches in the six-sided ring. Matches include: | |||
| 2 | "Sting at Bound for Glory" | February 11, 2010 | |
| A look back on Sting's victories on TNA's biggest pay-per-view of the year. Matches include: | |||
| 3 | "X-Division Insanity, Part 2" | March 16, 2010 | |
| A look back at some of the most daredevil, crazy, high-flying X Division matches in TNA history. Matches include: | |||
| 4 | "The Best of Mick Foley" | April 15, 2010 | |
| A look back on Mick Foley's greatest moments in TNA. Matches include: | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "TNA Launching new show called "TNA Epics" with Mick Foley as Host". Pro Wrestling News Now. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "TNA Wrestling: The Complete Interview with Dixie Carter". TNA Wrestling. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ "Date for TNA Epics on Spike". WrestleView. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ "TNA Epics Moving to A New Timeslot". TNA Revolution. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "No TNA Epics scheduled this week on Bravo". TNA Revolution. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "The Future of TNA Epics?". TNA Wrestling News. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "TNA Epics September 26, 2009". Yahoo! TV UK. Retrieved 27 September 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "TNA Epics on 3/18 dropped". WrestleView. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "3 hours of TNA on March 15th". WrestleView. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ "TNA Epics moved yet again". WrestleView. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "TNA Epics now airing on Extreme Sports Channel". TNA UK. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "TNA Epics: Episode Listings - impactplus.tv".
- ^ "Upcoming TNA Epics episodes (some which never got aired)". TNA Wrestling. Retrieved 18 September 2009.