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TNA President Dixie Carter was interviewed by Josh Modaberi of The American on a number of topics. Below are some quick highlights.
So what do you Guys say... Brotha... 2013 is for TNA...
Hell Yeah...

TNA President Dixie Carter was interviewed by Josh Modaberi of The American on a number of topics. Below are some quick highlights.
On British Boot Camp:
"British Boot Camp was a tremendous success, Im so proud of whats happened there. I think the UK has been so great in supporting us and the British fans. I want to help build back British wrestling; there are so many great, talented people over here and weve got some exciting ideas."
The possibility of a UK PPV:
"People always ask me about having a PPV in the UK and here is the only reason why I havent done a PPV: not as many people watch the PPVs as the television show, and I want millions and millions of people to see it worldwide. I think it would be great because you would see longer matches and there wont be any commercial interruptions and things such as that. I wanted to showcase the British fans, I wanted them to be seen worldwide by everybody so people know how fantastic they are. Yes, eventually we will hold a UK PPV."
TNA's new Pay Per View changes:
"To cut down the PPVs was a difficult decision because youre giving away millions of dollars to both your top line as well as the profit line on the balance sheet. We do have success in that. Its always been the traditional way of doing wrestling but I feel were in a place right now where we have to shake things up and we need to look at things differently. It is a big financial risk on our part to do without it but I feel like it will make the PPVs we do much more special and I really feel it will make television mean more. Well have an opportunity to let programmes breathe, give away more PPV-quality matches on television, and then when we do have a PPV I know everyone of my guys are going to be fighting to be on that card and it will just be interesting to see how that plays out."
On how the One Night Only Pay Per Views will differ:
"It is so hard to build up a paid PPV-quality card in just four weeks, so here is a chance with this One Night Only series to come up with a dream concept and to put dream players in there. There doesnt have to be back stories: you can create dream match-ups or see a certain gimmick. We are going to be having a lot of fun with these and I think well come up with some really great programming."
Taking Impact Wrestling on the road:
"That is the goal starting this year. Were close to making a big announcement, another one besides the PPVs, which I think will have a great impact on the show, pun intended. Taking the show on the road is the natural next step for us. Its expensive touring and its not that I havent wanted to be on the road but its a business decision just like losing the PPVs. Im not going to put this company in any financial trouble, so everything we have done has been very conscious, people were saying we werent going to stay in business for ten weeks and here we are going into our 11th year and having more success than ever and thats because we make good business decisions."
On the future for TNA:
"Expanding outside of wrestling I think is important in order to grow the core product globally. Coming up with more licensing and sponsors, more programming - in the United States we just have one show and our competitor has ten hours of television a week so it is hard to compete. We have more television in the UK and that shows you how competitive we can be when we have more exposure, so that would be our goal in the United States. Again its not because I havent wanted to, its just contractually I havent been able to due to our contract agreement with Spike TV. But that is changing as well. I think all of these things combined will make for a very interesting 2013."
So what do you Guys say... Brotha... 2013 is for TNA...
Hell Yeah...
