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TNA is about to be without a television home in the United Kingdom, with tonight’s show being the last regularly scheduled edition of Impact Wrestling on Challenge TV. With Total Non-Stop Deletion airing this week, that sounds like a cause for concern for U.K. fans, but it’s not quite as bad as it sounds. Total Non-Stop Deletion will be airing, but on a few week delay, according to a post on Challenge’s website. Here’s how the end of TNA on Challenge has been laid out:
- December 11th at 9:00 p.m. GMT (already in progress as of this writing) is the show that aired on December 8th in the U.S.
- December 11th at 11:00 p.m. GMT is the latest One Night Only special.
- December 18th at 9:00 p.m. GMT is TNA’s Best of 2016 special.
- December 31st at 9:00 a.m. GMT will be two episodes of Xplosion back to back.
- January 1st at 9:00 p.m. GMT will be the debut of what Challenge calls “TNA Hardy Brothers special” but is presumably the U.K. premier of Total Non-Stop Deletion, which airs this Thursday (December 15th) in the United States.
Since the announcement of Challenge cancelling TNA, there has been zero buzz about a new deal. Along with the promotion’s TV deals in Canada, India, and South Africa, Challenge was one of just a few networks paying TNA significant rights fees.