Dave Meltzer has released the internal memo from Destination America executives that was the basis for the major story of Impact Wrestling potentially being dropped by the network in September.
The company-wide memo went out three weeks ago, informing employees that Impact will be dropped at the end of the third quarter 2015, largely due to advertisers blackballing the show.
via the Wrestling Observer Newsletter –
“Destination America is not renewing TNA Wrestling next year. While the ratings were strong, the audience was not large enough to justify the program investment. We plan to honor the current contract and continue to air original episodes of TNA Wrestling on Friday nights through the end of the third quarter 2015. When the up-front rate card is released, the Friday night anthology title will now be called ‘American Tales,’ which will be a combination of Paranormal and Americana programming. I hope this is good news given all of the advertisers that included TNA on their DNA [Do Not Advertise] list.”
