10 Most Mind-Blowing Wrestling Secrets Of 2023

7. TNA! TNA! TNA!

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IMPACT Wrestling

The unlikely return of TNA wrestling was revealed by way of several roster members unearthing the brand as if it were buried treasure.

To plenty of people, this was accurate - over the several since the initials disappeared in favour of a protracted "Impact Wrestling" rebrand, the memories moved from noxious to nostalgic. The horrendous creative mistakes were reframed as features rather than bugs, and the classic matches were rightfully lionised as vital in helping North America move forward following the deaths of both WCW and ECW.

The news being broken as a big surprise inclusion on the company's Bound For Glory pay-per-view was fitting too - this sort of shocker used to be TNA's bread and butter, and the whole shift went months without the sniff of a leak. The October bombshell was reportedly concocted around Slammiversary in July, meaning it was in the plans right around the time the product was at its most nostalgia-fuelled.

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