7 Big Questions About Impact Becoming GFW

The Anthem Sports era has been tumultuous, to say the least.

They've lost Mike Bennett and Maria, the Broken Hardys, Jade, Drew Galloway, Crazzy Steve, and others, many to WWE and NXT. In return, they've gained Reno Scum, Scott Steiner, Matt Sydal, Alberto El Patron, and a revamped Latin American Xchange.

There have been cosmetic alterations too. In less than a year, TNA has gone from Total Nonstop Action to Impact Wrestling, and now they're set for another big name change: Global Force Wrestling is coming.

When it was announced that Impact Wrestling had "acquired" Global Force Wrestling not long after Jeff Jarrett resumed working for the company in a behind-the-scenes role, it wasn't long before GFW talent and titles started showing up on Impact.

And now, Impact Wrestling will formally cut ties with its former incarnation and rebrand itself anew. It took a very long and circuitous route, but Jeff Jarrett finally found a way to get GFW on TV at last.

New title belts are already in the pipeline and a new edition of Slammiversary is in the record books, but what other changes are in the works?

This merger raises plenty of questions. We'll look at the biggest ones concerning Impact/GFW's future.

Yes, Jeff Jarrett is back in a prime position with his former company, but that's not the only change in leadership lately.

They just let go of Shane Helms, Al Snow, and Pat Kenney (aka Simon Diamond), reportedly as a cost-cutting measure. Helms had two years behind the scenes, as well as working in an onscreen mentor role for Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett. Al Snow spent seven years behind the scenes, as well as working a recurring onscreen role. Kenney had ten years backstage at TNA, plus time in-ring.

And based on Helms's tweets, the split was not entirely amicable.

So they've got Bruce Prichard and Dutch Mantell back there, along with Jeff Jarrett. While Dutch has often been credited as a strong supporter of the Knockouts, his Make Impact Great Again schtick was not an auspicious start to his latest term with the company. And Bruce's on-air time thus far has been mostly putting himself over instead of the talent.

What will this mean for the storytelling style of the brand going forward? How much of a role did Helms, Snow, and Kenney play in the short-lived Anthem/Impact era of the company?