IMPACT Wrestling Announces New UK TV Deal

Good news for IMPACT fans...

by Jamie Kennedy
Impact Wrestling Premier Sports
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IMPACT Wrestling have sent out press releases announcing that they've struck a new TV deal with Premier Sports to air programming in the UK and Ireland.

The promotion's weekly IMPACT TV show will air at 10pm every Wednesday on Premier's FreeSports channel. That means the company returns to a prime time spot on free UK television - the 10pm time is also a good one.

Top pay-per-view events, including Bound For Glory, will air live on the main Premier Sports feed.

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It's worth pointing out that there's a lot of wrestling content currently available on free television in the UK. WWE air programming on Channel 5, AEW show Dynamite on ITV4 and now IMPACT joins the line up on FreeSports.

Again though, it's only the weekly IMPACT show that's on free-to-air telly. Larger events, like the aforementioned Bound For Glory and others like Victory Road, will be behind a pay wall on Premier Sports.

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Regardless, this is great news for IMPACT fans in the UK and Ireland. The company was previously on Channel 5, but there's a chance WWE's deal with that network has caused them to move.

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.