Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff won’t confirm TNA Impact's permanent move to Mondays
During an appearance on The Bubba The Love Sponge show Friday, neither Hulk Hogan nor Eric Bischoff would confirm The Wrestling Observer report from earlier in the week that TNA Impact will move permanently to Mondays beginning with a live show March 1.
“March 1st would be perfect, but nothing has been confirmed,” Hogan said, according to a transcript of the show on pwinsider.com. “We will keep pushing and raising the bar so they will have to say yes.”
Added Bischoff: “I haven't heard that we are going live, except from what I read on the Internet.”
On SpikeTV’s programming schedule on its Web site, it has TBD (to be determined) listed for 9 p.m. on March 1, although Spike usually doesn’t list specific programming for Mondays at that time anyway because it does not have a regularly scheduled show in that slot.
More curious is the fact that the Web site does not have Impact listed in its usual slot on Thursday, March 4. UFC Fight for the Troops is scheduled from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. that night, with Playbook set for 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
My take: The Wrestling Observer got it right, but Hogan and Bischoff don’t want to say anything until an official announcement is made.
Comments
hope they move to wed. nights. mondays are our buss. night of all. its packed and we wont have time to watch it.
Posted by: sandy | January 31, 2010 7:11 AM
I'd bet both Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff are in "work" mode 24/7 right now. At least, for any statements made in public (and especially statements made to the public).
Posted by: Mr. Sarcasm | January 31, 2010 3:28 PM
TNA needs to stay on Thursday and should go live.
They are not even on the same plane as WWE and going head to head with them will ensure that they never get close.
I think they have their own thing going and it needs to grow organically. If you go to Monday, you are not only competing with WWE, you are competing with ROH. Go into the fall and you add the NFL into the mix. You are the only game in town on Thursday (I don't count Superstars as it should be moved to Saturday mornings like in the 'old' days). Why would you want to lose your advantage?
Posted by: Howard Lubinger | February 2, 2010 12:24 PM