TNA free to watch until 2013

TNA Impact Wrestling has announced that it has signed a two year deal with Challenge TV, to keep the wrestling show free to air until 2013.

It will continue to be broadcast every Sunday night at 9pm on Challenge,  just three days after broadcast in the US. The monthly pay-per-view (PPV) events such as Lockdown, Final Resolution and Bound for Glory as well as the spin off show TNA Xplosion will air on Wednesdays at 10pm.

TNA star Sting

Challenge TV is broadcast throughout the UK and Ireland and can be found on Freeview channel 46, Sky channel 125 and Virgin Media channel 139. You can also watch TNA Impact wrestling on YouTube, iTunes, and Xbox Live. There is also an on-demand service (www.tnaondemand.com/) where you can access historic and also live action matches.

Dixie Carter, President of TNA Impact Wrestling, said: “Our first year on Challenge TV has seen us double our viewership in the UK and Ireland – and we are really looking forward to another two years of even greater success.

“We cannot wait to celebrate with our fans in person in Nottingham, Manchester and London on the TNA Maximum Impact Tour from January 26-28!”

Fans can catch the stars of TNA – including Sting, Kurt Angle, Bobby Roode, Mr. Anderson, AJ Styles, Velvet Sky and Mickie James – as part of the 2012 Maximum Impact IV Tour of the UK.

Full details of the UK events are:

Thursday 26 January
Nottingham Capital FM Arena
0844 412 4624

Friday 27 January
Manchester MEN Arena
0844 847 8000

Saturday 28 January
London Wembley Arena
0844 815 0815

Tickets can be bought from www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051 or www.ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 826 2826.

There will be an Official TNA Coach Travel package on offer at www.seetickets.com for fans in other UK cities – including Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Coventry, Bristol and Southampton – to travel to their nearest event.