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Impact Wrestling President Ed Nordham and Jeff Jarrett sat down for their most insightful interview to date as part of their current media tour in Great Britain for Newsweek's Tufayel Ahmed. Nordholm noted that they are hoping that Jarrett will come on board officially as Chief Creative Officer but they have not officially signed a deal yet.
It was noted in the piece that they claimed they had positive meanings with potential UK TV partners, but did not disclose who those outlets may have been. The piece also reported that Jarrett stated they had met with British production company Sunset+Vine, which supplies programming to premium cable outlet BT Sports.
The entire interview can be read by clicking here. Highlights from the piece:
Jarrett on TNA's issues under Dixie Carter last year: "It was a black-eye on the industry. It wasn’t fruitful for anyone—whether you’re a fan of, a wrestler, an employee. It was a really ugly, unfortunate situation. It wasn’t good for the industry.”
Nordholm on Dixie Carter's not being actively involved going forward: "The buck has to stop someplace. The reality is the company got into a dire position and she was CEO. There was never any question [she wouldn’t be involved in the day-to-day operations], but not out of any particular animosity. If we’re going to invest...we’re owner-operators, we’re not passive investors. If we’re going to own it, we’re going to own it.”
Nordholm on Carter's new role, after denying it is a "token" role: “It’s consultative. She’s a resource to us—she has useful perspective and relationships, so we’ll try to keep those.”
Jarrett on TNA's strategy starting with their new TV tapings: "Do you know what the definition of insanity is? But we are going to, to use a baseball analogy, hit some singles, doubles and swing for the fences. The effort is going to be there.”
Nordholm on TNA TV in the United States going forward: "Our American television contract expires at the end of this year so sometime [this year] we hope to sort [that] out with Pop TV or, if not them, who is going to be our American partner next year.”
The entire interview can be read by clicking here.
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