page_title: Impact Wrestling
section_title: Don Callis and Scott D'Amore leadership (2018–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Impact Wrestling / History / Don Callis and Scott D'Amore leadership (2018–present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Scott D'Amore at his Sports Bar, Stars of the Game in Windsor, Ontario in July of 2005.
context_page_description: Impact Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in Nashville, Tennessee. The promotion operates via its parent company Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
  Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action and was associated with the National Wrestling Alliance, though not actually a member of that governing body. In 2004, the promotion became known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, but it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships as part of its agreement with the NWA. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was fully rebranded under its current name after its main television series.
  From its inception, the promotion had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind WWE.
context_section_description: Impact announced their first live pay-per-view of 2018 would be Redemption, on April 22. In December 2017, Anthem announced the hiring of Don Callis and Scott D'Amore as Executive Vice Presidents to take charge of Impact Wrestling's day-to-day operations starting with the January 10 tapings. At the tapings, the company reverted to a traditional four-sided ring and also saw the return of former World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries, as well the debuts of new wrestlers such as Kiera Hogan, Su Yung, Pentagón Jr, Fénix and Brian Cage. Impact also announced a partnership with live streaming service Twitch to produce content for their platform, starting with Brace for Impact, which was co-promoted with New Jersey-based promotion WrestlePro. Their first live show was Impact vs. Lucha Underground, a co-promoted show with Lucha Underground.
  On August 14, 2018, Jeff Jarrett and his company Global Force Entertainment announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Impact Wrestling's parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment in the District Court of Tennessee for copyright infringement over the GFW rights, as Jarrett owned all Global Force Wrestling properties since its creation in 2014.
  On December 21, 2018, the company announced that Impact! will be moving to Pursuit Channel beginning January 11, 2019. Anthem holds a minority stake in Pursuit's parent company, Pursuit Media LLC. Then, during its Homecoming pay-per-view on January 6, 2019, the company announced that, starting with Impact's debut on Pursuit on January 11, it would simulcast Impact on Twitch, due to not many pay-TV providers carrying Pursuit.
  On March 19, 2019, Impact announced that they had re-entered into an agreement with OVW for the latter to serve as its developmental territory once again.
  On May 1, 2019 Impact Wrestling launched Impact Plus a subscription streaming service 
  On September 9, 2019, Anthem announced that it had acquired a controlling interest in  AXS TV & HDNet Movies. Three days later they announced that Impact! will move to AXS after Bound for Glory in October, and will continue to be simulcast on Twitch. From October 1, 2019, AXS began airing Impact Wrestling programming on Tuesday nights, leading up to the show's premiere on October 29.
caption: In December 2017, Scott D'Amore became Executive Vice President of Impact Wrestling alongside Don Callis.
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