TNA Wrestling confirms TV deal with Sportsnet in Canada starting in 2025
TNA Wrestling has confirmed that its programming will move to Sportsnet in Canada next year and released new details about the deal.
Episodes of TNA Impact will air on Sportsnet 360 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern time beginning on Thursday, January 2, 2025. TNA Xplosion, TNA in 60, and TNA Classics will also air on the channel beginning in 2025.
“We are thrilled to bring TNA Wrestling to Sportsnet 360,” said Anthony Cicione, president of TNA Wrestling, in a press release on Monday. “Anchored by our flagship weekly TNA iMPACT!, this partnership is a major step forward for TNA Wrestling as all our fans in Canada can now watch on one of Canada’s largest sports outlets.”
Sportsnet is Canada’s largest sports network. WWE programming began airing on the network in 2014, when its parent company, Rogers Sports & Media, purchased TheScore. Before that, WWE programming had been airing on TheScore since 2006. With WWE moving its content to Netflix in 2025, it opened the door for other promotions to reach a deal with the network.
As part of the new deal, episodes of TNA Impact will now be uploaded with a two-week delay for TNA+ subscribers in Canada. TNA has posted a Q&A page for customers wondering how their subscriptions will be impacted.
John Pollock also reported on Monday that episodes of Impact will air on The Fight Network on a 13-day delay. Episodes of other TNA proramming (TNA in 60, Xplosion) airing on the channel are not impacted by the Sportsnet deal.
“he flagship IMPACT show will be able to air on Fight Network in Canada, 13 days after it first airs on Sportsnet 360, same with Xplosion TNA in 60 & other content is non-exclusive to Sportsnet and can air w/o restrictions on Fight Net,” Pollock wrote.
AEW had spoken with Sportsnet about moving its content to the network from TSN. Our own Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez addressed this on last night’s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio.
“I do know that they were talking to AEW; I do know that AEW had interest because it would have been an upgrade, and they didn’t get it,” Meltzer said on the show.
Meltzer also speculated that Canadian content regulations and TNA’s parent company, Anthem Sports & Entertainment, being Toronto-based may have factored into TNA landing the deal.
WWE content moving to Netflix in 2025 opens the door for other promotions to strike deals with international broadcasters who are set to lose their wrestling content. Meltzer continued to say that Canada represented one of the biggest markets available.
“The big ones would have been Canada, UK, and India. Still, jury out on the India thing, when the India deal is up. Canada we know went to TNA and the UK, Tony Khan has told me, ‘We’re staying on ITV.'”
“(AEW) did get the WWE timeslot in Mexico, on Fox Sports Mexico. So, they did get one of them and there are others they may or may not get.”
“It’s a real big plus for TNA. It’s the biggest TV move, biggest TV station they’ve had in North America since they lost Spike a long, long time ago.”