Season 23 • Episode 13
LatestTNA Xplosion is a television program produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, featuring both highlights from Impact Wrestling and exclusive taped matches. It is now produced only for international markets, no longer airing in the United States. It currently airs in Canada on The Fight Network, in Asia and the Middle East on ESPN Star Sports, the Arab World on MBC Action, and is available on Challenge in the UK. On March 14, 2013 Impact Wrestling and Xplosion will be film permanently from the road .
Practical Effects
Pre-taped matches with charmingly janky ring setups.
Production
Survived 23 seasons on pure stubbornness alone.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Xplosion became an accidental case study in how wrestling promotions survive by pivoting to passionate international micro-audiences when domestic markets collapse. The Arab World and UK basically kept this corpse animated.
The 'permanently from the road' announcement in 2013 coincided with TNA's infamous financial spiral — they literally couldn't afford a permanent studio anymore and made it sound like a creative choice.
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