Jimmy Jacobs recently spoke to Jeffrey Harris of 411 Wrestling Interviews Podcast during Impact’s media day and discussed the move to AXS TV and talked about the roster’s thoughts of the move as well.
Jacobs had the following to say on if the move is a sign of relief for Impact Wrestling Superstars:
“I think, as a company as a whole. Because the big issue over the last year, I don’t it had to do with the quality of the work or anything like that. It’s like, we were putting on a good show, with good stories, and good wrestlers, all that sort of stuff. But nobody’s seeing it. If a tree falls in the forest, man. And so having a platform where more eyeballs can be on our product is what I think everyone is looking for.”
The Impact producer and creative member also commented on if Impact will co-promoting will continue:
“I’m sure they will. I think that if there’s something that the wrestling business as a whole has sort of learned over the last handful of years at least, is that we’re not the enemies with each other. We’re all just people in the same business, doing the same sort of stuff. And if something is mutually beneficial, then yeah, do it.”
Jacobs also spoke on how AXS TV is doing new things and helping out with production:
“I hope so, man. It’s a matter of, like I said, the final calls are not mine. I would love to do Undead Realm Championship Wrestling, you know. Do it every day, once a week or once a month. We’re doing some fun things, we’re doing a retro show on October 27th, and it’ll be on — I think on our TV or something at some point. But basically an ’80s throwback show, which I think is gonna be super-fun. It was super-fun to start to put together. I think we’re gonna do some different things like that. And we get to do those things, and WWE’s not going to and AEW’s not going to, and Ring of Honor’s not going to. And NXT sure as hell ain’t going to do anything that like, takes a wink at wrestling or goes beyond the squared circle, or beyond, you know, something crazy. Something silly.”
Credit 411 Wrestling Interview Podcast and H/T to 411Mania for transcription
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