AMC Adds TNA Wrestling To Thursday Night Lineup
AMC Networks and TNA Wrestling have set a deal that will see weekly TNA bouts air on AMC.
TNA, founded in 2002, is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, parent of AXS TV, HDNet Movies and various combat sports holdings. The outfit co-produced “The Border Brawl” earlier this year, a live event streamed on FAST channel Zone-ify.
The multi-year agreement will bring TNA’s Thursday Night Impact to AMC, beginning with a live event in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on January 15, with a stop in Albequerque, NM, the following week. The two-hour Thursday block will air year-round and will also be available on streaming service AMC+.
Wrestling has proved to be a reliable draw for cable programmers even as cord-cutting keeps eroding viewership and advertising on linear TV. From WWE on USA Network to WWE Next on the CW and All Elite Wrestling on Warner Bros. Discovery networks, fans of ring pageantry don’t have to look far for their favorite sports-adjacent fare. Streaming, though, has increasingly moved in on the longtime cable bedrock, with Netflix beginning a landmark deal for WWE Raw earlier this year.
Over its two-plus decades, TNA Wrestling has been the pro wrestling home for stars including Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Mick Foley, Kevin Nash and Mickie James. The 2025-26 TNA roster features Jeff & Matt Hardy, Nic & Ryan Nemeth, TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian, Mike Santana, Steve Maclin, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, Santino Marella, Mustafa Ali, Moose, Elijah, Eric Young, Tessa Blanchard, and Ash By Elegance.
TNA Wrestling this year formed a multi-year partnership with WWE and its NXT junior circuit. Under the deal, WWE stars appear on TNA programming, and TNA stars appear on WWE shows. In November, TNA stars Nic Nemeth and Matt Cardona, among others, appeared on WWE programming, while Leon Slater, Xia Brookside, Léi Yǐng Lee and others were on WWE/NXT.
“We are super excited to bring the in-ring excitement, energy and drama of TNA Wrestling to AMC,” said TNA Wrestling President Carlos Silva. “We cannot wait to expand the TNA audience with our new partner, AMC Networks, which has such a long and storied history of serving passionate and engaged fans across so many shows and franchises, through this new media rights deal.”
Dan McDermott, Chief Content Officer, AMC Networks and President of AMC Studios, saluted TNA’s “impressive growth and success,” which he said is “driven by the stories, characters and non-stop action fans love.”
