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Post by Bruce Bolt on Jan 27, 2003 7:44:56 GMT -5
It appears that Ted Turner, who lost control of his TV networks (TNT, TBS, CNN, etc.) due to the AOL/Time Warner merger in 1996 may soon get the opportunity to regain control of those networks.
Turner has been upset about losing his power within his company for sometime now, and most believe that he will jump at the chance to regain control of his networks, which AOL Time Warner could unleash soon.
In the early days, Turner built up his networks largely off the success of pro-wrestling and later made WCW a worldwide powerhouse that, through some of the mid-90s, actually beat WWE in ratings, buyrates, and house show attendance. Turner was outraged when AOL Time Warner dumped WCW, allowing rival WWE to buy the promotion.
Over the past few years, rumors have circulated that Turner has had interest in either creating a new promotion, or working with a current one. If he regains his networks, it could open the door for wrestling to get a primetime TV slot on one of his networks. Right now, networks really have no interest in airing any wrestling (other than WWE) on high profile timeslots which has made it almost impossible for anybody to compete with WWE. Turner, through his attraction to wrestling, could change that.
Credit: 1wrestling.com, Showbizdata.com
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Post by Bruce Bolt on Jan 27, 2003 7:45:30 GMT -5
Wouldn't this be great? I was thinking he could get NWA: TNA a TV deal.
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Post by CandyKANE on Jan 27, 2003 7:48:31 GMT -5
Wouldn't this be great? I was thinking he could get NWA: TNA a TV deal. That would be good for business. Vince needs some sort of competition on television.
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Post by The~Next~Big~Thing on Jan 27, 2003 8:05:11 GMT -5
Does sound good. Maybe if NWE:TNA got a TV Deal, I could see it over here.
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Post by The Ironman on Jan 28, 2003 13:27:19 GMT -5
that would be fucking A man!
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Post by Bruce Bolt on Jan 30, 2003 11:50:01 GMT -5
Is there still hope? Turner announced he's stepping down as Vice-Chairman yesterday.
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Post by CandyKANE on Jan 30, 2003 11:55:53 GMT -5
Is there still hope? Turner announced he's stepping down as Vice-Chairman yesterday. That doesn't sound very promising!
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Post by Sid_Vicious on Feb 2, 2003 19:39:16 GMT -5
Anything but wwe at this point would be great because im bored off my ass with all these storys.
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Post by Bruce Bolt on Feb 5, 2003 19:50:24 GMT -5
Lask week rumors came up that Ted Turner may try to buy back TBS and thus bring back some type of pro-wrestling programming. Turner recently announced that he was leaving his spot with AOL-Time Warner, and expressed interest in buying back CNN.
However, yesterday, Turner said that he has lost $7-$8 billion off his net worth since the AOL-Time Warner merger, due to falling stock prices. He stated that he does not have the money to buy back CNN. That news obviously indicates that he also won't have enough money to buy back TBS, or start up a major wrestling promotion to compete with WWE.
Credit: 1wrestling.com
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