Ted Turner & TNA

By THE Wrestling Times -
According to a source I spoke to at AOL within the past few days. Ted
Turner has purchase a majority stake in the company,Turner could
seriously clean house, a source tells me "AOL and Panda Energyis a
million dollar wrestling dream machine ".

Ted Turner helped reinvent interest in professional wrestling when he
owned one of the most popular wrestling companies of the middle to late
1990s known as World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The Monday night show
that it put on was the highest rated on cable and helped boost Turner's
channels of TNT and WTBS.


Earlier this week news broke out on the 9QA Talk Wrestling Live online
radio show that airs exclusively on TheWrestlingTimes.com Bobby Star, a
wrestler and promoter who has worked closely with such names as Hulk
Hogan, Kevin Nash; and worked in the National Wrestling Alliance when it
merged with World Championship Wrestling, revealed shocking news about
the potential future of the wrestling industry. Star mentioned that he
has heard stories of Ted Turner having interest in getting back into the
wrestling business, but recently Turner has been considering it more
seriously.


TheWrestlingTimes.com did not report on this initially because we felt
it was a pipe dream for Ted Turner to get back into the wrestling
industry after losing his company WCW. The reason we did not report on
the story was not because Bobby Star is not credible source, but because
the story seemed surreal. As someone who has lived through the 1990’s
as a wrestling fan, I fully understand what Ted Turner in the wrestling
business means.


Earlier this week it became not just a rumor, but evident that Ted
Turner’s interest in getting back in wrestling has not just caught the
attention of the Internet wrestling community, but also major movie
theater companies such asScreenvision.


About SCREENVISION


Headquartered in New York, N.Y., Screenvision is a national leader in
cinema advertising, offering on-screen advertising, in-lobby promotions
and integrated marketing programs to national, regional and local
advertisers and providing comprehensive cinema advertising
representation services for its theatrical exhibitor partners. The
Screenvision cinema advertising network is comprised of over 15,000
screens in 2,400+ theatre locations across all 50 states and 94% of DMAs
nationwide; delivering through more than 150 theatrical circuits,
including 10 of the top 15 exhibitor companies.


News broke earlier last week about TNA’s Mexican America’s involvement
in a Hispanic Day parade in New York with participation from Time Warner
Cable, which is partially owned by Turner.


It seemed like Hogan had retirement plans booked for after his final
wrestling match with Sting scheduled for October 16th, 2011 at Bound for
Glory, however those plans have seemed to changed. When Hogan became
aware of Turner’s potential financial endorsements, he rethought his
retirement plans for the incentive to earn more money with Turner’s
involvement. Why wouldn’t he reconsider hisretirement plans for the
chance to make extra money? Who would turn down millions? This could
easily be the biggest breaking news wrestling story of 2011.