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Josh Mathews Talks The Timing Of Global Wrestling Network Launch, & The Content That May Air

October 19, 2017 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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– Josh Mathews was part of today’s Impact Wrestling media call, here are some highlights, courtesy of wrestlinginc.com

On The Global Wrestling Network Launch: “I think it was ready to go. (laughs) If I’m being candid with you, it was just one of those deals where we knew we wanted to do it,” Mathews explained. “Our president Ed Nordholm knew he wanted to do this service and he needed to talk to the different partners. There’s so much that goes into this, that I’ve learned along the way. You have to work with people who build the app, and then you have to test it, and then you have to make sure that it’s right. This is a process that’s been going on for some time, it could’ve launched back in August but it wasn’t ready. Now it’s ready and up and going and the demand is there, we saw that last night on social media and the numbers that we got today. Everyone’s super-excited and it’s just one of those things I mentioned the last time I’ve been around the media, we got knocked down that day by Sports Illustrated for no reason, and now here we are launching a worldwide app today.”

On Ring Ka King and Impact’s brief time on Destination America being Added to the Service: “I think that’s just a matter of time, a matter of when all those things get uploaded,” he said. “Last night, 2017 wasn’t uploaded and then it was up a little while later, so I think it’s just a matter of feeding the beast and loading all of these things. I’m super-excited to see the Destination America and Pop stuff too because I think that when we left Spike, a lot of people didn’t get to see what Impact was doing during those years. So it’s a good time to sign up, get the app and see all those things that you may have missed.”