These shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, nicknamed the 'TNA Asylum'. Initially, TNA's weekly pay-per-view show operated as the company's main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. The ring crew fixed the rope with the help of Ron and Don Harris, and everyone went live hoping for the best. Backstage, the producers shuffled the schedule so that some non-wrestling segments went first to give the ring crew some more time, but they did not have many of them. The estimated repair time was 30–60 minutes, which they did not have because the schedule called for them to go live in a few minutes, whether the ring was ready or not. That night, however, in a dark match just before they went on the air, a 450 lb wrestler named Cheex hit the ropes with so much force that one of them broke. The Jarretts found the financial backing they needed and the company put on its first show on June 19, 2002. The original intention, as they were exclusive to pay-per-view, was to be viewed as an edgier product than WWE. Russo states that he coined the name ' Total Nonstop Action', the initials of the company 'TNA' being a play on 'T&A'. In July 2002, Vince Russo joined Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion as a creative writer and would assist in the writing and production of the shows.

Ryder felt that this situation led many television stations to regard professional wrestling as bad for business, so he suggested a company not reliant on television, but rather one going straight to pay-per-view.

Only one wrestling product remained on United States national television: the World Wrestling Federation. Bob Ryder, Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett went on a fishing trip and contemplated their futures in the professional wrestling business. The concept of TNA originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ended in 2001. Formation and early history (2002 - 2004)

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