Impact Wrestling Officially Announces New Pay-Per-View

Impact Wrestling has officially announced their new Redemption pay-per-view which is set to take place on Sunday, April 22 from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, not Toronto as was first thought.

The introduction of the new PPV marks the first time the company has launched a major show since Genesis 2005.

Josh Mathews explained to WrestlingINC’s Raj Giri during a media call earlier today why the company decided to introduce Redemption instead of the all-cage Lockdown pay-per-view as was rumored:

"That’s a great question, I think after Redemption, we’ll probably… and this is just me speculating, but we would probably see Slammiversary and then Bound For Glory. Why it’s not Lockdown, I don’t know the answer to that question,” Mathews said. “I think some of us were preparing for Lockdown and Redemption is new, it’s different, it’s just a different kind of branding. Lockdown, having all those matches in the cage, I thinks this opens it up to be a little bit different. I’ve seen the branding for Redemption, I think everyone looks cool. It fits with the new graphics that we have for Impact and I think it’s a great way to get things going in April and sort of get ready for the summer."

BREAKING NEWS: Our first new tent-pole PPV event since 2005 - REDEMPTION - will take place in Orlando, FL on April 22nd. Make your plans now to join us for a huge night! pic.twitter.com/dBICjY9EqB

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) February 15, 2018