RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Sports and Wrestling Ted Turner to bring back wrestling?

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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.

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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.

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