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#5 Impact Wrestling has lasted longer than WCW or ECW
After WCW was purchased by WWE in 2001, most of the talent chose to sit out their contracts because Vince McMahon was only offering fifty percent of the money promised in their original contracts.
Jeff Jarrett was one of the men who was not even given the chance to wrestle for WWE again. At the time, he was on the outs with the company because he held the Intercontinental title hostage and demanded an extra hundred grand to drop it to Chyna after his contract expired.
But Jarrett didn't get mad; he just started his own promotion: TNA, which eventually morphed into Impact. The upstart promotion had a different philosophy at the start; total non stop action. Its X Division not only dazzled fans, but influenced the direction that wrestling has taken in general.
While Impact has gone up and down with regards to fan love, they've done something that not many give them credit for. Impact Wrestling has out lasted both WCW AND ECW, making them one of the longest running alternatives to WWE in history.
