Josh Mathews discusses Impact Wrestling's current standing, his future in commentary, and the signing of Tenille Dashwood (Exclusive)

We spoke exclusively with Josh Mathews
We spoke exclusively with Josh Mathews

Of course we also need to chat about Ringside Wrestling, and the new app that allows fans to take part in all-interactive professional wrestling matches and also game nights with yourself! This might be the single most innovative and revolutionary thing I've ever saw in wrestling. Just how much of a game changer could this be for wrestling?

The Ringside App is really interesting to me, and when I was approached by Kiswe Mobile, who are behind some incredible things in technology and media - and they wanted to get into wrestling. It started out with me doing some weekly trivia for them, it was Impact-related trivia so I thought, "Why not try introduce a new audience to Impact?" and that was really my motivation behind it was to try and get more eyes on Impact Wrestling and make Impact a part of the trivia so people would watch the shows.

Now it's grown and this idea came about for this Weapons of Destruction match that happened this past Friday between Andy Dalton and Caleb Konley - and the match was just amazing to watch. 20 minutes or so, and the interactivity of the match was amazing!

I hope they keep it going, I wish them nothing but success and, if they do this again, maybe they can do it on a bigger scale - not that Pro Wrestling Revolver wasn't a great stage for them, it was a great endeavor.

Now, I'm a huge fan of your commentary, so don't take this the wrong way - but you obviously have a lot of backstage duties now. How much longer can we expect to hear Josh Mathews as the voice of Impact Wrestling?

(Josh laughs) To say that I've tried to slide out of that chair... It's a tough one, man, it really is. I love what I do but I feel like it takes up a lot of my time at TV to be out there the whole time.

It's a blessing and a curse, I suppose.


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