What if WWE buys out Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor?

#4 Impact Wrestling is primarily used for its tape library

Impact probably wouldn't continue to run original programming under WWE, but the tape library including years of work by guys like Bobby Roode would be valuable.

While Ring of Honor remains a brand with clout, Impact Wrestling cannot exactly claim the same. Indeed, the company has strived to distance itself from the TNA branding it long operated under, which came to have a stigma for imitating WWE, overreaching in terms of trying to compete, and nonsensical storytelling and gimmick matches reminiscent of WCW at its worst.

If WWE were to acquire Impact, it may well absorb some top talents and key bits of intellectual property. More so, though, we can anticipate a primary interest in the company’s tape library, which includes hidden gems from many current WWE stars like AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, and Bobby Roode, as well as legends like Sting and Kurt Angle. Moreover, to honor the sensibilities of some wrestling historians who want access to everything, the Impact library represents another large resource of PPVs and TV shows to roll out on the Network over time.