Global Force Wrestling (GFW)

[3.0] "Was Global Force Wrestling great? No. Was it there? Yes. It existed. Jeff Jarrett, to his credit, tried to recreate the magic he had in the early days of TNA wrestling. But, to his detriment, tried making GFW like TNA light. The Six Sided Ring was a clear indication of that."

[3.0] "How do you rate something like this? I mean GFW, was the "Not ready for primetime players" of pro wrestling. They were basically a stripped-down version of TNA wrestling. I think with the proper booking, GFW would've been a great secondary promotion for TNA and may have even served as a developmental system for them. But would've, should've, could've. Hindsight's 20/20."

[0.0] "Legitimately, what was the point of this promotion at all? Was it just for the gold? Because legitimately, it really looks like that was the case. An absolute failure that somehow lasted shorter than the confederacy. Come on Jeff, you knew better than this."

[2.0] "Back when I first found out this promotion was a thing back when I was younger, I was beyond excited for its first event. Then it happened, and I as severely disappointed, then it merged with Impact after not being to score any TV deals, which just disappointed me more."

[1.0] "Was very excited when Global Force was announced but it did not deliver at all. Quickly merged with Impact and never got itself going"

[2.0] "TNA was on downfall for many years, until it got to the point it was barely watchable anymore. The transformation into Global Force Wrestling was an ambitious project, but it didn't work at all. It takes more people than one wrestling legend Jeff Jarrett to bring it back to life. I gotta say, Global Force was the worst era of TNA. Even current IMPACT is better."

[2.0] "Can best be described as TNA 2. I've given it 2 points because they brought NJPW to western audiences."

[1.0] "It was just a failure. It never had any footing and although I was a bit interested since their partnership with NJPW, I quickly lost interest. Jarrett had a solid crew that could have done something, not anything major but some kind of small footing but it all went to shit fast. The best they did was appear in WK 9 and its over."

[3.0] "I saw a few GFW events in 2015 and 2016 and the only word that could adequately describe them is "uninspiring". Jeff Jarrett's promotion didn't even have the decency of putting on memorably bad shows: at least people still talk about Heroes of Wrestling and Herb Abrams' UWF because they were truly and memorably bad. GFW wasn't even that. The matches were boredom incarnate, the kind of "arrive, do the absolute bare minimum, leave" exhibition that legends way past their prime put on for a quick buck... with the difference many workers in GFW were not only in good shape, but also pretty good in other settings. There was no real booking as everything looked like it had been cobbled together at the last minute and no reason to invest time and effort in following the promotion. Considering Double J comes from one of the most respected families of promoters in pro-wrestling and helped launch TNA it was a pretty embarrassing showing. At least the company did go out with a bang when the GFW brand was associated with some sort of dubious financial scheme: finally some good joke material instead of pure unadulterated boredom."

[0.0] "An absolute mess of a promotion. Another failed Jarett experiment. GFW never had the money or the leadership to succeed. Also, don't get me started on GFW's gold scam."

[0.0] "Absolute failure in every sense of the word. It's actually impressive how hard this promotion flopped even with a roster mixed with young and old talent. Absolutely nothing came from this except their last-ditch effort to gain popularity by teaming up with Impact, another failing promotion."

[0.0] "As a wrestling promotion this was obviously a complete and utter failure but at least good old Jeff Jarrett gave us a little something to joke about with friends or in online wrestling communities, I guess."

[0.0] "If anything, this company was a modern-day XWF. They had a couple sets of tapings and some house shows and then... nothing. Yet, still, their championships were defended around the world in random promotions and eventually merged with the TNA titles. Everything Jarrett was going for with GFW completely fell apart in front of everyone's eyes. Like XWF also, it was a doomed venture whose legacy existed mainly through the powers of other, better wrestling companies."

[4.0] "The first version of Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling had a lot going for it on paper - a solid roster of regulars, partnerships with many promotions nationally and internationally, even helping NJPW get on US PPV for WrestleKingdom 9. But though it toured for a few years, putting on and recording shows at ballparks and smaller venues, the television show it was taping for just never materialized, its titles were defended in outside promotions nearly as much as they were in GFW itself, and just never seemed to gain any sort of presence for itself. The only real publicity it garnered was an invasion angle with TNA in 2016, which ultimately set the stage for the following year, when Anthem, Impact Wrestling's parent company, bought GFW and officially merged the two promotions, with the former TNA carrying forward under the GFW banner. One has to wonder if that was the goal of JJ's long game from the beginning."

[0.0] "This is a failed start up wrestling promotion. I don't know how you can give it anything other than a zero. They have still have one or two of their belts floating around the indies, which is amusing. I wonder how long it will last for. I guess Jeff is keeping it around in case he gets fired from TNA or something. I mean there really is no reason to officially close it, but he's not running events either. It is no longer his focus. I guess we'll start seeing more of it if/when he parts with Anthem. Either way this company is a failure. And i didn't even bring up his Global Force Gold scam."

[0.0] "Don't get me wrong, I like Jarrett and I was hyped for the promotion but... Holly hell that promotion is the definition of failure. GFW never managed to land a TV contract, was associated with Jeff's Golden Ponzi scheme, lost their tag team champions to WWE (while never defending the belts in a GFW show, and they "held" them for over 400 days), and "invading" TNA. And by invading I mean getting their asses kicked by TNA, with only PJ Black being somewhat strongly booked. And the he jumped ship to Lucha Underground. THE DEFINITION OF FAIL."

[4.0] "Well, it's been about two years now and it seems this project of Double J called Global Force Wrestling isn't going anywhere. At this point GFW is just another indy promotion and not even one of the top indy brands out there."

[7.0] "I actually quite like Global Force Wrestling. They got a completely stacked roster and some decent wrestling. I feel the six sided ring isnt exactly needed but it does make for some cool spots. They have been doing alot of mixing promotions and I dont think GFW needs to do that. They need to stay independent and maybe get some big PPV like shows."

[6.0] "I want this promotion to be a success. I like the international NWA style, I like how weirdly green everything is and I like Sonjay Dutt, PJ Black, Brian Myers and Colt Cabana. But until Jarrett starts keeping some promises and the promotion establishes some presence and output of its own (TV show / iPPV / VOD / regular live schedule) all the 'VS' regional cross-promotions and international title defenses in the world won't count for much. I think it's also time to switch up the titleholders, these shows have limited sense of stakes as it feels like the title defenses are just killing time until they can get on TV and the real title reign will begin. If your promotion is all about international partnerships, let your partners host a title change. I am happy for Sonjay Dutt though, finally get a signature championship win."

[8.0] "I like the whole Global Force brand. The partnerships from around the world with the likes of New Japan, AAA in Mexico, PCW in the UK. Really cool to see guys here that we dont usually get to see. Dont think they need the six sided ring though. I dont have a problem with six sides I just feel GFW doesnt need it"