Viewers of IMPACT Wrestling on Pursuit last night in some areas went into a commercial break during the main event of Michael Elgin vs. Rich Swann. Instead of cutting back to the match, the commercials never stopped, leading to a twenty-four-minute loop of ads for fishing tackle and flashlights.
Voices of Wrestling on Twitter experienced it firsthand and shared their experience. For what its worth, several others in their replies stated that they got to see the end of the main event, so the error might only have occurred on certain TV setups.
So tonight's @IMPACTWRESTLING on @PursuitChannel goes to commercial break with 24 minutes left in the show, in the middle of the main event, and NEVER COMES BACK. We're treated to repeating commercials for a flashlight, knives, and fishing tackle. pic.twitter.com/kISlUeV3YB
— Voices of Wrestling (@voiceswrestling) May 18, 2019
This isn’t the first time that IMPACT has aired commercials instead of wrestling. In the POP TV days, an attempted live broadcast broke down, leading to a full two hours of advertising in place of the scheduled episode. For those who missed the main event, IMPACT does have a good bit of the match posted to their YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2cCVFFApzQ
