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Impact Wrestling Takes Social Media To Another Level With “Impact Fan Battle”

TNA Wrestling revealed a new concept for Impact Wrestling on the social media website Twitter. This concept not only gets people talking about Impact as it airs, which is free advertising, but they want to fans to be more active during the show. The official statement is below: IMPACT WRESTLING takes the social conversation and [...]

May 23, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling – Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson, Knockout Title Match & More

Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling. The show will be live in Tampa, Florida: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c as the road to the June “Slammiversary” event continues! Reminder: Beginning May 30, IMPACT moves back to its old time at 9/8c on SpikeTV! Thursdays at 8/7C until [...]

May 23, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Nigel McGuinness On Losing His Push In TNA, Chances Of An In-Ring Return, ROH’s Top Guy

Staff writer Eltimir Alexandrov conducted an in-person interview with Nigel McGuinness on Wednesday on behalf of WrestlingNewsWorld.com. We’ll be posting the complete interview later in the week but below are some highlights: On Hogan and Bischoff’s contributions to his release from TNA: “You can’t just blame one person, you can’t say it was Hulk Hogan, [...]

May 22, 2013 Richard Gray Other News, TNA News 6

Austin Aries Discusses Highlights Of His Year, Slammiversary In Boston

Marvel has a new Q&A online with Austin Aries, below is an excerpt: Marvel.com: This year has been huge for you. You became World Champion and one of the top stars at Impact Wrestling. What have been some of the highlights? Austin Aries: Well, obviously, the World Championship would be the highlight of anyone’s career. [...]

May 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

TNA Wrestling Honors Brian Urlacher

TNA Wrestling posted a video honoring Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, who recently announced his retirement from the NFL. You can watch the video at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

May 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Hulk Hogan Promotes Impact Tapings On Tampa Bay News 10

Hulk Hogan was on Tampa Bay News 10 on Wednesday morning to promote this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in the city. You can watch the appearance embedded in the video below: Information! [...]

May 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Former WWE Diva Discusses Release, TNA Gut Check Tryout

Greg DeMarco and company passed along the following interview recap: The Greg DeMarco Show Hosts: Greg DeMarco and Patrick O’Dowd Airing live Sunday nights at 10 pm on Wrestling Smash Radio (blogtalkradio.com/gregdemarco) and on delay on The Real Fans Sports Network (realfanssportsnetwork.com,  TuneIn App channel RFSN) Listen to the latest edition of The Greg DeMarco Show, as special guest [...]

May 22, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, WWE News 0

James Storm Out 6-8 Weeks, Jesse Sorensen Back In October? (Updated)

James Storm Out 6-8 Weeks The updates on James Storm continue to pour in. He wrote the following on his verified Twitter account on Tuesday: Just so everyone knows. Doc said I have a slight tear in my right abdominal & a adductor strain “groin pull” 6-8 weeks. Busting ass 2 b back — James [...]

May 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Georgia Lottery Introduces New Impact Wrestling Game

TNA Wrestling sent out the following on Tuesday: The Georgia Lottery Corporation has partnered with Impact Wrestling to launch its new instant game Impact Wrestling. “We are pleased to partner with Impact Wrestling to offer a fresh, new game to our players and wrestling enthusiasts,” said Georgia Lottery Corporation President and CEO Debbie D. Alford. [...]

May 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

New Injury Update – James Storm Has Slight Abdominal Tear

We’ve been covering James Storm’s injury pretty in-depth but Dixie Carter posted a new update on Twitter on Tuesday. The following is from Carter’s verified Twitter account: An update on @cowboy_j_storm. He has a slight abdominal tear but should be back in action soon. — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) May 21, 2013 Meanwhile, Storm is in [...]

May 21, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Kurt Angle vs. Ken Anderson Set For This Week’s Impact Wrestling

Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter: Spoke w/@hulkhogan!It’s official for #ImpactLIVE 8/7c this Thursday!@realkurtangle v @mrkenanderson Great matchup impac.tw/10JokXM — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) May 21, 2013   [...]

May 20, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Hulk Hogan Recovering, James Storm & Velvet Sky In Atlanta, New TNA PPV

Hulk Hogan Recovering from the Flu Hulk Hogan is recovering from the flu headed into this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Tampa, Florida. Hogan Tweeted the following: Send me pictures of Hogans Beach yesterday please,I could t make it yesterday had the flu,heard it was packed and crazy,about 4000people HH — Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) May [...]

May 20, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Christopher Daniels Interview, Jeff Hardy Update, Impact Wrestling Preview

New Christopher Daniels Interview Kinetic Fix has a new interview online with Christopher Daniels. Click here to read it. Jeff Hardy Update TNA Wrestling has added Jeff Hardy to the list of advertised talent for their July 5th “Basebrawl” live event from Coney Island’s MCU Park in Brooklyn, NY. Click here for more information. Impact [...]

May 20, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

WWE Will Work With TNA When JR Wears Burnt Orange To Rivalry Game

As much as I try to assure some of you that WWE and TNA Wrestling will never run a cross-promoted show, Dixie Carter had to come out and say that she “absolutely” would do it. I’m going to let Jim Ross throw some cold water. The following is from a new blog entry on his [...]

May 20, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, WWE News 7

Part 4 Of Before The Bell: Slammiversary

Part four of Before The Bell: Slammiversary is now online at this link or embedded in the video below: [...]

May 19, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Bully Ray Reacts To Final Segment On Impact Wrestling

TNA Wrestling posted the following “exclusive interview” with TNA Champion Bully Ray after the contract signing segment on last week’s episode of Impact. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: Impact Wrestling Results Archive [...]

May 19, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

More On Last Week’s Dreadful Impact Wrestling Rating & Viewership

Last week’s Impact Wrestling only posted a 0.84 cable rating. As we reported on Friday, the show drew an abysmal viewing audience of 1,050,000 viewers on Spike TV. This was the lowest viewership of the year. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

May 19, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Official Impact Wrestling Preview For Next Week’s Tapings In Tampa

TNA will hold another set of Impact Wrestling tapings next week from the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. Below is the official preview for next week’s show: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c as the road to the June “Slammiversary” event continues! Reminder: Beginning May 30, IMPACT moves back to its [...]

May 18, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Part 3 Of Before The Bell Slammiversary, This Week’s Booking Impact

Before The Bell: Slammiversary Part three of Before The Bell: Slammiversary is now online at this link. You can also watch it embedded in the video below: Booking Impact Ric Santos of TNANews.com examines this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling and explains how he would book each match and segment. Read his latest installment of [...]

May 18, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Hernandez Speaks After Impact Wrestling, Help Zema Ion With Medical Bills

Hernandez Promotes Tag Title Bout Hernandez promoted the TNA Tag Team Championship match at Slammiversary in a post-Impact Wrestling interview now online at this link. You can also watch in the video embedded below: Help Zema Ion Zema Ion needs your help. The former TNA X-Division Champion underwent an emergency appendectomy this week and a [...]

May 18, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 7

Dixie Carter Says She “Absolutely” Would Do Crossover Show With WWE

Digital Spy has a new piece featuring quotes from Dixie Carter. Not only did Carter put over the importance of having WWE as a competitor but she said she would be open to co-promoting a show together. Below are the highlights: “I don’t think [the WWE] shares my belief in this, but I believe that [...]

May 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, WWE News 11

Impact Wrestling Audience Tanks To New Yearly Low

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling did an average viewing audience of 1,050,000 viewers on Spike TV. This is a new yearly low for TNA. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

May 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 10

Zema Ion Has Emergency Surgery, Tumor On His Colon

Zema Ion underwent emergency surgery on Wednesday after being diagnosed with appendicitis. During the procedure, it was discovered that he has a tumor on his colon that will eventually need to be surgically removed. The hope is it is not cancerous. Ion posted the following update on Facebook and made it available on Twitter: An [...]

May 17, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Updated Slammiversary Line-Up

Below is the updated TNA Slammiversary line-up: No Holds Barred Match For the TNA World Title – If Sting loses, he will no longer be able to compete for the TNA World Title again Bully Ray (c) vs. Sting Singles Match Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles Four Team Elimination Match For the TNA Tag Team [...]

May 16, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 4

Impact Wrestling Results (5/16/13) – Sting Makes A Deal With The Devil

Impact Wrestling Results – 5/16/2013 From Tupelo, Mississippi Report by: Alex Barie of WrestlingNewsWorld.com Impact Wrestling starts out with a video package. It shows Kurt Angle asking AJ Styles to join him and Sting to fight Aces & 8s. Instead, Kurt and AJ brawl. Hulk Hogan got a call from a wild card. They weren’t [...]

May 16, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News, TNA Results 48

Dixie Carter Puts Over Magnus, Says He Is The Real Deal

The UK Sun has new quotes online from Dixie Carter where she puts over Magnus in a big way. Below is an excerpt: “He was only 21 when I signed him and I don’t think people realize that because he looked so much more mature than that… He’s really grown. He’s a fabulous talker and [...]

May 16, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

James Storm Injury Update

James Storm posted the following update on the injury he suffered at last week’s Impact Wrestling taping in Tupelo, Mississippi: Dodge a bullet. No hernia. Partial torn ab and adductor strain (groin pull). Start rehab tomorrow. Thanks for the tweets, text & phone calls — James Storm (@Cowboy_J_Storm) May 16, 2013 On Thursday, Storm updated [...]

May 16, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Part Two Of “Before The Bell: Slammiversary”

Part two of TNA’s “Before The Bell: Slammiversary” is now online at this link and is also embedded in the video below: The show will take place June 2, 2013 from the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts and will be headlined by Bully Ray vs. Sting for the TNA Championship. We have the updated spoiler [...]

May 16, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Kurt Angle At Rumble On The Rails, Matt Morgan Explains Disdain For Internet Fans

Kurt Angle at The Rumble On The Rails Kurt Angle was at “The Rumble On The Rails” – USA vs. IRAN vs. RUSSIA – at Grand Central Terminal in New York City on Wednesday. The appearance garnered national media attention as the event was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. You [...]

May 16, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, What's Hot? 24

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling, Watch Party, Spoilers

Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c as the road to the June “Slammiversary” event continues! Reminder: Beginning May 30, IMPACT moves back to its old time at 9/8c on SpikeTV! Thursdays at 8/7C until then! - Thursday’s broadcast will feature the World [...]

May 16, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News, What's Hot? 0

TNA Press Conference Highlights In Las Vegas, Will AJ Styles Join Aces & Eights?

TNA Press Conference in Las Vegas TNA Wrestling posted footage from Wednesday’s press conference in Las Vegas with Jeremy Borash, TNA X Division Champion Kenny King and Hulk Hogan. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: Will AJ Styles Join Aces and Eights? Will AJ Styles join Aces and [...]

May 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Report: Austin Aries Fined For Christy Hemme Incident

TMZ is reporting that Austin Aries was hit with a “severe” fine for the Christy Hemme incident last week on Impact Wrestling. According to their report, Aries reached out to Hemme and privately apologized. The incident occurred after Christy Hemme inadvertently introduced Bad Influence rather than Aries and Bobby Roode on last week’s episode of [...]

May 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, Top Stories 13

Before The Bell: Slammiversary, Hulk Hogan Makes A Blunder At TNA Press Conference

Before the Bell: Slammiversary TNA Wrestling has uploaded part one of Before The Bell: Slammiversary. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: Hulk Hogan Blunder at Vegas Presser Hulk Hogan took part in a TNA press conference on Wednesday to announce the double Impact Wrestling taping on Saturday, June [...]

May 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

James Storm Undergoing MRI For Injury

James Storm is undergoing an MRI on Wednesday to determine the extent of the injury he suffered at last week’s Impact Wrestling taping. Storm was unable to work last Friday night but made the show and a late night ER trip. The following is from Storm’s verified Twitter: Arrived at Vanderbilt for my MRI and [...]

May 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, Top Stories 0

Pre-Sale Password For Impact Wrestling In Peoria

A pre-sale begins at 11 AM ET (10 AM CT) to obtain tickets to the June 20th Impact Wrestling taping in Peoria, Illinois. You can obtain tickets at this link with the password IMPACTPEORIA. Click here for official event information. [...]

May 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

TNA Press Conference In Las Vegas, SoCal Val Interviews ODB

TNA Press Conference in Las Vegas TNA is promoting an Impact Wrestling press conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday with Hulk Hogan. Coverage will air on ImpactWrestling.com. Click here for more information. SoCal Val Interviews ODB SoCal Val interviewed ODB for the new Knockouts website. You can watch it at this link or embedded in [...]

May 15, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Dixie Carter Says Incident With Austin Aries Was Taken Very Seriously, Handled Immediately

Dixie Carter has finally commented on the Austin Aries/Christy Hemme incident (See also - Austin Aries Will Be Disciplined For Christy Hemme Incident) from last week’s Impact Wrestling. She Tweeted the following from her verified account: TNA has ZERO tolerance for inappropriate behavior. The incident with Austin Aries was taken very seriously and handled immediately. [...]

May 14, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, Top Stories 11

MVP Isn’t Saying He Wants To Go To TNA But…, Impact Preview, Joseph Park At Presser

MVP Isn’t Saying He Wants To Go To TNA But… MVP isn’t saying he wants to go to TNA Wrestling but he is saying that Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Ken Anderson and Bobby Roode are on his “wish list” to work with. The following is from MVP’s Twitter: To be clear, I didn’t say I [...]

May 14, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 6

Fallout Over Aries/Hemme Incident – Christy Comments, Chavo Blames Madden, Richard Reacts

The fallout on Twitter continues after Mark Madden, citing comments from a Spike TV executive, reported that Austin Aries will face disciplinary action following the incident involving Christy Hemme at last week’s Impact Wrestling taping (See also – Austin Aries Will Be Disciplined For Christy Hemme Incident). Hemme Tweeted: Got to say, I appreciate the [...]

May 14, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, Top Stories 3

Austin Aries Will Be Disciplined For Christy Hemme Incident

Pittsburgh radio personality Mark Madden is reporting that Austin Aries will be disciplined for the incident involving Christy Hemme at last week’s Impact Wrestling taping in Tupelo, Mississippi. Madden cites comments made to him by Spike TV’s senior VP of communications David Schwarz. “We have a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment,” Schwarz said. “We [...]

May 14, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News, Top Stories 7