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This week’s Impact Wrestling did a 0.85 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,108,000 viewers on Spike TV. Impact Rewind, which preceded Impact, did a 0.21 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 231,000 viewers. The numbers were clearly hurt by DirecTV subscribers losing Spike TV. DirecTV is the second-largest carrier in [...]
TNA Wrestling will run a “Basebrawl” live event Saturday night from AutoZone Park in Memphis, Tennessee. TNA is advertising the following matches: TNA WORLD TITLE MATCH Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries TNA TAG TITLE MATCH Daniels/Kazarian vs Devon/Garett Bischoff Bobby Roode vs Crimson BFG SERIES MATCH James Storm vs Magnus BFG SERIES MATCH Mr. Anderson [...]
The reason TNA did the angle with Aces of Eight “attacking” Hulk Hogan on this week’s Impact Wrestling is because he is set to undergo yet another back surgery. No other details are available as of this writing. [...]
Embedded in the video below is the Impact Wrestling Post Show, courtesy of the official Impact Wrestling YouTube channel: [...]
- TNA announced they are teaming with Spike TV to providing live online coverage from the Comic Con on Friday. Below is the official release: ImpactWrestling.com has teamed up with Spike.com to provide fans a front row seat with live online streaming from Comic Con on Friday, including an appearance by TNA Knockouts champion Miss [...]
- TNA Wrestling announced that Hardcore Justice 2010 is available for free online. Below is the official announcement: On Sunday, August 12, TNA IMPACT WRESTLING presents the annual “Hardcore Justice” event live on Pay-Per-View and online around the world at TNAOnDemand.com! As a special preview of the big event, TNAOnDemand.com is offering a FREEVIEW of [...]
- Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter: On the plane on the way to Orlando to film a LIVE Impact tonight. If you have @DirecTV you will NOT see the show. Contact them! Not right! — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) July 12, 2012 Bully Ray vs Joseph Park will kick off tomorrow night’s live Impact [...]
The July 11th episode of TNA Today features Zema Ion embedded in the video below: [...]
- TNA will broadcast this week’s Impact Wrestling tonight from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Below is the official preview for this week’s show: Don’t miss three hours of TNA IMPACT WRESTLING every Thursday night on SpikeTV! Get your weekly TNA recap starting at 7/6c with the new “Rewind” broadcast immediately followed by IMPACT WRESTLING [...]
Sonjay Dutt is featured in the latest episode of TNA Today that is embedded in the video below. In it, he talks about his dislocated shoulder injury he suffered at Destination X as well as his return to the X-Division: [...]
- TNA Wrestling issued the following, letting fans know the replay of Destination X is available online for a limited of time: Watch the replay of Destination X ONLINE for a limited time! If you missed the epic event, it’s now available online at TNAOnDemand.com. Destination X is also still available all month long on [...]
Viacom and DirecTV were unable to come to agreement on a new deal and as a result Spike TV, the home of TNA Wrestling, has been yanked from the satellite provider. For DirecTV’s response, go to DirecTVPromise.com. For coverage by Deadline.com, click here. Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Patrick Peralta for his help with [...]
The latest episode of TNA Today features Dixie Carter talking about the ongoing issues between Viacom and DirecTV: [...]
DirecTV has responded to complaints stemming from their ongoing negotiations with Viacom. To view their response, go to DirecTVPromise.com. Obviously the reason this is noteworthy is due to Spike TV being a Viacom network with the possibility of DirecTV customers losing TNA programming. These type of disputes happen during contract negotiations all the time and [...]
Animal Planet has uploaded the first look of Eric Young’s new series “Off the Hook: Extreme Catches.” You can view it embedded in the video below: [...]
- TNA Wrestling posted the following video of Hulk Hogan telling DirecTV customers to take action now: As we noted earlier this morning here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, Viacom’s distribution agreement with DirecTV is set to expire at midnight on Tuesday and no new agreement is in place. [...]
- Viacom sent out the following today: Viacom’s distribution agreement with DirecTV is set to expire at midnight on Tuesday, July 10. We’ve been negotiating for months and even offered DirecTV an extension past the agreement’s original June 30 expiration date. As recently as today, we made significant economic movement in direct conversations with DirecTV. [...]
- Today’s episode of TNA Today features new TNA Champion Austin Aries. You can watch it embedded in the video below: - TNA Wrestling has announced an October 26th live event from the Back River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. [...]
- Austin Aries wrote the following on Twitter: Too many thoughts and feelings to express right now, but…..It’s a #GREAT day to #BGR8. — Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) July 9, 2012 - Bobby Roode wrote the following on Twitter: A lot of emotion today. Last night @AustinAries and i tore it down. The last 256 [...]
WWE Champion CM Punk congratulated Austin Aries, Samoa Joe and Zema Ion for victories at TNA Destination X on Twitter. Below is the Tweet: I didn’t see it, but congrats to @austinaries @SamoaJoe and @zematna Looks like somebody finally gets it. Kudos. — CM Punk (@CMPunk) July 9, 2012 [...]
Dixie Carter wrote on Twitter that Sonjay Dutt will be out for several weeks following his separated shoulder injury he suffered in the Ultimate X Match on TNA Destination X. Below is the Tweet: @sonjaydutterson separates his shoulder during match, gets it popped back in & runs out to finish.. He’ll be fine but is [...]
Impact Wrestling posted the following Hardcore Justice pay-per-view preview on their official YouTube channel: TNA Hardcore Justice will take place Sunday, August 12, 2012 from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. [...]
Austin Aries beat Bobby Roode at TNA Destination X to win the TNA Championship. TNA Destination X Results [...]
Sonjay Dutt dislocated his shoulder at TNA Destination during the Ultimate X Match for the TNA X-Division Championship. Dutt briefly left the match, sought treatment, where his shoulder was put back into socket, and returned. Samoa Joe witnessed how it went down and wrote the following on Twitter: Just watched @Sonjaydutterson on some lethal weapon isch, [...]
Zema Ion won the X-Division Championship Tournament at TNA Destination X to become the new champion. Ion competed in an Ultimate X match also involving Kenny King, Mason Andrews and Sonjay Dutt, all who won qualifying matches earlier at the event. [...]
- TNA Wrestling announced Sunday that “Rewind” will precede Impact Wrestling on a weekly basis at 7/6c on Spike TV. Below is the official press release: Don’t miss three hours of TNA IMPACT WRESTLING every Thursday night on SpikeTV! Get your weekly TNA recap starting at 7/6c with the new “Rewind” broadcast immediately followed by [...]
- TNA Wrestling issued the following press release regarding news month’s Hardcore Justice pay-per-view: DIRECT AUTO INSURANCE PRESENTS HARDCORE JUSTICE SUNDAY AUGUST 12 LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW AND AT HTTP://TNAONDEMAND.COM On Sunday, August 12, TNA IMPACT WRESTLING presents “Hardcore Justice” live on Pay-Per-View and online around the world at http://TNAOnDemand.com! The three-hour epic event will feature [...]
Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald posted a new article with quotes from Christopher Daniels to promote TNA Destination X. Below are the highlights: Pressure on live TV: “For me personally, the fact that we are live, and that they have put me in the final segment the last couple of times, it’s a lot [...]
Kenny King issued the following statement on Twitter regarding his Ring of Honor departure and TNA Wrestling debut: My people’s, First and foremost to all of my friends, Family and everyone riding with me on this one thank you. The love and support has been unreal. It doesn’t matter if your’e a new Kenny King [...]
Spike TV’s schedule for next week features a program called “Impact Rewind” at 7 PM/6 CT prior to Impact Wrestling next Thursday. It appears as if the show is getting a trial run as the schedule is back to normal the following week. [...]
This week’s live episode of Impact Wrestling did a 1.0 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,490,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive [...]
Chris Sabin actually underwent surgery Friday to repair his torn ACL and had not had the operation done as previously reported. I apologize for the error as the injury angle on this week’s Impact Wrestling was done to write him off television. Sabin’s contract with TNA is set to come up while he is out [...]
Highspots.com is working on a project with Kenny King and released the following teaser in light of him working Impact Wrestling this week despite claims from Ring of Honor a “verbal agreement” for a new deal was in place. Please be advised the teaser features strong explicit language and alcohol use. If you are offended [...]
- The latest episode of TNA Spin Cycle is embedded in the video below: [...]
Following this week’s live Impact Wrestling, below is the updated TNA Destination X pay-per-view lineup. TNA Destination X will take place Sunday from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com: TNA Championship Match - Bobby Roode © vs. Austin Aries Last Man Standing Match - AJ Styles vs. [...]
- The opening video for TNA Destination X is embedded in the video below: - Bully Ray opened an official Twitter account at this link. - The group that attacked Sting on Impact Wrestling a few weeks ago is now on Twitter, obviously as part of a storyline, at this link. [...]
- As announced on this Impact Wrestling Post Show, Jeremy Borash will fill-in for Taz on commentary for Sunday’s Destination X pay-per-view. - Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter: Impressed by all the X division talents we saw. Those who didn’t advance are back at ppv in last chance fourway for 8th spot in [...]
Embedded in the video below is the Impact Wrestling Post Show, courtesy of the official Impact Wrestling YouTube channel: [...]
Following his appearance on this week’s Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor has released the following statement regarding Kenny King: “The appearance of ROH wrestler Kenny King on another television wrestling program tonight has raised speculation on his future as well as how this appearance could occur. The contract Kenny King signed in June 2011 expired [...]
- TNA Wrestling issued the following press release after the announcement on this week’s Impact Wrestling: TNA WRESTLING ANNOUNCES PHOENIX TO HOST “BOUND FOR GLORY” ON OCTOBER 14 IN HONOR OF ITS TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THE BIGGEST WEEKEND IN TNA HISTORY WILL ALSO FEATURE THE HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION AND POPULAR FAN INTERACTION EVENT, PRESENTED [...]
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