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Bully Ray had so much heat on Thursday night in Chicago that a fan punched him. Ronnie Lang and the Atlas Security crew handled it by ejecting the fan but you can watch in the video embedded below: [...]
TNA Wrestling has two live events this weekend before returning to Orlando, Florida for “One Night Only” pay-per-view tapings beginning on Sunday. Below is this weekend’s schedule: Friday from The Arena in Corbin, KY (more info) Saturday from the Eastern KY Expo Center in Pikeville, KY (more info) We have the lineup for both shows [...]
Brandon Baxter interviewed Sting Friday morning to promote the March 28th Impact Wrestling tapings in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Below is a recap of the interview: Sting had his first actual wrestling match in front of a live crowd in Jonesboro, Arkansas 27 years ago. “The Icon” said he’s chose to stay with TNA because it reminds [...]
Rob Van Dam has refused to discuss his contract status with TNA Wrestling. We first broke the story here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, RVD was off upcoming TNA dates because he doesn’t have a contract. We’re told by sources within TNA the company is actively trying to re-sign him and he was the “next major headache” after [...]
Wrestling News World reader B Haan pointed out that TNA’s official website, ImpactWrestling.com, was “hacked” by Aces and Eights. You can check it out at this link. [...]
TNA Wrestling has announced a new partnership with World Wrestling League in Puerto Rico. We reported on Thursday here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com that Abyss, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe and James Storm were advertised for their 4/21 show in San Juan. This will be the beginning of the partnership as TNA will be sending talent to WWL [...]
- TNA will broadcast the June 20th episode of Impact Wrestling from Peoria, Illinois. The June 27th episode will also be taped. - Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter: Exciting meetings today in Chicago!New rules coming to X-Division matches starting on 3/21 #ImpactLIVE. — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) March 14, 2013 [...]
Hulk Hogan was a guest on “Busted Open” on Wednesday. In the interview, he claimed his contract with TNA Wrestling expired last year. He said neither he nor Dixie Carter knew it but they weren’t worried about it. Hogan claimed it wasn’t until he called his lawyer and asked him. He was then informed his [...]
Tara, whose real name is Lisa Marie Varon, held the pre-opening to her new restaurant called The Squared Circle Wednesday night in Chicago, Illinois. The TNA crew was there to support her as Brooke Hogan got her a gift from Tiffany’s, Matt Morgan was the first person to arrive and more. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Eilliot [...]
TNA Wrestling has announced the following lineup for this weekend’s live events in Kentucky: World Champion Bully Ray vs Jeff Hardy Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & Austin Aries vs Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez Kurt Angle vs Wes Brisco James Storm vs Devon Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky vs Taeler Hendrix Magnus vs Mr Anderson Rockstar [...]
Smashing Pumpkins lead singer and Resistance Pro head Billy Corgan wrote the following on Twitter: Set for a meeting today with Dixie Carter to discuss R Pro, Jay Bradley. Excited for IMPACT CHGO show tonight @tnadixie — Billy Corgan (@Billy) March 14, 2013 Corgan has pitched Resistance Pro as a possible developmental territory to WWE [...]
World Wrestling League is advertising Abyss, Bobby Roode, Samoa Joe and James Storm for their 4/21 show in Puerto Rico. The noteworthy development here is WWL advertising Abyss as the character has been off television for several months as TNA pushes the Joseph Park gimmick. Click here for more information. (The page is in Spanish [...]
Former TNA Knockout Traci Brooks says people are reading too much into her declining the work the upcoming Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view taping this weekend. She wrote the following on Twitter: People r reading way 2 much into this. Unfortunately I had to say no to TNA for the KO ppv as I couldn’t make it [...]
Impact Wrestling is finally moving on the road and their first stop is Chicago, Illinois! Not only that, but the show will be live! Below is the official preview: This Thursday, March 14, “IMPACT WRESTLING” will be LIVE on SpikeTV as we return to Chicago and the Sears Centre Arena on March 14. Chicago’s Sears [...]
- Bobby Roode discusses his road to becoming a TNA Wrestling star in the video embedded below: - Austin Aries talks about Impact Wrestling in Chicago in the video embedded below: [...]
- In a follow-up to an earlier item, we’re told Jules Wortman quit TNA Wrestling. She had been working as their VP of Public Relations since 2011. Details surrounding her departure are limited other than she wishes the company well in their future endeavors. - TNA released the following commercial for this week’s episode of [...]
Kurt Angle did an interview with Chicago Now to promote Thursday’s Impact Wrestling tapings in the city. Below is an excerpt: Impact Wrestling is slowly becoming a more main stream show to the general audience. With the WWE always being the focal point how do you feel Impact Wrestling will be in 5 years and [...]
Rob Van Dam won’t be in Chicago for this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings. The former TNA X Division Champion wrote the following on Twitter: “@woz93: @therealrvd looking forward to being in Chicago Thursday for Impact?”Ill be in Cali. More on that in a few days. — Rob Van Dam (@TherealRVD) March 13, 2013 It’s interesting [...]
Brandon Baxter interviewed Jeremy Borash and Joseph Park to promote the 3/28 Impact Wrestling taping in Jonesboro, Arkansas. You can listen to both in the videos below: Jeremy Borash Joseph Park [...]
- RedEye Chicago has a new article online featuring quotes from Christopher Daniels. Below is an excerpt: “The truth of the matter is sometimes it’s hard to be different from the WWE when you’re trying to gain those same viewers,” he said. “Sometimes there’s a tendency to sort of follow in the footsteps of the [...]
Jules Wortman is out as VP of Public Relations in TNA Wrestling. Wortman, who was tagged as a veteran PR strategist, was hired back in 2011. She reported directly to Dixie Carter. Wortman runs her own Public Relations firm called Wortman Works. Her departure comes on the heels of Chris Thomas giving his notice that [...]
This Saturday, March 17, 2013 at 1PM, TNA Wrestling will tape their Knockout Knockdown “One Night Only” pay-per-view from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The tagline for the show is TNA will “crown their Queen.” The company contacted several former Knockouts to come in and work the show. So far, a large list has declined the [...]
There was a malfunction with the Lethal Lockdown roof at the pay-per-view last Sunday. It was realized before the show they weren’t going to be able to get it fixed in time for the show so the match went on without it. The structure was in the rafters but wasn’t lowered. The bout saw Team [...]
- Can Eric Young get on The List? Check out this week’s episode with Robbie E at this link or embedded in the video below: - TNA Gut Check winner Jay Bradley is officially under contract with TNA Wrestling and is being seasoned in Ohio Valley Wrestling. [...]
- TNA Wrestling posted the following video promoting Brooke Hogan’s reaction from Bully Ray turning at Lockdown. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below: - Eric Bischoff wrote the following on Twitter: Headed here tomorrow night to check out Tara and her husbands new Pizza placewrestlingnewsworld.com/tara-her-husba… — Eric Bischoff [...]
- We noted earlier that TNA Wrestling’s 4/5 live event over Wrestlemania 29 weekend in Westbury, New York would feature Sting & Jeff Hardy vs. TNA Champion Bully Ray & Devon. Below is the rest of the advertised lineup: Bobby Roode vs. James Storm in a New York Street Fight Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe [...]
- Hulk Hogan’s name came up in a list of celebrities whose personal information might have been compromised by a hacker. TMZ has the story at this link. - New floor seats have been released for Thursday’s Impact Wrestling tapings from the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois. Click here to look for tickets now. - [...]
TNA Wrestling issued about the 4/11 Impact taping in Corpus Christi, Texas: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING COMING TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, LIVE THURSDAY, APRIL 11 AT THE AMERICAN BANK CENTER ARENA PRESENTED BY DIRECT AUTO INSURANCE TNA SUPERSTARS AND LOCAL DIGNITARIES ANNOUNCE DETAILS AT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 11, 2013) – IMPACT WRESTLING, TNA [...]
- Jeff Hardy shares his favorite Impact Zone memory at this link or embedded in the video below: - TNA Wrestling issued the following press release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 11, 2013) – TNA Wrestling brings its high-impact brand of professional wrestling to Boston for the very first time with Slammiversary XI, a live Pay-Per-View event [...]
TNA Wrestling posted footage of Jeff Hardy being helped to the back after his steel cage match against Bully Ray at Lockdown at this link. As noted earlier, the word from backstage was that Hardy suffered a concussion due to the powerbomb spot in the bout. The latest is Hardy is fine and will work [...]
Brooke Hogan wrote the following on Twitter after TNA Lockdown: To all the people who think this is purely storyline- you’re wrong. My heart is truly broken. I saw great things in my husband.. Crushed. Absolute betrayal. I’ve never felt so violated. Divorce already in motion. I lost my love…. She has since removed the [...]
TNA Wrestling has removed their scheduled April 6th live event from Atlantic City, New Jersey from ImpactWrestlingTour.com. The show, scheduled for Wrestlemania 29 weekend, was actually a rescheduling of their original date from the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway. They had to move the show due to the venue being badly damaged by the aftermath of [...]
- The announced attendance for TNA Lockdown was 6700, which the company is saying is their most attended event in their history. - Below is the official preview for this week’s Impact Wrestling: This Thursday, March 14, “IMPACT WRESTLING” will be LIVE on SpikeTV as we return to Chicago and the Sears Centre Arena on [...]
- Mike Knox will be known as Knux going forward. - TNA Wrestling’s United Kingdom Public Relations representative Simon Rothestein Tweeted that the Lockdown attendance beat the company’s previous record from Wembley. Dixie Carter confirmed the show was the most attended show in company history, not just the most attended US show. - The closing [...]
The word from backstage at TNA Lockdown was that Jeff Hardy suffered a concussion in his main event steel cage match against Bully Ray for the TNA Championship. The injury happened when Ray gave Hardy a powerbomb from the top rope and he hit his head. He was clearly loopy on his way to the [...]
Bully Ray turned on Brooke & Hulk Hogan at TNA Lockdown, winning the TNA Championship and aligning with Aces & Eights as the faction’s President. Below is how Ray’s title match against Jeff Hardy ended courtesy of our result report by Sean Hopkins: Hulk Hogan is shown walking his way down to the ring on crutches [...]
The show opens with a video package that highlights feud between Aces & 8′s and TNA. They also focus in on the World Title match as well, with only a bit of focus on the all-cage match theme of the show. Hello everyone and welcome to Wrestling News World’s live coverage of TNA Lockdown. I’m [...]
- As noted earlier, TNA Slammiversary will take place in Boston, MA on Sunday, June 2, 2013. The company will run in the Agganis Arena, which is on the campus of Boston University. The venue sits 7200. - Entertainment Weekly talks to Christopher Daniels about the comics and wrestling connection at this link. [...]
Christopher Daniels was interviewed by RedEye Chicago to promote this coming week’s Impact Wrestling. During the interview, Daniels was asked what it is like being in the locker room with the legends of the business. Daniels’ answer is below: It’s great, man. I respect the guys immensely. All the roster does. And when you’re standing [...]
- TNA Wrestling uploaded pre-Lockdown videos of SoCal Val interviewing Kenny King, Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez. You can watch here and here or embedded below: - Kharma, formerly known as Awesome Kong in TNA, said she declined an offer to work next weekend’s Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view. The following is from her Twitter account: Nope! Declined offer RT: [...]
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