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Jeff Hardy’s Favorite Impact Zone Memory, Official Slammiversary Details

- 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 [...]

March 11, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Footage Of Jeff Hardy Being Helped At Lockdown, Injury Update

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 [...]

March 11, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Brooke Hogan Claims Bully Ray Turn Wasn’t Storyline

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 [...]

March 11, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 31

TNA Cancels Wrestlemania Weekend Show

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 [...]

March 11, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Announced Lockdown Attendance, This Week’s Impact Wrestling Preview

- 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 [...]

March 11, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

Knux Update, Lockdown TNA’s Most Attended Event, Trash Throwing Scripted

- 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 [...]

March 11, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 6

Jeff Hardy Injured At TNA Lockdown

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 [...]

March 11, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 5

Bully Ray Wins TNA Championship, Aligns With Aces & Eights

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 [...]

March 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 17

TNA Lockdown Results (3/10/13) – Bully Ray Wins TNA Championship With Help From Devon

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 [...]

March 10, 2013 Sean Hopkins TNA News, TNA Results 17

Slammiversary Venue In Boston, Daniels Talks Comics & Wrestling

- 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. [...]

March 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

Christopher Daniels Talks About Working With Legends, An All Cage Match PPV, & More

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 [...]

March 10, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 1

Pre-Lockdown Interviews, Kenny King, Kong Declines Offer To Return To TNA

- 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: [...]

March 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 3

Kenny King Interview, TNA Lockdown Fanfest Notes

- The Voice out of the United Kingdom has a new interview with Kenny King at this link. - Bobby Roode was not at the Lockdown Fanfest in San Antonio on Saturday. His contract issues were a big discussion but have since been rectified. - TNA taped several episodes of Spin Cycle at the Lockdown [...]

March 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Bobby Roode Update

Bobby Roode is scheduled to work TNA Lockdown with Austin Aries to defend the TNA Tag Team Championship against Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian) and Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez as advertised. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more but apparently there was an issue with the final year on his contract originally signed in 2009. [...]

March 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 7

Daffney Settles Lawsuit With TNA Wrestling

Shannon “Daffney” Spruill settled her lawsuit against TNA Wrestling in a mediation session last Friday. The lawsuit was based on injuries she sustained at Bound for Glory 2009 (with medical bills over $26,000) and the challenging of her “independent contractor” status. Spruill wrote the following on Twitter: I’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely [...]

March 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 4

Bobby Roode’s Future In TNA Wrestling Unclear

We’ve received some questions regarding Bobby Roode’s contract status with TNA Wrestling. Roode’s latest contract was for five years and commenced on March 1, 2009, meaning the deal wouldn’t expire until March 1, 2014. However, here is the kicker. The majority of TNA contracts feature options in their latter years. The options vary depending on [...]

March 10, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 10

TNA Slammiversary VIP Weekend & Travel Packages Now On Sale

TNA Wrestling sent out the following on Saturday: The annual Slammiversary event is coming to Boston, Massachusetts on June 2! Slammiversary in Boston VIP Weekend & Travel Packages now available at ShopTNA.com: CLICK HERE TO ORDER Watch the official Slammiversary video trailer: CLICK HERE Slammiversary VIP Weekend & Travel Packages Slammiversary VIP Weekend includes - Fan Interaction [...]

March 9, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

TNA Slammiversary 2013 Location Announced

Dixie Carter announced at the Lockdown Fan Interaction event in San Antonio on Saturday that TNA Slammiversary 2013 will take place from Boston, Massachusetts. TNA Slammiversary is on Sunday, June 2, 2013 and is one of four live TNA pay-per-views. We’ll have exclusive live play-by-play coverage here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com. TNA posted a video at this [...]

March 9, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Another Former Knockout Declines Knockdown PPV Taping

TNA Wrestling has been contacting former Knockouts for their TNA Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view taping on 3/17. In addition to contacting Angelina Love, they also reached out to Traci Brooks. Brooks declined as did Love. The following is from her Twitter: @genuine_risk sorry Linda I won’t be there I had to decline, this time! — Traci [...]

March 9, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 4

The Opening Video For TNA Lockdown, Daniels On His Current Status; Monday Night Wars 2 Began

- TNA Wrestling released the opening video for TNA Lockdown. The pay-per-view is this Sunday at 8 PM EDT. Watch the video below: - Christopher Daniels was interviewed by USA Today about his current status in TNA, his upcoming match at the PPV and talks about being a future World Champion. In response to the [...]

March 8, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 3

Impact Wrestling Rating – The Show Before Lockdown

This week’s Impact Wrestling scored a 1.13 cable rating as they averaged 1.43 million viewers. It was the last Impact Wrestling in the Impact Zone as well as the last episode before TNA Lockdown. TNA Ratings Archive [...]

March 8, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 1

TNA Lockdown Company’s Biggest Selling US Event

Dixie Carter wrote the following on Twitter: San Antonio’s #Lockdown just officially became the biggest selling US Live Event for TNA. Thanks!! Now how about making it the biggest ever? — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) March 8, 2013 Get yourself ready with tons of new content over at TNANews.com and remember to join us Sunday at [...]

March 8, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Bully Ray On His Evolution, Daniels Favorite Comics, TNA Top 10, Does Wrestling Matter?

- Brandon Baxter interviewed Bully Ray to promote Lockdown and his main event match against TNA Champion Jeff Hardy. He talked about the evolution of his character, working as a singes wrestler, wrestlers he idolized as a kid and more. Click here to listen or check it out in the video embedded below: - Christopher [...]

March 8, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Final Advertised Lineup For TNA Lockdown – Watch Before The Bell Here

Following this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling, below is the final advertised lineup for TNA Lockdown. Lockdown will take place Sunday from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas: Steel Cage Match for the TNA Championship - Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Bully Ray Lethal Lockdown Match - Team TNA (Sting, Magnus, Samoa Joe, James Storm and [...]

March 8, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Angelina Love Declines Chance To Work Knockout PPV

Former TNA Knockout Angelina Love says she was asked on Twitter is she would be working the TNA Knockout Knockdown pay-per-view taping on 3/17 from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Love says TNA asked but she “politely declined.” Below is her Tweet: They asked me but I politely declined. RT @xajleenerdx: @actualalove are you going [...]

March 7, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Dixie Carter Thanks Orlando, D-Lo Brown The VP, What You Didn’t See On Impact

- Prior to the start of this week’s Impact Wrestling taping Dixie Carter came out and thanked the fans of the Impact Zone for their support over the years. They showed this video and Dixie announced they’ll be in Tampa on 5/23 (more details). - For those that missed this week’s go-home to TNA Lockdown [...]

March 7, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 5

TNA Announces Impact In Texas, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Florida & Georgia

TNA announced the following upcoming Impact Wrestling taping locations and dates: TNA’s IMPACT WRESTLING will begin filming all “IMPACT WRESTLING” programming on the road in 2013. “IMPACT WRESTLING” airs every Thursday on Spike TV (8/7 CT), and is regularly one of the network’s top-rated shows. Don’t miss your chance to experience IMPACT LIVE with the [...]

March 7, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

More Road Dates Added For Impact Wrestling

TNA President, Dixie Carter, just announced more road dates for Impact Wrestling on her official Twitter page. Impact Wrestling will be coming to: Indiana, PA on 4/25 Tupelo, MS on 5/9 Tampa, FL on 5/23 Her tweet is embedded below: Excited to announce here 1st! Thursday Night #ImpactLIVE is coming to Indiana, PA 4/25, Tupelo, [...]

March 7, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

AJ Styles’ Return To Impact, More Taping Locations, Daniels Puts Over Hogan & Bischoff

- AJ Styles wrote the following on Twitter on Thursday: Enough!@impactwrestling you came to my house uninvited.I am coming to Chicago… uninvited! — AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) March 7, 2013 Next week’s episode of Impact Wrestling will broadcast live from Chicago, Illinois. The company will also tape the following week as part of their new bi-weekly TV [...]

March 7, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Taryn Maxim Photos, Lockdown Tickets & PPV News, Bully Ray The Shining Knight Of TNA?

- TNA Knockout Taryn Terrell is “Today’s Girl” here on Maxim.com. - More seats that were held by production were released for Sunday’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Dixie Carter is on record as to saying the show could be TNA’s most attended US event in company history. Buy tickets now [...]

March 7, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Christopher Daniels On Why He Never Caught On With WWE, Praise For Dixie Carter

TheWhig.com has a new interview online with Christopher Daniels. Below are the highlights: Why he never caught on with WWE: “I think that they never really saw anything that they could really sink their teeth into,” he said. “Which is OK, because you know, the truth of the matter is I was never really their [...]

March 7, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 9

Official Preview For This Week’s Impact Wrestling; Live Coverage At 8 PM EDT – Last Impact Zone Show

Impact Wrestling brings us another live episode tonight, but it is their last show in the Impact Zone. It is also the last episode before TNA Lockdown. Below is the official preview: Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 8/7c! If you can’t watch the action on Thursday, make sure to set your DVR! [...]

March 7, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 0

Eric Bischoff Comments On Leaving The Impact Zone & Having An On-Air Role

Twitter has been a great way to get superstar’s reactions and feelings about many things in the pro-wrestling business. On a different note, we haven’t heard from Eric Bischoff lately. But, he found himself on the social media site yesterday tweeting away. I was able to come across some two pretty interesting tweets. The first [...]

March 7, 2013 Alex Barie TNA News 23

Full Details On The Tapings & Themes For Next 6 TNA One Night Only PPVs

TNA Wrestling has released the upcoming schedule for their One Night Only pay-per-views. The shows are the company’s final taping dates from Universal Studios as their lease is up. The schedule is as follows: Sunday, March 17 1:00pm - TNA Knockout Knockdown: TNA crowns the true “Queen” of TNA 7:00pm – TNA 10 Reunion: Celebration of the [...]

March 6, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 1

Velvet Sky Discusses Debut Of The Knockout Zone, Says She Is A Junk Food Junkie

Brandon Baxter interviewed Velvet Sky about the debut of the Knockout Zone and Impact Wrestling coming to Jonesboro, Arkansas on March 28, 2013. Sky opened the interview by revealing she was an endorsement girl for Tom’s Hot Fries and confided that she is a junk food junkie. You can listen to the interview at this [...]

March 6, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 2

TNA Issues Official Statement On The Death Of Paul Bearer

TNA Wrestling issued the following statement on the death of Paul Bearer: TNA joins the entire wresting world in mourning the passing of Bill Moody – better known as Paul Bearer in WWE as the manager of The Undertaker, and Percy Pringle during his time with TNA. Throughout his career, Moody was one of the [...]

March 6, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Jeff Hardy On Missing UK Tour, What Was A Factor In Signing New TNA Contract

TNA Champion Jeff Hardy participated in a media conference call on Wednesday to promote TNA Lockdown. Below are the highlights: Jeff admitted to being disappointed he wasn’t on the UK tour and looks forward to going the next time TNA goes over. He said he approaches cage matches differently as a father but still wants [...]

March 6, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

TNA Lockdown 2013 To Be Most Attended US Event In Company History?

Dixie Carter noted on Twitter on Wednesday that TNA Lockdown in San Antonio was looking to be the company’s largest attended US event in their history. The following is from her Twitter account: #MarchMadness is taking on a whole new meaning at the TNA office. Lots going on. San Antonio looks to be our largest [...]

March 6, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 3

Rob Van Dam Optimistic About Leaving Impact Zone, Won’t Say He’ll Finish His Career In TNA

The Shining Wizards Podcast conducted a lengthy interview with Rob Van Dam where he discusses everything from blading to if he’ll finish his career in TNA Wrestling. Below are the highlights: Training with the Original Sheik: He was there almost always, in fact he didn’t like us to train without his presence. Which we did [...]

March 6, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0

Sam Shaw Update, Robbie E Speaks, Cross The Line

- You can read article by the Savannah College of Art and Design on TNA signing Sam Shaw at this link. - Robbie E is interviewed at this link. - Have you checked out all of the awesome new content at TNANews.com? Carl Frederick has a new piece online now that you can read here [...]

March 5, 2013 Richard Gray TNA News 0