– It appears the technical difficulties from POP TV that caused a number of fans to miss tonight’s TNA Impact episode as it aired was due to severe weather in Atlanta, Georgia, where their master controller is held. A replay will air Wednesday at 9pm EST. In light of the technical difficulties, Pop responded to dozens of fans on Twitter who were asking what was going on, so they should be commended for the good customer service.

We apologize for the technical difficulty. Please stay with us. We will be airing the entire #ImpactWrestling event.

— Pop (@PopTV) June 15, 2016

– TNA World Champion Bobby Lashley has signed a new contract with the promotion. We had heard about Lashley’s negotiations in recent weeks and his title win over Drew Gallway at Slammiversary (which almost didn’t happen) was a sign the two sides had come to terms.

Proud to announce #TNAWorldChamp @fightbobby has re-signed with IMPACT. Watch him tonight LIVE on #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/G38tWrTtDX

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 14, 2016

– The dark match prior to Tuesday night’s Impact Wrestling tapings from Orlando Chelsea Green of WWE Tough Enough fame defeat Mickie Knuckles, who wrestled for TNA a few years back.

Scoop #2: Dark match between Chelsea Green and Mickie Knuckles pic.twitter.com/J7VHdoXcPb

— Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) June 14, 2016

– Next week’s Impact will feature Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy in a Six Sides of Steel cage match. Based on the booking at the tapings, the match appeared to be set up as the blowoff to their feud.

• Spoilers – Impact Tapings Results From Tuesday Night

Former WWE superstar Damien Sandow and Best of the Super Juniors winner Will Ospreay have been booked to appear for Wrestle Culture Pro Wrestling on July 27th/28th.

Tickets for the events are available to purchase now through: http://shop.whatculture.com/product/wcpw-live-july-27th-28th

• Big Damo
• Rampage Brown
• Joe Coffey
• El Ligero
• Martin Kirby
• Jason “The Primate” Prime
• Joe Hendry

While it is still early days for the Wrestle Culture Pro Wrestling experiment the talent that they have pulled from the booming British scene coupled with their international reach on Youtube could prove to be hugely successful.

Guys… You're welcome. https://t.co/Xqjf4wJKRb pic.twitter.com/ZhOiQH7WU3

— DEFIANT Wrestling (@DEFIANTwres) June 14, 2016

Tickets for July 27/28 shows are on sale NOW. See @WillOspreay and many more! https://t.co/I7TMX2HPmY pic.twitter.com/OZwzwfI6bk

— DEFIANT Wrestling (@DEFIANTwres) June 13, 2016

Mike Bennett defeated Eddie Edwards to win the TNA X Divison Championship at tonight’s Impact tapings in Orlando.

The match airs next Tuesday, 6/21.

Edwards just captured the title on Sunday from Trevor Lee at Slammiversary.

Below are TNA Impact Wrestling spoilers for next Tuesday’s show, 6/21:

* Braxton Sutter defeated Rockstar Spud but Spud beat him with a belt after the match

* Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett threaten a lawsuit against Dixie Carter for what happened last week. Billy Corgan agrees she was in the wrong and that she should take some time off

* Mike Bennett cashes in and defeats Eddie Edwards to become the new X Division Champion

* Marti Bell defeated Jade

* The Decay beat Bram down after he refused an offer to join them

* Ethan Carter III and Drew Galloway defeated Lashley and Eli Drake to earn future title shots

* Jeff Hardy defeated Matt Hardy inside Six Sides of Steel

– AWA Superclash 2 is now available on the WWE Network in the Vault. The 5/2/87 event features Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel and Sherri Martel vs. Madusa in the main events.

– Paige defeated Eva Marie in the dark match before tonight’s WWE Main Event tapings in Biloxi.

– After Luke Gallows took a shot at the New Orleans Saints during Monday’s RAW, the NFL team tweeted the following today:

@WWE tell @LukeGallowsWWE if he wants to talk trash about us come to our facility, some friends want to say hello ? pic.twitter.com/bNqMZu43Ef

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) June 14, 2016

– It’s worth noting that WWE Cruiserweight Classic participant Lince Dorado worked Monday’s TNA tapings in Orlando. Under a different mask and using the name Balam, Dorado faced Mandrews on the Xplosion tapings and did a quick angle with Rockstar Spud and Braxton Sutter for a future Impact episode.

– The recently released Zeb Colter posted this teaser today:

ICYMI, CHECK OUT MY INSTAGRAM PAGE AT realzebcolter. NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT. FOLLOW ME. BIG CHANGES COMING. @wwe

— ??. ????? (@DirtyDMantell) June 14, 2016

– Bayley gets “Swerved” by awkward fan Willy Roberts in this new WWE Swerved extra:

Stone Cold Steve Austin recently gave high praises to AJ Styles for his feud with World Heavyweight Title holder Roman Reigns, but didn’t have as much praise for the current champ.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Austin talked about the critically acclaimed matches between Styles and Reigns earlier this year, and seemed to give most of the credit to The Phenomenal One. The Texas Rattlesnake even called one of their matches an “all-time classic.”

“AJ Styles just carried Roman Reigns to two world class matches back-to-back,” Austin said. “The second one wasn’t as good as the first, but it’s hard to top an all-time classic. Reigns carried his end, but that was all AJ. They keep beating that f—— kid, and they’ve got a potential superstar on their hands. He’s only been working 16, 18 years, f—, he’s got it figured out. Put a rocket on his ass and send him to the moon. I would love to see them run with Styles. I called him over the last time I saw him, which was before he got into that string of really good matches, and we’d never met. I said, ‘Hey man, good luck.’

Austin also said he’s glad to see a veteran like Styles make it to the big league and get the paydays that come along with it. Stone Cold says he hopes to see Styles have a seven-figure earning year with WWE, because “he’s paid a million dues and he ain’t made no money.”

AJ Styles will be a guest on Stone Cold’s WWE Network podcast on June 20th after RAW.

Fans who tried to watch Impact Wrestling on Pop TV tonight were met with nonstop commercials instead of the scheduled programming.

Pop TV has apparently been experiencing technical difficulties at their headquarters, and the same 3 commercials began airing at 9 PM ET onward instead of Impact Wrestling. The issue reportedly did not effect the feed on the Fight Network in Canada.

TNA & Pop TV issued the following statements:

We understand your frustration. @PopTV ensures us they are working to fix the technical issues. We will update you as we are updated.

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 15, 2016

We apologize for the technical difficulty. Please stay with us. We will be airing the entire #ImpactWrestling event.

— Pop (@PopTV) June 15, 2016

The @PopTV broadcast center is experiencing technical issues and is working to resolve the issue. We will pass along updates as we get them

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 15, 2016

We apologize for the issue with @PopTV. The issue is with master control and they are working to correct it. Please stay with us

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 15, 2016

Fans took to Twitter when they realized they had been watching the same three commercials for quite some time:

NEW DEVELOPMENTS #IMPACTWRESTLING pic.twitter.com/TFYE46xBSG

— Keep 6 feet from me-li (@carnysuccubus) June 15, 2016

I'm a loyal fan so I will keep watching, but some people won't. Please fix the difficulties! #IMPACTonPop

— SMARK™ (@Smark4Wrasslin) June 15, 2016

For real!!! @IMPACTWRESTLING #IMPACTonPOP pic.twitter.com/cwFpsQTjqA

— The Wrestling Outsiders? (@TWO_Sweeet) June 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/JmsnthnyPllnt/status/742897547774066688

THIS IS CRAZY @IMPACTWRESTLING @PopTV pic.twitter.com/TOfHR6So5o

— Jordan Brooks (@____Brooksy____) June 15, 2016

Feel awful for the great talent with @IMPACTWRESTLING with this tech issue on @PopTV, they bust their ass and then this shit happens ?

— jason haefner (@chefjason09) June 15, 2016

TNA’s Hall of Fame inductee for the class of 2016 has been revealed. This year’s inductee will be former Knockouts Champion Gail Kim.

Her induction will likely take place later this year at TNA’s annual Bound For Glory pay-per-view, which is typically their biggest event of the year. An official statement from TNA will be coming soon.

She’ll be joining fellow TNA Hall of Famers Sting, Kurt Angle, The Dudley Boyz, Jeff Jarrett and Earl Hebner.

WWE tapes this week’s episodes of WWE Main Event and WWE SmackDown at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS.

WWE Main Event taping:

– Becky Lynch def. Summer Rae: Tom Phillips and Dave Otunga are on commentary for Main Event.

– The Dudley Boyz confront Apollo Crews in the back to set up a match for later.

– Jack Swagger def. Viktor

– Apollo Crews def. Bubba Ray Dudley

WWE SmackDown taping:

– SmackDown opens up with Chris Jericho hosting The Highlight Reel. Jericho introduces his guest, Dean Ambrose. They get interrupted by Kevin Owens, then Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro and finally Sami Zayn. This sets up a six-man main event for later tonight.

– Kofi Kingston def. Aiden English, Luke Gallows & Big Cass in a Fatal 4 Way

– WWE Women’s Champ Charlotte is in the back with Dana Brooke talking to Becky Lynch and Natalya to hype their match for Sunday’s Money In The Bank PPV.

– Baron Corbin def. Zack Ryder: Dolph Ziggler was on commentary for this one. Ziggler and Corbin have a stare-down after the match.

– Rusev def. Kalisto: Sin Cara tried to help Kalisto after the final ring bell, but got put in the Accolade by Rusev. Titus O’Neil made the save and Rusev ran to the back.

– AJ Styles, Gallows and Anderson are in the back hyping AJ’s match against Xavier Woods later.

– AJ Styles def Xavier Woods: AJ won via submission with the Calf Crusher.

– Charlotte def. Natalya: This was a non-title bout. Dana Brooke and Becky Lynch got into it at ringside before the end of the match.

– Dean Ambrose, Cesaro and Sami Zayn def. Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho and Alberto Del Rio: All the ladders were out at ringside for this one. Owens superkicked both of his teammates after Del Rio tagged himself in during the match. This lead to Ambrose hitting the Dirty Deeds on Owens for the win.

Currently ring side at the WWE SmackDown! event at the Coast Coliseum pic.twitter.com/ik41pUtSxx

— Janel Forte (@JanelForte) June 15, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUDCJutY2GY

It sounds like Neville may be returning to the ring a little sooner than originally expected. PWInsider.com reports that the injured WWE star is expected back in the ring within the next month. He was previously scheduled to return at the September 9th WWE live event in the Philippines.

WWE officials are hopeful that he can come back before the end of the month, but he’ll reportedly be in action no later than mid-July.

Neville has been on the sidelines since breaking his ankle on the March 14th episode of RAW. The accident occurred while coming off the ropes in a match against Chris Jericho, and forced him to pull out of his scheduled WrestleMania debut in the Intercontinental Title ladder match.

Chris Warren, the singer of the infamous D-Generation X “Break It Down” entrance song, has died at age 49. Warren performed the vocals on several songs for WWE, including X-Pac’s theme and Triple H’s old “My Time” theme. Few details are known about his passing at this time.

He performed live at WrestleMania 14, and also went on to contribute several songs to TNA Wrestling. A funeral service will be held for Warren this weekend.

The below obituary was sent out online on Tuesday:

Christopher P. Warren of Valley Cottage, NY, passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at the age 49. Christopher was born in Huntington, Long Island, NY on May 27, 1967 to Christopher J. and Barbara Warren.

He was employed by Local 638 NYC as a Steam Fitter for many years. Music was his passion. He was very artistic and was a singer for the band Bro-kin.

Christopher is survived by his mother, Barbara Spector, his three brothers, Steven (Lena) Spector, Andrew (Jill) Spector and Danny (Margit) Spector and his sister, Laura Spector. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

“Christopher was very well liked and will be greatly missed by all that knew him”.

He was predeceased by his father, Christopher J. Warren and step father, Paul Spector.

Visiting hours will be Friday, June 17 from 2 to 4 pm & 6 to 9 pm at the Joseph W. Sorce F.H. Inc.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 18 in St. Ann’s Church, 16 Jefferson Ave., Nyack, NY. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY.

Joseph W. Sorce F. H. Inc.

On Tuesday, 2K Sports confirmed three more playable characters for the upcoming WWE 2K17 video game: John Cena, Sasha Banks and the Ultimate Warrior. The trio was revealed via a painting by artist Rob Schamberger at the ongoing Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California.

Of course, these 3 characters are in addition to Bill Goldberg, who is this year’s pre-order bonus character.

WWE 2K17 is scheduled for worldwide release on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment systems, Xbox One and Xbox 360 in October 2016. For more information, visit WWE.2K.com.

.@SashaBanksWWE @UltimateWarrior & @JohnCena confirmed for #WWE2K17 roster! Painting by @robschamberger #e3 #E32016 pic.twitter.com/Nv67UHc3yF

— #WWE2K25 (@WWEgames) June 14, 2016

Adam Rose got some good news in court today. TMZ Sports reports that prosecutors have dropped their domestic violence charges against the former WWE star, and he will be getting professional help with his wife in an effort to help their marriage. Rose’s wife had asked the judge to go easy on her husband, and says he has been undergoing personal counseling.

Rose was serving a 60-day suspension for violating WWE’s wellness policy when the domestic violence news broke, and the company suspended him indefinitely before ultimately releasing him on on May 23rd.

Rose was arrested last month after police say he grabbed his wife by the face and allegedly pulled her phone away as she tried to call 911. Rose’s lawyer issued the following statement to TMZ about the charges being dropped:

“The charges were dropped in this case because, as both he and his wife have maintained from the beginning, Mr. Leppan was absolutely innocent. Mr. Leppan did not, nor would he ever hurt his wife or anyone else.

“Suspicion of domestic violence is a very serious matter, as it should be. Responding officers sometimes, even if unsure of what happened, make an arrest just to be on the safe side. That is what happened here; and after a careful look at totality of circumstances, the justice system came to the correct conclusion.

“Mr. and Mrs. Leppan both continue to be madly in love. And while no relationship is ever perfect, they are relieved that this very public personal experience is over.”

You can see his mugshot here.

Monday’s 6/13 edition of WWE RAW bottomed out with 2.970 million average viewers, down from last week’s 3.255 million. The show did a 2.03 rating (down from last week’s 2.28), making it one of the least-watched non-holiday RAWs since 1997. Here’s the hourly breakdown:

• Hour 1: 3.043 million
• Hour 2: 3.109 million
• Hour 3: 2.758M viewers

The show featured the “Shield Reunion” segment on the Ambrose Asylum and the contract signing between John Cena and AJ Styles ahead of Sunday’s Money in the Bank PPV. RAW had stiff competition from the NBA Finals, which attracted over 20 million viewers, but there’s no question WWE is in the midst of an alarming downward trend in viewership.

2.03 RAW rating is a new low for the era. Lowest since 1.9 on March 3, 1997. $WWE pic.twitter.com/g05ChFDLgv

— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) June 14, 2016

First two hours of RAW #1 and #2 on cable, despite third hour falling under 3m viewers. https://t.co/FhDTKAHjCU pic.twitter.com/M4PiwnDZ2a

— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) June 14, 2016

There are reports going around that Madison Rayne appeared to suffer an arm injury at Monday night’s TNA television tapings from Orlando, Florida.

The injury took place during a Fatal 4 Way match involving Sienna, Jade and Rosemary that was taped for a future One Night Only event. Rayne was helped to the back after trainers checked on her in the ring.

We’ll post an update when it becomes available.

• Full Results For Monday’s TNA Tapings From Orlando

The follow are results from Monday night’s TNA television tapings from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida:

Xplosion:

• Marti Bell beat Raquel
• DJ Zema Ion beat Andrew Everett
• Mandrews beat Balam

Future Impact episode:

• Braxton Sutter beat Rockstar Spud but got beatdown after the match. This was originally Balam vs. Spud but Spud demanded Balam give him his spot

One Night Only – World Cup PPV:

• Team Hardy: Jeff Hardy, Eddie Edwards, Robbie E, Jessie Godderz, Jade
• Team Bennett: Mike Bennett, EC3, Grado, Crazzy Steve, Rosemary
• Team Drake: Eli Drake, Drew Galloway, Mahabali Shera, Baron Dax, Sienna
• Team Storm: James Storm, Bram, Trevor Lee, Basille Baraca, Madison Rayne
• Bram beat Crazzy Steve
• Drew Galloway beat Trevor Lee
• EC3 beat Basille Baraca
• Jessie Godderz beat Baron Dax
• Jade beat Madison Rayne, Rosemary and Sienna
• Mike Bennett beat Jeff Hardy
• James Storm beat Eli Drake
• Grado beat Robbie E

Team Hardy defeated Team Bennett in an Elimination Match to win the World Cup after Godderz pinned Bennett.

The following is an updated preview for tonight’s Gold Rush edition of Impact Wrestling on Pop:

• TNA Hall of Fame announcement
• Tag Team Champions The Decay vs. The BroMans vs. The Tribunal vs. Grado and Shera
• X Division Champion Eddie Edwards vs. Trevor Lee
• KOTM Champion Eli Drake vs. Jeff Hardy
• TNA World Champion Bobby Lashley will defend against an opponent TBA

Tonight is #GoldRush on a special LIVE extended edition of #IMPACTonPop We will be on until 11:10pm ET pic.twitter.com/GeNXq3bIdI

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 14, 2016

– WWE has been reaching out to several former Superstars about rejoining the company in the coming months. With the WWE Draft taking place in approximately one month, additional talent is needed to fill out the RAW, SmackDown and NXT rosters. No word yet on who has been contacted, but it’s worth noting that former WWE performers Tajiri and Brian Kendrick will be part of the upcoming Cruiserweight Classic tournament and could very well be part of this initiative.

– Speaking of the Cruiserweight Classic, former TNA X Division Champion Amazing Red was originally scheduled for the tournament, but had to pull out due to injury. Red recently suffered a broken ankle that won’t be healthy in time for the first set of tapings later this month.

• All 32 Cruiserweight Classic Participants Revealed

– As reported over the weekend, Triple H stopped over in China after the UK Download festival. He was in China to oversee a WWE tryout camp.

Source: PWInsider.com

– John Cena will appear on NBC variety show “Maya and Marty” show tonight at 10 EST.

– In the video below, former WWE star Zach Gowen runs the American Ninja Warrior course from last night’s Indianapolis Qualifier episode:

– This RAW Fallout video from New Orleans features Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson talking about adding more gold to their collection at Sunday’s WWE Money in the Bank PPV.

– Indy wrestlers J Spade, Bu Ko Dao and Perry Hawx from WildKat Sports were used as extras on last night’s RAW in the Sheamus – Apollo Crews segment.

– Sheamus revealed on Twitter that he’s headed to Australia for WWE promotional work and will not be working tonight’s TV tapings.

– Chris Jericho is featured in this RAW Fallout clip from New Orleans, talking about how he will win Money in the Bank and become a 7-time World Champion:

– Apollo Crews talks about his WWE Money in the Bank match against Sheamus in this RAW Fallout clip. Crews says he will bring his “A Game” to Las Vegas and show that he’s in WWE to stay and to win titles.

– Rey Mysterio and son were in attendance for last night’s NBA Finals game 5 with the Cavaliers taking on the Warriors:

As seen below, Kevin Nash took to Instagram and voiced his opinion over the Orlando terrorist attack at Pulse nightclub and the fallout:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGoOf84kWGT/

TNA Wrestling came perilously close to financial ruin over the weekend. Sunday night’s Slammiversary was on the verge of not taking place, if not for the frantic damage control by TNA Chief Financial Officier Dean Broadhead.

Broadhead posted the following message on his personal Facebook page, revealing that it took more than 80 phone calls to employees, vendors, bankers and lawyers from Thursday through Friday as he tried to secure interim financing to get TNA’s “production trucks to roll” for Slammiversary and this week’s Impact TV tapings. He wrote:

“On Thursday and Friday, I logged over 80 business calls on my cell…attorneys, accountants, vendors, bankers, and employees. Maybe time to retire but maybe not until everything is in the right place. To answer why, I had a 12-hour timeframe to secure interim financing so that the production trucks could come – lawyers, bankers, accountants, and owners. Some of them were out of the country. Some were on the west coast and some were on the east coast. That was the reason for all of the calls.”

Broadhead’s savvy financial management is believed to be a major factor in TNA staying afloat the past several years. As noted over the weekend, Billy Corgan is purchasing a minority stake in the company and that cash infusion is what allowed Slammiversary to take place.

TNA dodged a major bullet this weekend, but one has to wonder how many of these ‘close calls’ TNA can afford before disaster strikes.

MMA legend and former WWE Superstar Ken Shamrock recently appeared on The MMA Show with Marc Charles and spoke at length about Brock Lesnar returning to UFC next month. Shamrock feels that Brock Lesnar bouncing back and forth between WWE and UFC over the past decade is not going to do him any favors when he steps in the Octagon against Mark Hunt at UFC 200.

Shamrock isn’t alone in his uncertainty about Lesnar’s chances, since the former UFC Heavyweight Champion opened as a betting underdog against Hunt. Here are some highlights of what Shamrock said about:

Lesnar’s WWE run affecting his UFC return:

“When you’re a professional athlete, you have to do something for a period of time. So if he continues to keep going – oh he did wrestling first and then he did MMA and then he goes back to wrestling and now he’s back to MMA again – I don’t think he’s really stabilized himself or set an example for himself in MMA. I mean he was there a short time, then he was gone. I mean he’s really done more in pro wrestling than he has done in anything else.”

What Lesnar needs to work on:

“Well he should have put a little more work into his ground game with his submissions, defensive submissions, and definitely his striking. His striking is horrible. So I think he needed to pay a little bit more attention if he’s gonna come back. He needs to take some time and really focus on that and not just jump back into it because he’s a great wrestler because that’s just not going to get it for him in these days.”

Who will benefit:

“I think [the UFC and the WWE] are both gonna get something out of it, I’m just not sure it’s gonna be good for him. I hope it is. I really hope he wins because I’d hate to see him lose, even though I like Mark Hunt, but I’d hate to see him lose after having to come back and it doesn’t work out for him. I think it’s gonna hurt him more than it would Mark.”

Here’s audio of Ken Shamrock’s appearance on the MMA Talk Show with Marc Charles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ25sGUBAw4