Flair Apologizes, Hernandez Returning, Styles, LockDown
— Ric Flair has arrived for the TNA house show in Glasgow, Scotland. When he arrived, he apologized to the locker room for the Dublin, Ireland incident. We’ll have a further update on this story later this week.
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— TNA has announced that April’s Lockdown PPV will take place at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tickets will go on sale February 18th. Earlier this week, TNA invited NFL star Chad Ochocinco, who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, to wrestle his head coach at Lockdown in a steel cage, which has already gotten TNA a lot of local publicity for the event.
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– Hernandez has finished his duties with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and is expected to resurface on TNA Wrestling programming shortly. The former TNA World Tag Team Champion was sent to AAA last March as part of a talent exchange. He last appeared for TNA at Victory Road, defeating Matt Morgan in a Steel Cage Match.
– AJ Styles is now a financial backer of a new MMA group, Fight Fusion Entertainment. The promotion debuts on February 18th at the Georgia Mountain Center in Gainesville, Georgia. The promoter is Styles’ brother.
(Sources: pwinsider.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter)