The following are partial TNA Impact Wrestling tapings results from the Manhattan Center in New York City, airing Thursday, August 7th. The rest of the show will be taped on Friday night. Thanks to Tom for the live report:

– Knux and The Freak of The Menagerie vs. Robbie E and Jessie Godderz is up first. The Menagerie gets the win in a long boring tag match, according to our correspondent.

– Dixie Carter and King Mo take a seat on the balcony to watch the next match.

– The eight-man “hardcore war” is next. Tommy Dreamer and Ethan Carter III are the first two out for their teams and they start the match off. Two new wrestlers come in every 2 minutes with a weapon. Devon and Rhino are out next. Snitsky and Bully Ray are out next. Ezekiel Jackson and Al Snow are out next. Snow gets a big pop and a “we want head” chant from the crowd. TNA actually passed out “Heads” to people in the crowd before Snow came out, essentially spoiling it for people in the crowd. Snow actually did a moonsault out of the ring. Team 3D got the win for their team after hitting a 3D on Rhino.

– Bully Ray wants to put Dixie Carter through a table but she won’t come down from the balcony. Fans want to see this too. They tease a fight between Bully and King Mo. Bully promises that he will put Dixie through a table “tonight” on the episode. The ring is cleared and they get ready for another segment.

– King Mo escorts Dixie to the ring. Rhino, Rockstar Spud and EC3 are also there. Apparently Dixie has fired Snitsky and Ezekiel already. They’re interrupted by Dreamer and Team 3D, who bring a table out. A big brawl breaks out but Dixie escapes. The TNA locker room empties out and blocks her from running to the back. They toss her back in the ring and Bully puts her through a table with a Bully Bomb. The crowd popped big time for this. The roster surrounds the six-sided ring on the apron and applauds while Dreamer and 3D are in the ring and Dixie is laid out on the table. Dixie gets stretchered out to end the taping.

The following are TNA Impact Wrestling tapings results from the Manhattan Center in New York City, airing Thursday, July 31st. Thanks to Tom for the live report:

– Kurt Angle cuts a promo from the balcony and puts over TNA’s six-sided ring and the company in general.

– Team Dixie comes out to huge heat. Ezekiel Jackson and Snitsky are wearing the Dixieland t-shirt. Rockstar Spud and Rhino are also there with Dixie Carter. Ethan Carter III cuts a promo and challenges Tommy Dreamer, Devon and Bully Ray to one final battle. Dixie also called out Bully for later tonight.

– The Hardys vs. The Wolves for the TNA Tag Team Titles is up next. Both teams come out to big pops. The Wolves retain after hitting a powerbomb backstabber combo on Matt Hardy. This was said to be an excellent match and the best one for TNA in a long time.

– DJ Zema Ion vs. Manik vs. Low Ki is next. The winner will qualify for an X Division Title match. This is the first of 3 three-ways. Low Ki wins after a Ki Krusher on Manik. Great match.

– James Storm comes out and cuts a promo on Sanada and talks about how they are friends now.

– The next three-way is Sanada vs. Brian Cage vs. Crazzy Steve, who came out with The Menagerie. Sanada qualifies after getting the pin on Steve.

– Tommy Dreamer, Bully Ray and Devon come out to a huge pop. They cut promos and respond to Ethan’s challenge from earlier. Team Dixie comes out on the entrance way and interrupts. An eight-man Extreme Weapons Tag Match is announced for “next week.” Apparently it will be EC3, Rhino, Ezekiel and Snitsky vs. Dreamer, Bully, Devon and a partner.

– Samoa Joe vs. Homicide vs. Tigre Uno is the final three-way. Joe comes out to a big pop as does Homicide. Joe destroyed Tigre and got the pin on Homicide after a Musclebuster. Homicide and Joe followed ROH’s Code of Honor after the match. The vacant X Division Title match will be Joe vs. Low Ki vs. Sanada.

– Austin Aries vs. Bobby Lashley for the World Heavyweight Title is next and is the main event. Aries gets the title shot after giving up his X Division Title “last week.” Lashley retains with a spear after blocking Aries’ finisher.

The following is TNA’s official preview for tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV:

– LASHLEY is the NEW World Heavyweight Champion! Tune in Thursday to hear from the new titleholder as MVP and his alliance just gained more power in TNA! What will be the fallout from Lashley’s win? How will Eric Young react? Don’t miss it!

– IMPACT will also include an update on Bobby Roode’s shocking return! Will Roode face the wrath of MVP for violating his indefinite suspension and showing up this past week?

– Thursday’s IMPACT will also feature a huge main event as the barbaric MONSTER’S BALL match returns with Willow and Abyss battling Magnus and Bram!

– In Knockouts Tag Team action on IMPACT, Taryn Terrell makes her in-ring return as she joins Gail Kim to take on The Beautiful People!

– Plus, the X Division Championship will be on the line as Sanada defends against Manik, DJ Z and Crazzy Steve. Can Sanada keep the X Title heading into Destination X?

All this and much more on Thursday’s huge IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c

*Spoilers* TNA Impact Tapings Results From NYC (Airing 7/17)

Check out this insane video of Jeff Hardy doing a swanton bomb onto metal steps at ringside during his TNA World Heavyweight title match against Bobby Lashley at Wednesday’s Impact Wrestling tapings from New York City:

The following are TNA Impact Wrestling tapings results from the Manhattan Center in New York City, airing Thursday, July 24th. Thanks to Tom for the live report:

– Dixie Carter kicks off the show and comes out to huge heel heat with Rockstar Spud, Rhino and Ethan Carter III. Bully Ray ends up interrupting for a fight. Devon makes a surprise return to a big pop and Team 3D reunites in NYC. They clean house and Ray holds EC3 while Devon hits the diving headbutt. They then put Ethan through a table and teased putting Dixie through one.

– Velvet Sky defeated Gail Kim in an Xplosion match.

– Robbie E returns as BroMans come out. Low Ki vs. DJ Zema Ion is next. Low Ki gets the easy win and a big pop.

– The Great Muta came out to barely a reaction which was odd. Muta quickly squashed Robbie E. James Storm came out to have words with Muta. Storm attacked Muta and Sanada ran out. Storm left the ring and Sanada attacked Muta with a steel chair and hit a moonsault.

– Jeff Hardy comes out limping and said we haven’t seen the last of Willow. He brings out Matt Hardy to a pop. Matt cuts a promo about turning his life around and said it’s time to become the TNA Tag Team Champions. The Wolves come out with their titles to respond. A tag team title match is announced for the Destination X tapings.

– In-ring segment with Kurt Angle and Austin Aries. Aries is asked to give up the X Division Title to face Bobby Lashley for the World Heavyweight Title at Destination X. MVP and Lashley were also in the ring. Aries agrees to give up the title and will face Lashley at Destination X.

– King Mo comes out and cuts a promo with Dixie Carter.

– The main event is a Street Fight and it’s Devon, Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer vs. Rhino, Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud. Ezekiel Jackson and Snitsky run in wearing black hoodies and help Team Dixie get the win. Impact ends with Dixie, King Mo, Snitsky, Ezekiel, Rhino, EC3 and Spud posing together.

The following are TNA Impact Wrestling tapings results from the Manhattan Center in New York City, airing Thursday, July 17th. Thanks to Tom for the live report:

– There was a pre-show promo from Taz in the ring to get the crowd hype. Kurt Angle also cut a pre-show promo from the balcony.

– Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray kick off the tapings with a promo for the NYC fans. Dreamer and Bully vs. Ethan Carter III and Rhino is the opening match. Lots of heat for EC3 and Rhino. Dreamer and Bully got the win.

– A Gauntlet Match for the X Division Title starts with Austin Aries and Eddie Edwards. 8 men end up in the match – Aries, Edwards, Manik, Davey Richards, Tigre Uno, DJ Zema Ion, Sanada and Crazzy Steve. Aries retains his title.

– MVP and Kenny King come out and cut a promo before facing Eric Young and Bobby Roode. MVP was on crutches but in his wrestling gear and didn’t really wrestle, just hobbled around the ring. Roode and Young win by DQ when MVP uses one of his crutches.

– Brittany vs. Madison Rayne is next. Fans chanted “this match sucks” before it even began. Madison got the win.

– Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Lashley for the World Heavyweight Title is next. At one point, Hardy did a swanton onto the steel steps outside of the ring. The match barely went 10 minutes and Lashley retained. The fans were very upset at Lashley winning and gave him a lot of heat.

– Former WWE Superstars Ezekiel Jackson and Gene Snitsky are backstage at the site of tonight’s Impact Wrestling taping from New York City.

Both men live in the tri-state area, it’s unknown whether they will be appearing as part of the show tonight.

– Friday night’s Impact Wrestling tapings from the Manhattan Center in New York City is officially sold out:

#TNANYC: Friday is sold out!!! Thanks so much! We will try to release holds, but get tix for tomorrow and Thurs here: http://t.co/0fXZuNLOKM

— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) June 24, 2014

– TNA President Dixie Carter just posted the following picture of the 6-sided ring that will be used for tonight’s Impact Wrestling tapings:

* 5 REASONS Why WWE Won’t Fire Zack Ryder

(Partial Source: PWInsider.com)

TNA just announced at a press conference from New York City that this year’s Bound For Glory will take place on Sunday, October 12th from Korakuen Hall in  Tokyo, Japan.

Here’s the official statement from TNA, including the event poster:

Today, just hours before TNA’s massive IMPACT tapings begin in New York City, TNA President Dixie Carter and legendary Japanese icon the Great Muta held a press conference at the Manhattan Center to announce that, for the first time, the annual Bound For Glory pay-per-view will take place in Tokyo, Japan at Korakeun Hall!

This year will mark the 10th Anniversary of the annual Bound For Glory event and will certainly be the biggest and most exciting year yet!

Additionally, it was revealed today that Team 3D will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in Tokyo as well! The most decorated Tag Team in history, Team 3D have done many tours of Japan and held the country’s most prestigious tag team gold!

Bound For Glory will be held on October 12, 2014 and more details will be available soon!

TNA debuts at the Manhattan Center in New York City tonight for the first of three Impact Wrestling tapings.

Advertised for tonight’s first taping is TNA World Heavyweight Champion Lashley vs. Jeff Hardy. Jeff’s brother Matt returns to TNA tonight and will be in his corner for the title match.

Also advertised is an appearance by Japanese legend Great Muta. TNA President Dixie Carter has teased that she and Muta will be making a major announcement tonight.

Other top TNA stars advertised to appear include Bully Ray, Samoa Joe, Eric Young, James Storm, Gunner, Magnus, The Beautiful People and TNA Hall of Famer Kurt Angle (who is injured).

Check back later tonight for complete results of the Impact Wrestling tapings from New York City.

The following are highlights of a new Between The Ropes interview with Hernandez:

On why he is no longer with TNA Wrestling with his contract expiring in May: “Maybe you can tell me. I’ll be very honest with you. The last time I was on TNA was November when I had that Feast or Fired match and believe it or not, that is the last time I’ve spoken to anyone in the office. And I’m not even joking. I would send those 365 videos to (Jeremy) Borash every now and then I would get Bob Ryder approval for my indy dates and that’s it. I did not hear anything from anybody since I saw them in Orlando in November.”

On how strange that was: “To be honest, I knew I was still a part of the roster and my check came every month. Periodically I would check the Impact website to see if I was still on there. (laughs) It was definitely a head scratcher right there. Not an email. text, phone call … nothing. In fact, my contract was up May 12th but I thought it was up May 14th. So I woke up May 12th and my timeline was flooded on Twitter that my contract had expired. I looked at my contract and I looked on the (TNA) website and they pulled me off the website, they already unfollowed me on Twitter. (laughs) It was like bizarro world, brother.”

On how difficult it was for him after returning to TNA Wrestling after working in Mexico for nine months and being promised a singles push but instead being paired with Anarquia in Mexican America: “It was very difficult for me because you were blatantly lied to. This wasn’t no miscommunication. I don’t go down to Mexico for nine months of my life and it’s a miscommunication that I’m coming back to a tag deal. When I left, I was a tag champion with Matt Morgan. So, there’s no miscommunication there at all about ‘oh, you’re going to do down there and come back as a tag’. There was no miscommunication, at least on my part. So, of course, there was a lot of animosity on what was going down.”

Check out the complete interview at BetweenTheRopes.com.

We listen… #6SidesIsBack http://t.co/bGr4gqNd3I

— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) June 24, 2014

TNA has announced that the 6-sided ring is officially back and will return this week at Wednesday’s Impact Wrestling tapings the Manhattan Center in New York City. Here’s the official announcement:

Fans voted and the TNA Board of Directors listened! Beginning this week at our New York tapings, the 6-sided ring returns to IMPACT Wrestling!

Last week, IMPACTWrestling.com posted a poll for the fans to vote on their favorite TNA ring, 4-sides or 6-sides. We can now exclusively report that the TNA Board of Directors requested this information during a series of closed door meetings regarding the future of TNA Wrestling. Fans voted overwhelmingly for one of the options and this was presented to the Board during another private meeting today.

Giving the fans a major voice in the decision, the TNA Board of Directors has just revealed to IMPACTWrestling.com their decision to reintroduce the 6-sided ring! Effective immediately, the new 6-sided ring is set to debut at the upcoming IMPACT television taping on June 25th at New York City’s famed Manhattan Center.

Witness the return of #6Sides this week during the #TNANYC IMPACT tapings! More information is available at the links below.

TNA will be holding a press conference this Wednesday in New York City, where Dixie Carter and Wrestle-1’s The Great Muta will be on-hand to make an announcement together.

There is no concrete word as to what the announcement is, although some are speculating that it could be another joint-show between TNA and W-1, or possibly something planned for TNA’s upcoming Bound For Glory pay-per-view.

Tommy Dreamer was banged up after working a CCW independent wrestling event in Coral Springs, Florida on Saturday night. The ECW legend wrote the following on his official Twitter account the next day:

A rough day my knee,hip,back & ankle all hurting. Had to get dressed from the floor. Sux Coral Springs Fl saw my last ever sky high RIP

— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) June 22, 2014

I'm in so much pain & now getting on flight & I usually only feel pain when I fly. Time to channel my inner hardcore. Can someone cane me?

— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) June 22, 2014

He also wrote this one, where he talks about celebrating his “extreme pipe bomb” promo on Dixie Carter:

After dropping the truth #ExtremePipeBomb on @TNADixie @IMPACTWRESTLING I celebrated like a true Champion 10 @WhiteCastle Cheeseburgers YUM

— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) June 21, 2014

TNA has announced three more big returns for this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings from the Manhattan Center in New York City.

Former TNA stars Low Ki, Homicide, and Brian Cage will be competing at the “Destination X” taping on June 26th.

These names are in addition to the Great Muta, Tommy Dreamer, Rhino and Matt Hardy, who will also be returning to TNA this week.

TNA debuts at the Manhattan Center on June 25th and will be taping three consecutive nights this week.

The following is from ImpactWrestling.com:

#TNANYC: Tommy Dreamer and Rhino to appear at This Week’s IMPACT Tapings!

This week on IMPACT, Tommy Dreamer went toe to toe with TNA President Dixie Carter and unleashed a speech that is one of the most talked about wrestling moments of recent memory – even leading ‘Tommy Dreamer’ to trend worldwide on Twitter.

IMPACTWrestling.com can now exclusively report that Dreamer is headed to New York City and plans to appear at the Grand Ballroom inside the Manhattan Center when IMPACT invades NYC (June 25, 26, 27). Not only is Dreamer expected to be there, but his legendary hardcore cohort, RHINO, will appear as well!

What do these two ECW legends have in-store for the famed Manhattan Center? Get your tickets NOW in order to find out!

The Thursday, June 19th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV, which featured Bobby Lashley defeating Eric Young to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, scored a final cable rating of 1.01, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 1.01 final draw marks a decent increase as compared to last week’s show, which delivered an 0.89 final rating.

Thursday’s edition of Impact Wrestling averaged 1.330 million viewers, which was also an increase compared to last week’s average of 1.005 million viewers.

TNA just announced the following:

BREAKING NEWS: JEFF HARDY VS. LASHLEY FOR THE WORLD TITLE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE JUNE 25 EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY!

TNA will bring cameras to New York City for the very first time for three incredible IMPACT WRESTLING live events June 25-27 at The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center.

Tickets go on sale May 9th at 10AM EST at Ticketmaster.com, all ticketmaster outlets and toll free at 800-745-3000. Be a part of three electrifying nights when IMPACT WRESTLING invades the city that never sleeps!

Ticket Prices: $75 – 1st Row Ringside, $50 – Rows 2 and 3 Ringside, $40, $30, $20

Matt Hardy was recently interviewed by Aubrey Sitterson of Straight Shoot and spoke about:

– Ring of Honor’s Best in the World pay-per-view this Sunday
– Differences between WWE and ROH’s styles and fans
– The lack of real heat in wrestling today
– Which WWE release surprised him, and who he could see competing in ROH
– Whether Christian should leave WWE
– Matt’s future in the wrestling industry
– And more!

TNA Impact Wrestling TV tapings results from  Bethlehem, PA, airing 7/10:

– Kurt Angle announced several matches for the show, including a 20-man battle royal with the winner earning a title shot against Bobby Lashley at the NYC tapings. Angle called out Willow and asked him to work as Jeff Hardy in the battle royal.

– TNA Tag Champions The Wolves beat Magnus and Bram.

– Austin Aries beat Sanada to win the X Division Championship.

– Bobby Roode called out MVP, only to be attacked by Kenny King. Eric Young ran out for the save, but Bobby Lashley came out and the heels got the upper hand.

– Bully Ray called out Rhino, who attacked him. Tommy Dreamer made the save.

– Gail Kim defeated Madison Rayne, Angelina Love, and Brittany in a four-way to retain the TNA Knockouts Title.

– Jeff Hardy won a 20-man battle royal to earn a TNA Title shot in New York City.

TNA Impact Wrestling TV tapings results from  Bethlehem, PA, airing 7/3:

Kurt Angle announced Eric Young’s TNA Title rematch. Samoa Joe came out and said he was booking himself in a title match. After some back and forth, Angle teased giving Joe a title shot. Angle later reinstated referee Earl Hebner.

– The Wolves beat Knux and Crazy Steve.

– Bobby Roode beat Kenny King.

– Madison Rayne and Brittany made peace, but then Brittany turned on Madison only to be cheered by the live crowd.

– Ethan Carter III beat Bully Ray in a tables match when Rhino attacked Bully.

– Gunner came out for a promo and was interrupted by Sam Shaw, who said he’s a changed man and ended up apologizing to Christy Hemme for his past actions.

– Gail Kim defeated Angelina Love to win the TNA Knockouts Championship.

– Bobby Lashley beat Eric Young to retain the TNA Title.

TNA taped part of next week’s edition of Impact Wrestling on Thursday evening. The rest of next week’s show, as well as the show that will air on July 3rd, will be taped tonight at the Sands Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Below is what has been taped thus far for the June 26th episode.

– Gail Kim & Taryn Terrell def. The Beautiful People in Knockouts tag-team action.

– Sanada retained the X-Division Championship in a four-way match that also featured Crazzy Steve, Manik and Zema Ion.

– An in-ring segment took place featuring MVP, Bobby Lashley and Kenny King, as well as Eric Young and Bobby Roode. Ultimately, MVP tried to fire Young and Roode, however the TNA Board of Directors came out and rescinded the firings, telling MVP that he is no longer the Director of Wrestling Operations for TNA.

– James Storm def. Mr. Anderson in a one-on-one bout.

– An in-ring segment took place with Dixie Carter bragging about MVP no longer being the Director of Wrestling Operations, assuming that she is again in control until the same member of the Board of Directors from earlier in the evening came out and informed her that she wasn’t in charge either. Dixie threw a fit and demanded to know who was in charge, but the man refused to tell her. Eventually, Bully Ray came out and threatened again to put Dixie through a table until Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud came out to make the save. Tommy Dreamer and Ethan Carter III ended up getting into a big brawl as well.

– Magnus & Bram def. Willow & Abyss in a Monster’s Ball match.

– The announcement is made as to who the new TNA Director of Wrestling Operations is, which turned out to be Kurt Angle. This led to MVP, Lashley and King coming out to threaten Angle until Young and Roode came down to the make the save.

Busted Open Satellite Radio Show with Bully Ray
Host: Dave Lagreca, Doug Mortman, and Mike Riker

Being inducted into the TNA Hall Of Fame: “First and foremost it’s cool to be inducted into any Hall Of Fame, whether it’s TNA or any other wrestling federation. The response we got in Dallas was really cool. Those people were really happy to see me and Devon back together again and it was the longest and loudest ‘We want tables’ chants I ever heard. When you have a cool moment like that, you need to stop and smell the roses for a minute, then move on.”

His friendship and partnership with D-Von: “Me and D-Von have had a great partnership and friendship for close to 15 years. In 15 years, how many fights or arguments do you think D-Von have I have been in? One. That’s what makes D-Von and I so special. We balance each other out whether it’s in the ring or out of the ring. Team 3D/Dudleys would never have worked with 2 Buh Buhs or 2 D-vons. Booker T gave us a great compliment and said he wished he could get along with his brother as well as me and D-Von get along. That’s what kept us together. I was very happy to see D-Von back in the ring both personally and professionally. I think D-Von is worth a lot to the TNA roster whether he wants to wrestle again or not. I really don’t know if he wants to wrestle again or not. I think he’s really content on running our school in Florida, the Team 3D Academy. It was a great moment and I was really happy for him.”

How He & Devon Lasted So Long As A Team: “If you ask most people, they would say that I’m the hot head and D-Von is the easy going guy. That’s personally. In business, it’s more like I’m Gene Simmons and he’s Paul Stanley. Both playing equal parts, but Gene a little more vocal. In real life though, D-Von would kick your ass faster than I would. We’ve always been friends. That’s what made us successful. We know the history of tag team wrestlers. A lot of them didn’t like each other personally and always had a problem sharing the spotlight. We were never like that. We always knew that we were worth more together than by ourselves.”

Tommy Dreamer’s Feud With Dixie Carter: “It’s no secret that Dreamer and I are best friends in the wrestling business. He will always be my best friend. He booked HOH 4 and 5 in Poughkeepsie and Philly. He wanted D-Von and I to be in the main event of both shows. He was already advertising us, it was a big deal that D-Von and I were gonna be back together. It was all over Twitter and social media and the very night before I get a phone call from a representative of TNA telling me that I have been pulled from both shows and I am now being sent to California to go to the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards. Now a couple of people are gonna say that I’m a bitch and should have just gone to the event. Contractually I can’t because they would have sued me for every dollar I’m worth because my first obligation is TNA contractually, so I have to do what they tell me to do in that way. It wasn’t like they were pulling me off those shows and I was just gonna sit home, which they could not do. They pulled me off to do an obligation for them, and she knew exactly what she was doing. She was gonna screw me over, screw Dreamer over and screw every fan over. Tommy Dreamer would never deliberately screw his fans over. House Of Hardcore has something special and unique going on and he isn’t going to advertise me on his show for two months knowing I was gonna get pulled. That’s really F’ing the people over, and she is responsible for screwing everyone over.”

If The Dreamer-Dixie Carter Social Media Feud Is A Work: “Just because it plays out on TV doesn’t mean it’s a ‘work’. Dreamer stood the most to lose from this, and he did, and he and I are doing everything we can to make it right for the fans. We’ve told people to hang on to their HOH tickets and if they come to the shows in Bethlehem or New York, I’m gonna stay after these shows and I’m gonna meet every fan that comes. I don’t care how long I have to stay. They will get any photos, autographs, meet and greets. I’m gonna do the right thing because she screwed them over. I know you guys look at things where everything is part of the show. This goes a lot farther. There are a couple things I can’t even talk about because I know the ramifications. The bottom line is this was a scumbag move on her part, and she knew what she was doing.”

Losing to EC3: “Listen, say what you want about the kid. He is doing a pretty damn good job. Plenty of room for improvement, but he is lightyears ahead of where I was when I was his age. He’s got the look. He’s getting better on the mic, his physicality, he was able to hang at Slammiversary. You love him, you hate him, from a business standpoint he is an upcoming rising star.”

His Love Life: “My love life is flourishing. Velvety smooth. It’s all good. I’m currently working on a post-show Bully Ray fan appreciation party that I am throwing myself. It’s not sponsored by TNA, it’s all me. I don’t know whether it’s going to be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but I’m working on a party I want to throw for the wrestling fans just to show them that I appreciate their support over the years. I don’t know any other wrestler who threw a party for fans, and everything is going to be on me.”

TNA Possibly Bringing Back The 6-Sided Ring: “I sent out a tweet an hour ago asking the fans what they want to see. 33 Retweets for the 4 side, 262 favorites for the 6 sided, so it looks like the fans that follow me want to see that 6 sided ring back. I think that’s one of the cool things about TNA how they will listen to fans opinions. I don’t know if it’s going to be set in stone, but I do know that TNA looks for fans opinions. I’m more of a traditionalist with the 4 sided ring, it’s just my opinion. If they brought back the 6 sided ring, I would fully embrace it and continue to do what I do. I know some guys that said it was a little more challenging to perform in the 6 sided ring and that it was more difficult to come off the top rope and how the ropes are tighter, so they bruise your body a lot more.”

Fans Bashing TNA & The Future Of The Wrestling Business: “It’s ok if people are opinionated, but at the end of the day we only have two major companies, we have Ring Of Honor and House of Hardcore on the horizon. We need to band together. There’s very little wrestling left. We need to come together and be very positive about the wrestling business because there might not be a business in the future for all of us. TNA is still a relatively young company. The WWE wasn’t a huge company in the first 12 years of business when Vince Sr started it. TNA still has some growing pains and trying to get over the hurdles that many other companies had and we need to find the right mix of people on the team. From a locker room point of view I think we’re there. I think we have the best performers out there. We just need to fire on all cylinders and if Slammiversary is any indication on where this company can go, I think there’s a bright future for us.”

TNA sent out the following press release following Thursday’s Impact Wrestling:

TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP CHANGES HANDS

BOBBY LASHLEY WINS TITLE FOR FIRST TIME ON IMPACT WRESTLING LIVE FROM BETHLEHEM, PENN.

BETHLEHEM, Penn. (June 19, 2014) – TNA Superstar, MMA fighter, three-time amateur wrestling Collegiate National Champion and former Army man Bobby Lashley (twitter: @fightbobby) tonight became the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, defeating reigning champion “Showtime” Eric Young during an explosive episode of IMPACT WRESTLING (Spike TV, 9/8c) broadcast live to millions around the globe from Bethlehem, Penn.

This is the first time the behemoth Lashley has held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Ranked by “Pro Wrestling Illustrator” as Rookie of the Year in 2005, Lashley has spent nearly a decade dominating the squared circle with his rare mix of size and athleticism. Lashley originally joined TNA in 2009 and after a hiatus returned to the promotion at the “Lockdown” Pay-Per-View event earlier this year. In recent weeks Lashley has joined forces with Director of Wrestling Operations MVP to wreak havoc on the TNA locker room.

Lashley is a decorated amateur and professional wrestler, including:
NAIA Collegiate National Championship (1996 – 1998)
NAIA All-American (1995 – 1998)
CISM Armed Forces Championships Senior Freestyle Medalist – Gold (2003), Silver (2002)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year (2005)
Two-time WWE ECW World Champion
WWE United States Champion
TNA World Heavyweight Champion

A savvy businessman and single father of two, Lashley resides in a suburb of Denver, Colo.

Tommy Dreamer wrote the following blog on his official Facebook page regarding Dixie Carter, TNA and House Of Hardcore:

“I want to follow up from my official statement of last week (my last post) . I don’t understand the confusion. I read things on the internet or people send me messages here or on Twitter. When I post something that’s it. When I respond to people that’s it. I have no agenda.

However when I am wrong I gladly admit it. The social media contoversy between myself & Dixie Carter got a lot of attention. Which as I found out on Sunday was unintentionally cause by me. Friday evening after my House of Hardcore 4 show I was thanking all the fans that were hitting me up on Twitter. I was favouring & RTing everything positive about the show(putting myself & the show over isn’t that what we do on there) a fan said what a great time he had and attached a picture of my crowd. It had her name attached w/a curse towards her. Thats ok she & I have thick skin however this came to my phone. I was informed Sunday the picture also included a photo of their show the same night. I checked my laptop & they were right. I have no clue how that happened but I would never do that intentionally. I wouldn’t gloat over my show over theirs.I would never throw it in somebodys face To be honest if she would have Tweeted Sundays PPV over 4000 attendence compared to my Sat West Coast House of Hardcore show I would have been pissed as well.

So here are the facts

1.Bully Ray was pulled from my show I was pissed. I feel petty politics played a part

2.I called her a b*tch at my show I was mad & feel the past business relationship we had it was bad for my & her buisness

3.I APOLOGIZE for the tweet. & when you hit me up on Twitter that Monday I didn’t know you were mad but when someone fires a shot at me I go back at them. That’s who I am.

4.I would have loved to telll her this to her face I asked to speak w/her on Sunday it didnt happen. Whether she was busy or didn’t want to it is what it is.

5.saw her later after the show in the restraunt. Wasn’t the place to talk. Hopefully everything is fine.

Bottom line I want WWE TNA ROH HOUSE OF HARDCORE NEW JAPAN & EVERY INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO DO WELL. I was as proud of Sundays PPV like it was my own show & my own money on the line. I love helping out there The people mean everything to me. The wrestling buisness is a better place without politics being a factor. If everyone strives the industry & most importantly the wrestlers & wrestling fans benefit. (And yes I’m doing this on a Monday because of the high level of wrestler traffic derr remember the Monday Night wars i had 2 VCRs rolling at once)

Social Media has definitely changed how we watch tv (hell it changed the Main Event of WrestleMania) Everyone can post their opinion. You need to be accountable for your actions & statements. So there is my accountabilty & statement.”

The following are highlights of a new Busted Open Radio interview with Frankie Kazarian:

On ROHs PPV “Best In The World” and Bad Influence getting back together: “I’m so excited for the PPV. Ring Of Honor arguably has the best roster of just pure raw talented wrestlers. From top to bottom in singles, tag teams, heavyweights and lightweights. They’re presenting a really good product right now and throwing Chris and myself in there I think is gonna add a little extra to the product, and I’m really excited for it.”

On what influenced him to jump to Ring Of Honor: “It’s just a matter of wanting new challenges. 16 years in the business there is not a lot of things you can do that is fresh or for the first time. Knowing that Chris and I haven’t scratched the surface on what we can do as a tag team both in and out of the ring. Looking at Ring Of Honor and looking at the group of guys they got, everyone including the guys behind the scenes working so hard to make the best product possible. It was almost a no brainer for us to move on to that phase of our career.”

On if there’s anything left he wants to accomplish in his 16 year career: “I want to be the world champion. Whatever company I’m with I want to eventually be the world champion. Obviously the first goal in Ring Of Honor is to win the tag team titles. Being world champion is why you get in the wrestling business. It’s the top of the mountain. Set your goals as high as you can and work your way to achieve them. Wherever I am I want to be at the top. So yeah, there are things I want to accomplish in the business, but I’ve accomplished more than I ever thought I would. When you stop setting goals, working to achieve things and are just working for a paycheck because it’s your job, that’s when you probably should move on.”

On whether Ring Of Honor could be the number two wrestling company behind WWE: “That all depends on things like the TV distributions, but that’s not in the hands of the wrestlers. In a perfect scenario, if the distribution were to grow for Ring Of Honor and if it were available in more regions, who knows? The wrestling and the product can hold it’s own. A lot of things factor in to that that I thankfully have no control over. I’m happy being a wrestler. That’s up to the powers that be and with the buzz that Ring Of Honor has right now, that could happen.”

On his thoughts on TNA going cold on Bad Influence quickly: “I mean at first, yes, I was surprised just because I feel like we weren’t having bad matches and bad segments and we were never told we were doing otherwise. We were just told ‘You guys are doing great, but we’re going with this team and this direction.’ OK that was fine. It didn’t make us work less hard, but eventually after a while we thought that they weren’t going to come back to us. I understand you need to cycle everyone through and you have a large roster of guys and teams, but every once in a while some guys need to come up from the water to catch some air. I didn’t get it. I was never going question our abilities, because I knew we were good. You just wonder what you did wrong and when you don’t get the answers to the questions you ask, sometimes you just shrug and put your hands up. To find out why, I guess you just need to ask them, because I don’t know.”

On TNA not getting out of the funk they are in: “I put a lot of myself into TNA and I enjoyed my time there. There will always be a part of me in that company. It’ll always be home for me. They just decided to go in a different direction and got rid of a lot of guys that were famous for that company. I’m sure they have a plan and know what direction they are going in, and I hope it plans out well for them. It’s just a direction that doesn’t involve us and I’m cool with that. Honestly, I want them to do good. I don’t want any wrestling company to go on a downward spiral.”

On other alternatives and companies to work for as a wrestler: “WWE is always going to be number one, at least in my life time. That’s just the way it is unless there is something drastic that happens. There are many alternatives and there are places putting on great shows. Jeff Jarrett and his new promotion is great. Anything Jarrett puts his name on I think will be great for the business. It’s a fun time to be a wrestler and a wrestling fan. The indy scene is loaded with talented guys and I think it’s been the most loaded it’s been in the last 10-12 years.”

On his thoughts on Bully and D-Von getting into the TNA Hall Of Fame and whether he would like to be inducted as well: “I didn’t know about that, so congrats to Bubba and D-Von. They deserve it. When I think of Hall Of Fame I always think of old, retired football players. It’s hard to even fathom that a guy my age in his mid 30’s could be inducted. You look at who’s in TNAs Hall Of Fame and there are some guys there that have done some amazing things in their careers. You got the icon Sting, Kurt Angle who’s arguably the best wrestler in the world and now Team 3D, one of the best tag teams of all time. Hopefully they continue to put guys in that made TNA what it is today.”

Check out the complete interview at BustedOpenNation.com.