After declining to be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame at last year’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view, former TNA World Champion Kurt Angle will finally be inducted next weekend.

Angle appeared on the UK Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch this morning and announced that the ceremony will take place next Saturday, February 1st, at the Impact Wrestling taping in London at Wembley Arena.

“There are some things I wanted to accomplish before accepting induction into the TNA Hall of Fame, and now I’m ready,” Angle said. “I’m thankful I have been able to do this in my own time. The phenomenal wrestling fans in London will be part of this memorable and emotional night this Saturday.”

He added, “Wembley is such a storied venue, and with thousands of fans it will be a perfect setting for the induction ceremony. A majority of my life has been dedicated to achieving success as a wrestler. Being inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame is an accomplishment and an honor I will forever cherish.”

Angle becomes the second inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame, following the inaugural induction in 2012 of “The Icon” Sting.

Vince Russo is back working with TNA Wrestling as part of their creative team, according to a report at PWInsider.com.

TNA reportedly reached out to some creative people to help with some consulting for their television product and Russo was one of them.

TNA and Russo are denying these rumors publicly, but many within TNA claim he is absolutely working with the company again.

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Members of the TNA production team are currently working on a Dixie Carter reality television show. For the last week or so, the production crew has been working on the project, with the idea being to shop the reel around to some television networks.

Apparently this is something the company has been working on. Carter tried getting on the cast of The Real Housewives of Nashville a few years ago, but it never worked out.

– Former WWE Superstar MVP will be making his official TNA Wrestling debut at next Thursday’s Impact Wrestling television taping in Glasgow, Scotland.

– Roderick Strong is off of the Ring Of Honor show in Pittsburgh on Saturday due to the neck injury he sustained in his match with AJ Styles a few weeks ago. Strong will be at the ROH taping, however, doing commentary for the television show.

TNA Wrestling has worked out a deal with Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida that will see Impact Wrestling (and two pay-per-view tapings) return to the venue starting in March.

Here is TNA’s upcoming taping schedule at Universal Studios:

– MARCH 13 – IMPACT LIVE
– MARCH 14 – IMPACT Taping
– MARCH 15 – IMPACT Taping

– APRIL 10 – IMPACT LIVE
– APRIL 11 – IMPACT Taping
– APRIL 12 – IMPACT Taping
– APRIL 26 – One Night Only Taping
– APRIL 27 – TNA Pay-Per-View Event
– APRIL 28 – IMPACT Taping
– APRIL 29 – IMPACT Taping

– MAY 7 – IMPACT Taping
– MAY 8 – IMPACT Taping
– MAY 9 – IMPACT Taping

Additional details on TNA’s new arrangement with Universal Studios in Orlando will be announced soon.

– The Wolves announced on last night’s Impact that the identity of their new “investor” authority figure will be revealed on next week’s show from Glasgow, Scotland.

Also next week, The Bro Mans will defend their TNA tag titles against Eric Young & Joseph Park.

–  TNA World Champion Magnus defeated Sting in a no disqualification match with Sting’s TNA contract on the line. Like Magnus’ title win over Jeff Hardy, this match featured a staggering amount of outside interference and ended with heavy involvement from TNA President Dixie Carter. After the match, Magnus tore up Sting’s TNA contract. Here’s the video:

WWE Creative Working On Plans For STING’s Debut

– The following is a new “#IMPACT365” video where TNA president Dixie Carter discusses the contract situation regarding The American Wolves:

http://youtu.be/elxzczAoE9E

– MVP continues to deny the rumors that he is going to TNA. MVP posted the following tweet after the latest internet rumors came out:

I suppose the internet speculation & rumors can be fun if you dig that, but I haven't lied to you guys yet. I'm not signed anywhere.

— MVP (@The305MVP) January 23, 2014

The original plan for Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards debut in TNA was for the two to win the TNA Tag-Team Titles from The Bro Mans right out of the gate.

According to one source, TNA changed the plan because creative writer Dave Lagana feels the company has finally gotten The Bro Mans over as a tag-team.

As things stand now, Richards and Edwards are set to work a program with Christopher Daniels and Kazarian.

– It’s believed that the reason Sting worked two rare non-televised live events for TNA last weekend is because he owed the company two dates on his existing contract, which is expiring.

As previously reported, the impression within WWE lately is that Sting will finally be coming into the company in the near future.

– The talks between former WWE Superstar MVP and TNA have reportedly gotten serious. The company is expecting him to sign a contract in the near future if he hasn’t already, and he may debut at one of the upcoming Impact Wrestling television tapings in the United Kingdom.

The following matches will take place on tonight’s ‘Genesis Week 2’ episode of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV:

* Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode (Steel Cage Match)

* X-Division Champion Chris Sabin vs. Austin Aries

* Samoa Joe vs. Rockstar Spud

* Gunner vs. James Storm (for Gunner’s Briefcase)

* TNA World Champion Magnus vs. Sting (Sting’s TNA contract on the line)

SPOILERS For Tonight’s TNA IMPACT – STING’s Future With TNA Revealed

– TNA has added the following “#IMPACT365” video to their official YouTube channel, which features company president Dixie Carter addressing some changes coming in the future.

http://youtu.be/hReyvELxTpo

– TNA has also added the latest edition of their IMPACT Podcast to YouTube, which features Rockstar Spud. You can check that out below:

http://youtu.be/QtyexfPxbtQ

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Former TNA standout AJ Styles was recently a guest on the “OMG Wrestling Podcast.” Styles took part in a lengthy interview where he covered such subjects as leaving TNA, returning to ROH, WWE rumors and more.

The video, which you can watch above, is accompanied by the following description: “Today’s episode we get to interview The Phenomenal One AJ Styles. We talk about everything from WCW, NWA Wildside, ROH, TNA, & WWE. Thank you AJ.”

– TNA will kick off their European tour next week. The crew will begin the tour in Dublin, Ireland on January 29th. They make stops in Glasgow, Scotland on January 30th, January 31st in Manchester, England and February 1st in London, England, all of which will be Impact Wrestling television tapings. They run Birmingham, England for a “One Night Only: Jokers Wild” pay-per-view taping on February 2nd.

– The following are attendance notes from TNA’s live events from this past weekend:

TNA live event in Mobile, Alabama drew approximately 600 fans
TNA live event in Dothan, Alabama drew approximately 1,500 fans
TNA live event in Albany, Georgia drew approximately 1,000 fans

Former Ring Of Honor standouts Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards have signed one-year agreements with TNA Wrestling.

Richards and Edwards will be allowed to work independent wrestling shows, as long as they are approved by TNA ahead of time, but are restricted from working any internet pay-per-view events, appearing on regional television shows, or any events that will appear on DVDs sold in retail stores.

As far as Japan is concerned, it is believed that Richards and Edwards will be limited to working for Keiji Mutoh’s Wrestle-1 promotion, as TNA has a working agreement with them.

The following press release was issued today:

Pro-Wrestler Thea Trinidad (Rosita) Admits Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Inspired Her to Act and Says She Wants to be the Female Rey Mysterio on Maria Menounos’ Black Hollywood Live Network

Los Angeles, CA, January 20th, 2014 – (blackhollywoodlive.com) Pro-wrestler, actress, and model Thea Trinidad is a rare woman. Don’t let her petite stature fool you, at 4’10 ¾”, she packs a mean punch and eats, sleeps, and breathes wrestling. “It’s something I’m almost addicted to…wrestling, it’s weird, but it’s always been that. Everybody looks at me like, ‘Oh my god, you’re so small, why would you want to mess up your face, what are you doing?’ But I’m in love with it.”

During her appearance on “Next”, an interview series on Maria Menounos’ Black Hollywood Live network that delivers long-form, in-depth interviews with various up and coming talent in Hollywood, Trinidad explained how her love for wrestling came from her father, an amateur wrestler, who passed away in the 9/11 attacks, when she was just 10 years old. “I went through a period where it was just denial. I didn’t believe that what I was seeing was real to the point where, because my dad would pick me up every weekend..for a few months, I would still get ready as if he was going to come.”

Trinidad talks to the “Next” hosts about her wrestling idol, before starting a career in the ring. She said, “Rey Mysterio was my inspiration when it came to that. He was someone that I looked at… He’s so small, but he can do so much… I want to be the female Rey Mysterio. Whether it’s with a mask or not, I want to be him.”

With wrestling being such a physical sport, Trinidad has had her fair share of injuries. However, she never let her wounds stop her from finishing a match. Trinidad recalls one of her scariest moments in the ring. “Recently in November at Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore show, it was me and Carlita vs. Victoria and Stevie Richards. I’m about to run at [Victoria] and tackle her, I think she had a ring on or something, maybe she forgot to take it off. [Victoria’s] fist hit my eye… I was half blinded throughout the whole match, and that was at the very beginning of the match…but I just had to push through especially because that show meant a lot to me.”

As females become more prominent in the wrestling industry, Trinidad hopes to break the mold of the quintessential wrestling image. “I have a double whammy, I’m a woman and I’m small. I have both working against me in a way, so for people to say ‘I like her because she’s like me’ or ‘that’s cool that somebody so little can do that’, I’m hoping to break that mold and give women’s wrestling a nice little different look besides the big boob blonde hair chicks” said Trinidad.

Men are known for dominating the wrestling industry, but women have earned their spot over the years. Trinidad commented “With wrestling, you don’t have that great of a window if you’re a woman. So for me, I’d say around 30 to 35 is where I’d be like “OK, I’m good”. But if I haven’t accomplished everything I’ve wanted to and still have a chance to, then I’m going to keep doing it.”

She still has dreams of becoming the Women’s Champion, join WWE, participate in WrestleMania, and perform at Madison Square Garden, a place she frequently visited with her father.

Although Trinidad has found success in wrestling, she has also began to explore a career in acting, recently landing one of her biggest roles yet, in the worldwide release of “Army of the Damned.” Trinidad credits Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as her personal wrestler-turned-actor inspiration, but she also acknowledges the opportunity to use her own career to inspire others.

“I’ve been wrestling since I was 17, but even now after TNA, I still can’t believe all these people know about me…When I hear people’s story’s of how I’ve inspired them and how my story has about my dad, its crazy to hear and that’s all I ever wanted. Just to show I had everything working against me: I’m small, my memory isn’t all there, but I was a hard worker and I wanted people to realize, you may have weight problems working against you, height problems, whatever, but you can still conquer it and go for your dreams.”

The following are highlights of a recent interview with former TNA announcer Todd Kenley:

On Hulk Hogan’s departure: “I think it was time. I think Hulk went in there and did everything he could do to help the TNA brand and he did a lot of good for them in terms of opening that door to different media channels and a lot of international business. I think he played a solid role. Hulk wasn’t just a figure head. He was in those meetings, he was in creative meetings, he was taking time, he was helping guys fine tune the little nuances in ring and on the mic. He was very active, so anyone who thinks Hulk was there just sitting there collecting a check is wrong and i can tell you that first hand.”

On Jeff Jarrett’s departure: “That one was definitely a big head turner, i mean here’s a guy that really put himself out there, founded that company, took a chance did the weekly PPVs, got on Fox Sports at one point, eventually teamed up with the Carters, got on Spike TV. You think about the roller coaster this guy went through and the sacrifices he made to keep that company around is unbelievable so to walk away from it it’s got to be for a good reason one would think. You read the rumors that he’s going to start his own thing and we’ll see. I honestly hope he does, because the more variety and more opportunity for talented people in this business to get work, be seen and make a living the better. He’s obviously got a great mind for the business, but yeah that’s one where if you followed TNA from day one then he’s the guy who started it all so you gotta look at it and say whats going on here.”

On AJ Styles’ departure: “Time will tell whats really going on there. Obviously as much as Jeff Jarrett founded TNA and is synonymous with TNA in terms of a in ring competitor he’s been labeled at times the poster boy of TNA wrestling, AJ Styles is another guy that you just saw his career, you basically him basically grow up in the business in TNA. They were the ones that really gave him a big opportunity to shine and you saw him go from X Division competitor to holding tag team gold all the way to becoming World Champion. He’s a guy you can’t help but respect, a guy that has tons of class, hard worker, great attitude in terms of working with people. So another guy just like Jarrett where you like wow if they really let him go whats the deal.”

Check out the complete interview online at MoreLikeRadio.org.

Former WWE Superstar MVP recently addressed the rumors that he has signed a contract with TNA Wrestling in a new tweet posted on his official Twitter account.

MVP tweeted the following:

For the record, I am STILL very much a free agent and have not signed any contracts with anyone. That is official.

— MVP (@The305MVP) January 20, 2014

If I DO sign a contract with a wrestling company, you'll hear it from ME. No speculation necessary.

— MVP (@The305MVP) January 20, 2014

– Former TNA star AJ Styles wrestled at a live event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina over the weekend for the PWX promotional and mentioned TNA President Dixie Carter after his match.

Styles told the crowd that his TNA departure is not a storyline and he really is a free agent. After a positive response from the crowd, he told the fans he works for them and nobody else.

– TNA’s streak of poor live event attendance continued this weekend. They ran a show in Albany, Georgia that drew around 250-300 fans in an arena that has the capacity for 10,000 fans. The show lasted under two hours and only featured a few main event wrestlers.

Photo: Empty Arena At Friday Night’s TNA Live Event

Here’s a photo of the crowd from the TNA live event from Albany, Georgia:

– ECW original Tommy Dreamer worked as an agent at the TNA Impact Wrestling television taping on Thursday. Dreamer filled the position left open by Jeff Jarrett when he resigned from the company.

– TNA personality Jeremy Borash appeared on the “Restaurant Impossible” show on the Food Network on Friday night. Borash appeared with Gail Kim’s husband, Chef Robert Irvine, in Santa Rosa, California.

The following photo was taken at Friday night’s TNA live event from Mobile, Alabama, courtesy of Twitter user @mearn (click to enlarge):

– Last night’s TNA Genesis edition of Impact Wrestling drew a 1.08 rating and averaged 1.32 million viewers. This was down from last week’s 1.18 rating (1.39 million viewers).

– The backstage talent meeting that Dixie Carter held on Thursday was uneventful, according to sources who were in attendance. Spike TV’s social media team was on hand to explain to the wrestlers better ways to use Twitter for the #IMPACT365 initiative.

– TNA star Davey Richards tweeted the following after his brief appearance on last night’s Impact:

The landscape is changing in @IMPACTWRESTLING @TheEddieEdwards and myself are only the beginning. Stay tuned, BIG changes coming! #clearit

— Davey Richards (@RichardsWesley) January 17, 2014

*SPOILERS* For Next Week’s TNA Genesis Edition Of IMPACT

– TNA wrestler Sam Shaw celebrates his 30th birthday today. The TNA performer was born on January 17, 1984.

– The Discovery Channel has announced that they have renewed the television show “The Devils Ride” for a third season. Season three of the show, which is produced by Eric Bischoff and Jason Hervey, will debut on February 3rd at 9:00pm E.T.

For more information, visit HollywoodReporter.com.

– TNA star Kurt Angle spoke to MovotoBlog.com this week and ranked the “10 Best Cities to Wrestle In” –

1. New York City
2. Chicago
3. Los Angeles
4. San Antonio
5. Boston
6. Detroit
7. San Francisco
8. Tokyo
9. London
10. Pittsburgh

– After the opening segment of Thursday’s TNA Impact Wrestling, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross tweeted:

Bad acting & too many promos especially those out of eye shot of a live audience are a kiss of death in pro wrestling.

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) January 17, 2014

Former ROH Tag Team champions Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards made their TNA television debuts on Thursday’s Genesis edition of Impact Wrestling.

They appeared in a backstage segment with TNA President Dixie Carter, who said she’s excited for their “tryout match” on next week’s show. Their team name is The Wolves, a variation of their “American Wolves” name in ROH. Carter told the Wolves that if they impress her, they might be offered contracts. This is obviously a reference to their short stint in WWE NXT, where they worked at the WWE Performance Center and wrestled on an NXT TV taping, but were not signed.

Davey Richards said that they’ve already been signed to contracts by a new “TNA investor” – also playing off the reports that country music star Toby Keith was at one point in talks with TNA about investing in the company.

Despite the fact that Dixie Carter said they’d be wrestling on next week’s show, they did not wrestle at the Genesis Week 2 tapings that took place on Thursday night.

*Spoilers* TNA Genesis Tapings Results For 1/24

Sting was written out of TNA storylines at Thursday night’s TNA Genesis Week 2 tapings, airing next Thursday, January 23rd on Spike TV.

*Spoilers* TNA Genesis Tapings Results For 1/23

Sting faced Magnus in a high-stakes match for the TNA World Championship. The stipulation was Sting got one more title shot if he put his TNA career on the line.

With a lot of interference, Magnus got the win and retained his title. After the match, Magnus tore up Sting’s TNA contract, effectively writing him off television.

As reported earlier this week, Sting has actually been working for TNA without a contract – and has been in talks with WWE regarding a match at WrestleMania XXX.