– Kurt Angle announced on Twitter this evening that he has signed a new 1-year contract with TNA Wrestling Angle wrote:

“I am there for a while! Unless I lose at BFG. Then I will retire.”

– After going nuts on Twitter earlier this month and sounding like he was ready to leave TNA, Kevin Nash seems to have smoothed things over with the company. Nash was asked on Twitter when he was going to call Triple H and beg for a job with WWE. Nash responded:

just had a great conversation with Terry Taylor .I would not or ever will beg for food to feed my family to many guns to beg”

Read More: Kevin Nash Goes Crazy On Twitter & Says He’s Leaving TNA

– Former WWE & TNA star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman’s drug charges stemming from his airport arrest for marijuana earlier this month have been reduced. Waltman wrote on Twitter today:

“My charges were reduced to ‘wandering around looking for drugs’. $200 fine. Thanks to the prosecutor & judge in Newark, NJ.”

– A woman named Maggie who serves as Scott Hall’s webmaster and online spokesperson wrote the following on Twitter yesterday updating Hall’s status:

“Talked to Scott.. he says he’s doing much better.. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes..(Maggie)”

Sean Waltman noted on Twitter that Hall is back in Texas.

— Regarding Michael Cole plugging Mick Foley’s new book over commentary during last night’s Raw, it was said to be a decision made by Vince McMahon out of respect for all Foley did for World Wrestling Entertainment during his time with the organization.

— A video Matt Hardy posted over the weekend on YouTube where he offered to give away $500 cash to a random fan commenting on his entries was deleted by the video sharing website for “Terms of Service” violations.

— The Bella Twins and Kelly Kelly will be appearing at the Lucky Star Casino (located at 7777 North Highway 81 Concho, Oklahoma) this Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more information, call 405-262-761.

source: PWInsider.com

— Mick Foley announced on his Twitter page Monday that a movie will be made on his life story.

“I am thrilled to announce that I will be teaming up with Union Square Media to do a major movie based on my life story,” he wrote.

According to IGN.com, Foley will co-write the film, which will tell the story of his rise to fame during ‘The Attitude Era’ of World Wrestling Entertainment.

— TNA Knockouts Angelina Love and Taylor Wilde are scheduled to appear on TSN’s Off The Record Wednesday night. The program airs at 6:00 p.m. and is also available via TSN.ca.

TNA Knockout Tara suffered a nasty elbow injury over the weekend that resulted in a trip to the emergency room.

Tara was scheduled to wrestle Angelina Love at Saturday night’s TNA live event from Rahway, New Jersey, but the match had to be pulled from the show after Tara was injured during a pre-match warm-up.

After news spread that Tara had been hospitalized, TNA President Dixie Carter confirmed on Twitter that Tara suffered a “burst bursa sack” in her elbow.

Tara posted some pictures on Twitter of the incident and they are pretty disgusting.

If you’re not grossed out already by the thumbnails below, click them to see the full images:

– TNA Knockout Tara posted a blog on her Myspace a few days ago announcing that she recently had a mole removed that turned out to be cancerous. Tara, a lifelong “sun worshiper” who grew up in the desert in Southern California, is now urging her fans to be cautious of skin cancer and check themselves out:

“I went to the dermatologist because I had a bump on my hip. It turned out to be nothing. But the doctor noticed a mole near my collar bone that didn’t look quite right. He cut it off and tested it, and it turned out to be Basal Cell Carcinoma. That is the most common form of skin cancer. He cut most of it off, and next week, they are going to cut out the surrounding tissue and I should be 100% It’s it super minor, because they caught it early. So that some of my MySpace friends can possibly catch it early also, here is a link on what to look for… http://www.wikihow.com/Check-for-Skin-Cancer. Also, always wear sun block for extended periods outdoors.”

– WWE star Kofi Kingston was married earlier this month, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Kingston was married on Saturday, September 11th and was given the weekend off by WWE. He married his longtime girlfriend, who was with him in the audience at this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. Here they are together:

Multi-time TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Tara was scratched from last night’s TNA Wrestling live event in Rahway, New Jersey.

She was advertised to wrestle the current Women’s Knockout Champion, Angelina Love, but the match did not place.

Tara wrote this morning on Twitter that she was taken to an area hospital last night.

“Crazy night last night. I was taken to the ER in Jersey. I will post photos when I get home.”

— Jay Lethal reclaimed the X Division Championship at last night’s TNA Wrestling’s live event in Rahway, New Jersey.

Amazing Red won the title Thursday night in his hometown of New York City. Lethal won it back Saturday in his home area.

— Thursday’s episode of iMPACT! scored a 1.01 cable rating, down nearly 10.0 percent from the previous week’s 1.12 figure. Overall, the show drew 1,299,000 viewers.

— The ReACTION episode following iMPACT! scored series-low viewership; a 0.53 cable rating, with 638,000 viewers. The previous viewership low took place on September 2 with 692,000 viewers.

sources: PWInsider.com, Pro Wrestling Torch

Here are some pictures of Mickie James when she wrestled for TNA back in 2003 as “Alexis Laree”:

— TNA star Ken Anderson has signed a new long term contract with the organization. TNA President Dixie Carter posted a message on Twitter stating that Anderson actually sent her a video of himself signing the contract. She wrote, “Leave it to MISTER ANDERSON, ANDERSON to do things in dramatic fashion.”

— To update the news of Scott Hall being under full-time psychiatric care, we can report that Hall was released last week to attend to some personal affairs, but is expected to return this week. In accordance with WWE’s Wellness Policy, WWE is paying for Hall’s care, as they offer to pay for any current or past WWE performers rehab programs if they ask.

— WWE star Matt Hardy, who stated in a YouTube video this week that he’s on his way out of the company, has been hitting the gym hard as of late. Hardy’s less-than-perfect physique has been the subject of discussion by various wrestling websites and he recently wrote on Twitter that he dropped a lot of weight by cutting red meat out of his diet.

Hardy wrote on Twitter that he’s been hitting the gym hard lately trying to get in the best shape of his life and posted a picture of himself in the gym looking totally shredded. Hardy has been out of action for a few weeks now and it’s obvious he’s been spending that time in the gym.

Check it out:

According to a report on Diva-Dirt.com, former WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James is expected to sign a contract with TNA Wrestling today — if she hasn’t already.

Those close to the situation have indicated that James would finalize her contract today, but additional details are not available at press time.

Despite her release from World Wrestling Entertainment earlier this year and simultaneous foray into the country music world, James continued her wrestling career as she has appeared on numerous independent shows since that time.

TNA star Hulk Hogan is back in the hospital today for more procedures to alleviate pain in his lower back.

Hogan posted a video on Twitter saying he’s”Back in the ol’ hospital again. Back started going crazy again.”

Hogan’s nurse said they performed four “ablations,” – which is a procedure where radio frequencies are used to burn all the nerves in his lower lumbar region.

Here’s the video .. Let’s hope Hogan is out of pain soon.

– TNA fans who attend the upcoming live event at the Oklahoma State Fair this Thursday will be treated to a special main event – with Kurt Angle facing Ric Flair. Other matches advertised include Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles, Beer Money vs. Motor City Machineguns and Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne.

– Last Thursday’s episode of TNA iMPACT on Spike TV scored a 1.12 cable rating with 1,472,000 viewers. Reaction at 11pm scored an 0.71 rating with 939,000 viewers.

– TNA will be returning to The Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, November 12th for a big “homecoming” live event.

– In a video he posted on YouTube over the weekend, TNA star Jeff Hardy commented on his brother Matt’s current situation and announced that he’s getting new entrance music, which will debut at TNA Bound For Glory. Check it out:

— TNA Wrestling president Dixie Carter has discussed bringing Scott Hall back to the organization once he completes rehabilitation, reports Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.

Hall’s last stint with the organization came to an end shortly after his May 14, 2010 arrest on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting a police officer.

— “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero issued the following statement on his Twitter account in response to a report over the weekend that he has heat with numerous individuals in TNA Wrestling and that he referred to himself in third person during his WWE tenure:

“The Pope” wasn’t born until TNA, kinda hard to say “The Black Pope” in 3rd person, 15min promo Toledo,OH? LMBO. Thanks 4 da publicity~ PHS”

Contrary to his statement, the “Pope” persona was cultivated before he joined TNA.

Shortly after his May 2008 disappearance from WWE airwaves, Dinero was repackaged with a gothic persona by the name of “Black Pope.” He came out completely dressed in black and performed praying gestures during matches. However, the gimmick never made it to television as he was released by the organization in November 2008.

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— Rob Terry has reportedly fallen out of favor with a number of people in TNA Wrestling, according to the Pro Wrestling Torch.

The Welsh bodybuilder has been on the losing end of numerous matches as of late not to mention left off television tapings entirely. One company source noted that past supporters of Terry are distancing themselves from him.

— It was announced on Thursday’s episode of iMPACT! that Shore would debut on the Oct. 7 live show.

The Shore gimmick was inspired by the stars of MTV’s reality show Jersey Shore and comprises indy workers Rob Eckos and Becky Bayless. Both wrestlers were signed to talent contracts following tryout matches last month.

— Madison Rayne was on hand for Saturday night’s Ohio Championship Wrestling event in Zanesville, Ohio as she took on former tag team partner Nevaeh. The TNA Knockout, who recently dyed her hair dark brunette, came out victorious.

Last week, Matt Hardy began dropping hints that he’s TNA bound, telling his Twitter followers that there’s a 100% chance that we’ll see the Hardy Boyz wrestle together again. In receSince that comment, his page has been flooded with TNA references.

— Hardy was asked on Twitter if fans should buy tickets to a January TNA show in Berlin or WWE’s tour of Europe in November to see him. Hardy replied with:

“I’d go with Berlin.”

00 Hardy was later asked about his recent losing streak and said he plans on changing that. Hardy said,

“It’s time for me to go somewhere thatl I’ll be given a fair chance–that’s all I want.”

— Matt said his brother Jeff made a “V-1? reference at a recent TNA live event and the crowd “lost their damn minds!!”

— When asked by a fan when his WWE contract expires, Matt wrote:

“If I have my way, hopefully tomorrow :)”

In related news, Hardy has been pulled from WWE’s return to Madison Square Garden on September 25th with a SmackDown event. He was scheduled for a three-way against Dolph Ziggler and Christian. RAW star Mark Henry has been added to the show in a match against Jack Swagger. That 9/25 MSG show has been dubbed “Bret Hart Appreciation Night” – marking the Hitma making his long awaited return to the “World’s Most Famous Arena.” Bret will be teaming with The Hart Dynasty to take on Nexus.

— There is heat on D’Angelo Dinero among some individuals in TNA Wrestling, reports the Pro Wrestling Torch.

According to sources within WWE, one of the reasons he was let go from the company two years ago was because many felt he let his push on the ECW brand get to his head. He was known to refer to himself in third person as “The Black Pope” once he achieved notoriety and it rubbed some people the wrong way. He has been exhibiting similar behavior in TNA as of late, which has some of his colleagues complaining. He didn’t do himself any favors by veering off script and cutting a 15 minute promo at a recent live event. Producer D-Lo Brown scolded him afterwards, with a number of wrestlers rolling their eyes at Dinero.

“The Pope” has also developed a reputation for making himself look good at the expense of his opponents.

— In an apparent attempt to further separate herself from “The Beautiful People,” Madison Rayne recently dyed her hair dark brunette. She debuted her altered appearance at Thursday night’S TNA Wrestling live event in York, Pennsylvania.

— TNA Wrestling’s Best of the Asylum Years, Vol. 1 double-disc DVD set comes out this Tuesday at major retailers and ShopTNA.com. It contains over 20 rare matches from TNA’s events at the Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee, from 2002-2004.

TNA issued the following press release today:

TNA WRESTLING AND HULK HOGAN SET THE STAGE FOR ‘BOUND FOR GLORY 2010’ WITH A SPECIAL LIVE NIGHT OF TNA PROGRAMS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 ON SPIKE TV

Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling will celebrate “Bound For Glory 2010,” the biggest pay-per-view event in TNA Wrestling’s history, with a three hour “TNA Thursday” LIVE special on Spike TV, Thursday, October 7 (9:00pm-12:00am ET/PT).

TNA’s flagship program “TNA iMPACT!” will feature a $100,000 Battle Royal Gauntlet main event, set by TNA President Dixie Carter, featuring every TNA Superstar competing at “Bound For Glory 2010”. Over 20 of the top TNA Superstars including Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, Mr. Anderson, “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy, “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, Hardcore Legend Mick Foley, “The Icon” Sting, and many more. The winner of the battle royal gauntlet will net a $100,000 purse.

“’Bound For Glory 2010’ is TNA’s biggest event of the year, and to celebrate we’ve brought every single TNA Superstar competing at the pay-per-view to this live special event on Spike TV,” Carter said. “This will be an unforgettable night of action, surprises and some change for TNA.”

In addition, TNA’s innovative one-hour docu-style series, “TNA ReACTION”, will also be broadcast LIVE for the first time in that show’s history. As the drama and excitement builds for “Bound For Glory 2010,” TNA’s revolutionary documentary shooting style will follow the superstars of TNA throughout “iMPACT!” and immediately after,

The “Bound For Glory” pay-per-view extravaganza will be held LIVE at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Sunday, October 10, 2010 (10.10.10) starting at 8 p.m. ET and airing worldwide exclusively on pay-per-view. For ticket information, visit www.ticketmaster.com

Since its founding in 2002, Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling has become the world’s fastest-growing professional wrestling company, currently airing in over 120 countries worldwide.

— “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero posted a pseudo shoot video on his Twitter account parodying the video Hulk Hogan posted online last week from his hospital bed.

“The doctors have been pumping me all full of crap, much like I have been TNA,” Dinero said while impersonating “The Hulkster.”

To view the video, click here.

— The live edition of TNA iMPACT! on October 7, 2010 will be held at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. According to the Universal Studios website, doors open at 7 p.m. and the event begins at 8 p.m., so the fans in attendance are getting an additional hour of action before Impact goes live at 9 p.m. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

— TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Angelina Love celebrates her 29th birthday today.

– MMAFighting.com is reporting that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia is scheduled to make his pro wrestling debut in Japan. Sylvia’s camp confirmed to MMAFighting that Sylvia has signed with a still unknown Japanese promotion to wrestle in two matches. Fellow former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett, who just signed with the Strikeforce MMA promotion, is rumored to be Silvia’s first opponent inside the ring. Sylvia has confirmed his venture into pro wrestling on his Twitter page.

In related news, former WWE & TNA star Bobby Lashley, who currently fights for Strikeforce, will also be appearing on the upcoming wrestling show in Japan with Tim Sylvia.

– To update the TNA contract status of Team 3D, the decorated tag team still has not signed a new deal and are technically free agents. The team has agreed to work the TNA’s upcoming tour of the North East (including shows in New York City, Philadelphia and Rahway, NJ), according to PWInsider.com. A TNA source says these upcoming shows may very well be the last we see of Team 3D in TNA.

– The New York Wrestling Connection announced on their website that Matt Striker will appear at their September 24th show entitled “Chained” to raise money for a charitable organization known as Autism Speaks. He’ll hold a special segment of Matt Striker’s Classroom.

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— Former WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James continues to deny rumors she’s headed to TNA Wrestling.

A report on The Sports Courier last week claimed that the wrestler turned country music artist had signed on with the wrestling organization and would be debuting during next month’s live episode of iMPACT!. She responded to the author of the report on Twitter, writing: “Excuse me Mr. Jerry Sorrentino. Before you go reporting assumptions as “facts” I suggest you get your facts straight! Especially when they concern me! That is all… Thank you!”

— TNA Knockout Sarita returned to action at this past week’s television tapings, working two matches for the the company’s international program, Xplosion.

The inaugural Knockout Tag Team Champion suffered a torn triceps in her left arm during a match in late July and was sidelined for over a month.

Kevin Nash went on a rampage on Twitter last night, venting about his unhappiness in TNA and saying he’s leaving the company soon when his contract comes up.

Nash wrote on Twitter.com/RealKevinNash:

you can say what you want about me I don’t give a F*CK ,but to ever question my integrity we no longer have a business relationship.

and to the person that said every September I go to work for my self ,f*ck you you didn’t even see it.mid card bullshit neverbeens f*ck you

You want to go to war with the best, hope you f*ckers don’t live in glass houses. sorry to the33’276 that have no idea what I’m ranting 4

Jason Heary made me tweet that guess you have to stayed tune after impact 4 the answers

[My contract] is up Oct. 12 midnight then no one can f*ck with me .

I’m a f*cking man not some green horn boy .you don’t like what I do fine .Pay me the dates you owe me .let my [accountants] look at the books

RVD said Jeff hardy and him are rock stars ,in my prime I was selling out 30’000 plus seat domes they can’t draw 1000 on the road .WTF

I will work out my TNA contract anbd see what life brings me ,to my fans I love you and words can never explain what you mean to me.

going to take some time off twitter , will still read tweets just need to decompress away from the wrestling world. much love …..Kev

When asked by a fan if he plans on staying in TNA, Nash responded, “No, moving on.”

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TNA President Dixie Carter appeared on the “Bound For Glory Kickoff Show” on the TNA website and revealed that the “Major Changes” coming to TNA will be revealed on the October 7th live edition of TNA iMPACT!

Carter said she couldn’t believe the response she got after she originally broke the news about the “major changes” earlier this summer, when she said she was so excited that she couldn’t sleep. “I sent out a Tweet and I didn’t think anything about it,” she said. “I was like, ‘Wow, I didn’t really think that one through, did I?'”

Carter described the change as “progressive” – saying, “It’s not a surprise. A lot of people say, ‘Oh, she always says there’s a big surprise and then there’s not a surprise.’ I’ve never said this is a surprise. I said it’s a change,” Carter told Jeremy Borash in a Q&A session. “So, on 10/7, that’s when we’ll start to unveil this change. There will be even more.”

Carter was asked later if she could change anything about TNA – what would it be?  She replied, “Do what I’m going to do on 10/7, but do it even bigger.”

She also said that a top free agent recently sent out feelers about joining TNA. “There was a talent that we wanted very much a couple of years ago and pursued hard,” Carter said. “I got a phone call a couple of days ago saying, ‘You know, this person might be interested in coming to TNA.’ And I go, ‘I don’t think we need him, but thank you, though, for thinking of us.’ And it was just so interesting to me to go from so – I won’t use the word desperate – but it was important that we had bigger stars to build around.”

— WWE Monday Night Raw on November 22, 2010 will be held at the new Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Tickets go on sale Saturday, September 25, 2010.

TNA Wrestling will be holding a television taping the very same day in Orlando. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

— As of Wednesday, former ECW announcer Joey Styles is offering live chat commentary of the weekly NXT replay on WWE.com. For those who missed it, WWE.com has posted highlights of Styles’ quips. Highlights include:

* “Too bad about Aloisia. I’ve been told she was very photogenic.”

* “AJ worked as a WRESTLER (dirty word) for 3 years to get to WWE. She’s not just a model or fitness competitor we found. (ouch)”

* “AJ wrapped the tie around the neck. She’s fired!”

* “WWE has a new movie coming out? Really? What’s it called? Who’s in it? I wish myself the best in my future endeavors.”

* “Regardless of what you thought of NXT, I think we can all agree on one thing. This chat was more entertaining than TNA. OH MY GOD! Goodnight.”

— NXT Rookie Diva Kaitlyn is among the most searched for topics on Google.com today as her real name, Celeste Bonin, garnered a large amount of queries.