Here’s a preview for tonight’s TNA iMPACT! on SpikeTV:

* Kurt Angle, The Pope, Mr. Anderson, and Jeff Hardy vs. Fortune.

* TNA Tag Team champions The Motor City Machineguns vs. Generation Me.

* Kevin Nash vs. Jeff Jarrett.

* Samoa Joe vs. Orlando Jordan.

* Beer Money vs. The Full Blooded Italians.

* Desmond Wolfe vs. Stevie Richards.

Also scheduled to appear are EV2.0, Dixie Carter, Angelina Love, Madison Rayne, Rhino, Abyss, Velvet Sky and more.

Spoiler Results for Thursday’s TNA iMPACT!
(Credit to Jason Reyes & pwinsider.com)

TNA World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns defeated Generation Me in a non-title match. After the match, the Guns raised the Buck’s hands

The Original Beautiful People of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky came out to cut a promo stating that they were a unit again. They trash talked Madison Rayne. This led to Madison and the helmeted biker bodyguard coming out, with the biker girl taking off the helmet to show the mask that she wore on The Whole F’n Show. Madison mentioned how she, Angelina, and Velvet were committing copyright infringement by using The Beautiful People’s music, which she wants to own the rights to. This led to verbal insults that turned into a pull-apart brawl between all four.

Rhino called out Abyss and the two brawled. The brawl went through the Impact Zone and ended up near the area by the Spanish Announce Table. Rhino laid out Abyss with a gore

Desmond Wolfe defeated Stevie Richards via Tower of London

Something happened backstage and Angelina Love came out again and called out Madison Rayne. They started brawling around ringside before a match started which saw TNA Knockout Champion Angelina Love defeat Madison Rayne in a non-title match following her bicycle kick.

Mick Foley came out to cut a promo on Ric Flair.

TNA President Dixie Carter came out for a promo and talked about the ups and downs of TNA at this time. She asked Ric Flair to come out. Flair ended up hitting on Dixie, including asking her to “come back to the hotel.” She told Flair that she was going to suspend him but not the rest of Fortune for his actions. This led to all of Fortune walking down to the ring, and Flair threatened Dixie. It looked like Dixie’s husband got in the ring to try to defend his wife, but he was beaten down by Fortune. Hulk Hogan, Jeff Hardy, The Pope, Kurt Angle, and Mr. Anderson came to the ring. Hogan says that he gets partial say due to running things with Dixie. Using this power, Hogan revokes the suspension for Flair. Hogan says it will be his four versus Flair’s four tonight. Flair and Hogan traded words before EV 2.0 ran out to brawl with Fortune.

Samoa Joe defeated Orlando Jordan with the Muscle Buster. After the match, Jeff Jarrett came out and put over how the people like Samoa Joe and himself helped build TNA. Jarrett asks Joe to be in his corner for his match with Kevin Nash later in the night. He wants Joe to prevent Sting from getting involved. Joe takes the mic and tells Jarrett that he doesn’t choose sides. Joe says that he has one side that he is on and it is his own side. Joe leaves as Kevin Nash walks down to the ring.

Kevin Nash defeated Jeff Jarrett. There was a ref bump and Jarrett had the match won with the stroke. Sting came down and laid out Jarrett with the bat allowing Nash to get the pinfall.

Eric Bischoff came out and asked Sting what he wanted. Sting said he wanted Hogan. Hogan snuck into the ring from the crowd and laid out Sting with a chair making the save for Jarrett.

Beer Money defeated the FBI (Tony Luke and Guido) with the DWI on Guido. FBI hardly got in any offense whatsoever during the match. After the match, James Storm and Robert Roode continued to beat down the FBI and hit Guido with the beer bottle, causing him to bleed. Roode and Storm then hit another DWI on Guido.

In the main event, Kurt Angle, The Pope, Mr. Anderson, and Jeff Hardy defeated AJ Styles, Kazarian, Douglas Williams, and Matt Morgan. The finish came when Kurt Angle hit the Angle Slam on Kazarian, but Angle did not know that Pope had made the blind tag and Pope covered Kazarian for the victory. Pope and Angle argued after the match and that led to Hardy and Anderson trying to break it up.

EV 2.0 came down to the ring to brawl with Fortune.

This was a fun match that had a really hot sprint of everyone hitting their moves towards the end.

ESPN.com features a interview with TNA star Ric Flair from this week, it’s worth listening to:

Warning: This post contains *Spoilers* for the next 2 weeks of iMPACT!

Several new matches were added to TNA No Surrender at this week’s iMPACT! tapings ..

Here’s the updated card for TNA No Surrender, which takes place on September 5th from Orlando, Florida:

World Title Tournament Semi-Final Match
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy

World Title Tournament Semi-Final Match
The Pope vs. Ken Anderson

I Quit Match for the TNA Television Title
A.J. Styles vs. Tommy Dreamer

X-Division Title Match
Douglas Williams vs. Sabu

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Abyss vs. Rhino

– TNA Wrestling conducted its latest round of drug testing prior to Tuesday’s iMPACT! tapings from Orlando. Wrestlers were subjected to physicals, blood work and drug screening.

– Abyss has been battling food poisoning this week.

– Several TNA regulars were not at Monday’s iMPACT!, including Rob Terry, Hernandez,Knockouts champion Taylor Wild, Lacey Von, Eric, Sarita and more. The word backstage was that the Sandman no-showed.

– Matches scheduled for tonight’s iMPACT! tapings, set to air next Thursday (9/2):

* Fortune vs. EV2.0 8-man elimination match.

* Jeff Hardy & Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle & The Pope

* Abyss vs. Stevie Richards

Credit to prowrestlingnet for some of the info used in this report

– Despite his illness, Tommy Dreamer worked last night’s TNA iMPACT tapings in Orlando and appeared on camera. Dreamer has been suffering from flu-like symptoms and has had a fever and vomiting.

– As noted before, former WWE Diva Katie Lea Burchill wrestled a tryout match with TNA at last night’s tapings, losing to Madison Rayne. Jeremy Borash wrote the following on Twitter regarding her tryout: “The fmr Katie Lee Burchill did great in her TNA dark match tonight. Future KO?”

– Independent women’s wrestler Christina Von Eerie was backstage at last night’s TNA iMPACT tapings but did not wrestle in front of the crowd, according to live reports. There’s talk of using her as the new valet of Ink Inc.

– TNA Knockout Christy Hemme is now on Twitter at @chemme.

— The main event of this Thursday’s episode of iMPACT! — which has not yet been advertised by TNA Wrestling — will feature an eight-man tag team match pitting Kurt Angle, Mr. Anderson, Jeff Hardy and D’Angelo Dinero against Matt Morgan, A.J. Styles, Kazarian, and Douglas Williams. The episode is being taped tonight in Orlando, Florida.

— Beer Money, Inc. will face ECW alumni The FBI — Little Guido (a/k/a Nunzio) and Tony Luke (a/k/a Tony Mamaluke) — at tonight’s iMPACT! taping.

— Samoa Joe is set to return from suspension at tonight’s iMPACT! taping. His scheduled opponent is Orlando Jordan, who scored an upset victory over him on the February 18 edition of iMPACT!. The man known as “The Samoan Submission Machine” has not been used by the organization since scolding company personnel inside a production truck following a match with Jeff Hardy last month.

— It has been confirmed that the Motor City Machineguns will face Generation Me on this week’s show.

The duo known as Team 3D, Brother Ray and Brother Devon, may have already made their final appearances with TNA Wrestling as their contracts are set to expire this week.

Though the team was not written into this week’s shows, Brother Ray is backstage at today’s television taping working as a producer. Meanwhile, it is unclear whether Devon is on hand for the event.

It is said that the two sides are negotiating but a deal is not close to being reached.

Team 3D’s last appearance with the organization took place on Thursday’s episode of ReACTION as they were featured in a segment concerning the beating Fortune laid on EV2.0 the previous week on iMPACT!.

source: PWInsider.com

— Rosie Lottalove confirmed news of her departure from TNA Wrestling last week on Twitter, writing: “Ok guys. TNA days are done for now. Not a bad thing, so don’t speculate. Thank you to the guys and girls, and the agents. It was a blast!”

Regarding the reason for her dismissal, the feeling is she wasn’t ready to work for the organization quite yet, but company officials plan on keeping tabs on her developmental and would be open to bringing her back in the future.

Lottalove’s wrestling ability was a source of contention amongst some in the locker room as they felt she and fellow Team 3D Wrestling Academy students Rob Terry and Jesse Neal were not ready to be featured on national television and should still be training.

— TNA Knockout Velvet Sky is auctioning off a custom made top and bottom she wore during a match at last year’s Turning Point pay-per-view. To view the auction, click here.

— Angelina Love will be on hand for an autograph signing this Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at TCI Sports Fan 3962 Linden Ave. Dayton, Ohio. For more information, visit www.tcisportsfan.com or call 937-254-8552.

source: PWInsider.com

— Kurt Angle announced on his Twitter account that he has landed two movies roles: “Death from Above” and “Madman Marz.”

— California based women’s wrestler Christina Von Eerie is scheduled for a tryout match at this week’s set of TNA iMPACT! tapings. She has worked in Mexico for the past year with AAA.

— TNA Wrestling will release HardCORE Justice on DVD on Nov. 2. It will feature a post-show Q&A session with Tommy Dreamer and Mick Foley as well as other extras, according to PWInsider.com.

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On Thursday’s TNA “iMPACT!, Eric Bischoff announced that due to injuries sustained at the hands of Abyss’ attack last week, Rob Van Dam has been stripped of the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

An 8-man tournament is being held determine a new titleholder, with the Final Four established on “iMPACT!” that will battle at the “No Surrender” Pay-Per-View on Sunday, September 5.

At No Surrender, it will be Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson vs. The Pope in the semi-finals. The winners of those matches will advance to the Finals at “Bound For Glory” on Sunday, October 10 to determine a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion!

— In addition to Homicide, it would appear that both Tomko and Rosie Lottalove have parted ways with TNA Wrestling as their respective profiles were removed from the company website’s roster page Thursday. All three were sparingly used in recent months.

In Homicide’s case, he noted on his social networking accounts earlier in the day that he had parted ways with the organization. Meanwhile, Lottalove’s photo gallery was removed from the Knockouts media section.

Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Daniels and ODB were also removed from the page, though their respective TNA departures were noted months ago.

— It was announced during this week’s episode of TNA ReACTION that Samoa Joe would be returning to iMPACT! on next week’s show. The program’s narrator teased: “Where will Samoa Joe stand when he makes his return to iMPACT! next week?”

The former TNA World Heavyweight Champion was reportedly suspended last month due to breach of etiquette.

– Reigning Ring of Honor champion Tyler Black reported to Florida Championship Wrestling this week. He participated in this week’s training sessions and is expected to finish up with Ring of Honor next month.

– TNA Wrestling has released former X-Division and Tag Team champion Homicide. Homicide wrote on Twitter:

“my tna days is over, thank u for the staff members and the boys and girls in the locker room, had a great run, bbllaattt187 for life.”

He also noted he would be taking the next month off to rest his body before announcing his next move.

-  After being forced to pull out of a scheduled independent show on 8/28 due to WWE commitments, Daniel Bryan will be making it up to the New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) by appearing at their 9/11 show.  NYWC sent out the following today:

WWE’s Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) is confirmed for Sept 11

We here at the New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) are pleased to announce that Bryan Danielson who is currently known as Daniel Bryan in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will be appearing at “Never Back Down” on September 11, 2010 at the Sports Arena in St. James, NY. Bryan felt terrible about canceling his prior scheduled appearances with the NYWC and the WWE has allowed him to compete for us on September 11th. We would like to thank Bryan and WWE for going above and beyond for our fans to make his appearance possible. Make sure to purchase your tickets right away because this event will sell out fast! Tickets to “Never Back Down” are available now at NYWCWrestling.com.

Credit: PWInsider.com

Credit to prowrestling.net for these spoiler results:

Dark Match

1. Robbie T (w/Cookie) defeated Max Buck (w/Jeremy Buck) vs. Robbie is doing a Jersey Shore gimmick. Get it: Cookie/Snookie. Cool gimmick. Robbie won after Cookie distracted Buck. Finish was a combo russian leg sweep neckbreaker for the pin in just over three minutes.

TNA Impact Taping (Airing 8/19):

Eric Bischoff opened show and vacated the title due to RVD’s injuries. There will be a single elimination eight-man tournament starts tonite and ends at Bound for Glory. He said the show must go on. Lovely. He holds Ric Flair accountable.

Fortune is out. New entrance (like Evolution) with cool music. All in suits except “big bad Doug”. Dixie Carter came out with EV2. She gave them all TNA contracts. Tonight is A.J. Styles vs Tommy Dreamer, and they promise to get Abyss. Dixie asked EV2 not to get physical during the promo.

Mick Foley cut a promo on Flair to set up future match.

1. Jeff Hardy defeated Rob Terry in a tournament match. Hardy was selling an injury. Terry is God awful. We’re talking Brakkus or Khali. Terry blew his spin kick so bad he redid it.

2. Mr. Anderson defeated Jay Lethal in a tournament match in 4:11. Anderson won with the Mic Check. He helped Lethal up after the match.

3. Angelina Love (w/Velvet Sky) defeated Madison Rayne (w/mystery biker chick) to retain the TNA Knockouts Title. It was a marathon of a match that ended at 1:37 with a big boot to the kisser (a la Barbarian).

4. Kurt Angle defeated Douglas Williams in a tournament match in 4:52. Praying for a head bobble from big bad Doug. Angle won when Doug tapped to ankle lock. Great physical match with two bobble heads from Williams. Angle handed Doug the X Division strap post match.

Jeremy Borash said to get ready for two people who haven’t teamed in a while. I got excited and thought it was Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. I jumped the gun. It was actually Sting and Kevin Nash.

Sting and Nash said they were about to tell the truth about the cancer in TNA when Jeff Jarrett came out on the ramp and threatened to beat them up. Hulk Hogan came out with Jeff Jarrett. They headed to the ring and there was a big staredown. The lights went out and when they came back on, Fortune beat down everyone. (Actually, when the lights went off, Hogan and Jarrett just laid down in the ring. Hogan was slow.) Fortune celebrated and then left.

5. D’Angelo Dinero defeated Matt Morgan in a tournament match in 4:46. Pope delivered a double knee to the back of Morgan outside the ring into the post and then rolled him up for the pin.

It was announced that you could get photos taken with Generation Me for $25. No thanks.

6. A.J. Styles pinned Tommy Dreamer in 6:37. Tommy bled. Fortunate walked onto the ramp, but they were jumped by the EV2.0 faction. Abyss snuck inside the ring and slammed Dreamer to set up the finish. There was a big brawl on the ramp to end the show.

The following is scheduled to take place on tonight’s episode of TNA iMPACT! on Spike TV:

* Major update on the status of TNA Champion Rob Van Dam.

* TNA X-Division champion Douglas Williams vs. Kurt Angle.

* Ken Anderson vs. Jay Lethal.

* TNA Knockouts champion Angelina Love vs. Madison Rayne.

* Tommy Dreamer vs. AJ Styles.

* Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Terry.

*Pope Dinero vs. Matt Morgan.

Also appearing are Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, Kevin Nash, EV2.0, Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett.

Related News: *Spoilers* TNA iMPACT! Tapings Results For Tonight

— Regarding Paul Heyman, there was no movement this past week in the former ECW creative director joining TNA Wrestling. The feeling among many in the organization is that as long as television ratings hold up, Spike officials won’t feel the need to pressure the organization in bringing him in.

Heyman insists he won’t join the organization without the ability to rebuild the company, and without complete control over marketing, talent and the office, he won’t be able to. TNA president Dixie Carter doesn’t want to give up control of her company not to mention that she bears strong loyalty to certain employees, thus explaining why things remain at a standstill. (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Today marks Angelina Love’s ten year anniversary in the wrestling business. Regarding this, the TNA Women’s Knockout Champion remarked the following on her Facebook account: “Today marks my 10 year anniversary in the wrestling business!! Yes, a DECADE ago, I worked my 1st show in London, ON. I’m so thankful for, and proud of everything I have accompished, the experiences I have had and the friends I have made. I’ve been very fortunate and look forward to what still lies ahead in my future!!”

New TNA Knockout Becky Bayless

– TNA Wrestling has signed independent wrestler Becky Bayless to a contract.

Bayless took part in a tryout last week under the name ‘Cookie’, seconding Rob Eckos, who was also recently signed. Their act is said to be patterned after Jersey Shore stars Snooki and The Situation.

Bayless has worked for a number of independent promotions in recent years including Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro and Shimmer Women Athletes. Currently, she is the co-host of Wrestlicious: Take Down alongside WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart.

– TNA Wrestling has filed trademarks on the terms “Extreme Version 2.0” and “TNA Wrestling Reaction.”

– Magnus and Douglas Williams are currently taking part in a media blitz of the UK to promote the company’s upcoming tour of Europe.

source: PWInsider.com

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– As we reported here last week, Rob Van Dam will be taking some time off from TNA due to the company using up most of his contracted appearances. It’s worth noting that RVD is still advertised for the September 23rd TNA house show event in New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. Aside from that show, RVD is not booked for any other live events or television tapings.

– After being kept of television for a few weeks following a recent backstage blowup a TNA iMPACT! taping, Samoa Joe is set to return to TNA at Monday’s iMPACT! tapings. Joe was sent home several weeks ago after going on rampage backstage at an iMPACT! taping. Joe reportedly flipped out after Jeremy Borash announced that there was 30 seconds remaining in his match with Jeff Hardy. The match ended in a time limit draw and Joe felt the “time remaining” announcement gave away the finish for the match. (Source: PWInsider.com)

– WWE announcer and ECW original Joey Styles was recently asked his thoughts on TNA’s Whole F’N Show edition of iMPACT. Styles said:

“I watched the Whole F’N show highlights online. I’ve seen wood chipper victims who were less of a mess than RVD. Who books that crap?”

– Here’s a video preview for Thursday’s TNA iMPACT!:

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In an interview with MMA Hour Live, Paul Heyman talked about the possibility of working with TNA Wrestling:

“They’re not ready for me. They’re not there yet. I kind of have self-justified my own interest in TNA as a network of stock and ownership. I left pro wrestling in December 2006 and I haven’t done one shoot DVD, one convention appearance, one cameo. I haven’t done anything on wrestling.”

Heyman confirmed that TNA has reached out to him many times in the last year but he didn’t take it seriously until Dixie Carter contacted him and offered him potential ownership points and stock, as well as potential side projects with Spike TV. He concluded though that they weren’t ready for his ideas, particularly using things from MMA to influence wrestling. He also said that TNA is not looking long term and only wants short term solutions and that they don’t have their own vision for what they want to be.

Heyman added that he would get rid of everyone over 40 in TNA if he was in charge, saying their place is to be used for promotional events, autograph signings, and video games, but not as the core, noting that TNA’s focus seems to be on former ECW guys in their 40s, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair.

“If you were over 40, I’d chop your f***ing head off. I want a guy who is entering the prime of his career and shape him and mold him.”

“Imagine if all they did the entire show was promote the Beer Money vs. Motor City Machineguns match and had Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and the ECW guys saying they needed to see that match and said these guys are the future now. Then, if you put that match in the main event – as opposed to the middle of the card with no follow-up – and produce and present them as the main event. Then, if ‘you buy this product, this is the progressive type of presentation we are going to present to you.’ Instead, you have Hulk Hogan in his 50s thanking ECW guys in their 40s before the ECW guys are beat up by a group led by Ric Flair in his 60s.”

TNA star Kurt Angle is engaged to 24-year-old model Giovanna Yannotti. Angle met Yannotti, who is 17 years younger than him, on the set of End Game and the couple dated for several months before becoming engaged.

Yanotti has been at a lot of the TNA shows lately and believe it or not, her and Karen have been hanging out, even traveling together to shows together.

Here are some modeling pictures of Kurt Angle’s fiance, Giovanna Yannotti:

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As we saw on Thursday’s “Whole F’N Show” iMPACT! special, TNA Champion Rob Van Dam was brutally attacked by Abyss and left bloody backstage. Without spoiling too much for next week’s iMPACT!, we can confirm that Rob Van Dam will be taking some time off in the near future.

Read More: *Spoiler* Major Angle Involving RVD’s TNA World Title

The main reason for Rob Van Dam taking time off is his TNA contract. Van Dam signed a deal with TNA for a specific number of dates per year – and TNA has been burning through those dates much faster than they originally planned. TNA has booked Van Dam for most television, pay-per-views and live events and are running low on the number of available dates.

TNA has run into similar issues in the past with stars like Ric Flair, Sting and Mick Foley in the past.

It’s possible that TNA could renegotiate the terms of Van Dam’s contract in order to get him back on television sooner, but for now, he’ll be taking some time off in order to conserve what’s left of his remaining appearances.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Following yesterday’s Hogan-Bischoff-Twitter debacle where a Hogan impostor claimed he and Bischoff were leaving TNA, Eric Bischoff (the real one) is setting the record straight. In comments made exclusively to Slam.Canoe.Ca, Bischoff confirmed that he and Hulk Hogan are still with TNA and will be until 2012.

“ I am with TNA,” Bischoff said. “Hulk Hogan is still with TNA. We have a contract for two years, and we plan on fulfilling our contract.”

After Twitter user realhulk_hogan admitted to not being the real Hulk Hogan – the user claimed to be a disgruntled TNA employee upset with Bischoff’s performance and said TNA’s top stars were planning a walk-out if Bischoff isn’t removed from power. Bischoff, however, does not believe the fake Hogan is a TNA employee at all.

“It is probably a 16-year-old dweeb that doesn’t have anything better to do,” Bischoff said  “I am 99% sure that there is no validity behind it and the person does not work for TNA.”

The owner of the fake Hogan account, who has over 4,000 followers, now claims to be Christopher Daniels and is urging people to “Unfollow @TNADixie if you don’t agree with the current direction in TNA.”