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Tessa Blanchard: “I’m the Hottest Free Agent Out There Right Now!

Tessa Blanchard made a surprise appearance at the Impact Wrestling “Redemption” PPV on April 22nd, 2018. She did guest commentary alongside Josh Matthews and Don Callis for the Taya Valkyrie vs Kiera Hogan match.

Recently, ImpactWrestling.com conducted an interview with Blanchard, who believes she is the hottest free agent available right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mh7wy_ITbw

Tessa Blanchard in Impact Wrestling

“I came to the Knockouts Division because it’s no secret that the past six months or so IMPACT’s been making strides. The hottest free agents out there – Pentagon, Fenix, Brian Cage – IMPACT has locked them down,” Blanchard explained. “When it comes to the Knockouts Division, I’m the hottest free agent out there right now!”

The Knockouts division in Impact is pretty crowded at the moment but Blanchard believes she’s earned the right to skip the line.

“I’m not looking to work my way up. I feel like I deserve a shot at the Knockouts Championship. On the independent circuit, I’ve traveled the world, I’ve won championships, I’ve won tournaments – I’ve defeated some of the best out there so I feel like I am one of the best.”

It seems as though Blanchard is gunning straight for the Knockouts champion, Allie.

“I’m coming here and I want to be the top dog, I’m going to go after whoever has the Knockouts Championship – and right now that’s Allie. I’ve got my sights set on Allie and if any of the Knockouts get in my way I’ll run right through them.”

Blanchard also spoke on what it is like to carry on the Blanchard name.

“Carrying on the Blanchard name is a huge honor for me because my grandfather, my father and my step-father – they’ve all put a lot into their legacy and for me to carry that on, it’s a lot of weight on my shoulders. I put pressure on myself to be the best and to carry on the Blanchard name with dignity and with pride.”

Posted May 2nd, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

Santino Marella Hosting New Show For Impact Wrestling

Former WWE Superstar Santino Marella will be hosting a new weekly show for Impact Wrestling.

Santino (real name Anthony Carelli) and Destiny Wrestling’s ‘Iceman’ are the hosts for Beyond The Lights, a weekly series looking at the worlds of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.

Beyond The Lights premiere Wednesday, May 2nd at 4pm ET on Impact Wrestling’s Twitch channel.

Destiny World Wrestling, which operates out of Santino Marella’s Battle Arts Academy facility in Ontario, has a working relationship with Impact. Destiny will present Impact’s upcoming One Night Only taping on Sunday, June 3rd from Toronto.

Posted May 1st, 2018 in TNA, News. Tagged: .

Impact Wrestling Results (4/26/18)

Impact Wrestling aired the first episode from their most recent set of TV tapings last night. The promotion has remained in Orlando’s Impact Zone this week following their most recent Redemption PPV. The show opened with Austin Aries addressing the Impact roster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHzQFiTEhfk

  • Austin Aries Addressed Impact Wrestling Roster

    • After losing the Impact World Championship to Pentagon on Sunday, Austin Aries addressed the Impact locker room in the opening segment.
    • Aries, with his arm and a banana in a sling, claimed he was still the promotion’s World Champion as he still holds the Grand Championship and whatever belt he holds is the most important in the company.
    • He also mentioned that he is not a guy who makes excuses but if he was he’d point out that he wrestled 2 challengers instead of just one. This was mentioned a few times.

  • Brian Cage defeated Trevor Lee

    • Cage continues to roll over his opponents on Impact.
    • At Redemption, Cage also picked up a victory in the 6-way match.
    • It might not be long until the Machine finds himself in title contention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sURSXE6NH0

  • Eddie Edwards Has Been Driven To the Brink

    • At Redemption, Edwards was so preoccupied with getting revenge on Sami Callihan he didn’t notice his wife was standing behind him. As Edwards swung the cane behind him it clipped his wife. She had to be taken to hospital.
    • Edwards was shown entering the arena. Tommy Dreamer attempted to tell him to go to the hospital and be with his wife but his comments fell on deaf ears.
    • Edwards challenged OVE to come out (which they do) but as he’s fighting them off, a video airs on the screen. Sami Callihan is shown in Alisha Edwards’ hospital room and tells her “he just wants to talk” before the screen cuts out.

The classic match of the week featured the Steiner Brothers against Team 3D.

DJZ, who suffered a serious injury in Mexico last year, was featured in a vignette. The X-Division star talked about how difficult it was to return from the injury.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFENlK9-i0I

  • Moose defeated Braxton Sutter

    • After the match, Moose cut a promo referring to himself as Mr. Impact Wrestling. He said he’s going to be the one to take the title from Pentagon.
    • Sutter announced on Twitter yesterday he’s leaving the promotion.

While Matt Sydal was being interviewed in the back, cameras cut to a shot of someone unconscious on the ground. It might have been Jimmy Jacobs but it was hard to tell. Jacobs and Kongo Kong have a rivalry building with Johnny Impact.

A segment featuring Santana and Ortiz from LAX was shown. They were wondeirng where Konnan was and why Homicide hasn’t been answering his phone. They decide to focus on getting the tag titles back first, however.

  • Knockouts Championship
    Allie (c) defeated Taya Valkyrie

    • Allie beat Lucha Royalty in a good match to defend her title. It’s a little surprising they beat Taya with little build-up, however.
    • After the match, a flock of undead brides ominously walked a coffin to ringside.
    • Su Yung blindsided Allie and looked to shove her in the coffin.
    • The lights went out and Rosemary made the save for Allie.
    • The lights went out again and Su Yung was gone.

  • Eddie Edwards Attacked Sami Callihan

    • Edwards arrived at the hospital and attacked Sami Callihan in his hospital room.
    • Josh Matthews later revealed on commentary that Edwards had been arrested. Callis was not surprised by this.

  • Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championships
    Eli Drake & Scott Steiner (c) defeated LAX

    • Steiner cut a promo before the match saying Konnan missed Redemption because he was at Taco Bell.
    • After picking up the win in the tag match, Eli Drake cut a promo mentioning he still has the briefcase which contains a contract for a World Title shot.
    • Austin Aries came out and referred to his Grand Championship as the real world’s title. Pentagon then came out and a fight broke out between Aries & Pentagon against Drake and Steiner.
    • After Pentagon and Aries cleared the ring, Aries handed the Impact World Championship belt to Pentagon but continued to hold on after Pentagon grabbed it. They stared each other down and then Aries left Pentagon in the ring to close the show.

Posted April 27th, 2018 in News, TNA.

Impact Star Announces Departure, Tyler Breeze On Unselfishness Of The Miz

Impact Star Announces Departure From The Company

Impact Wrestling Star Braxton Sutter has announced his departure from the company. He revealed the news via the following tweet, while also thanking them for giving him his first wrestling contract:

https://twitter.com/BraxtonSutter/status/989648808849141762

Word is that Sutter asked for his release from the company and his wish was granted after the latest round of TV tapings. His bookings from the latest tapings also indicated that he was on his way out of the company.

Braxton first appeared for Impact Wrestling 3 years ago during the One Night Only event X-Travaganza 2015. While he never won any championships in the promotion, his departure is still considered a loss for the company as he did a great job promoting Impact whenever he was given a chance.

Tyler Breeze On The Unselfishness Of The Miz

Tyler Breeze and his partner Fandango were recently guests on E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness podcast where they talked about a number of wrestling related topics.

While talking about the A-Lister, the Miz, Breeze explained him to be one of the most unselfish guys and gave the example of the WrestleMania 32 Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship:

“Man, Miz, by far, one of the most unselfish guys. he kind of proved that (at) was WrestleMania when he was standing up on a ladder and he let Zack Ryder climb up and shove him off to win the IC title. A lot of guys would have a problem with that, and Miz did it with a smile on his face, so that’s kind of cool and kind of rare in our business.”

Apart from this, Breezango also talked about the recent Superstar Shakeup, the stacked Tag Team Division of SmackDown Live and a possible feud with the revival.

Quotes via Wrestling Inc

Posted April 27th, 2018 in TNA, News, WWE. Tagged: .

Spoilers: Impact TV Taping Results (4/25)

Impact Wrestling held another round of television tapings on Wednesday night from Universal Studios in Orlando, FL.

– Xplosion: Petey Williams defeated Jake Crist

– Eli Drake hosts Fact of Life and says he took care of a big problem by breaking up with Scott Steiner. He lists the top 5 dummies in Impact: 5. The fans 4. Austin Aries 3. Management 2. The fans 1. Moose.

– A #1 contender’s match was announced between Eli Drake and Moose, with the winner facing World Champion Austin Aries at Slammiversary. Moose came out, cut a promo and Eli attacked him.

– LAX defeated The Cult Of Lee. Eddie Kingston joined LAX.

– Taya Valkyrie defeated Rebel.

– Brian Cage defeated Dezmond Xavier

– Madison Rayne defeated Tessa Blanchard

– The Cult of Lee defeated KM & Fallah Bahh

– Xplosion: Katarina Leigh defeated Scarlett Bordeaux

– Brian Cage defeated Rohit Raju. Afterwards, Matt Sydal cut a promo saying Cage is strong, but he can see that Cage is weak inside. Cage hits him with a F5.

– DJZ & Andrew Everett defeated Aerostar & Drago. Aerostar was reportedly hurt during the match and was helped to the back.

– Moose defeated Kongo Kong.

– Eli Drake defeated Scott Steiner.

– Matt Sydal defeated El Hijo Del Fantasma.

– Xplosion: Grado defeated Rohit Raju.

Posted April 26th, 2018 in TNA, News.

Spoilers: Impact TV Taping Results (4/24) – Multiple Title Changes

Impact Wrestling held another round of television tapings on Tuesday night from Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios. Tuesday’s tapings featured matches for multiple episodes of Impact shows with some of the matches taped out of order.

Impact TV Tapings Results (4/24)

– The show opened with Impact Wrestling champion Pentagon Jr. vs. Austin Aries. The match ends in double count out, but Aries demanded it be restarted. Pentagon agreed and it lead to another double count out. Pentagon then called for it to be restarted, which Aries agreed to. Aries hit Pentagon with a low blow while the referee’s back was turned to capture the Impact Wrestling world championship.

– Fantasma defeated Drago, Aerostar and Ishimori in a Lucha rules match.

– Z&E (DJZ and Andrew Everett) defeated LAX. Ortiz and Santa argued after their loss.

– Taya Valkyrie vs. Kiera Hogan ended in a no contest when Tessa Blanchard came out and attacked Hogan.

– Kong defeated Grado. Kong was attacking Grado after the match but Moose ran down to make the save.

– Su Yung defeated Allie in a Last Rites Match to become the knew Impact Wrestling Knockouts champion. Su Young won by closing Allie in a casket, which was brought out by the Undead Brides.

– OVE (w/Sami Callihan) vs. Drago & Aerostar ended in a no contest when Eddie Edwards came out and attacks OVE and Sami. Eddie went nuts and attacked security with a kendo stick.

– Cult of Lee defeated LAX. Ortiz and Santana argued again after their loss.

– Z&E captured the Impact Wrestling tag team championships after Scott Steiner accidentally hit Eli Drake with a chair.

– Grado pins Rohit Raju.

– Tessa Blanchard defeated Kiera Hogan. Blanchard attacked Hogan after the match, but Madison Rayne comes down to make the save.

– In the main event, Fantasma and Pentagon Jr. (who had the Impact World Championship and was announced as champion) defeated Austin Aries and Matt Sydal when Fantasma pinned Sydal.

Posted April 25th, 2018 in TNA, News.

Spoilers: Impact Wrestling Tapings Results From Orlando (4/23)

Impact Wrestling returned to Universal Orlando on Monday for the next round of television tapings. This is was the first show coming out of Sunday’s Redemption pay-per-view. Based on the events that transpired, it appears these matches will air over the next two weeks.

Impact Wrestling Spoilers (4/23)

– Rohit Raju defeated Suicide in a match taped for Xplosion.

– Eli Drake and Scott Steiner retained the Impact tag titles against LAX.

– Allie retained the Knockouts championship against Taya Valkyrie.

– Brian Cage defeated Trevor Lee.

– Eddie Edwards called out OVE brawled with them, until footage aired of Sami Callihan at the hospital with Alisha Edwards, causing Eddie to run to the back.

– Moose beat Braxton Sutter.

– Matt Sydal defeated Taiji Ishimori to retain the X Division Title.

– Eli Drake cut a promo saying he was cashing in his Feast or Fired contract for a shot at the Impact World Championship “next week” (later in the night).

– DJZ, Andrew Everett, and Dezmond Xavier defeated Drago, Aerostar, and El Hijo Del Fantasma.

– OVE defeated KM and Fallah Bahh.

– Rosemary vs. Su Yung never got started. Yung’s Legion of Undead Brides attacked Rosemary. Allie made the save, but she was quickly outnumbered. Yung put Rosemary in a casket.

– Pentagon Jr retained the Impact World Championship against Eli Drake. Austin Aries was on commentary.

Posted April 24th, 2018 in TNA, News.

Impact Wrestling Unveils New Championship Designs (Photos)

Impact Wrestling is once again in a rebuilding period and has changed the product around.

The promotion held their Redemption pay-per-view event on Sunday night (April 22nd, 2018) in Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app. It was a solid show with some good wrestling and booking, which is a trend that has started to bring back fans.

Before the show went live on pay-per-view, they showed off the new designs for their championships. At the show, two titles changed hands.

Pentagon Jr. won the Impact World Championship against Austin Aries and Fenix in a Triple Threat Match. Eli Drake and Scott Steiner won the Impact World Tag Team Championship from LAX.

Do you watch the Redemption PPV? Have you given the promotion another chance? Sound off in the comment section below.

Posted April 23rd, 2018 in TNA, News.

Pentagon Jr. Wins Impact World Championship

While Impact’s Redemption PPV was filled with many surprising incidents and multiple title changes, the most shocking moment of the night had to be Pentagon Jr. winning the Impact World Championship.

After Officials released Alberto El Patron, they had announced that the main event of the Redemption PPV will be Austin Aries defending the Impact World title against Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr in a Triple Threat match.

The match took place on the PPV last night. During the closing moments of the bout, Pentagon delivered a package piledriver to both Fenix and Aries at the same time and then he set up A Double for an Arm Breaker.

Following a successful delivery of the Arm Breaker, the new Champion went on to execute a Pentagon Driver on to the former WWE Star and then pinned Aries for the Championship victory:

https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/988248477934276609

After this win, Pentagon Jr. has become the first person to hold both the Impact World Championship and the Lucha Underground Championship in his career which are the top titles of their respective promotions.

This title change is especially surprising as the match was made official only two weeks ago in the wake of Alberto El Patron’s no show of Impact Vs Lucha Underground event and his firing from the company.

Now it’d be interesting to see how Officials follow this title change on the next episode of Impact this Thursday.

Posted April 23rd, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

Scott D’Amore Opens Up On Alberto El Patron’s Impact Wrestling Departure

The fallout from Alberto El Patron’s departure from Impact Wrestling is still a discussion.

El Patron failed to appear at the Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground event at WrestleCon earlier this month during WrestleMania weekend. At the show, he was originally scheduled to team with Penta El 0M against Austin Aries and Rey Fénix.

This led to the promotion releasing El Patron due to him not appearing at the show.

SI.com recently interviewed Impact Wrestling executive Scott D’Amore. During this interview, D’Amore opened up on the release of the former world champion.

“It was obviously an unfortunate situation. When Alberto failed to show up to the event, we made our decision on a new main event for the show. It was important for us to give our fans, in a capacity crowd at the Sugar Mill in New Orleans, a great event, and we did not want them to focus on someone who wasn’t there.

We wanted them to focus on the match we were giving. Those three guys went out, were so professional, and put on an amazing match. Then we sat down and huddled.”

What are your thoughts on Impact Wrestling parting ways with El Patron? Sound off in the comment section below.

 

Posted April 21st, 2018 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

WWE Plugging IMPACT’s Streaming Service In Upcoming DVD

WWE is set to release a new DVD on Matt and Jeff Hardy, “Twist of Fate: The Best of the Hardy Boyz,” that will feature footage from their days in TNA/IMPACT Wrestling.

The three-disc special is set to be released on May 1st, and will include 27 matches and new segments filmed at The Hardy Compound in North Carolina. WrestlingDVDNews released the following sneak peak of the set:

This DVD will be the first WWE DVD to feature footage from TNA or IMPACT Wrestling, and this same footage could be used on the WWE Network.

WrestlingDVDNews also reviewed an advanced copy of the DVD and reports it features interviews with Matt and Jeff Hardy discussing the highlights of their time in IMPACT – including their “Broken” gimmicks and the Final Deletion.

The DVD also featured a plug for IMPACT’s streaming service, as any TNA or IMPACT footage on the DVD contains a logo on the corner for the Global Wrestling Network. The DVD also features the following notice from WWE:

“To watch all the Hardys’ Impact Wrestling matches in their entirety, download the Global Wrestling Network app. Available on all your favorite streaming devices!”

You can check out some screenshots below:

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Posted April 21st, 2018 in TNA, News.

Scott Steiner Goes Off During Impact Wrestling Media Call

Scott Steiner was on Impact Wrestling’s recent media call to promote Sunday’s Redemption PPV. Steiner is scheduled to team with Eli Drake to challenge LAX for the tag-team championships on the show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duQdjlbZWXs

Scott Steiner Promotes Redemption

As is usually the case with Scott Steiner interviews, he had plenty to say on several topics.

Transcriptions courtesy of Cageside Seats:

“Konnan’s gonna be doing what he always did in WCW after we finish this match. He’s gonna be carrying my bags and shining my belt. Maybe my shoes, too. Actually, he might come and cut my grass. I might have all three of them do it, really. I don’t know. I haven’t decided yet,” Steiner said in reference to Konnan, who will manage LAX on Sunday.

“They will be with Konnan, cutting my grass. I actually have a tee spot on my lawn where I need to be putting, so they better be just right. I hate golf. But they better cut my grass right. That’s what I don’t understand. Why does Trump want to keep out all the Mexicans, but who’s going to cut the grass? Seriously. I mean, that’s a legitimate question.”

Scott Steiner Goes Off on Dixie Carter and Hulk Hogan

Scott Steiner does not like Hulk Hogan. This has been clear for some time but Steiner re-iterated it again during the media call:

“The beginning was the most profitable time at TNA, as far as viewership, making money, merchandise and all that stuff combined. Unfortunately, that led to the next incarnation, which was working for dumba** Dixie Carter, that brought in the racist Hulk Hogan and all those other guys. That’s what killed it. Of course, I’ve let my feelings be known, and she put a lawsuit on me, because of the stuff I was saying on Twitter about Hogan.”

Impact Wrestling’s Redemption takes place Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.

Posted April 20th, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

Impact Wrestling Preview: Last Road to Redemption

The final episode of Impact Wrestling before the company’s Redemption PPV on Sunday airs tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OvN6kXxT8

Impact Wrestling Preview (April 19th, 2018)

  • KM Issues an Open Challenge
    • Kevin Matthews, aka KM, plans to issue an open challenge to the Impact Wrestling locker tonight.
  • Johnny Impact vs Kongo Kong w/Jimmy Jacobs
    • The Emo Princess, Jimmy Jacobs, has control over Impact’s newest monster, Kongo Kong, but how will he fair against perennial top-contender, Johnny impact?
    • Neither of these two has a match booked for the Redemption PPV. Perhaps something will be set up here or they might both be left off the show.
  • Su Yung and Braxton Sutter vs Fallah Bahh and Kiera Hogan
    • An inter-gender match featuring two of Impact’s newest female wrestlers, Su Yung and Kiera Hogan takes place tonight.
    • Yung will take on Knockouts Champion, Allie, on Sunday for the championship.
    • We are still finding out just how dangerous the undead bride is. Perhaps tonight we will find out more about Su Yung’s plans for Allie.
  • Brian Cage in single’s competition
    • Nobody is rising up the Impact Wrestling rankings faster than Brian Cage. He’ll be in single’s action tonight but his opponent has yet to be named.
    • Cage defeated Lashley recently on Impact and the victory over a former World Champion likely means the promotion has big plans for him.
    • Brian Cage is scheduled to be in a 6-way match at the Redemption PPV. His opponents are scheduled to be Taiji Ishimori, Dezmond Xavier, El Hijo del Fantasma, DJZ, and Trevor Lee.

  • Last Road to Redemption

    • While not confirmed, it is expected the company will air some promotional segment for the Redemption PPV main event.
    • Impact was forced to explain for Alberto El Patron’s removal from the Redemption show during last week’s episode. Aries explained that since he lost the triple threat match at the LU vs Impact show, the same match will be run back again at Redemption. Should Pentagon win at Redemption, he would simultaneously hold both the Lucha Underground and Impact Wrestling world championships in storyline. While season 4 of Lucha Underground has been filmed (so he may have lost the title, I don’t know), it has yet to air.

Posted April 19th, 2018 in News, TNA.

Tyrus Gone From Impact Wrestling (Again)

George Murdoch, FKA Tyrus, is gone from Impact Wrestling… again.

The 45-year-old heavyweight had originally left the company in the summer of 2017 but resurfaced at the last set of TV tapings from Orlando. The episodes of Impact filmed during these tapings have been airing since February 1st, 2018.

According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Tyrus has once again given Impact Wrestling his notice. Tyrus stated that he and the company didn’t see eye-to-eye creatively.

George “Tyrus” Murdoch

Tyrus gave similar reasons for ending his relationship with Impact Wrestling the last time around in 2017 as well. He has plenty going on for himself outside of wrestling, so it is not too big a surprise that he is willing to leave a company if he doesn’t enjoy what he is working on.

Tyrus is a regular on several Fox News programs and has had a successful 2017 as an actor. He appeared in 2 episodes of the hit show GLOW on Netflix last year. Tyrus also appears in an episode of the Netflix original series, Love, which was released earlier this year. Several other IMDB credits have been added to his profile the last two years as well.

Impact Wrestling Redemption

This is an important weekend for Impact Wrestling. The company’s Redemption PPV runs on Sunday and curious eyes will be interested in what kind of product they present.

The main event had been scheduled to be Alberto El Patron vs Austin Aries. Since El Patron no-showed the LU vs Impact show WrestleMania weekend, however, it has since been changed. The Lucha Brothers, Fenix & Pentagon, will now join Austin Aries in a triple threat match for the Impact World Championship in the main event of Redemption.

The last set of TV tapings included writing off several departing wrestlers and finishing up storylines. The Redemption PPV should give Impact fans a better idea of where the company is trying to go in the future.

Posted April 19th, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

Austin Aries On Alberto El Patron Missing Impact vs. Lucha Underground Event

While Alberto El Patron did not wrestle in any major event during the WrestleMania weekend this year, he still found his way to the headlines by no-showing the Impact vs. Lucha Underground event.

During a recent interview with WrestlingInc, Austin Aries who was supposed to be part of the original tag team main event of the show along with El Patron talked about him missing the event.

Aries claimed that the former WWE Champion’s no-show did not affect the revamped Triple Threat main event as both his opponents Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr. were very talented.

When asked about the backstage reaction to Alberto missing the show, Austin said that initially, he wasn’t very concerned and revealed that they realized his absence after the show had started:

“With him being a professional such as he is and everybody else involved, I wasn’t overly concerned, but as the event was going I did inquire if anybody had seen him or where his location was, and that’s when we realized that he hadn’t arrived yet,”

For those who don’t know, Alberto El Patron was supposed to main event the Impact vs Lucha Underground event teaming with Pentagon Jr. to face Austin Aries and his partner Rey Fenix.

However, he no-showed the event, forcing the management to change the bout into a Triple Threat match among the other three participants of the announced tag match.

Impact ended up releasing Alberto El Patron shortly after this and there have been conflicting reports on why he missed the event. Reports say that Alberto told officials he was ill while in an interview he claimed the reason to be an undisclosed family situation.

Posted April 19th, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

New Match Added To Impact Redemption PPV, Updated Card

A new match has been announced for Impact Wrestling’s next pay-per-view event.

On Monday morning (April 16, 2018), the promotion announced that a singles match between Aerostar and Drago would take place at the upcoming Redemption event.

Impact Wrestling will hold their Redemption pay-per-view event on April 22nd, 2018 in Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app. Here is the updated card:

Impact Wrestling Champion Austin Aries vs. Rey Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr.

X-Division Champion Matt Sydal vs. Petey Williams

Impact Wrestling Tag Team Champions LAX vs. Eli Drake & Scott Steiner

Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Allie vs. Su Yung

House of Hardcore Match: Tommy Dreamer, Eddie Edwards, and Moose vs. oVe

Six-Way Match: Taiji Ishimori vs. Dezmond Xavier vs. El Hijo Del Fantasma vs. Brian Cage vs. DJZ vs. Trevor Lee

Singles Match: Aerostar vs. Drago

We’ll have Impact Wrestling: Redemption results here at SEScoops this Sunday night. Do you plan on watching this event? Is this a card worth paying for? Sound off in the comment section below.

Posted April 16th, 2018 in TNA, News.

Austin Aries Reacts To WWE’s Jab At TNA On Monday Night RAW

Up until recently, WWE has been hesitant from using the name of TNA or Impact Wrestling on television.

Outside of former TNA President Dixie Carter doing an interview for WWE Hall of Famer and current General Manager of WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, Kurt Angle’s WWE 24 special that aired last year on the WWE Network, the sports entertainment company has gone out of their way of not mentioning the promotion.

Just look at Jeff Jarrett’s Hall of Fame speech last week, he didn’t mention TNA at all, which is a bit odd considering that it could be argued that is his biggest achievement of his career.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Smoothie King Center on the USA Network, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn approached Angle about wanting a job with the red brand after they were officially fired from SmackDown following WrestleMania 34 loss to Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan.

Angle did name TNA during the backstage segment as he first told Owens and Sami that the RAW tag team division was full, but he heard “TNA is hiring.”

During Wednesday’s Impact conference call, former WWE star and current Impact World Champion Austin Aries responded to WWE’s jab at TNA. Here is what he had to say:

“It’s cool man. We are hiring. If you come here, we won’t test you, or take money out of your pocket for smoking marijuana.”

What are your thoughts on Austin’s response to this jab? Sound off in the comment section below.

Posted April 12th, 2018 in TNA, News. Tagged: .

WWE Worked With Impact Wrestling For Upcoming Project

While the Hardy Boyz gained the majority of their fame while working for WWE, their stint with Impact Wrestling cannot be forgotten especially the work they did as ‘Broken’ Matt Hardy and Brother Nero.

Their bizarre gimmicks garnered a lot of attention when they were first introduced in 2016 and the interest of fans is one of the main reasons why WWE introduced their own version of the Broken Universe on their programming a few months ago.

Although while the company spent time in developing the character on their TV, the saga of the Broken Gimmick is incomplete without telling the story of its origin in Impact Wrestling and it appears that the WWE Officials also believe the same.

WWE Home Video UK recently announced that they have worked with Impact Wrestling for an upcoming Hardy Boyz DVD and for the first time ever a WWE release will feature footage from Impact:

“We can exclusively reveal that WWE has worked with Impact Wrestling on Twist of Fate: Best of the Hardy Boyz. For the first time ever, a WWE DVD release will feature footage from Impact, as part of a candid look at the “Broken Universe”! Out on DVD 30th April!”

As mentioned above, the DVD is set to release on 30th April and it’d be interesting to see what Impact Footage the company has used in it.

Posted April 12th, 2018 in WWE, News, TNA. Tagged: .

Updated Card For Impact Wrestling: Redemption (4/22)

Impact Wrestling returns to pay-per-view for Redemption on Sunday, April 22nd from Orlando, FL. This will be the first PPV under the new creative regime of Don Callis and Scott D’Amore. For all the ‘new eras’ and reboots we’ve seen from Impact over the years, the weekly TV show has been noticeably better in recent months and the company is finally getting traction with viewership and positive reviews from wrestling fans and media.

The following is the updated card for Redemption:

Impact Wrestling World Championship Match:
Austin Aries (c) vs Pentagón Jr. vs. Rey Fenix

X Division Championship Match
Matt Sydal (c) vs. Petey Williams

Impact Tag Team Championship Match:
The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) (c) vs. Eli Drake and Scott Steiner

Knockouts Championship Match:
Allie (c) vs. “The Undead Bride” Su Yung

House of Hardcore Match:
4 Ohio Versus Everything (Dave Crist, Jake Crist and Sami Callihan) vs. Tommy Dreamer, Moose and Eddie Edwards

Join us here Sunday, April 22nd for our Live Coverage of Impact Wrestling: Redemption.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVRbbh3FKes

Posted April 11th, 2018 in TNA, News.

Alberto El Patron Released By Impact Wrestling, New Main Event Set For Redemption PPV

It’s been well documented that Alberto El Patron failed to appear at Friday’s Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground event at WrestleCon. At the show, he was originally scheduled to team with Penta El 0M against Austin Aries and Rey Fénix.

His excuse was that he had got sick through the course of the day despite word among talent that he actually no-showed.

This led to the promotion releasing El Patron effective immediately. The release is due to him not appearing at Friday’s show. Aries was originally slated to defend the Impact Title against El Patron at their Redemption PPV later this month.

The promotion sent out the following statement:

“IMPACT Wrestling announced today that it has terminated its agreement with Alberto El Patron, effective immediately.”

Thus, the promotion has announced a new main event for their Redemption PPV. It will now be Aries vs. Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr. for the Impact World Championship.

Impact Wrestling will hold their Redemption pay-per-view event on April 22nd, 2018 in Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app. Here is the updated card:

Impact Wrestling champion Austin Aries vs. Rey Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr.

X-Division champion Matt Sydal vs. Petey Williams

Impact Wrestling Tag Team champions LAX vs. Eli Drake & Scott Steiner

The “first-ever” House of Hardcore Match: OVE vs. Moose & Eddie Edwards & Tommy Dreamer

Posted April 8th, 2018 in TNA, News. Tagged: .

Big Drop For This Week’s Impact Wrestling Viewership

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVzknWam0wU

Thursday’s Impact Wrestling episode, featuring a Case vs. Case main event with Eli Drake defeating Moose, drew 294,000 viewers. This is down from last week’s 399,000 viewers, which was the best Impact viewership since The Final Deletion episode in July 2016, which drew 410,000 viewers.

Impact ranked #128 on the Cable Top 150 this past week. Last week’s show ranked #104.

The Jersey Shore return on MTV topped the night with almost 5 million viewers across both episodes.

Below is our 2018 Impact Viewership Tracker:

January 4th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 11th Episode: 276,000 viewers
January 18th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 25th Episode: 310,000 viewers (Genesis edition)
February 1st Episode: 319,000 viewers (Reboot)
February 8th Episode: 294,000 viewers
February 15th Episode: 300,000 viewers
February 22nd Episode: 262,000 viewers
March 1st Episode: 365,000 viewers
March 8th Episode: 325,000 (Crossroads edition)
March 15th Episode: 350,000 viewers
March 22nd Episode: 362,000 viewers
March 29th Episode: 399,000 viewers
April 5th Episode: 294,000 viewers
April 12th Episode:

2017 Total: 16.147 million viewers
2017 Average: 311,000 viewers per episode

Posted April 6th, 2018 in News, TNA.

Impact Wrestling Preview: Briefcase Vs Briefcase Match

The Impact Wrestling roster is gearing up for their head-to-head show with Lucha Underground this weekend but they have a taped show airing tonight as well.

This will be the 10th episode from the company’s January tapings in Orlando. The first episode from the tapings aired on February 1st, 2018.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ieNtbdVhew

Matches Confirmed for Impact Wrestling Tonight

  1. Briefcase versus Briefcase Match
    Moose (World Title Shot) vs Eli Drake (Tag Team Title Shot)

    • Eli Drake was not happy he picked the briefcase with the tag-team title shot in it following Feast or Fired but he will get a chance to upgrade to a World Title shot if he can beat Moose tonight. That’s a fairly tall order, however.
  2. Johnny Impact vs Taiji Ishimori
    • The former X-Division Champion, Ishimori, takes on the top-ranked Johnny Impact here in a match which could have future title shot implications.
  3. Lashley Calls Out Brian Cage
    • Last week, Cage continued his undefeated streak by defeating former Impact Champion, Lashley with a Discus Lariat. This week Lashley will call out Cage.
    • Cage looks to be moving up the Impact rankings fast. If he continues at this pace, it might not be long before he is in title contention.
  4. Allie “Summons” Su Yung
    • Knockouts Champion, Allie, has been haunted by a new undead force in Impact, Su Yung, as of late.
    • Tonight Allie calls out the undead bride as their rivalry continues to develop.

Posted April 5th, 2018 in News, TNA.

Full Card For Impact vs. Lucha Underground, Weekend Twitch Schedule

Impact Wrestling sent in the following press release detailing their activities this weekend in New Orleans:

IMPACT Wrestling Announces Full Card, Twitch Streaming Schedule, Press Conference for WrestleCon

TORONTO | NEW ORLEANS – IMPACT Wrestling announced today the full line-up and Twitch streaming schedule for WrestleCon, highlighted by IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground on Friday, April 6 at 10:00 p.m. ET (9:00 p.m. CT, local time).

IMPACT Wrestling will live stream 30+ hours of on-site coverage from WrestleCon, in and out of the ring, including daily IRL streams, exclusive podcasts and the historic live event on Fridaynight from The Sugar Mill in New Orleans (1021 Convention Center Blvd).

The main event for IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground will feature an intra-promotional fight with ramifications on the Redemption pay-per-view, as IMPACT World Champion Austin Aries will team up with Fenix against the team of Alberto El Patron and Pentagon Jr.

The main event for Redemption, which takes place on Sunday, April 22 in Orlando, Fla., is a World Title match with Austin Aries putting his gold on the line against former titleholder Alberto El Patron – and the two will be talking all about their feud on Friday, April 6 at a press conference starting at 5:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. CT) at the Royal St. Charles Hotel (135 Saint Charles Ave). The public is invited to attend the press conference streaming live on Twitch, as Aries and El Patron continue their personal war of words.

IMPACT Wrestling’s coverage of WrestleCon won’t be limited to in-ring action, as there will be plenty going on from April 5 to April 7, and the IMPACT Wrestling Channel on Twitch will be live streaming all the festivities from WrestleCon, starting on Thursday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CT) with a live two-hour “Twitch Cast” anchored by Josh Mathews and Sonjay Dutt.

The confirmed matches for IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground include:

– Austin Aries & Fenix vs. Alberto El Patron & Pentagon Jr.
– Eddie Edwards vs. Jeremiah Crane (I Quit Match)
– Allie vs. Taya Valkyrie (Knockouts Championship)
– LAX vs. Killshot & The Mack (Tag Team Championship)
– Dezmond Xavier, Andrew Everett & DJZ vs. Drago, King Cuerno & Aerostar

Also scheduled to appear are IMPACT Wrestling stars Eli Drake, Brian Cage, Moose, Matt Sydal, Trevor Lee, Caleb Konley, oVe and Scott Steiner, plus Lucha Underground’s Famous B, Jack Evans, Chavo Guerrero and Matanza.

Follow IMPACT Wrestling’s live streaming schedule on Twitch below:

THURSDAY

8:00 p.m. ET – 10:00 p.m. ET – “Twitch Cast” hosted by Josh Mathews and Sonjay Dutt from the lobby of WrestleCon in New Orleans.

10:00 p.m. ET – 11 p.m. ET – Dinner with the stars of IMPACT Wrestling.

11:00 p.m. ET – 1:00 a.m. ET – Moose travels to WaleMania to hang out with rap star Wale and other professional wrestling luminaries.

FRIDAY

8:00 a.m. ET – 9:00 a.m. ET – Morning workout with former IMPACT World Champion Eli Drake.

9:00 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET – “Car Cast” hosted by Josh Mathews and Sonjay Dutt as they get ready for the first day of WrestleCon.

10:00 a.m. ET to 4:00 p.m. ET – IRL WrestleCon floor featuring a talent signing with IMPACT Wrestling stars Matt Sydal, Eli Drake and Alberto El Patron.

4:00 p.m. ET to 5:00 p.m. ET – Knockouts star Rosemary visits a voodoo shop to have her palms read.

5:00 p.m. ET to 5:30 p.m. ET – “Twitch Cast” with Josh Mathews and Sonjay Dutt as they prepare for the Redemption press conference.

5:30 p.m. ET – 6:30 p.m. ET – Live press conference for IMPACT: Redemption featuring main event rivals Austin Aries and Alberto El Patron.

6:30 p.m. ET – 8:00 p.m. ET – Dinner with the Cult of Lee: Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley.

8:00 p.m. ET – 9:00 p.m. ET – Live pre-show for IMPACT vs. Lucha Underground hosted on-site at The Sugar Mill.

9:00 p.m. ET – 10:00 p.m. ET – WrestleCon VIP experience featuring all the stars of IMPACT Wrestling.

10:00 p.m. ET – 12:30 a.m. ET – IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground LIVE

12:30 a.m. ET – 1:00 a.m. ET – Live post-show for IMPACT vs. Lucha Underground, including exclusive interviews, fan reactions and more.

1:00 a.m. ET – 2:00 a.m. ET – The IMPACT Wrestling cameras follow DJZ as he competes at a local event.

SATURDAY

7:00 a.m. ET – 8:00 a.m. ET – Coffee with former IMPACT World Champion Eddie Edwards.

8:00 a.m. ET – 9:00 a.m. ET – Morning workout with IMPACT Tag Team Champions LAX.

9:00 a.m. ET – 10:00 a.m. ET – “Twitch Cast” hosted by Josh Mathews and Sonjay Dutt.

10:00 a.m. ET – 4:00 p.m. ET – IRL WrestleCon floor featuring a talent signing with IMPACT Wrestling stars Moose and Eddie Edwards.

4:00 p.m. ET – 5:00 p.m. ET – Beignet donut tasting with Jimmy Jacobs.

5:00 p.m. ET – 6:00 p.m. ET – Hangout with oVe – Dave Crist, Jake Crist and Sami Callihan.

6:00 p.m. ET – 7:00 p.m. ET – “Twitch Cast” hosted by Josh Mathews and Sonjay Dutt.

7:00 p.m. ET – 8:00 p.m. ET – Dinner with the stars of IMPACT Wrestling.

8:00 p.m. ET – 10:00 p.m. ET – Knockouts prepare for their Pre-Mardi Gras party, featuring Rosemary, Allie, Sienna and Laurel van Ness.

SUNDAY

8:00 a.m. ET – 10:00 a.m. ET – “Twitch Cast” hosted by Josh Mathews and Sonjay Dutt.

10:00 a.m. ET – 11:00 a.m. ET – Eddie Edwards visits Crescent City Cat Club for a session of cat yoga.

11 a.m. ET – 12 p.m. ET – The stars of IMPACT Wrestling compete against each other in a high-stakes game.

For more information, visit www.impactwrestling.com.

Posted April 4th, 2018 in TNA, News.

Kiera Hogan On Possibly Doing A Daughter Angle With Hulk Hogan

IMPACT Wrestling Knockout Kiera Hogan recently did an interview on Interactive Wrestling Radio to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Hogan was asked if she’d be opposed to doing a “daughter” angle with WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan, and also noted she has talked to Brooke Hogan about it:

“(laughs) I wouldn’t be opposed to it. I’ve actually had a conversation with Brooke Hogan about it. She got a hold of me and was like, ‘We should be sisters or something!’ I was like, ‘That would be so cool!’

“My real name is Kiera Hogan. That is my real real name. When I got into wrestling, I was like, ‘That works. I already am a Hogan!’

“But, I didn’t want to steal off what he (Hulk) was doing. I wanted to be my own Hogan. I want to be my own person. I want to be the ‘Girl on Fire’ and set myself apart from Hulkamania and all that other jazz.

“But, I definitely am not opposed to it. Of course, I was a fan. But, I definitely want to be able to do my own thing at the same time.”

Hogan then described how current WWE Superstar Mickie James has been a big influence in her career:

“Mickie James was my idol. She is my everything. But, definitely her story line with Trish Stratus was my absolute favorite. It drew me into wrestling. It was one of the best story lines, I think, ever. It was something so different for the women. I’m so in love with the theatrics of wrestling.

“Mickie James influenced my everything from everyday life to when I was in high school. I’ve been able to tell her this which is a plus for me and being able to be on the same card as her. She’s just amazing. I love her so much! (laughs).

“I met her when I was 16. I met her every year after that so she saw me grow in wrestling as I got further and further into my career. That weekend, I was able to be on that first SHIMMER with her and was able to really talk to her.

“She was just so proud of me. She’s almost like my second mother because I’m able to tell her, ‘Look, Mom! I’ve accomplished more!’ (laughs) She’s literally the most down to earth person ever. She’s such a sweetheart!”

Hogan is one of the shortest female wrestlers out there right now, standing at just 4’11. She feels her height is neither an advantage or disadvantage for her, but rather it’s neutral:

“I feel like it is neutral. It is not a benefit and it is not a defense. I feel like me being smaller, people think I’m not going to do as well as I usually do. I think I’m actually able to prove myself. Some people think I’m taller from my pictures. But, I’m only 4’11 and a half! (laughs) I don’t feel like it is a total disadvantage.”

Given today’s climate there’s never been a better time to be a female professional wrestler. Especially with the Women’s Revolution going on in the WWE. Hogan offered her thoughts on the evolution of women’s professional wrestling:

“I have a different view on it. I feel like people are just now starting to see the women on the main stage but on the independents, they’ve been doing it forever. I feel like at this time, maybe because they’re signing so many independent performers, now they’re starting to get noticed.

“But, it has been such a topic on the independents for such a long time and now it is starting to get so much attention because it is on the main stage. The independents don’t get enough credit.”

You can listen to Hogan’s interview on Interactive Wrestling Radio by clicking this link here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-85RlBhltk

Posted April 2nd, 2018 in TNA, News.

Impact Wrestling Touts Highest Viewership in 20 Months

The folks over at Impact Wrestling have found some success.

Since Anthem took over Impact Wrestling, many wondered what the future would hold. At first, the direction of the show seemed to be in the hands of Jeff Jarrett and Scott D’Amore. It wasn’t long before Jarrett made a second exit from the promotion.

Now, New Japan Pro Wrestling color commentator Don Calis is at the helm along with D’Amore. For the most part, Impact has held steady in the 300k range for their episodes on Pop TV. The most recent episode, however saw a sizable spike up.

The March 29 edition of the show took in 399k viewers. That’s up from the 365k number last week and it’s the most watched episode of Impact in 20 months. The promotion took to Twitter to thank fans for tuning in:

This week’s episode of Impact featured a champion vs. champion match. World champion Austin Aries took on Grand champion Matt Sydal. Both titles were on the line.

Also featured on the card was a match between two powerhouses. Former TNA World champion Lashley took on Brian Cage. In addition to that, Eddie Edwards traveled to Ohio to find oVe and Sami Callihan.

Posted March 31st, 2018 in News, TNA.

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