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Match Preview For Tonight’s Impact, Sting Heading To Mexico

— Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Sting battles Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship with Hulk Hogan serving as special enforcer.

Matches slated to air include:

* AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels

* Mickie James vs. Winter for the Women’s Knockout Championship

* Gunner vs. Rob Van Dam in a Bound For Glory Series Match

* Austin Aries vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Jesse Sorensen

— Asistencia Asesoría y Administración officials have confirmed that Sting will be appearing on their Heroes Immortales show on Oct. 9 in Monterrey, Mexico. He will be participating in the promotion’s TNA invasion angle.

— Mickie James turned 32 years old Wednesday while Jeff Hardy turned 34.

*Spoilers* Impact Wrestling Taping Results For July 21, 2011

Impact began with Sting coming to the ring for a promo. He talks about how insane he is. He calls out Bischoff and Hogan to come out. Kurt Angle comes out in his clown attire from last week and enters the ring. Angle says that he means no disrespect and says that it was him who saved Sting last week because it was the right thing to do. At Hardcore Justice their paths will cross again. Sting says he respects Angle. Angle says he wants to beat Sting since he never has. It has to be Angle because he has no other choice. Sting says they have a dilemma.

Immortal’s music plays and out comes Ken Anderson and Bully Ray. Ray says it is Sting and Angle versus Anderson and Ray tonight.

In a Bound for Glory Series Match, Rob Van Dam defeated Scott Steiner with a rollup.

Mickie James came out for a promo and called out Velvet Sky. Mickie said she has watched Velvet get blamed for other wrestler’s problems. Mickie knows how it gets and its not good. Mickie wants to give Velvet her first knockouts championship shot tonight because Velvet has earned it and says that they are going to tear the roof off the Impact Zone.

Angelina Love and Winter come out. Angelina says she and Winter are competitors and that Mickie and Velvet just need to go get a hotel room. Angelina says that no matter who wins tonight it won’t be long before the title is back around her waist. Winter insults both Mickie and Velvet for a bit before they go to the back.

Backstage Sarita and Rosita are brawling with Tara and Miss Tessmacher. Madison Rayne brawls with Tara as well until referees have to break it up.

Miss Tessmacher and Tara defeat Rosita and Sarita to become the new Knockouts Tag Champions. Tara and Tessmacher jumped Rosita and Sarita when they came out. Sarita was wrestling this match wearing a mask due to her recent facial injury. Tara had Sarita in the Widow’s Peak and Madison ran out while the ref was distracted and Madison tackled Tara. Tara and Miss Tessmacher were able to hit stereo finishers (Stratusfaction by Tessmacher and fireman’s carry into side slam by Tara) for the three count.

In a Bound for Glory Series Match, Matt Morgan defeats AJ Styles, Gunner, and Samoa Joe to earn 10 points.

They show an Eric Young video package with him going into a gas station looking for an opponent to defend his TV title against. He finds D’Lo Brown. D’Lo tells Eric this is a road Eric doesn’t want to go down. Eric rolls up D’Lo and counts the 3 himself and runs from D’Lo. Young gets away and D’Lo says “he didn’t even recognize me.”

In an X Division title match, Brian Kendrick defeated Alex Shelley Shelley hit sliced bread on Kendrick on the apron. When Shelley put Kendrick back in the ring, Aries ran out and hit Shelley with the title and threw him back in the ring for the fall.

Mexican America comes out for a promo. Anarquia comes out and calls what Tara and Tessmacher did earlier garbage. He says they are pissed off and when they are pissed off they kick ass. They call out Beer Money who enter the building and come face to face with Mexican America. James Storm tells them to do everyone a favor and leave the ring, the company, and go cut grass. Storm threatens to kick Anarquia’s teeth down his throat. Since they have been competing in the Bound for Glory Series, they came out to reintroduce themselves to everyone.

Storm says they are the best, being four time tag team champions. Storm says they aren’t going to just beat them, they’re going to kick their asses for the people here, the people watching, and all the Mexcians that came before Mexican America that they are disgracing. At Hardcore Justice, Beer Money will beat them to retain the tag titles. Storm advises them to mark the day after the pay per view on their calendars because Mexican America is going to wake up with their Green Cards stuck straight up their asses. Roode tells then Sorry About your damn luck.

The Knockouts Title Match between Velvet Sky and Mickie James never got to happen. Angelina Love and Winter attacked Mickie as she entered. Velvet tried to make the save. ODB and Jackie came out and attacked Velvet as Angelina and Winter bailed. Traci Brooks then came out for the save. Referees and security had to separate Traci, Mickie, and Velvet from Jackie and ODB. Cops came out and put handcuffs on Jackie and ODB and took them out of the Impact Zone.

TNA World Champion Sting and Kurt Angle defeated Ken Anderson and Bully Ray when Angle pinned Anderson after an Angle Slam. Ray tried to stop Anderson from doing his usual intro because Ray wants to get in the ring and take care of business. Anderson did it anyway. At one point during the match Bischoff came out and said something on commentary.

After the match, Angle and Sting shook hands and Angle pulled Sting in close before leaving the ring.

source: PWInsider.com

Abyss To Defend Title At Destination X, Kazarian Speaks, More

— Abyss stated Wednesday during a chat session on TNAOnDemand.com that he would be defending the X Division Championship (which he renamed the Extreme Title) against Brian Kendrick next month at Destination X.

— Kazarian is featured in Impact Wrestling’s latest “Why Wrestling Matters” video. The former TNA X Division Champion discusses what drives his passion and dedication for professional wrestling.

“There are a number of people out there, old and young, male and female, that want an alternative, that want a pro wrestling company,” Kazarian says. “They want to be entertained by what happens inside of a wrestling ring. They don’t want to be talked to, they don’t want to be lied to, they want to watch people fight. That’s why Impact Wrestling is important today, more so than it ever has been.”

To see the video, click here.

— TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Mickie James will be appearing at a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation in Elizabethtown, North Carolina on Saturday, August 20. Visit MickieJames.com for more information.

TNA Knockout Joins Twitter, Match Advertised For Impact, More

— The official website of Miss Tessmacher, MissTessmacher.com, has confirmed that the TNA Knockout has launched an account on Twitter. Her account is located at twitter.com/BrookeAdamsTNA.

She noted that she’s in South Beach, Florida for the Miss Hooters International Pageant, which she will be competing in.

— The next match in the first-ever “Bound For Glory Series” will feature Bully Ray vs. Scott Steiner. The match will take place on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

Rob Van Dam and Matt Morgan currently lead the series with 7 points apiece.

— Brian Kendrick competed at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s pay-per-view event, Dominion, Saturday in Osaka, Japan. He teamed with Gedo and Jado in a tag team match against Jushin Thunder Liger, Yujiro Kushida and Tiger Mask IV. The TNA star scored the win for his team after hitting the Sliced Bread #2.

New Matches Announced For Sacrifice, Chyna & Harris Added

A singles match between AJ Styles and Tommy Dreamer was announced on tonight’s episode of TNA iMPACT! for this Sunday’s TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view event.

A match between Brian Kendrick and Robbie E was also announced for the event.

Chyna was revealed tonight on iMPACT! as Kurt Angle’s mystery partner for their Mixed Tag Match vs. Jeff and Karen Jarrett

Meanwhile, Chris Harris was revealed as Matt Hardy’s partner for their TNA World Tag Team Championship Match against Beer Money, Inc.

The announced card is as follows:

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Sting (c)

Mixed Tag Match
Kurt Angle and Chyna vs. Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett

TNA World Tag Team Championship Match
Matt Hardy and Chris Harris vs. Beer Money, Inc. (c)

TNA Women’s Knockout Championship
Mickie James (c) vs. Madison Rayne

TNA X Division Championship Match
Kazarian (c) vs. Max Buck

Challenge Match
AJ Styles vs. Tommy Dreamer

Hernandez and Anarquia vs. Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal

Abyss vs. Crimson

Brian Kendrick vs. Robbie E

Video Of Brian Kendrick On “The Price Is Right” Today & More

— TNA Wrestling has announced tour dates for April 29 in Biloxi, Mississippi at The Mississippi Coast Coliseum and on April 30 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at The Baton Rouge River Center Arena. Talent advertised to appear include: Mr. Anderson, Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett, Matt Hardy, Matt Morgan, and Beer Money, Inc. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 18 via www.TicketMaster.com or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

— Mickie James is advertised to appear for Northeast Wrestling in Newburgh, New York on Friday April 15. Visit www.NortheastWrestling.com for more information.

— Brian Kendrick appeared on this morning’s episode of The Price Is Right. He made it on stage and his prizes were theater chairs and a plasma television. He played the Secret X game, but did not win. He also failed to make to the Showcase. Check out this video of the appearance:

(Thanks to reader Kal Thevis for this news item)

Kendrick Says He Hates Wrestling At times, Comments On 9/11

TNA Wrestling has posted online the latest episode of its Spin Cycle web series, which features Rob Van Dam, Brian Kendrick, Mickie James and Douglas Williams as panelists, with Jeremy Borash hosting. The wrestler formerly known as “The Brian Kendrick” notably remarked his hidden secret, his hatred for finisher maneuvers, and his conspiracy theory for 9/11.

In response to the topic of the premiere finishing maneuver in the company, Kendrick replied, “I think the idea of having a move to finish someone off with is silly to begin with. You know what I mean?

“I’m going to wait to hit you with my speciality move, then you’ll be knocked out.”

On the topic of hidden secrets, Kendrick said that at times, he really hates being a professional wrestler.

“My hidden secret is sometimes I hate wrestling so much,” he revealed.

“I was lying in bed last night and I couldn’t move my knee. I just started crying. I had to wrestle a dark match because of all the stupid politics. And I just hate being a wrestler so much sometimes that I just want to slap myself in the face for being so stupid.”

He later issued his conspiracy theory for 9/11, calling it “an inside job.”

To view the episode, click here.

Two TNA Stars Ink New Deals, Updated Knockouts Roster, More

– TNA President Dixie Carter announced on her Twitter account that Christy Hemme and Brian Kendrick have signed new multi-year contracts with the organization. She wrote, “LOVE Christy in her new role & excited to see what Brian brings to X Div.”

– To clarify, the previously announced Leather & Lace Match between Angelina Love and Velvet Sky taking place on next week’s iMPACT! will not be for Love’s Knockouts Championship.

– For those unable to keep track of the Knockouts roster following numerous talent changes this year, here is how it currently stands.

Wrestlers (10): Angelina Love, Daffney, Hamada, Lacey Von Erich, Madison Rayne, ODB, Sarita, Tara, Taylor Wilde, Velvet Sky

Other on-air characters (5): Chelsea, Christy Hemme, Miss Tessmacher, SoCal Val & Orlando Jordan’s (unnamed) female companion.

Furthermore, the company has parted ways with five female performers so far this year in Alissa Flash, Awesome Kong, Kristal Lashley, Roxxi and Traci Brooks.

TNA Roster Update, Homicide Defeats Former ECW Champion

— The TNA website has added profiles on Angelina Love, Brian Kendrick, Bubba the Love Sponge and Mr. Anderson to its Superstars section. Awesome Kong’s profile remains on the page at this time.

— Two TNA stars in Homicide and Madison Rayne were on hand for Jersey All Pro Wrestling’s 12th Year Anniversary Show last night in Rahway, New Jersey. Homicide beat former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Masato Tanaka while JAPW Women’s Champion Sara Del Ray pinned Madison Rayne.

— Today is TNA creative director and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vince Russo’s birthday, who turns 49 years old.

Former WWE Star Expected To Join TNA, Ray Starting Rock Band

— Former WWE star Brian Kendrick is expected to start shortly with TNA Wrestling, reports the Wrestling Observer.

Kendrick was released from his WWE contract on July 30, 2009. He has appeared on a number of independent wrestling shows since that time.

— Taz revealed on his Twitter account last week that Brother Ray is starting his own rock band.

He wrote: “Breaking News! Spoke to Brother Ray…. he is starting a ROCK BAND! Cross between Pantera & AC/DC!! Worldwide…gonna be HUGE!”

— Click here to view footage of Jeff Jarrett’s appearance on The Danny Bonaduce Show this past Friday in Philadelphia.

Brian Kendrick Talks About Backstabbers & Cowards In WWE

In an interview with Canada’s SLAM! Sports, former WWE superstar THE Brian Kendrick Kendrick speaks out against the “backstabbers, power hungry people, suck ups, weak people” in World Wrestling Entertainment. Kendrick told SLAM! that his time on the RAW brand, his final run with the company, was miserable.

“I am a good wrestler, I did a good job. I also know that certain behavior was encouraged, some actions were frowned upon, and I didn’t care. TV sucked because you saw a circus, backstabbers, power hungry people, suck ups, weak people,” Kendrick said. “Also lots of really great, nice, funny people. But I felt like a tool sitting in the bleachers waiting in case they need my skills for something.”

Kendrick admits that his rebellious attitude and marijuana use were part of the reason he was underutilized and released from WWE. He thinks WWE Executive Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis acted “cowardly” by firing him over the phone.

“Is it the pot fines?’ I had a script for it, I had heated discussions with Dr. Black, I had to refuse a test to get him to call me at one point. He wouldn’t admit to that. I wanted honesty, maybe I got it, but I think more likely I am dealing with a coward. He did fire me over the phone after all.”

Kendrick also spoke about his tag team with Paul London, how fellow ROH castoff Bryan Danielson will fare in WWE and more. To read the full interview, visit Slam.canoe.ca.