— The #1 Contender’s Knockout Battle Royal featuring Angelina Love, Brooke Tessmacher, Madison Rayne, Mickie James, ODB, Rosita, Sarita, Tara, Velvet Sky and Winter prevented Thursday’s Impact Wrestling from garnering the show’s lowest rating of the year as the match outdrew the entire show by a sizable margin.

Thursday’s show garnered a 1.06 cable rating off hours of 1.02 and 1.10, flat with last week’s year-low 1.06. The #1 Contender’s Knockout Battle Royal, which kicked off the second hour, surged the rating from a 1.04 to a 1.23—an 18.3 percent increase. The subsequent quarter hour featuring Eric Bischoff’s celebratory promo plummeted to a 1.00.

Only the final quarter hour drew near the Knockouts, a 1.11 for a heavily publicized angle involving New York Giants player Brandon Jacobs and Sting confronting World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode.

— Motor City Machine Guns member Alex Shelley is now on Twitter at fakekinkade.

— Mexican America member Hernandez promotes independent promotion River City Wrestling on tonight’s KABB Fox San Antonio newscast in San Antonio, Texas. The program begins at 9:00 p.m. CST.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

Mr. Anderson, who has not appeared for TNA Wrestling since the November 15, 2011 Impact Wrestling taping, is scheduled to return to the ring at this week’s Impact Wrestling World Tour in Worcester, Plymouth and Lowell, Massachusetts. He will be teaming with Rob Van Dam (who was stretchered backstage two weeks ago at Genesis after taking a DDT onto the concrete floor) at all three shows in matches against Mexican America members Anarquia and Hernandez.

Mexican America members Rosita and Sarita are also advertised to team, which they rarely do at house shows. They will be facing Brooke Tessmacher and ODB at all three events.

Other matches scheduled include:

* “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy vs Christopher Daniels

* Jesse Sorensen vs Kid Kash vs Shannon Moore

* Garett Bischoff vs Television Champion Robbie E (with Rob Terry)

* Eric Young vs “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero

source: www.impactwrestlingtour.com

Don’t miss Thursday’s huge IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c – a special Thanksgiving holiday edition as the road to the December 11 “Final Resolution” Pay-Per-View event continues!
Here is a preview of Thursday’s broadcast:

– What will be the reaction to Kurt Angle revealing that he was the person that attacked “Cowboy” James Storm and cost him his shot at regaining the World Heavyweight Championship? Both Angle and Storm will appear on Thursday’s broadcast, and “The Cowboy” is hellbent on revenge! Based on what happened, TNA officials have already announced the following match:

– Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING will feature an Eight-Man Elimination Match with “Team Storm” (AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Rob Van Dam and Mr. Anderson) vs. “Team Angle” (Bobby Roode, Jeff Jarrett, Bully Ray and Christopher Daniels). No doubt, both Storm and Angle will be involved – will all hell break loose in the Impact Zone?

– In a rematch for the World Tag Team Championship, new titleholders Crimson and “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan will defend against former champions Mexican America (Hernandez & Anarquia)

– Plus, Knockouts VP Karen Jarrett has announced that there will be the 1st ever “Thanksgiving Thong Thunder” match in the Knockouts Division when Velvet Sky teams with Tara and Brooke Tessmacher to take on Winter, Angelina Love, and Madison Rayne. What does Karen Jarrett have planned for this contest? Tune in and find out!

– All this and much more on Thursday’s special Thanksgiving holiday edition of IMPACT WRESTLING on SpikeTV at 9/8 as the road to the December 11 “Final Resolution” Pay-Per-View event continues!

source: ImpactWrestling.com

TNA Wrestling presents Turning Point live tonight on pay-per-view and online at TNAOnDemand.com from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The complete match lineup is as follows:

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Bobby Roode (c) vs. “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles

Challenge Match
“The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy vs. “King Of The Mountain” Jeff Jarrett

X Division Championship Match
Austin Aries (c) vs .Jesse Sorensen vs Kid Kash

Television Championship Match
Eric Young (c) vs. Robbie E

Tag Team Match
Mr. Anderson and Abyss vs. Bully Ray and Scott Steiner

Undefeated Streak On The Line
Crimson vs. “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan

No Disqualification Match
Rob Van Dam vs. Christopher Daniels

Women’s Knockout Championship Match
Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim

Tag Team Championship Match
Anarquia, Hernandez and Sarita vs. Jesse Neal, Shannon Moore and Toxxin

— Three matches were announced for Turning Point following Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

* Jeff Hardy vs. Jeff Jarrett

* Velvet Sky defends the Women’s Knockout Championship against Gail Kim

* Anarquia, Hernandez and Sarita defend the World Tag Team Championship against Jesse Neal, Shannon Moore and Toxxin

The pay-per-view event takes place November 13 in Orlando, Florida.

— CM Punk, who competed for TNA Wrestling in 2003 and 2004, responded to a comment on Twitter asking if he misses his days working for the promotion.

He wrote, “Like I miss high school.”

Punk quit the promotion in March 2004 following a dispute over his ability to simultaneously appear for Ring of Honor.

— Impact Wrestling ring announcer Christy Hemme turns 31 years old Friday.

— On tonight’s Impact Wrestling broadcast, TNA founder Jeff Jarrett confronted Jeff Hardy backstage to warn him not to step foot in the state of Pennsylvania. In turn, Hardy stood up to the 11-time world champion and told him he would be in Philadelphia for Bound for Glory on Sunday.

— California based women’s wrestler Christina Von Eerie debuted on tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling to fend off Sarita and Rosita during an in-ring brawl that broke out between Mexican America and Ink Inc. Jesse Neal later grabbed a microphone and urged Mexican America to bring all the women they want for their match at Bound for Glory since Ink Inc. has back up.

TNA will air a free 30-minute live Bound for Glory pre-show on the Impact Wrestling Facebook page starting at 7:30 ET / 4:30 PT, which will feature Mexican America vs. Ink Inc.

Von Eerie, 22, has competed since 2006 for numerous promotions including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. She moved to Florida last year in hopes of joining TNA Wrestling. Neal is her fiancee.

— Hulk Hogan has renewed his contract with TNA Wrestling, the Pro Wrestling Torch has confirmed. Specifics of the agreement were not disclosed, though company officials wanted the deal finalized prior to his scheduled match at Bound for Glory.

— Mexican America stars Hernandez and Rosita are advertised to appear at this Sunday’s Hispanic Day Parade in New York City on the Time Warner Cable float.

— TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Winter has been added to The Big Event, which takes place November 11 and 12 at the Courtyard Marriott 9010 Ditmars Blvd. East Elmhurst, New York. Visit www.tmartpromotions.com for more information..

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

— TNA World Tag Team Champion Hernandez’s current contract will expire soon, reports ProWrestling.net.

TNA employees aren’t asking whether Hernandez will re-sign as much as they are questioning whether management will or should make him a contract offer. Company officials are no longer high on him as he has shown little improvement since returning from his Mexican excursion in February.

— Sarita issued the following statement on her Facebook page regarding accounts posing as her on social networking sites.

She wrote, “I have noticed that there are some new *FAKE* twitter and facebook accounts popping up, I just wanted to let all of my amazing fans know that this is the only social networking site that I use, don’t be fooled by imposters! Thanks again to all my incredible fans for your support!”

— Angelina Love has been added to Legends of the Ring XIII, which takes place Saturday, October 8 at the Crowne Plaza in Monroe, New Jersey. Visit www.legendsofthering.com for more information.

— Amidst interference from Karen Jarrett, Sarita and Rosita, Mexican America captured the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Beer Money, Inc. in the main event of last night’s episode of Impact Wrestling. This concludes their near-eight-month title run dating back to TNA Genesis when they captured the straps from the Motor City Machine Guns.

The term Mexican America was trending on Twitter last night following their capture of the TNA World Tag Team Championship.

— TNA Wrestling announced Thursday night on Impact Wrestling the signings of X Division wrestlers Mark Haskins, Zema Ion, Jesse Sorensen, Anthony Neese and Kid Kash. They were immediately thrust into an 8-Man Gauntlet Match along with Alex Shelley and Robbie E. The gauntlet resulted in Austin Aries securing the #1 Contender spot for the X Division.

Bios on all five athletes have been added to the company website.

— Angelina Love has changed her tune on Twitter as she launched an account today on the micro-blogging site. It is located at twitter.com/ActualALove.

The account has been confirmed by Jeremy Borash and Taz.

Sarita remains as the last Twitter holdout of the TNA Knockouts. She stated yesterday on Facebook that she does not have a Twitter account.

— Matt Hardy posted the following update today on Twitter: “It’s amazing how healthy your body gets when u actually have a chance to rest it, not take bumps everynight, & don’t travel on an ungodly schedule.. I’m getting.. BETTER :)”

It was reported last week that Hardy was suspended by TNA Wrestling due to continuously arriving late to live events and posting a video online of himself urging Jeff Hardy to stun a woman with a taser, “among other reasons.”

— An Xplosion Championship Challenge Match between Hernandez and Max Buck was taped last night in Orlando, Florida for an upcoming episode of TNA Xplosion.

— Matches announced for tonight’s Impact Wrestling broadcast include Hernandez of Mexican American vs. Devon, plus the Knockouts Tag Team Championship will be on the line as Rosita and Sarita defend the gold against Velvet Sky and Ms. Tessmacher. Other matches scheduled to take place include:

* TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr. Anderson vs. Gunner

* Rob Van Dam vs. Samoa Joe

* Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Kid Kash

— Independent wrestler Shima Xion was backstage at Tuesday’s Impact Wrestling tapings.

— Mick Foley has been announced for Legends of the Ring XIII, which takes place October 8 at the Crowne Plaza in Monroe, New Jersey.

source: PWInsider.com

— Jesse Neal missed the last set of television tapings as well as this week’s events due to a neck injury he suffered at Sacrifice when Hernandez hit him with the Dominator.

The Mexican America star already has a reputation of being dangerous when performing his big power moves. In February, Douglas Williams landed on his neck following an errant Border Toss.

— TNA Wrestling is now branding their live events as the “Impact Wrestling World Tour.”

— TNA Wrestling has announced a BaseBrawl event for Saturday, August 27 at Regions Park Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. Tickets go on sale this Saturday at Barons.com and charge by phone at 205-988-3200.

— Velvet Sky turns 30 years old today while AJ Styles turns 34.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— The X Division Ultimate Xscape Match will kick off tonight’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view. The match will feature Amazing Red, Brian Kendrick, Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal, Jeremy Buck, Max Buck, Robbie E and Suicide.

— Mexican America — Hernandez, Anarquia, Sarita and Rosita — promote tonight’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view in the following video.

— SoCal Val conducted an interview with “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero regarding his match with Samoa Joe tonight at TNA Lockdown.

— The April 7 TNA Wrestling live event in Erie, Pennsylvania drew 2,000 patrons while the April 10 show in Moundsville, West Virginia garnered 700.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— The rating is in for Thursday’episode of TNA iMPACT! on Spike – and it’s not great news for TNA heading into Sunday’s pay-per-view.

The 4/14 episode of TNA iMPACT! drew a 1.14 cable rating, down from last week’s 1.15. This week’s show averaged 1.5 million viewers, the same number as last week.

This is the 6th consecutive week that the iMPACT! rating has fallen. Prior to this week and last week, iMPACT!’s ratings for the previous weeks have been 1.18, 1.22, 1.27, 1.25 and 1.36 in previous weeks.

— Hernandez has retained the services of nationally-recognized attorney and talent agent Bruce Tharpe to renegotiate his contract with TNA Wrestling. In addition to being a well-known attorney, Tharpe also brings to the table extensive wrestling experience having worked for both the Florida office under Eddie Graham and the Houston wrestling office under Paul Boesch before becoming licensed as an attorney.

— Robert Roode and James Storm are advertised for an autograph signing on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 p.m at Jefferson Hall (located on 1 Levee Way #2118, Newport, Kentucky). Call 41071 859-491-6200 for more information.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

— Hernandez garnered heat within the TNA Wrestling locker room for carelessly dropping Douglas Williams while giving him the Border Toss during a match on TNA iMPACT! last month.

“He’s a careless guy in the ring,” a company source stated. “He relies on doing a couple of dangerous moves.”

— Bruce Prichard (a/k/a Brother Love) produced the segments with Jeff and Karen Jarrett outside the Impact! Zone planning their wedding vow renewal.

— SoCal Val recently filmed a role for a movie. To view a promotional photo of her character, which she describes as ‘1930s Glam’, click here.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

— Brooke Adams (a/k/a Miss Tessmacher) claimed earlier this week on her official website that she suffered a broken jaw on Christmas Day. However, the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the hospital closest to where she lives, nobody matching her description checked in that day or the day after.

Adams wrote on her Facebook account that she went underwent surgery Wednesday to have wires and metal plates placed in her jaw.

— Hernandez is expected to return to TNA Wrestling programming in the near future. The organization was paying him a weekly guarantee during his time away in Mexico for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— Regarding Lacey Von Erich’s departure from TNA Wrestling last week, she was not fired. The third generation wrestler asked for her release from the organization and was granted it.

— TNA Wrestling officials are interested in bringing Hernandez back to activity, but he has indicated that he’s not quite ready to return yet as he’s enjoying his main event status with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

Hernandez was sent to the Mexican wrestling promotion in the spring with the idea that it would get him over as an authentic Mexican babyface which they could use as their own.

— Last Thursday’s episode of TNA ReACTION drew a 0.7 cable rating, with 754,000 viewers.

— TNA Wrestling commentators have yet to acknowledge Winter (formerly known as Katie Lea Burchill in WWE). The basis of the supernatural character is that nobody can see her but Angelina Love.

— TNA Wrestling will tape the Nov. 18 edition of iMPACT! tonight in Orlando, Florida. The Thanksgiving Day episode will be taped tomorrow.

sources: PWInsider.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— Hernandez’ contract with TNA Wrestling expires this month. He has been appearing for the Mexican based AAA promotion since the spring.

Rhino’s contract expires shortly as well.

— Regarding attendance for TNA Wrestling’s recent live event tour of Michigan, crowds were 700 on Oct. 21 in Grand Rapids, 500 on Oct. 22 in Cadillac, 800 on Oct. 23 in Saginaw, and 700 on Oct. 24 in Port Huron.

— Brooke Adams, who performs as Miss Tessmacher, moonlights as a waitress at a Hooters restaurant just outside her hometown of Houston, Texas.

She recently participated in the Hooters Texas Swimsuit Pageant Finals to determine the seven Texas girls moving on to the 2010 International Hooters Swimsuit Pageant Girls competition, but failed to make the cut.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— Kurt Angle’s fiance, actress Giovanna Yannotti, announced on her Twitter account that she and Kurt are expecting a child. Yannotti is 24 years old, 17 years younger than Angle. They met on the set of one of Angle’s movies, “End Game.” You can see some of Yanotti’s modeling pictures here.

— Hernandez has not been on hand for TNA events in recent months because he is on loan to the Mexican based AAA promotion due to a talent exchange. Management has lost faith in pushing him as a singles star because his ring work has not progressed at the rate they feel it should. (source: Pro Wrestling Torch)

— TNA Wrestling has announced that Bound For Glory, scheduled for Sunday, October 10, will be available in high-definition via DIRECTV’s satellite system.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— Those within TNA suggest Desmond Wolfe is currently in the doghouse. The British wrestling star has developed a reputation for being difficult to work with, which has affected his push in the organization.

Company officials are also down on Matt Morgan, who has been discussed as being part of Ric Flair’s Fortune group. Hernandez’ two botched Border toss attempts during their Steel Cage bout at Victory Road were blamed on “The Blueprint” since Hernandez is a favorite among management.

— Company officials are said to be very high on The Motor City Machine Guns and Beer Money, Inc. following their stellar tag team bout at Victory Road.

— Former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino, who declined appearing at ECW reunion shows in the past, says he has not been contacted to appear at Hardcore Justice.

– Word is that a TNA office worker was the one who actually did the guitar work on iMPACT this past week when Eric Bischoff opened the show with a guitar solo in the ring. The story goes that trick camera work was used to make it look like Bischoff was actually playing.

– TNA has posted an update to the storyline injury to Hernandez on iMPACT last week at the hands of his tag team partner Matt Morgan. TNA is saying that Hernandez was released from the hospital on Thursday and has suffered a herniated disc and cervical damage to his neck.  Hernandez will be out of action indefinitely and the status of the TNA Tag Team Titles is unknown. TNA says that Matt Morgan is claiming ownership of both belts.

This is all a storyline as Hernandez is not injured. It’s possible he’s being wrote out of the storylines to be sent down to the AAA promotion in Mexico. The plan has been for Hernandez to spend some time in Mexico in hopes of returning to the US as a bigger Mexican star. While it wouldn’t make sense to write him out with a serious injury and then have him pop up in Mexico, but stranger things have happened.

Source: Pro Wrestling Torch

– There was some eye rolling in the TNA locker room when Hulk Hogan and The Nasty Boys had a laugh at the expense of X Division star Jay Lethal. Jerry Sags openly questioned how long TNA will keep him employed and laughed at the audacity of his “Black Machismo” character. Apparently in a tongue in cheek tone, Hogan later cracked during an appearance on The Bubba The Love Sponge Show that TNA should bring in Randy Savage to manage Lethal.

– TNA officials have spoken to the Mexican-based AAA promotion about sending Hernandez for an extended stay. While this idea has come up in the past, there are some who feel he could become a legitimate star in Mexico. On the other hand, others fear Mexican wrestling fans could turn on him once they discover that he doesn’t speak Spanish particularly well. For those curious, Hernandez is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent.