In 2009, Dixie Carter suspended Jeff Jarrett from TNA Wrestling after it was revealed he was romantically involved with Karen Angle, Kurt Angle’s ex-wife. Jarrett and Karen would end up marrying in 2010. Eric Bischoff recently spent some time on his “83 Weeks” podcast talking about how this played out backstage in the company at the time.

“It was certainly unique, especially since Kurt was still in the company,” Bischoff said on the show. He would continue to say, however, that everyone seemed to get along just fine backstage.

“When everybody was backstage, when Karen was there, when Jeff was there, when Kurt was there, when the kids were there, they got along like an extended family. Since there was no real issue within their family that I could see – not that I would judge it one way or the other anyway – but again when they were all together – because Karen would often come backstage and bring the kids and she’d be with Jeff and Kurt was there and Kurt’s soon to be wife, I mean, everybody got along.”

“I can’t imagine being in that situation. It would be awkward anyway, regardless of whether Kurt Angle was the baddest man on the planet or whether he was an accountant.”

“I have a lot of respect for Jeff and for Karen and for Kurt. I think they’ve done a wonderful job under the circumstances keeping their families together as individual families and together as a broader 2-family scenario.”

Bischoff’s full comments on the matter can be heard in the player below:

– Matt Morgan will continue appearing for TNA Wrestling despite reports that he has met his contractual obligations with the organization. He has been announced for TNA’s upcoming Impact Wrestling live event tour of Texas—June 14 in Belton and and June 16 in Houston. He is advertised to face Crimson on both shows.

Other matches scheduled for the tour include Rob Terry vs. Doug Williams, Gunner vs. Garrett, Kid Kash vs. Chris Sabin, Kurt Angle and AJ Styles vs. Daniels and Kaz for the World Tag Team Championship and Bobby Roode vs. Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship.

– Karen Jarrett, wife of Jeff Jarrett, posted cryptic messages on her Twitter account Monday.

“Trust no one… Things are about to get VERY INTERESTING/ENTERTAINING to some of you!!!! #dropthegloves.”

– Robbie E lost to Kevin Nash following two Jackknife Powerbombs in the opening match of Friday’s Northeast Wrestling show in Newburgh, New York.

(source: PWInsider.com)

— Ric Flair resurfaced last week on iMPACT!, his first TNA appearance since the organization’s tour overseas. A source said that backstage, Flair acted as if nothing occurred overseas.

— The debut of TNA iMPACT! on Challenge TV in the U.K. on February 8 drew 134,000 viewers. It is the most watched episode of iMPACT! in the country. By comparison, the final airing of iMPACT! on Bravo drew 37,000 viewers (airing Christmas Day).

— TNA Wrestling has posted a video of Karen Jarrett (now nicknamed “The Princess”) indicating that she needs help coordinating her wedding.

— TNA Wrestling’s decision to turn Jeff Hardy heel was made approximately seven weeks ago. The creative department felt that it was adamant that the group Abyss had been referring to as “they” for the past several months include the TNA World Heavyweight Champion and it was determined that Hardy and Rob Van Dam were the prime options.

— Mr. Anderson has been pulled from wrestling at this weekend’s TNA Wrestling house show loop across the Midwest due to an injury suffered at last night’s iMPACT! television taping. He will still be appearing as advertised.

While the specific injury is not confirmed, the former Mr. Kennedy reportedly suffered a gash during his match.

— Today is former TNA talent Karen Angle’s birthday as she turns 38 years old. Regarding this, she wrote on Twitter: “Thank you for the birthday wishes everyone! 38th years old today…I am the happiest I’ve ever been thank you to my amazing husband and kids for making everyday special!!!!”

She was also in attendance at Sunday’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view.

sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com

— TNA iMPACT! is being preempted tonight as Spike TV is airing episodes of Gangland during the program’s regular time slot. While Spike nor TNA Wrestling has acknowledged the reason for the preemption, it is said that network officials made the decision to not air iMPACT! this week because they felt it would be hammered in the ratings by the NFL season opener between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints.

TNA Wrestling will instead present the Bound For Glory Kickoff Show on the company’s official website, TNAWrestling.com. Hosted by Jeremy Borash, the webcast will feature a Q & A session with TNA President Dixie Carter where she will answer questions form the fans.

— As noted earlier, Jeff Jarrett recently tied the knot with Kurt Angle’s ex-wife, Karen Smedley. The couple were married on August 21 at a small ceremony that few people within TNA Wrestling knew about. People within the organization discovered their marriage after Karen, more than a week later, posted photos from the wedding on her Facebook account. The two have been living together and raising their combined five children (three from Jeff’s first marriage to the late Jill Jarrett; two from Karen’s marriage to Kurt Angle).

— While Team 3D’s respective contracts with TNA Wrestling have expired, Brother Ray is still working for the promotion both as a producer and in creative.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter announced the signing of a new talent on her Twitter account on Monday, noting the individual as someone people ‘have been asking about’. Many names have been speculated, however, one person that can be ruled out is former WWE Diva Mickie James.

James’ manager Mary Michael released the following statement to Diva-Dirt.com dismissing rumors that her client has signed with TNA Wrestling: “To lay the rumors to rest, as of yet I can confirm that Mickie James has not signed a deal with TNA.”

— Jeff Jarrett and Kurt Angle’s ex-wife Karen have indeed gotten married. According to an individual with access to the former TNA Knockout’s private Facebook page, the couple tied the knot last month.

— For those unaware, the recently formed alliance of Magnus and Desmond Wolfe is called London Brawling, not London Calling.

Karen Angle, ex-wife of TNA star Kurt Angle, has announced on her Facebook page that she and Jeff Jarrett are engaged to be married. No details yet about whether the couple has set a date.

Karen Angle made her debut with TNA back in 2007 and was with the company for about a year. Kurt and Karen were divorced in mid-2008. In July 2009, an anonymous TNA employee called into the Bubba The Love Sponge radio show to reveal that Karen and Jeff Jarrett were living together at Jarrett’s home in Nashville, TN. TNA President Dixie Carter subsequently sent Jarrett home for several months following that incident.

While this may seem like another crazy twist in the Kurt-Karen-Jeff love triangle, Kurt Angle is said to be on good terms with Karen and Jeff.

— Internally, there has been discussion of launching a “Four-Horsemen-like” faction, reports the Pro Wrestling Torch. There’s much buzz about it among the wrestlers in the locker room as a number of them are said to be interested in joining the act.

Keep in mind that TNA cannot use the Horsemen name as it became property of World Wrestling Entertainment when World Championship Wrestling was sold.

— Former TNA performer Karen Angle was backstage at last night’s Destination X pay-per-view with her children. She later sat second row ringside for a portion of the show. She is reportedly involved in a relationship with Jeff Jarrett.

— It was Sting’s birthday on Saturday as he turned 51 years old.

— TNA has posted a “viral” video teasing something big will be happening during the first 5 minutes of TNA’s live iMPACT! this Monday night on Spike. The video shows Jeremy Borash in the restroom receiving a phone call from Dixie Carter about the “news.” The news then circulates around the entire company office before, well, we won’t spoil it .. Check it out:

— Today (3/6) is TNA wrestler Mr. Anderson’s birthday, who turns 34 years old.

— You can follow former TNA Knockout Karen Angle on Twitter. Jeremy Borash is following her, which should confirm the legitimacy of the account.

— Most everyone within TNA said it was surprising to see Karen Angle backstage at TNA’s most recent set of television tapings.

“It was very uncomfortable,” said one source. “It was very awkward.”

Karen was there with boyfriend Jeff Jarrett for the first time in Orlando since their relationship was outed on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show last summer.

Karen and ex-husband Kurt Angle are said to be on good terms nowadays with Kurt not displaying any signs of being bothered by her presence. In fact, one backstage source recalled Kurt being nonchalant over their relationship until he and Karen had an argument over their children, which led in part to Jarrett being removed from the company’s day to day operations. The source recalls one wrestler in particular attempting to cause problems and fire up Kurt to confront Jeff last year, but he didn’t react.

— TNA officials recently scrapped plans to make this month’s Destination X pay-per-view an all X Division show. While the X Division will be prominently featured at Destination X, it will no longer be the focus of the show.

“It would have looked like an indy show,” said one company source who doesn’t have faith in the X Division wrestlers being over enough to sell the show themselves.

— When informed of the news of Roxxi departing from TNA earlier today, one wrestler expressed frustration over the company seemingly unloading one of the better workers from the women’s division.

source: www.pwtorch.com

– After Scott Steiner’s superstar profile was recently removed from the talent roster page of TNA’s official website, we were able to confirm that Big Poppa Pump is no longer with the company. It’s said that Scott Steiner wasn’t offered a new contract by TNA because the company felt bringing in Ric Flair was worth more to them and with the bad blood from the past between Flair and Steiner, it just wouldn’t work out.

– As previously reported, Karen Angle was backstage at this week’s  TNA iMPACT tapings in Orlando. For those keeping score, Kurt Angle’s ex-wife is still dating Jeff Jarrett. While some would think this would be a major issue between Kurt and Jeff, the two TNA stars are actually said to be on pretty good terms right now. Apparently Jarrett has even gone to bat for Kurt regarding custody of Kurt and Karen’s children, trying to help Kurt get more time for visitation with his children. Kurt has told friends he’s considering moving to Nashville to be closer to work and his kids. There was talk a few months ago of doing a Jarrett vs. Angle feud based on the real life love triangle involving Karen, but that storyline never came to pass and there are currently no plans to put Karen Angle back on television.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

– The latest word on Jeff Hardy is that he has a contract waiting for him once he clears up his legal issues, indicating that he had not signed when it was reported last month. Hardy is scheduled to go to trial in North Carolina on March 17th.

– Bubba the Love Sponge is still with TNA and was backstage working at last night’s iMPACT tapings.

– Dave Taylor has received high marks in his first week as an agent with TNA.

– Karen Angle was backstage at the TNA iMPACT tapings this week. Currently there are no plans for her to return with an on-air role.

Partial source: PWInsider.com

– Karen Angle, the ex-wife of Kurt Angle, was with Jeff Jarrett at several recent TNA live events. There is talk again of having her return to TNA programming with an on-screen role.

– TNA star Daniels took a shot at the company on Twitter with the following comment:

“Good news and bad news for TNA fans-> Bad: the six sided ring isn’t coming back! Good: next month we’ll implement two three sided rings!”

– TNA is taking their six-sided ring to the UK with them for the upcoming tour. No TV will be filmed while they’re there. For what it’s worth, some in TNA are under the impression that we haven’t seen the last of the six-sided ring.

– Several fans have wrote in confused about the three nights of TNA iMPACT tapings that took place this week. Instead of taping three sperate shows on three consecutive nights, TNA taped matches and segments for the three episodes out of order , so things should look better when everything is edited .

(Credit to F4Wonline.com for some of the information used in this report)