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Scott Fishman and Nathan Starling spoke with Kevin Nash Wednesday night on Ringside Radio in one of his first interviews since his contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling expired. Here are some highlights of what Nash said about:

Why He Left TNA & What’s Next For Him: “I was never given a contract to sign. We never had the discussion… I think that they were involved in a couple of other things. I mean TNA is a small company and I think some other things came up and I just slipped between the cracks. Even before that I signed my contract 21 days after my deal was up. I guess maybe they thought I would just wait patiently. ….Somebody has owned me since I was 30 years old. I just wanted to see what it was like to wake up in the morning and not have to answer to somebody. It is pretty sweet.”

Whether Shawn Michaels retiring has any influence on a decision: “When it comes down to it if I worked a minimal schedule I would work five days a month with TNA and those five days are basically 70 miles from my house so it’s not like I’m on the road. If something happens at home I could be home in an hour. It’s a completely different scenario and a completely different situation. It wasn’t like I was going to Australia or anything like that. It’s good to be home right now.”

If He Considers Himself Retired: “Am I retired? Name one wrestler that is retired…..So I don’t think any of us ever retire. I just think you just take time off. I’ve seen Hulk do it for years. Take time off and low and behold a four or five guys get hurt some place and your value goes up 20 percent.”

His Final Night in TNA: : “Storyline wise it was great. I mean Sting and I were leaving. Emotional wise it was pretty easy to play the part that night. I got buddies there. One thing in this business is you never say goodbye. Somewhere down the line you see each other again. Life goes on.”

The Immortal Faction: “I was there the night they put it together. If they go with heat and real heat and let these guys run the company for quite some time. The thing about the NWO is we probably got heat on the company for six months. Now the biggest problem in the business right now is Fortune got heat off the old ECW guys. They got a good set of heat on those guys on TV when they beat them up and split everybody open. The next week those guys came back and made a comeback on them. So any heat they got the week before was nullified. Joe Hamilton told me a long time ago when I was breaking in was, ‘The thing about heat is it’s like a hot air balloon. The longer you let that flame go underneath that hot air balloon the higher it rises.

“Every time a babyface touches that hot air balloon, as far as touching the heat or touching the heel, you draw back down. If you go week in and week out of going back and forth, the balloon never leaves the ground. The thing about heat is you know it works when the babyfaces in the company walk into the booking room and start complaining.

“When the guys that aren’t the marks start complaining you know that the marks are already sick of it. That leads the buyrates and that leads to people start pulling for the babyfaces to pull it together. If you appease the people and the babyfaces, you will never get heat. Heats is always drawing money.”

That was the first 10 minutes of the half hour must-listen interview.

Other topics discussed include:

If he would go back to working behind the scenes as booker?

His thoughts on the WWE’s “Stand Up for WWE” campaign.

What’s wrong with the business today?

Thoughts on new talent getting too much too soon.

One opponent he would want to face again in a wrestling ring. Hint: He is a legend he met at WrestleMania.

His son Tristan’s music career and much more.

Also, on this week’s blockbuster show is WrestleReunion’s Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff and Dragon Gate USA’s Gabe Sapolsky. Ringside Radio airs 8 p.m. Wednesday nights on Blog Talk Radio. Visit www.ringsideradio.com or www.blogtalkradio.com/ringsideradio to listen.

Next week Savio Vega steps into Ringside Radio and a lucky listener will win a copy of Mick Foley’s “Countdown to Lockdown: A Hardcore Journal.”

— Fans may not have seen the last of Kevin Nash in TNA Wrestling as both sides are negotiating a new contract. His old deal expired last week.

Related News:

• Kevin Nash Confirms He’s Leaving TNA, Puts Over Hogan
• Kevin Nash Says He’s Retiring – HBK Comments
• Kevn Nash Goes Crazy On Twitter – Says He’s Leaving TNA

— Regarding TNA Wrestling’s recent acquisition of former WWE Diva Katie Lea Burchill, it is said that the company’s decision to sign her was largely made following her tryout match two months ago and that it was a matter of timing.

One of the ring names being discussed for her is “Winter.”

— Mickie James is profiled in the latest edition of CMA Closeup Magazine, which is currently out on newsstands and features country music recording artists Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood on the cover. To read the magazine’s write-up of the TNA Knockout, click here.

(sources: PWInsider.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Kevin Nash said goodbye to the TNA Wrestling locker room at last week’s set of iMPACT! television tapings. While he’s still listed on the company website, the belief is that he is legitimately leaving the organization because he noted to friends that he was asked to take a pay cut and declined to sign a new contract.

— There was much head shaking over TNA Wrestling re-signing Team 3D to new contracts. While Brother Devon is quite popular in the locker room and Brother Ray is considered good in a backstage role, many feel there is no money to be made in bringing the two back as a tag team, let alone as singles competitors.

“They shouldn’t have been re-signed,” said one company source. “No one (in management) gets its.”

To clarify, a number of people in management didn’t want them re-signed, but TNA president Dixie Carter felt otherwise as it is said that she “really wanted to bring the duo back.”

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

TNA star Kevin Nash posted the following on Twitter, putting over Hulk Hogan for appearing at Bond For Glory just days after another back surgery and sheds some light on his departure from TNA:

“Hogan is a beast, to see the cuts on his backa nd to see his pain tonight tells me that I was right when I saw the Hulkster as a mark and wanted to get in this crazy biz. Mad respect, Terry.

“If you were a fan of mine, please stay true to TNA. My deal went south on money, not respect for the guys I worked with or the production crew that busts their ass every week. I’m not out of wrestling, just don’t want to be owned.

“To the boys that I love, I will do everything I can to make you money outside of TNA. Please, guys, remember we’re 1099, the world is ours. Goodnight. I have my last Impact tomorrow. I can’t express how much you all mean to me. I love you all and thank you.”

TNA star Kevin Nash says he will be done with TNA after tonight’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view. Nash, Nash wrote the following on Twitter:

“4 days left and I’m done ,hope you that enjouyed me and are left happy .I always did my best with a beaten body. thanks and goodbye. Time to be a husban and dad this part of my life is over.If I’m woprth nothing than I need to stay at home. Thanks TNA 4 letting me go.”

When asked by fans if he’d consider a final run in WWE after he became a free agent, Nash wrote “no WWE.”

Kevin Nash went on a rant on Twitter a few weeks ago, claiming he was being seriously mistreated by people in TNA and would be leaving the company. He followed up a few days later that things had been smoothed over, but it’s been clear for some time that Nash has not been happy in the company.

Read More: Kevin Nash Goes Crazy On Twitter & Says He’s Leaving TNA

Nash’s longtime friend Shawn Michaels weighed in Nash’ retirement on Twitter. HBK wrote:
“Looks like my buddy is gonna b joinin me. I think he will find it 2 b great. Enjoy big Kev. U deserve it.”

— TNA Wrestling officials are hopeful that the disclosure of “They” at Bound for Glory will hook a number of fans to purchase the pay-per-view event. The widespread assumption amongst the TNA locker room is that “They” will be revealed as a combination of Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and possibly Jeff Jarrett.

Though D’Angelo Dinero cut what was described as a ‘heelish promo’ on Thursday’s iMPACT!, many believe he, Sting and Kevin Nash will turn babyface once “They” is revealed. (source: Pro Wrestling Torch)

— Jeff Hardy’s fiancée, Beth Britt, who is pregnant with the TNA Superstar’s first child, released a message on Twitter yesterday asking that people respect their privacy.

“Been hearing some rumblings about this so I’ll only address it this once. Do not assume that anyone on the Internet that is talking about or answering questions regarding me & my pregnancy has any “inside information”. I can GUARANTEE that the few people who do know any actual facts ARE NOT talking about it to people they don’t know, namely on the Internet & in some silly Q&A forum. There’s a reason that I haven’t answered any questions about the pregnancy. The reason is that this is probably the one thing that we’ll be able to hold sacred & keep somewhat a secret from the public, just so that we can enjoy something so special, even if only for a short time. “Privacy” is something that doesn’t really exist in Jeff’s profession, much less his personal life. I’m just trying to hold on to what I can in MY personal life, & this is it. Respect OUR privacy on this. The people that know anything about us & this pregnancy are doing just that. People that are claiming to know, or are speculating, have NO idea.”

– Kurt Angle announced on Twitter this evening that he has signed a new 1-year contract with TNA Wrestling Angle wrote:

“I am there for a while! Unless I lose at BFG. Then I will retire.”

– After going nuts on Twitter earlier this month and sounding like he was ready to leave TNA, Kevin Nash seems to have smoothed things over with the company. Nash was asked on Twitter when he was going to call Triple H and beg for a job with WWE. Nash responded:

just had a great conversation with Terry Taylor .I would not or ever will beg for food to feed my family to many guns to beg”

Read More: Kevin Nash Goes Crazy On Twitter & Says He’s Leaving TNA

– Former WWE & TNA star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman’s drug charges stemming from his airport arrest for marijuana earlier this month have been reduced. Waltman wrote on Twitter today:

“My charges were reduced to ‘wandering around looking for drugs’. $200 fine. Thanks to the prosecutor & judge in Newark, NJ.”

– A woman named Maggie who serves as Scott Hall’s webmaster and online spokesperson wrote the following on Twitter yesterday updating Hall’s status:

“Talked to Scott.. he says he’s doing much better.. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes..(Maggie)”

Sean Waltman noted on Twitter that Hall is back in Texas.

Kevin Nash went on a rampage on Twitter last night, venting about his unhappiness in TNA and saying he’s leaving the company soon when his contract comes up.

Nash wrote on Twitter.com/RealKevinNash:

you can say what you want about me I don’t give a F*CK ,but to ever question my integrity we no longer have a business relationship.

and to the person that said every September I go to work for my self ,f*ck you you didn’t even see it.mid card bullshit neverbeens f*ck you

You want to go to war with the best, hope you f*ckers don’t live in glass houses. sorry to the33’276 that have no idea what I’m ranting 4

Jason Heary made me tweet that guess you have to stayed tune after impact 4 the answers

[My contract] is up Oct. 12 midnight then no one can f*ck with me .

I’m a f*cking man not some green horn boy .you don’t like what I do fine .Pay me the dates you owe me .let my [accountants] look at the books

RVD said Jeff hardy and him are rock stars ,in my prime I was selling out 30’000 plus seat domes they can’t draw 1000 on the road .WTF

I will work out my TNA contract anbd see what life brings me ,to my fans I love you and words can never explain what you mean to me.

going to take some time off twitter , will still read tweets just need to decompress away from the wrestling world. much love …..Kev

When asked by a fan if he plans on staying in TNA, Nash responded, “No, moving on.”

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— Jeff Hardy announced Saturday via YouTube that he and his longtime girlfriend Beth are expecting their first child. He did not provide the due date or the sex of the baby.

To view Hardy’s video announcement, click here.

— Eric Bischoff said Saturday on Twitter that Hulk Hogan is considering joining the social networking website.

“Just spoke to Hulk,” Bischoff said. “He’s thinking about launching a Twiiter site! (Never thought that would come off my keyboard). What do you think?”

— The Daytona Beach News-Journal columnist Jeff Wilen conducted the following interview with Kevin Nash. The TNA Superstar discusses HardCORE Justice, rumors of Paul Heyman joining the organization, iMPACT! changing timeslots, and more.

— Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Sting and Mick Foley are backstage at iMPACT! and advertised to appear during tonight’s show. All four superstars were left off last night’s Destination X pay-per-view. It’s worth noting that in the company website’s preview for tonight’s show, they weren’t initially advertised to appear. However, their names have since been listed.

— Last night’s pay-per-view saw a reunion of the Wolfpack as Kevin Nash turned on Eric Young to help Scott Hall and Syxx-Pac pick up the victory, thus giving them contracts with the company. Both Hall and Nash commented on their reunion.

Nash wrote on Twitter: “Wolfpac is back! very proud of Scott. last night will be etched in my memory forever. dont forget to watch impact 9-11 on spike. I’ll be watching 2nite. worth watching just 2 see how good Scott looked at ppv if u missed it.”

Hall wrote on Facebook: “And THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER….did you really expect anything else? Don’t blink…who knows what will happen next…”

Apparently, WWE doesn’t own the term Wolfpac when they purchased WCW intellectual property, thus meaning TNA is free to use it.

— The TV Guide preview for tonight’s iMPACT! is as follows: “Fallout from the Destination X pay-per-view event, including AJ Styles’ title defense.”

source: www.f4wonline.com

— Dixie Carter announced on her Twitter account that there will not be a replay of tonight's episode of iMPACT! on Spike. She wrote: “Ok, Im serious this time,” Carter wrote. “There will be no replay of Impact this (week). No really. Don’t laugh. Tonight on Spike is only time to catch it.”

Rambo is currently scheduled to air during TNA’s former time slot.

— As seen last night at Destination X, Scott Hall and Syxx-Pac faced Kevin Nash and Eric Young in a tag team match with their future in TNA on the line. Ultimately, Nash turned on Young and helped “The Band” pick up the victory, which gave them contracts with the company. Both Hall and Waltman have since been added to TNA’s roster page.

— Jesse Godderz of Big Brother attended last night’s Destination X pay-per-view.

Scott Hall has posted a backstage video of himself, Sean Waltman and Kevin Nash hanging out in the Wolfpack locker room. The video was sent out from Scott Hall TV with the following:

“The Wolfpac is back together and Scott Hall TV is proud to bring you exclusive footage of Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman trading stories in the Wolfpac locker room. This secret TNA backstage footage could not be released until after Destination X for obvious reasons.”

sources: www.f4wonline.com, www.pwtorch.com

— Last night’s episode of TNA iMPACT! drew a 1.26 cable rating, the same number as last week. The show drew 1.9 million viewers overall. The opening quarter hour with Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle, AJ Styles & Ric Flair and final two quarter hours tied for the highest rated segment of the night with a 1.32.

— Besides Awesome Kong, both Alex Shelley and Bobby Lashley are not going on TNA’s tour of the UK. Shelley will not be going on the tour due to ongoing disc injuries. Likewise, Lashley isn’t going because he’s fighting for the mixed martials arts promotion Strikeforce next weekend.

— Kevin Nash is said to be unhappy with “The Band” nickname TNA bestowed upon him, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman. They used the old Blue Brothers movie joke about putting “the band back together” several years ago in World Championship Wrestling, but Nash now feels it’s ridiculously dated.

— Jeremy Borash said yesterday morning during an appearance on the Pain Clinic radio show that TNA shot an episode of Spin Cycle two weeks ago with Lacey Von Erich and Kevin Nash but it ended up being much too raunchy to air. Borash said they taped it again and he had Lacey clean up her ‘potty mouth’.

— TNA Superstar Ric Flair is working on a second book. His first book, Ric Flair: To Be the Man, was released in 2004. (source: SLAM! Wrestling)

— In case you missed the post-Impact press conference, you can watch it at the following link.

Following the ratings success of Monday’s 3-hour live TNA iMPACT!, TNA Wrestling may have gotten what it needs to secure a weekly Monday night timeslot.

Read More: TNA & Spike TV’s Reaction To Monday’s Ratings

TNA star Kevin Nash commented on his Twitter page about the possibility of iMPACT! permanently moving to Monday nights. Nash wrote:

“I think going head 2 head every monday is in the works.Spike was happy with the ratings.special 4 me to be back with the band, great night!!!”

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There are no official matches for the Royal Rumble at the moment, but the following matches are being discussed:

The 30-Man Royal Rumble Match

WWE Title Match: Sheamus vs. John Cena

World Title Match: Undertaker vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Batista

* Christian vs. Winner of Battle Royal on 1/12 ECW show (CM Punk is the favorite)

* Possibly the finals of the Divas Title tournament*

– There is said to be some frustration among those on team Hogan over TNA’s lack of marketing.

– There was a half-hour meeting with TNA talents at the recent iMPACT tapings where everyone was told to go back to working holds and telling stories in the ring with their matches.

– The Wrestling Observer reports that Kevin Nash has been talking to former WCW personality Mark Madden, trying to convince him to come to TNA as an announcer. Apparently Nash doesn’t like Taz as an announcer and was complaining loudly when Taz replaced Don West.

Nash responded on his Twitter with the following: “just found out i wanted Taz out and madden in. let me see dave meltzer. nash’s christmas wish list…..more money for me, more money for me”

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– Eric Bischoff has been in Nashville this past week working with TNA officials. There was a Christmas party for the company this past Friday night but no word yet if he attended. Bischoff is said to be very behind the scenes in preparation for January 4th and is working on those “surprises” TNA is hyping.

-Kevin Nash recently posted a message on Twitter hinting at an nWo reunion on TNA’s Monday Night iMPACT! special. Nash wrote, “might see PAC Hogan Hall and Nash on tna together real soon.”

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– Several readers sent word that the Hulkamania Australia program that was set to air on One HD this past weekend did not air. TNA’s Explosion show aired instead. No word yet on why Hulkamania didn’t air.

– Rick and Scott Steiner reunited at last night’s Prime Time Wrestling show in Belleville, Michigan. The Steiners defeated Beer Money in the main event after Rick hit his top rope bulldog.

— As seen last week on iMPACT!, TNA President Dixie Carter essentially said during her speech at the top of the hour that anyone who wasn’t on board with her recent changes to the organization should find work elsewhere. As it turns out, five wrestlers had asked for their releases from the company in recent weeks, including Frankie Kazarian (a.k.a. Suicide) and Homicide — we don’t have the names of the three other wrestlers. All five were turned down. (VIDEO: Dixie Carter’s Speech)

— TNA has dropped Kevin Nash’s search for his first-ever female valet, the Big Sexy World Tour. The winner would have received an all-expenses-paid trip to next month’s Final Resolution pay-per-view in Orlando and accompanied Nash to the ring for his match that night.

— As reported earlier, reigning TNA Women’s Knockout Champion ODB recently inked a multi-year deal with the organization. Her contract renewal with the organization actually came as a surprise to friends as she had been discussing jumping to World Wrestling Entertainment when her previous contract expired in mid-November. She had been telling people the past two months that she didn’t think management even realized her contract was coming due because no one had mentioned it to her.

(Credit to F4WOnline.com and PWTorch.com for some of the information used in this report)

There have been a number of backstage altercations in TNA Wrestling over the past week or two. Here’s the latest:

— There was a massive edit for last week’s TNA iMPACT! as Lacey Von Erich fell flat on her face when she ran to the ring to do a run-in during the Knockouts elimination match. The issues with Von Erich don’t end there as she suffered a minor hamstring injury while training at the Impact Zone and made it known all night that she was in pain. She then reportedly told a male trainer to go and get her an ice pack and the guy ended up walking in to see a half-dressed Awesome Kong who was obviously not happy. We’re told Kong grabbed Von Erich and took her to the trainers room where she proceeded to cut a promo on her in front of Kurt Angle. When Von Erich went to TNA management to complain, they ended up siding with Kong.

— According to the PWTorch Newsletter, AJ Styles went off on Vince Russo and was frustrated over “what he argued was dismal booking of him early in his run as champion.” Styles feels he’s been made to look like a weak champion by Russo. Samoa Joe also had some beef with TNA management, but it was not wrestling-related, Samoa Joe complained that TNA blew-off of a commitment to use his friend’s catering business at the Bound For Glory PPV in California. Joe complaining about catering .. insert joke here.

— Chris Sabin suffered a concussion at the TNA Impact TV tapings on Wednesday night in Orlando, FL. Sabin’s concussion took place during a tag team match between The Motor City Machineguns and Team 3D when Sabin landed awkwardly. Sabin reportedly told people backstage that he was out cold during the match, but somehow regained his composure and finished the finish. We’re told Kevin Nash blew up backstage about the incident and was overhead yelling at Team 3D for not killing the original finish as he felt Sabin’s health should have been the first priority. Nash felt that as veterans, Team 3D should have made that call on the fly and that someone in production could have given a cue to the referee to end the match. While it probably won’t air, Nash did walk out in front of the Impact Zone and cut a promo about how upset he was that the match continued as Sabin was laying on the ring apron. Sabin was said to be feeling much better after the taping had finished. Nash is being praised by other wrestlers with the company for looking out for the safety of his coworkers.

— There was a massive edit for last week’s TNA iMPACT! as Lacey Von Erich fell flat on her face when she ran to the ring to do a run-in during the Knockouts elimination match. The issues with Von Erich don’t end there as she suffered a minor hamstring injury while training at the Impact Zone and made it known all night that she was in pain. She then reportedly told a male trainer to go and get her an ice pack and the guy ended up walking in to see a half-dressed Awesome Kong who was obviously not happy. We’re told Kong grabbed Von Erich and took her to the trainers room where she proceeded to cut a promo on her in front of Kurt Angle. When Von Erich went to TNA management to complain, they ended up siding with Kong.

Kurt Angle has landed another acting gig and will be starring in a straight-to-DVD independent zombie movie, titled “River of Darkness.” It gets better.

Set to be released some time next year on DVD, the synopsis at DreadCentral.com reads:

Unspeakable evil has fallen on a quiet river town. Sheriff Logan [Angle] is thrust into a chilling nightmare of death and mayhem that paralyzes the town. He then learns of the community’s seedy past and the evil that has risen from purgatory to exact revenge on the town. He is confronted by the spirits of old river squatters, “The Jacobs Boys,” who possess the very essence of evil.

The zombie Jacobs boys will be played by none other than Kevin Nash and Psycho Sid Vicious. WOW.

The movie will also feature an appearance by Ray Lloyd, better known to WCW fans as Glacier.