– Featured above is the latest video preview from TNA announcers Josh Mathews and The Pope regarding tonight’s Impact Wrestling episode.
The following matches are scheduled for tonight’s TNA Impact Wrestling:
* Tigre Uno, DJ Zema Ion, Mandrews & Manik vs. Jessie Godderz, Micah, Crimson & Eli Drake
– Bobby Roode vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Rockstar Spud vs. Eddie Edwards
– Finally, featured below is the latest “Diva Diaries” video from Highspots that features a preview of former TNA Knockout Madison Rayne discussing her early days in the business, struggling to make it to TNA and being a mother.
– There were two title changes on last night’s episode of Impact Wrestling. Global force Wrestling stars Trevor Lee and Brian Myers defeated The Wolves to become the new TNA Tag Team Champions. The Wolves will get their title rematch next week.
Bobby Roode also defeated GFW’s PJ Black to become the new TNA King of the Mountain Champion.
– TNA announcer Josh Mathews and TNA Knockout Madison Rayne were married in Nashville last week.
– The TNA Content Manager for Digital and Social Media, Josh Eldridge, gave his notice to the company this past week. Eldridge is scheduled to leave TNA at the end of this month for a new job opportunity.
– The Great Sanada is officially gone from TNA. Sanada was under a contract with the promotion through July, but ended up being released on April 17th. TNA officials knew back in the beginning of March that they would be parting ways with Sanada. Many are of the opinion that this could be the end of the working relationship between TNA and Wrestle-1.
– TNA Knockouts Gail Kim, Angelina Love, Brooke and Madison Rayne discuss the number one contenders match airing on Friday’s edition of TNA Impact Wrestling in the video below.
– Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy — The Hardy Boys — won a four-way Ultimate-X match to become the new TNA World Tag-Team Champions in the main event of Friday’s edition of Impact Wrestling.
– TNA’s Christy Hemme announced that next week’s edition of Impact Wrestling will be called “TKO — A Night of Knockouts.”
The following matches and segments are confirmed for the show:
Jade and Marti Bell debut
Mickie James’ future revealed
Angelina Love vs. Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne vs. Brooke [Number One Contender’s Match]
Awesome Kong vs. Taryn Terrell (c) [Knockouts Championship]
Kurt Angle vs. Eric Young [TNA World Heavyweight Championship]
It was revealed during Saturday’s set of TNA Impact Wrestling television tapings, which will air on the April 17th edition of the show, that an upcoming special edition of Impact Wrestling will take place called “TKO: Total Knockouts.”
While not confirmed, it’s believed that the TKO special will be taped this weekend and will feature a TNA Knockouts Championship match between Awesome Kong and Taryn Terrell. It will also feature a number one contendership match between Gail Kim, Brooke Tessmacher, Angelina Love and Madison Rayne.
Additionally, new Knockouts are scheduled to make their TNA debut.
– After a year-and-a-half absence from TNA, Mickie James made a surprise return to the organization at Thursday’s Impact Wrestling taping Glasgow, Scotland. Her return may not be permanent as according to Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com, she was originally brought back for this week’s tour of the United Kingdom to be part of an angle that will be shot today or tomorrow. He noted that a deal between both parties could be extended.
– On tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling, Taryn Terrell will defend the TNA Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim and Madison Rayne in a 3-Way Match. TNA has released this video previewing the affair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evu-mf0lOfw
– Eddie Edwards appears for Lucky Pro Wrestling on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Elks Hall 99 Park St. Hudson, Massachusetts. He will be challenging Anthony Stone for the LPW Heavyweight Championship, and fans can meet him before the show. (Event Details)
TNA executive John Gaburick announced via his official Twitter account the re-signing of former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young.
Young joins Kurt Angle, Abyss, Ethan Carter III, Mr. Anderson, Jessie Godderz, Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards and Madison Rayne, all of whom have officially signed back on with the promotion for their upcoming Destination America debut.
Below is the announcement from Gaburick’s Twitter page:
Proud to announce that former World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young (@ShowtimeEY) has signed a new contract with @IMPACTWRESTLING!
TNA announced today that they have re-signed Mr. Anderson and Madison Rayne to new deals with the company.
Anderson and Rayne join Kurt Angle, Abyss, Ethan Carter III and Jessie Godderz as recognized TNA talents that have re-signed with the company this week.
Kurt Angle has announced that Angelina Love, Taryn Terrell and Madison Rayne will square off in a triple-threat match on this Wednesday’s edition of TNA Impact Wrestling to determine a new number one contender to Havok’s TNA Knockouts Championship.
It’s also worth noting that Velvet Sky vs. Havok for the Knockouts Championship has been confirmed for this Sunday’s TNA Bound For Glory pay-per-view, which means there will only be two title matches on the company’s biggest show of the year, as Kaz Hayashi vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe for the X-Division Championship is also confirmed.
– There has been backstage talk within TNA that there were some additional cuts made to office employees last week.
– TNA will be airing the Best Of Ultimate X “Unfinished Business” pay-per-view special this month.
– Debuting this Friday on pay-per-view will be a “TNA One Night Only: World Cup of Wrestling” event with teams captained by Ethan Carter III, Eric Young, Kurt Angle and Bobby Roode competing to win the TNA World Cup. The show, which was taped in April at the old Impact Zone, will feature the following lineup:
*Eddie Edwards vs. James Storm
*Jessie Godderz and Robbie E vs. Mr. Anderson and Sanada
*Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne
*Eric Young vs. Bobby Roode
*Kurt Angle vs. Magnus
*Angelina Love vs. ODB
*Ethan Carter III vs. Davey Richards
*Bully Ray and Gunner vs. Samuel Shaw and Kenny King
*Finals for World Cup
Angelina Love vs. Madison Rayne for the TNA Knockouts Championship has been announced for next week’s edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV. Also announced is a match featuring Willow vs. Bram.
Above is a video preview for next week’s Impact Wrestling.
TNA added the above video to their official YouTube channel previewing tonight’s TNA Sacrifice “go-home” edition of Impact Wrestling, which airs on Spike TV at 9pm EST.
Below is a list of confirmed matches for the show.
– Bobby Lashley vs. Kenny King
– Kurt Angle vs. Rockstar Spud
– Gail Kim & Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love & Velvet Sky
– MVP vs. Austin Aries
– Bully Ray & Gunner vs. Bobby Roode & James Storm
– Abyss vs. Magnus
The following are results from TNA’s “World Cup” pay-per-view taping, which took place on Saturday night in Orlando, Florida.
The teams were selected by way of a draft. The teams were as follows:
Captain Eric Young with Bully Ray, Eddie Edwards, Gunner and ODB.
Captain Kurt Angle with Davey Richards, Mr. Anderson, Sanada and Madison Rayne.
Captain Ethan Carter III with Jessie, Robbie E., Magnus and Gail Kim.
Captain Bobby Roode with James Storm, Kenny King, Samuel Shaw and The Beautiful People.
Qualifying Matches
– Eddie Edwards def. James Storm
– The Bro Mans def. Mr. Anderson and Sanada
– Gail Kim def. Madison Rayne
– Eric Young def. Bobby Roode
– Kurt Angle def. Magnus
– Angelina Love def. ODB
– Ethan Carter III def. Davey Richards
– Bully Ray & Gunner def. Kenny King & Samuel Shaw
TNA World Cup Finals
(The remaining two teams, captained by Young and EC3, met in elimination matches.)
– ODB def. Gail Kim
– Robbie E. def. ODB
– The Bro Mans def. Eddie Edwards
– Bully Ray def. Jessie
– Robbie E. def. Bully Ray
– Gunner def. Robbie E.
– Magnus def. Gunner
– Eric Young def. Ethan Carter III via DQ.
– Eric Young def. Magnus to win the TNA World Cup for his team.
The following are results of the Impact Wrestling television taping for the Thursday, April 24th edition of the show.
– Magnus comes to the ring for a promo. He says he was never really beaten by Eric Young for the title, and says the biggest failure that fateful night was his help. He says good help is hard to find. He brings out Abyss. Magnus calls Abyss an idiot and says he now realizes why everyone abandoned him. Magnus fires Abyss. Abyss says he realizes now that he’s a monster and that he’s going to once again start destroying lives, starting with Magnus. Magnus says Abyss is no longer a contracted TNA wrestler. MVP comes out and confirms that fact. MVP says he will consider this Abyss’ TNA tryout, and that if he can defeat Magnus, he can regain his spot back in TNA.
– Bobby Lashley def. Kenny King via countout. Lashley dominated the majority of the match. As he was about to hit his finisher on King, King rolled out of the ring and simply walked off to the back. The referee counted him out.
– Madison Rayne comes to the ring for a promo. She calls out The Beautiful People. They come out and Madison attacks them. They recover, however, and get the upper hand. Brittany does a run-in to try and save Madison, but the numbers game is too much for them. The Beautiful People do their brown-bag skit on Madison. Gail Kim eventually comes out to make the save. She challenges The Beautiful People to a match later tonight.
– Kurt Angle def. Rockstar Spud. Angle dominated the match and finished off Spud via tapout with his ankle lock submission. Ethan Carter III comes out and attacks Angle after the match, but Willow ends up coming down to make the save.
– The Beautiful People def. Madison Rayne and Gail Kim in Knockouts tag-team action.
– Bobby Roode and James Storm def. Bully Ray and Gunner in tag-team action.
– MVP def. Austin Aries in the main event of the evening.
– Angelina Love became the #1 contender to the Knockouts title on Thursday’s Impact and will challenge Madison Rayne for the gold at Sacrifice.
– TNA has announced the upcoming Manhattan Center tapings will take place from the Grand Ballroom on June 25th, June 26th and June 27th. They will tape four episodes of Impact and a One Night Only pay-per-view.
– Next week’s Impact will feature Willow vs. Rockstar Spud and Ethan Carter III in a 2-on-1 handicap match.
TNA Impact Wrestling returns tonight on Spike TV with James Storm vs. Gunner in a “Falls Count Anywhere” match. Also scheduled for the show is a Knockouts match featuring Angelina Love vs. Madison Rayne.
TNA World Tag-Team Champions The Bro-Mans will be conducting a live Twitter chat during the show. Fans looking to participate can submit questions at #AskBroMans.
Here is the opening video for tonight’s show:
http://youtu.be/Wt-YEUKTOx0
– TNA Knockout Madison Rayne will be doing the ImpactWrestling.com “second screen experience” for Thursday’s edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV. Rayne will be holding a live Q&A with fans during the television broadcast.
– TNA has posted the latest IMPACT Podcast, which was recorded live in London and featured World Heavyweight Champion Magnus, as well as Rockstar Spud. You can check it out below:
TNA has added their latest “IMPACT Podcast” to their official YouTube channel. The video, which you can check out below, features the following description:
“It is Final Resolution week! On this edition of the IMPACT Podcast, JB talks about the upcoming TNA UK Christmas party, and welcomes DJ Zema Ion to evaluate his performance at Dixie Carter’s Christmas party last Friday night. Plus, his thoughts as a briefcase holder in Feast or Fired!
Velvet Sky then joins us to give her Final Resolution predictions, Chris Sabin losing the X Division Championship, UK tour, video games and more!
Then Madison Rayne joins us to talk about her return to the ring this Thursday at Final Resolution, motherhood, and her Final Resolution predictions!
All of this and more on the December 17, 2013 edition of the IMPACT Wrestling Podcast!”
As seen Thursday night on Impact Wrestling, Madison Rayne made her return to TNA Wrestling. Establishing herself as a babyface, the four-time TNA Women’s Knockout Champion saved ODB from an attack from Lei’D Tapa and her former partner in crime, the reigning TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Gail Kim. The 27-year-old is back on the company website’s official roster and has also been talent roster for January’s tour of Europe.
Those scheduled for the tour are Magnus, Rockstar Spud, Kurt Angle, Bobby Roode, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Ethan Carter III, Bully Ray, Mr. Anderson, James Storm, Gunner, Samoa Joe, Chris Sabin, Austin Aries, Eric Young, Joseph Park, Robbie E, Jessie Godderz, Zema Ion, Gail Kim, Lei’D Tapa, Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, ODB and Sam Shaw.
Brooke, Knux and Manik have been pulled from the announced lineup. Other notable admissions include AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Sting, Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez.