– Sting will be off television for several weeks as a result of last week’s attack by three mystery men. TNA has not yet decided who will be revealed as the masked attackers and it’s possible that TNA will not immediately follow up on the angle. The general feeling is that the segment did not come across well on television, but was done to explain why Sting is not part of the Bound For Glory series.

– During a recent interview with MMAJunkie.com, Bellator MMA & TNA Wrestling star “King” Mo Lawal said he’ll be reporting to Ohio Valley Wrestling (TNA developmental) in approximately two months. Lawal says his injured knee should be close to 100% by then.

He also revealed that he’ll be training with WWE Announcer Booker T in the coming weeks and wants UFC fighter Rampage Jackson to be his tag team partner in TNA. Jackson is one of many UFC fighters that has expressed interest in a pro wrestling career once his MMA fighting days are over, but we have not heard anything about Rampage talking with TNA (or WWE, for that matter).

– TNA Knockouts champion Miss Tessmacher did not compete in this year’s Hooters pageant last Saturday, despite being advertised. Instead, she worked a TNA live event from Orlando.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Nesletter)

IMPACT WRESTLING Preview: Open Fight Night Returns LIVE On Thursday

– The monthly “Open Fight Night” returns, involving the competitors in the Bound For Glory Series! All 12 Wresters in the BFG Series will be in action – 6 men make challenges, 6 men will be called out! Who will take the early advantage in the point standings? Tune in and find out!

– What will be X Division Champion Austin Aries’ decision about Hulk Hogan’s officer of a potential World Title shot?

– Also on the broadcast, TNA President Dixie Carter and AJ Styles vow to come clean about the recent allegations by Daniels and Kazarian

– In addition, the Knockouts Championship will be on the line on the LIVE IMPACT! Knockouts Executive Brooke Hogan will announce on the broadcast who Miss Tessmacher will defend the gold against that night!

– Plus, it’s also the return of the monthly “Gutcheck” – one newcomer will get the chance to prove themselves! Will they make the cut and join the TNA Wrestling roster?

– The road to the July 8 “Destination X” Pay-Per-View event continues, with more news on the big event!

All this and much more on Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast LIVE at 8/7c on SpikeTV

(source: ImpactWrestling.com)

– During the Joseph Park vs. Bully Ray match at Slammiversary, there was spot where Joseph Park went under the ring, Abyss appeared and chokeslammed Bully Ray through a table before disappearing under the ring again. While many were under the impression that Joseph Park changed under the ring and was the man who portrayed Abyss – that was not the case. The man who played Abyss was actually a student from Team 3D’s wrestling school in Florida named Lance.

– The Hernandez vs. Kid Kash match at Slammiversary was designed to get over the strength and power of Hernandez. TNA is happy that Hernandez has gotten himself into great physical shape and they are firmly behind establishing him as a top babyface contender.

– The reason behind Brooke Tessmacher’s recent name change TNA that Hulk Hogan did not want two Brookes in the company. Moving forward, it’s expected that TNA’s new Knockouts champion will be known as “Tess.”

(Partial Source: pwinsider.com)

– With the arrival of Brooke Hogan to TNA Wrestling, Brooke Adams’ ring name has been reverted back to Miss Tessmacher. She was announced as Miss Tessmacher on Thursday’s live Impact Wrestling and ImpactWrestling.com has the name advertised for her Women’s Knockout Championship Match against Gail Kim at Slammiversary.

– A match pitting Angelina Love against ODB is the featured match on this week’s episode of TNA Xplosion on Challenge.

– Austin Aries, Kurt Angle and Velvet Sky appear at Direct Auto Insurance 2110 Greenridge Rd. Charleston, South Carolina on July 6 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

– Former WWE star Chris Masters competed in a dark match prior to Thursday’s live Impact Wrestling taping in Orlando, Florida. He lost to Robbie E. Check out this picture of Masters in TNA:

– Ric Flair is booked for several upcoming TNA live events in Massachusetts in January, including Worcester on the 20th, Plymouth on the 21st and Lowell on the 22nd.

The Nature Boy is not currently booked for TNA’s upcoming live events in the Carolinas and Virginia (“Flair Country”), but there’s a good chance he’ll be added to those shows.

– TNA Knockout Brooke Tessmacher was involved in a car accident last week. She tweeted the following about the incident, explaining why she hasn’t been online much lately:

“Sry 4 being so mia the past few days.. I got in a wreck on my bday and then very sick the day after… Ill be back to normal amusing u soon! I’m am fine from the wreck. Def wasn’t from drinking. It was at 2pm. No drinking and driving!”

– Thursday’s go-home episode of TNA Impact Wrestling scored a 1.07 cable rating with 1,440,000 viewers.

— Angelina Love was asked today on Twitter who her dream opponent would be and revealed that it is a fellow Canuck.

“Canada vs Canada – Trish Stratus,” Love replied.

The seven-time WWE Women’s Champion has indicated numerous times in recent years that she keeps up with the TNA product, however, she has yet to state whether she would join the promotion. She attended her first TNA live event this past June as it took place near her residence in Toronto, Ontario. She later indicated on Twitter that Mickie James, Tara and Winter slept over at her house.

— Miss Tessmacher stated Tuesday on Twitter that she was shooting a pilot episode for her reality show. Further details were not disclosed.

— “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan guest stars on the premiere episode of CMT Made tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

— ImpactWrestling.com has announced a TNA Knockouts Championship Match for Hardcore Justice. Miss Tessmacher and Tara will defend the straps against Sarita and Rosita, the previous title holders.

Sarita, who announced four weeks ago via Facebook that she had suffered facial paralysis, continued to wear a protective mask at this past weekend’s TNA Wrestling live events in Texas. Her condition, however, has improved in the meantime.

— Matt Hardy, who has been inactive from TNA Wrestling since May 30, posted a status update on Twitter:

“To all of the promoters that have contacted me about working for them, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve kinda got everything on hold for now. I would greatly appreciate your patience in me taking bookings for now, thanks!”

Company officials reportedly suspended Hardy in June due to continuously arriving late to events and posting online of himself urging Jeff Hardy to stun Reby Sky (Matt’s girlfriend) with a taser.

Miss Tessmacher and Tara are the new TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions as they defeated Rosita and a masked Sarita for the straps on tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

Tara secured victory when she powerbombed Sarita and pinned her for the three-count.

A storyline explanation was given for Sarita suddenly donning a protective mask as prior to the match, cell phone video aired of her, Tara, Tessmacher and Rosita brawling following last week’s show. Sarita suffered a broken orbital bone and jaw from the fight, resulting in her need for protection.

Sarita recently suffered facial paralysis, which she announced two weeks ago via Facebook, and legitimately needs to wear the mask. Despite her loss of muscle function, she continues to fulfill her wrestling obligations as she worked this past weekend’s World Wrestling Council Aniversario 2011 events in Puerto Rico. She is also scheduled to work this weekend’s Impact Wrestling live event tour in tag team matches against Tessmacher and Velvet Sky.

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

— TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Sarita announced Friday evening on her Facebook account that she recently suffered facial paralysis and missed her scheduled matches in Mexico as a result. She did, however, note that she is recovering.

In an update on her condition, it appears that she will be fine as she plans on appearing at next week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Orlando, Florida. Rosita, her tag team partner, posted a message on Twitter from Sarita.

Sarita says, “Thank u all for your get well wishes. I’m in good spirits and resting up for the iMPACT tapings!”

— The July 7 episode of Impact Wrestling scored a a 1.11 cable rating, down from 1.27 the prior week.

The program drew 1,609,000 viewers over the course of two hours, down from 1,800,000 viewers the week before.

— Mr. Anderson and Miss Tessmacher are advertised to appear at Direct Auto Insurance 1425 Peters Creek Pkwy Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Friday, July 22 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

source: PWInsider.com

— Gunner stated on his Twitter account that he will face AJ Styles this Thursday on Impact Wrestling in a “Bound For Glory Series” match. He also said Samoa Joe will face Devon in the BFG Series.

— Bob Ryder, Director of Talent Bookings and Travel for TNA Wrestling, refuted online reports via Twitter that Homicide and Jack Evans were backstage at yesterday’s Impact Wrestling taping in Orlando, Florida.

— TNA Wrestling performer Brooke Adams (a/k/a Miss Tessmacher) competed in the 15th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant last Saturday in Miami, Florida. Representing the Hooters restaurant in Kirby, Texas, she was one of 100 contestants. She did not finish in the top ten.

— Kurt Angle will be on hand for an autograph signing this Saturday at the Wrestling Universe 34-29 Francis Lewis Blvd. Flushing, New York. Visit WrestlingUniverseOnline.com for more information.

— 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.

— TNA Wrestling has signed former WWE developmental wrestler Dakota Darsow to a developmental contract.

Darsow is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father Barry Darsow was also a professional wrestler, best known as Demolition Smash and Repo Man.

Darsow worked a tryout match for TNA late last month. He has been training at Brian Knobbs’ Florida based Nastyville School of Pro Wrestling in recent months.

— TNA Wrestling talent Brooke Adams (a/k/a Miss Tessmacher) is among 100 contestants competing for the Hooters Viewer’s Choice Award. To vote for the TNA Knockout, click here. The winner will be crowned at the Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant.

Tessmacher, who waitresses at a Hooters restaurant in Houston, Texas, has competed in numerous Hooters swimsuit competitions this year.

source: PWInsider.com

— Tommy Dreamer’s profile was removed from the Impact Wrestling roster page over the weekend, thus confirming his departure from the organization.

Meanwhile, Suicide has been added back to the page.

— Some cable guides are advertising a Knockout Tag Team Championship Match pitting Sarita and Rosita vs. Velvet Sky and Miss Tessmacher for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

— Matches scheduled for this week’s Impact Wrestling live events in Ontario and New York are as follows: Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle; AJ Styles vs. Scott Steiner; James Storm and Alex Shelley (with Robert Roode) vs. The British Invasion; Abyss vs. Kazarian; Mickie James and Tara vs. Angelina Love and Winter; Jeff Jarrett vs. Eric Young (with Orlando Jordan); Matt Morgan vs. D’Angelo Dinero.

source: PWInsider.com

— Miss Tessmacher cut an interview on last night’s episode of TNA iMPACT! and noted the differences in TNA Wrestling during the time she was away. The former WWE Diva says she has been training during that time and that she wants “that championship.” She closed by telling the ‘bitches’ in TNA that Miss Tessmacher is back.

— Eric Bischoff posted a message concerning Scott Hall on his Facebook account yesterday: “Just read Kevin Nash’s latest update on Scott Hall. I agree with Kevin 100% on the real issues at the core of Scott’s problems. God bless Kevin as well as Scott’s family and friends. I hope they find a way to reach Scott before its too late. Scott really is a good man underneath all the scar tissue and pain.”

— Jay Lethal, who was released earlier this week by TNA Wrestling, is accepting independent bookings via Jaylethal471@gmail.com.

— Jeff and Karen Jarrett will be “honorary crew members” for the Joe Denette Motorsports racing team at the Nashville Super Speedway tonight at the Bully Hill Vineyards 200.

source: PWInsider.com

— It was speculated that Miss Tessmacher has parted ways with TNA Wrestling considering her pictures were removed from their website on Monday. However, they were added back today, as well as a profile to the roster page.

Daffney and Kiyoshi, however, were not added back to the site.

— Jacksonville.com has an article on “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, who returns to the city where he used to work as a corrections officer at this Friday’s TNA Wrestling live event in Jacksonville, Florida.

“Talk about coming home. One of my childhood houses … is literally under the Veterans Memorial Arena parking. You could stand in the back of the coliseum where you pull in the back and that is my house or it was,” Dinero reminisces. “We are standing on sacred ground when you stand there. So much happened there.”

— Douglas Williams beat James Tarr in a dark match prior to last night’s iMPACT! taping.

source: PWInsider.com

In addition to Daffney, Miss Tessmacher and Kiyoshi were also removed from the TNA Wrestling.com website roster pages Monday. This would indicate that they have parted ways with the organization.

Kiyoshi has been sparingly used in recent months, having only competed in a single match as the mysterious character since being dismissed as the man under the Suicide costume in October. He joined the organization during the later half of 2008 and would notably form alliances with the tag team No Limit (Yujiro and Naito) as well as the World Elite faction.

Tessmacher was never listed on the company website’s roster page. However, she was featured on its Knockouts photo section, which were removed Monday. She debuted last March as Eric Bischoff’s assistant and would transition to a wrestler role by the end of the year. Her burgeoning wrestling career, however, came to an abrupt halt as she claimed to have suffered a broken jaw on Christmas Day. She has not appeared for TNA since the incident.

— TNA Wrestling Superstar Jeff Hardy announced this afternoon on his Twitter account that he got married. His bride is Beth Britt, whom he met in 1999. The two have been in a relationship ever since.

In August 2010, Hardy announced that Britt was pregnant with the couple’s first child, a daughter, who was born on October 28.

* PICTURES of JEFF HARDY & HIS NEW WIFE BETH

— Brooke Adams, who is known in TNA Wrestling as Miss Tessmacher, recently participated in a bikini contest in Texas appearing fully recovered from an apparent jaw injury. She previously claimed on her official website, MissTessmacher.com, that a friend broke her jaw Christmas Day.

“The worst xmas I’ve ever had,” Adams wrote December 26. “Got hit my a friend in the jaw. Its now broken in two places. Now in the ER for the 3rd time. It was so wonderful to spend my xmas here in the ER for 9 hrs. Some damage may not be able to be fixed. Please keep me in your prayers. Hope everyone else had a wonderful xmas!”

— Former TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Taylor Wilde announced last month that she was retiring from professional wrestling in order to concentrate on her psychology studies. She participated in her retirement match Saturday at a ChickFight and Pro Wrestling Revolution co–promoted event in San Francisco, California. She was defeated by former Knockout peer Alissa Flash.

Wilde commented on her wrestling exit, writing yesterday on Twitter: “Big thank you to everyone who came to my retirement match yesterday. I <3 you all for your unconditional love and support! Keep on following."

— Former TNA Knockout Roxxi is holding a boot camp for wrestlers and non-wrestlers at the Chaotic Training Center in Andover, Massachusetts on Feb. 12 at 2:00 p.m.

— Brooke Adams (a/k/a Miss Tessmacher) recently won a Hooter's Hot Body contest.

— Jesse Neal has signed a new three-year contract with TNA Wrestling.

— Desmond Wolfe has been backstage at this week’s television tapings at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

— TNA Wrestling has posted a new episode of Pillow Talk with SoCal Val. Her special guest is Miss Tessmacher, who answers questions such as boxers or briefs, what she sleeps in at night, which celebrity she would like to be stranded on a deserted island with, her favorite sappy movie, and more.

source: PWInsider.com

— Women’s wrestling website Divas-365.com features an article on TNA talent Brooke Adams (a/k/a Miss Tessmacher) clearing up a rumor about being released from her contract with WWE in 2007 due to an argument backstage with Melina about wearing furry boots for a match.

“The reason I left WWE never had anything to do with her, that was just a rumor. When I left I was actually the only person that liked her. She was such a rude, fake, b***h to everyone. She then tried to turn my girls Layla and Kelly Kelly against me by telling them a lie that I said which in reality was a rumor that SHE started. It was never anything I said. I can’t stand her and neither can most of the rest.”

— Former WWE star Shad Gaspard appears tonight on The Score on SIRIUS Channel 98 at 11:05 p.m. EST for Right After Wrestling. The show is also available at www.thescore.com/radio.

— Former ECW star New Jack celebrates his 48th birthday today.

— 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

— Brooke Adams (a/k/a Miss Tessmacher) suffered a broken jaw last week, according to her official website, MissTessmacher.com.

She detailed the incident on her Facebook page: “The worst xmas I’ve ever had. Got hit my a friend in the jaw. Its now broken in two places. Now in the ER for the 3rd time. It was so wonderful to spend my xmas here in the ER for 9 hrs. Some damage may not be able to be fixed. Please keep me in your prayers. Hope everyone else had a wonderful xmas!”

— Velvet Sky, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam are panelists on the latest episode of TNA Spin Cycle. Host Jeremy Borash asks the question, in all of their travels, what is the strangest thing they have ever eaten.

— Eric Young headlines a New Era Pro Wrestling event on Sat, Jan. 15 in Clarksville, Tennessee at the National Guard Armory.

– Ric Flair is said to be a strong supporter of Matt Morgan. Flair sees tremendous potential in Morgan and has been mentoring him behind the scenes at recent iMPACT! tapings.

– TNA president Dixie Carter is getting serious about protecting her talent from head injuries and recently spoke to former WWE star and concussion awareness champion Chris Nowinski. As part of this effort, TNA star Ken Anderson recently announced on Twitter that the company has banned unprotected chair shots to the head.

– To update the story of TNA’s Miss Tessmacher working at a Hooters restaurant in Houston, TX, the latest is that she did in fact work there – but it was only so she could enter a Hooters waitress bikini contest.

– The “Hulk Hogan & Friends” panel discussion that was scheduled for this week in Green Bay, Wisconsin has been rescheduled until January 21st, 2011. Among the Hogan friends who will be appearing are the Nasty Boys, Brutus Beefcake, Jimmy Hart, Greg Valentine, Jim Duggan and Koko B. Ware.

– Independent wrestler TJ Perkins will be getting a TNA tryout in January. He has worked for the company before, wrestling as the masked star “Puma” in the 2006 and 2008 World X Cup tournaments.

(Partial Source: 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