– ImpactWrestling.com has announced that The Aces and 8s will kick off tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling: “After winning at Bound For Glory, The Aces and 8s have a message to deliver at the start of tonight’s broadcast – and this time, no one can keep them out! Will Devon speak out for the first time since BFG about his role with the group? What do they have planned next? How will Hulk Hogan, Sting and Bully Ray react?”
Tonight’s Impact Wrestling will also feature a celebration for Jeff Hardy after he regained the World Heavyweight Championship at Bound For Glory. Hardy plans to thank all of his fans that have supported him.
Plus, the official Twitter feed of Impact Wrestling announced that Samoa Joe will be defending the Television Championship tonight after retaining it against Magnus at Bound For Glory.
– TNA has released the following video containing highlights from Bound For Glory.
– TNA Xplosion matches taped last night in Orlando were Magnus vs. James Storm and Kazarian vs. Eric Young.
– Samoa Joe defeated Mr. Anderson on Thursday night’s episode of Impact Wrestling to win the vacant Television Title.
– Former WWE Divas Champion Jillian Hall wrestled a dark match prior to Thursday’s Impact, losing to former WWE co-worker Tara.
Hall lives in the area but there’s on word yet if TNA plans on signing her.
– WWE Tough Enough winner Andy Leavine was backstage and sitting ringside for last night’s TNA Impact Wrestling. Leavine currently wrestles in Puerto Rico and is the WWC Universal Champion.
TNA Wrestling announced Wednesday that the Television Championship last held by Devon has been vacated after negotiations between both parties reached an impasse.
A new Television Champion will be crowned on tomorrow night’s “Championship Thursday” edition of Impact Wrestling. The challengers selected to compete are Samoa Joe, Garett Bischoff, Magnus, and Mr. Anderson. The four grapplers will plead their case on why they should receive a shot at the Television Title to Impact Wrestling General Manager Hulk Hogan, who will then set up a match on Impact.
TNA’s official announcement is as follows:
NEW TV CHAMPION TO BE CROWNED ON CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY!
Championship Thursday” returns to Impact Wrestling on Spike TV this Thursday with an added wrinkle; there is no defending champion. Negotiations between TNA’s current TV Champion Devon and TNA have been ongoing over the last month and have reached an impasse. As of today, The TNA TV Championship last held by Devon is vacated. TNA hopes that Devon returns to the active roster in the future. A new TV champion will be crowned LIVE on Impact!
Usually, in the “Championship Thursday” format, four challengers meet with Impact Wrestling GM Hulk Hogan and plead their case as to why they deserve the shot at the champion. This month, one of the four men is guaranteed to be the new TV Champion! The challengers selected to compete in this “Championship Thursday” are Samoa Joe, Garett Bischoff, Magnus, and Mr. Anderson. Hulk will hear these men’s arguments why they should be the one to get the title shot and then Hogan will make the hard decision of which two will face off. Tune into Spike TV at 8pt/7ct this Thursday night to see a new champion crowned.
– WWE Superstar Chris Jericho was asked on Twitter which TNA Wrestling talents he’d like to have a match with and responded, “Roode, Angle, Samoa Joe, AJ.”
Though Jericho has publicly said that he keeps tabs on TNA and wants them to flourish, it is unlikely that he will ever join the promotion. He has repeatedly stated in interviews that when he wrestles, it will only be for WWE since they are the top wrestling promotion in the world.
– Madison Rayne noted on Twitter that she is dedicating her TNA Women’s Championship Match against Miss Tessmacher tonight at Hardcore Justice to her best friend from high school: “My wrist tattoo says “watched over” in memory of my bff from h/s who passed away. Tonight, on her 27th bday, I’m dedicating my match to her.”
– Magnus faces Mr. Anderson, Rob Van Dam and “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero tonight at Hardcore Justice in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. Though RVD is familiar with the specialty bout, Magnus feels he will have the advantage. He tweeted, “Ppl keep saying “this match is RVD’s wheel house”… I know what RVD will do, but they have no idea how to prepare for me tonight…”
TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter announced via Twitter Thursday that three Four-Way “Bound For Glory Series” matches will take place at Hardcore Justice. Each match will feature a different stipulation with the winner receiving 20 points.
* AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe
* Bully Ray vs. James Storm vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Robbie E
* Rob Van Dam vs. Magnus vs. Mr. Anderson vs. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero
Stipulations for all three matches will be announced during tonight’s live Impact Wrestling broadcast at 8:00 p.m. on Spike TV.
Also scheduled for Hardcore Justice is Austin Aries defending the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Bobby Roode in a singles match. The pay-per-view event takes place August 12, 2012 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida.
– TNA Wrestling has released the promotional poster for No Surrender, which takes place September 9, 2012 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. The twelve wrestlers participating in the “Bound For Glory” series are featured on the poster: AJ Styles, Bully Ray, Christopher Daniels, D’Angelo Dinero, James Storm, Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Magnus, Mr. Anderson, Rob Van Dam, Robbie E and Samoa Joe.
– Sam Shaw has been added to TNA’s roster index on ImpactWrestling.com after being awarded a contract last week on Impact Wrestling in the “Gut Check” challenge.
– Tara has changed her Twitter handle to taralisamarie.
– WWE Extreme Rules will be held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri on May 19th, 2013. The pre-sale password for WWE Extreme Rules is EXTREME. The pre-sale started during RAW1000 at 10:00 p.m. CT and runs through Friday night.
— WWE Champion CM Punk acknowledged TNA iMPACT! Wrestling star Samoa Joe capturing the GHC Tag Team Championship over the weekend.
CM Punk tweeted: “what’s up, champ?”
Joe responded to Punk: “Not much killer please do the world a favor & steal the show tonight. (aka a normal Monday night).”
– Edge will appear at the House of Hardcore show on October 6th. Tommy Dreamer announced that Edge would be appearing on the show, which takes place in Poughkeepsie, NY at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. Additional stars include: The Young Bucks, The Steiner Brothers and Hale Collins, The Sandman, Shawn Daivari, Sami Callihan, Jazz, Luke Gallows and Chris Masters.
– Samoa Joe and Magnus are the new GHC Tag Team Champions for Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. They captured the belts Sunday in Tokyo from Akitoshi Saito and Jun Akiyama, ending their seventh-month reign.
Magnus wrote on Twitter, “New GHC/ Pro-Wrestling NOAH World Tag Team Champions… @SamoaJoe and yours truly. Ryogoku Sumo Hall Tokyo, it was an honor!”
Christopher Daniels also competed at the event, NOAH Great Voyage, losing to GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
– The Miami Herald published an article acknowledging Chavo Guerrero’s arrival to TNA Impact Wrestling this Thursday on Impact. With Chavo’s arrival, two members of the legendary Guerrero family are now affiliated with TNA. Chavo is the nephew of TNA Spanish language broadcaster Hector Guerrero.
– Madison Rayne returns to TNA Impact Wrestling live events next weekend in Ohio and Pennsylvania as she challenges Miss Tessmacher for the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship. She tweeted, “I’m rly glad to be heading back on the road next weekend for house shows in OH/PA!!!! @BrookeIMPACT is gonna be in MY backyard! #gonnabegood.”
– TNA star Crimson was Memphis, Tennesse’s WREG-TV this morning to promote Saturday night’s BaseBrawl event at AutoZone Park.
– Kurt Angle compared Samoa Joe’s in-ring style to Chris Benoit during this week’s Impact Wrestling post-show:
“[Samoa] Joe and I know how to trade off submissions really well,” Angle said. “I compare Joe… he’s a much bigger type of Chris Benoit, he had that ability. He knows how to trade off submissions, he knows a lot of submissions. I enjoy wrestling Joe because it’s such a challenge.”
Angle’s comments comparing Joe to Benoit can be seen below around the 9:50 mark:
– Rosita, who has not appeared on Impact Wrestling since April 17, says she is still affiliated with TNA Wrestling despite her lengthy absence.
“For those who keep asking, YES I am still with iMPACT Wrestling,” she wrote on Twitter. “And don’t you worry, I plan on returning and making an IMPACT ?#nevergiveup?.”
– Chris Masters was asked via Twitter whether he is joining TNA Wrestling after participating in a dark match prior to the June 14 Impact Wrestling broadcast. He responded, “Ask [Dixie Carter]. She said she would be in contact.”
The former WWE Superstar posted several more messages urging his followers to campaign for his employment to the TNA Wrestling President.
– Promoting his Bound For Glory Series Match against Samoa Joe tonight at TNA Destination X, Kurt Angle tweeted, “Angle vs. Samoa Joe on Ppv Destination X. Ther Old Rivalry Starts Again. BFG Series Match. Also to Claim ” the Baddest Wrestler On Planet!”
— ImpactWrestling.com is no longer advertising a match between X Division Champion Austin Aries and Samoa Joe for Slammiversary on June 10. The match was announced on the website following Thursday’s live Impact Wrestling broadcast.
— AJ Styles turns 35 years old Saturday.
— Angelina Love has been announced to appear for RESISTANCE on Friday, June 15 in Chicago, Illinois. She is advertised to wrestle Resistance Pro Women’s Champion Melanie Cruise.
— Velvet Sky confirmed that Bully Ray is not on Twitter.
She wrote in response to a follower asking whether Ray is on the site, “NO! @IamBullyRay is of course a fake! The real Bully Ray doesn’t have Twitter!! F’n lame posers get off it.”
— Former WWE Superstar Mike Knox received a tryout with TNA Wrestling at Monday’s Impact Wrestling taping in Orlando, Florida. Brandishing a new look, he faced TNA Television Champion Devon in a pre-show dark match.
— Kurt Angle stated on Twitter that he would be wrestling Samoa Joe at Monday night’s Impact Wrestling taping in Orlando, Florida. The match will air on Thursday.
Also announced for the show is a three-way match between Brooke Tessmacher, Gail Kim and Velvet Sky for the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship.
— It was noted by some TNA Wrestling employees Sunday night how good Sacrifice was without Eric Bischoff, Dixie Carter and Hulk Hogan’s last-minute involvement. All three individuals were not on hand for the annual pay-per-view event.
Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c. If you can’t watch it Thursday, make sure to set your DVR to record it so you don’t miss any of the action.
– After what happened this past week during the Eric Bischofff Appreciation ceremony, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair has promised to call out General Manager Hulk Hogan to address what happened
– Before their World Heavyweight Championship bout at Sacrifice, Bobby Roode and Rob Van Dam will pick each other’s opponents on the huge broadcast
– As a preview to matches that will take place at Sacrifice, AJ Styles teams with World Tag Team Champions Samoa Joe and Magnus to face Kurt Angle, Daniels and Kazarian
– In Knockouts Tag Team action, Knockouts Champion Gail Kim and Madison Rayne face Velvet Sky and Brooke Tessmacher
All this and much more on Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast at 9/8c on SpikeTV, plus news on the upcoming “Sacrifice” Pay-Per-View event on Sunday, May 13
TNA Wrestling’s eighth annual Lockdown pay-per-view takes place tonight at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The following matches have been announced for the show:
Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Bobby Roode (c) vs. “Cowboy” James Storm
Lethal Lockdown
Team Eric Bischoff (Eric Bischof, Gunner, Bully Ray, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) vs. Team Garett Bischoff (Garett Bischoff, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Mr. Anderson and Austin Aries)
Steel Cage Match
“The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy vs. Kurt Angle
Steel Cage Match for the World Tag Team Championship
Magnus and Samoa Joe (c) vs. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin
Steel Cage Match for the Women’s Knockout Championship
Gail Kim (c) vs. Velvet Sky
Steel Cage Match for the Television Championship
Devon (c) vs. Robbie E
Steel Cage Match
“The Blueprint” Matt Morgan vs. Crimson
TNA Wrestling has announced three new title matches for Lockdown on April 15 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium as the World Tag Team Championship, Women’s Knockout Championship and Television Championship will be on the line. A stipulation has been added to Lethal Lockdown as the losing Bischoff family member “must leave TNA for good.”
Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Bobby Roode (c) vs. “Cowboy” James Storm
Lethal Lockdown
Team Eric Bischoff vs. Team Garett Bischoff
Steel Cage Match
“The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy vs. Kurt Angle
Steel Cage Match for the World Tag Team Championship
Magnus and Samoa Joe (c) vs. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin
Steel Cage Match for the Women’s Knockout Championship
Gail Kim (c) vs. Velvet Sky
Steel Cage Match for the Television Championship
Devon (c) vs. Robbie E
Steel Cage Match
Crimson vs. “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan
— Josh Lewis, who hosts Repo Games on Spike TV, will appear on this Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling. The announcement was made during Victory Road as Lewis was shown sitting ringside.
It is unknown whether Josh will compete in a match, but according to a report published on TMZ.com on Saturday, the life-long wrestling fan plans to “get physical.”
— Sunday at Victory Road, Devon answered Robbie E’s open challenge and defeated him to capture the TNA Television Championship. Brooke Hogan, daughter of Hulk Hogan, became involved with the match as she pulled a chair away from E.
In other title bouts at Victory Road, Gail Kim retained the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship against Madison Rayne, Austin Aries defeated Zema Ion to retain the TNA X Division Championship, and Magnus and Samoa Joe retained the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Crimson and Matt Morgan.
— TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter announced during Sunday’s Victory Road pay-per-view event that Slammiversary will be held in Arlington, Texas on the campus of the University of Texas-Arlington. The ten-year anniversary show will take place on June 10.
— A video aired during Victory Road saying the Motor City Machine Guns are “coming soon.”
— TNA World Tag Team Champion Samoa Joe turned 33 years old on Saturday.
— TNA Wrestling currently has no DVD releases planned.
ImpactWrestling.com has released the official preview for this Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling.
Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c, as the road to the March 18 “Victory Road” Pay-Per-View event continues! If you can’t watch it on Thursday, make sure to set your DVR so you don’t miss any of the action
– World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode and Sting will have their contract signing – what will happen just days before Victory Road?
– What’s next in the ongoing family feud between Garett Bischoff and his father Eric Bischoff?
– Mr. Anderson returns to action against Christopher Daniels
– As a preview of the PPV match, one-half of the World Tag Team Champions Samoa Joe will face Crimson
– X Division Champion Austin Aries has a special announcement
– Eric Young and ODB plan for their upcoming wedding
All this and much more this Thursday on SpikeTV at 9/8c!
The eighth annual Against All Odds pay-per-view event will take place tonight at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. The following matches have been announced for the event.
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Bobby Roode (c) vs. Jeff Hardy vs. James Storm vs. Bully Ray
Challenge Match
Gunner (with Eric Bischoff) vs. Garett Bischoff (with Hulk Hogan)
Challenge Match
“The Phenomenal” AJ Styles vs. Kazarian (with Christopher Daniels)
World Tag Team Championship Match
Matt Morgan & Crimson (c) vs. Samoa Joe and Magnus
X Division Championship Match
Austin Aries (c) vs. Alex Shelley
Women’s Knockout Championship Match
Gail Kim (c) vs. Tara
#1 Contender’s Match – X Division
Jesse Sorensen vs. Zema Ion
TNA star Samoa Joe participated in a conference call this week to promote Sunday’s Against All Odds pay-per-view. Here are some highlights, courtesy of Wrestling Voice Radio:
The Importance of Restoring Prestige to the Tag Team Championships: “I think it’s absolutely key. Some of the greatest matches that have been ever been wrestled have been Tag Team matches, some of the greatest wrestlers have been Tag Team wrestlers, I think Tag Team wrestling, I don’t know where it fell out of favor, if I’m part of the resurgence and part of making it relevant again then I’m all for that.”
If his Partnership with Magnus Go Further than their Tag Team Title Shot This Sunday: “I think that remains to be seen, I’d like that to continue, I think there’s a nice symbiosis between myself and Magnus, I think the Championship Committee put us together because they thought we’d self destruct and kill two birds with one stone because I’m a problem. I’ve always been a problem and I think TNA are trying to figure out how to contain this problem and their best bet was put oil with vinegar and watch it not mix, and watch it not work out and watch them work themselves into oblivion but obviously we’ve totally ruined that planned and we plan to continue on and rampage on.”
TNA Needing To Move Out of the IMPACT Zone: “I feel it is of dire importance if you want to see the product as well as the fan base continue to grow, people want to see wrestling in their hometown, they wanna go to live events and they want to be part of the experience and forgive me for using the same adjective again but its a very symbiotic experience where the crowd very much powers the performance in the ring and its almost subconscious, when you are out there in front of thousands of screaming fans it amps up your game a little bit, whether you like it or not, it puts you on point, it puts you on focus and makes you want to go out there and put something on fantastically. I think what you saw last week (TV taping from England) was very much evident of that.”
His Proudest Moment in the Company thus far: “Winning the Heavyweight Champions, for a bevy of reasons, first and foremost because it was from an athlete like Kurt Angle, is world renowned and world class and one of the top players in the game and I look forward to replicating that experience here in the near future.”
Don’t miss Thursday’s TNA IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c as the road to the February “Against All Odds” continues! If you can’t watch it on Thursday, make sure to set your DVR so you don’t miss any of the Total Nonstop Action on SpikeTV!
Here is a preview of Thursday’s broadcast:
– After World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode and Bully Ray ruined the #1 Contender’s Match between Jeff Hardy and James Storm, who will get the title shot at Against All Odds? What will Sting have to say about the situation? Will the General Manager step in and punish the World Champion for his actions? This situation is sure to explode in this week’s HUGE Main Event when James Storm and Jeff Hardy team up to take on Bobby Roode and Bully Ray in a Tables Match!
– The broadcast will also feature a Knockouts Triple Threat match with Velvet Sky vs. Tara vs. Mickie James, with the winner earning a shot at the Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim at Against All Odds! Gail will also be in attendance on Thursday to watch the match unfold!
– One-half of the World Tag Team Champions, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, will face off against “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe – a preview of the World Tag Team Title match at the PPV when Morgan and Crimson defend against Joe and Magnus
– Alex Shelley makes his return to action on IMPACT WRESTLING, battling Zema Ion on Thursday night in X Division action
All this and much more on Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV, plus more news on the upcoming “Against All Odds” Pay-Per-View event!
— “The Icon” Sting has made his official debut to social media on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. He welcomes Stingers from across the world with the following message:
— The official Facebook page of Impact Wrestling has announced that Crimson and Matt Morgan will defend the World Tag Team Championship against Magnus and Samoa Joe on February 12, 2012 at Against All Odds.
— Rosita is advertised to appear at the Steel City Con, which takes place March 2-4, 2012 at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania.
— The cast of Ring Ka King are presently in India to tape thirteen episodes for the promotion, which debuts on Colors on January 28, 2012. Angelina Love is working the current set of tapings. She replaces Mickie James, who worked last month’s set.
Don’t miss Thursday’s TNA IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c, featuring the aftermath of the “Genesis” Pay-Per-View as the road to the February “Against All Odds” begins! If you can’t watch it on Thursday night, make sure to set your DVR to record it so you don’t miss any of the Total Nonstop Action!
Here is a preview of Thursday’s broadcast:
– Bobby Roode is STILL the World Heavyweight Champion, having beaten “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy in controversial fashion at Sunday’s Genesis, earning a disqualification by attacking the referee! The World Champion told us he plans to open Thursday’s broadcast to discuss his PPV win over Hardy! HOWEVER, what will Sting have to say about what happened? Will the General Manager Sting deal with Roode and his actions?
– How will “Cowboy” James Storm react to losing to Kurt Angle at Genesis? Obviously, Storm will be hellbent on revenge after what went down at the PPV, with Angle taking the easy way out to beat his nemesis after a low blow and kick to the head! Will Storm unleash hell on Angle this Thursday night? Plus, is Kurt Angle now next in line for another shot at the World Title?
– Also at Genesis, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan and Crimson retained the Tag Team Championship against Samoa Joe and Magnus – but the champs won’t get any rest! Morgan and Crimson are scheduled to compete this Thursday on IMPACT!
– Plus, sources tell us AJ Styles is coming to IMPACT and he wants answers from Kazarian about what he did last week! Also, will Eric Bischoff speak out concerning the return of his son, Garett Bischoff?
All this and much more on Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV at 9/8c!
— Jillian Hall stated in her newly released shoot interview with RF Video that while she has had no official discussions with TNA Wrestling officials, Tara had been persuading her to join the Orlando based organization. Hall, however, does not feel she is in shape to continue wrestling full-time since she gained a lot of weight due to her pregnancy last year.
— Sky Deutschland in Germany announced that they have extended their contract to carry TNA Wrestling programming for another year. The deal includes airing Impact Wrestling on Sky Sports and pay-per-view events on Sky Select.
— TNA Wrestling has released new T-Shirts featuring Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Velvet Sky, ODB and more.
— Samoa Joe faces Christopher Daniels in a Maximum Impact tournament match on this week’s episode of TNA Xplosion. The winner of the eight-man tournament will receive a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship during TNA’s tour of the U.K. in January.
Three matches have been announced for this Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling on Spike.
* In the main event, Jeff Hardy will team up with James Storm and Abyss to take on World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode, Kurt Angle, and Bully Ray.
* In tag team action, Knockouts Tag Team Champions Gail Kim and Madison Rayne will defend the straps against Mickie James and Traci Brooks.
* The finals of the Wild Card Tournament will be held to determine who challenges Matt Morgan and Crimson for the World Tag Team Championship at Genesis as AJ Styles and Kazarian take on Samoa Joe and Magnus.
World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode and Jeff Hardy will go face-to-face one last time before their match at Genesis.
