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  • Former WWE Producer Arrested In Indiana

    Former WWE Producer Arrested In Indiana

    A former WWE backstage producer was recently arrested in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. According to a report from PW Insider, Sarah Stock was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with aggravated battery, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and resisting law enforcement.

    She was booked and released early Sunday morning by the Vandenburgh Sheriff’s Department.

    Stock had been with WWE since 2015 but was furloughed this spring and later released due to the ongoing global pandemic. She wrestled as Sarita in TNA Wrestling from 2009 to 2013. She has also competed for companies such as Shimmer as well as CMLL in Mexico. Stock had previously wrestled under the names Dark Angel and Canadian Dark Angel as well.

    While in TNA, Stock won the promotion’s women’s tag-team championships twice. She won the inaugural titles in 2009 with Taylor Wilde. They would hold the belts for 106 days before dropping them to Awesome Kong and Hamada.

    Stock would team with Zelina Vega in 2011 and again win the belts. This time her team defeated Angelina Love and Winter to gain the championships. They would hold the titles for 129 days until dropping them to Brooke Tessmacher and Tara. Her 2 reigns and 227 combined days spent with 1/2 of the women’s tag belts ranks her 5th all-time in the promotion.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lHMPmXeEUo

  • Update On Sara Amato’s Role As Trainer, News On Promo Classes In NXT

    There has been speculation recently regarding the WWE coaching status of Sara Amato after she appeared on a recent episode of the new WWE Network original series, “WWE Breaking Ground.”

    Amato is still working as an agent with the main WWE roster, however she also doubles as a developmental trainer of talents at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Additionally, former TNA Knockout Sarah Stock (Sarita) is also working with the female developmental talent in Orlando.

    In related Breaking Ground news, the show gave the impression that William Regal teaches the promo classes at the Performance Center, however it is actually Ryan Katz who handles that responsibility.

    Katz is a former independent wrestler by the name of “GQ Money,” who was said to be a “Dusty Rhodes Guy” and worked closely with The Dream before his passing.

    (Credit: PWInsider.com)

  • Finn Balor’s New Ring Entrance, Former TNA Knockout Signs With WWE & More

    – Paul Heyman turns 50 years old today. He was born on September 11, 1965.

    – NXT Champion Finn Balor and Emma debuted new entrances at Thursday night’s NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University. Balor’s new entrance features white lights instead of fog and a large “Balor Club” logo on the big screen.

    – Former TNA Knockout Sarita (Sarah Stock) has officially signed with WWE and will be working as a coach at the Performance Center in Orlando, according to PWInsider.com.

    – The September 18th WWE live event in Montreal will feature Kevin Owens’ homecoming. He’ll be facing Cesaro. WWE has released this special edition ‘homecoming’ t-shirt for Owens:

  • Backstage Update On Former TNA Knockout Sarita Possibly Signing With WWE

    There has been some speculation recently regarding former TNA Knockout Sarah Stock (aka Sarita and Dark Angel) possibly signing with WWE, and in this scenario, it appears to be a case of “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”

    It was noted by Dave Meltzer on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that Stock, who recently announced her departure from Mexico’s CMLL promotion, is indeed expected to sign with WWE and work as a coach at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

    Stock has been brought in to the WWE Performance Center as a guest coach a few times in the past year to help teach aspects of the “Lucha Libre” style of wrestling to the NXT Divas.

  • Former TNA Knockout Rumored To Be Headed To WWE

    Former TNA Knockout Sarita (Sarah Stock) announced today that she’s leaving Mexico’s CMLL promotion and will be wrestling her final date for them at their September 18th Anniversary event.

    She noted that she’s leaving to explore other opportunities and there’s speculation that she could be headed to WWE. She’s worked as a guest coach at the WWE Performance Center a several times over the past year.

    Back in June, she was there teaching the NXT Divas how to wrestle the lucha libre style.

  • Sasha Banks Responds To Injury Rumors, WWE Stars Sing HBK’s Theme (Video), More

    – In response to rumors that she is out of action due to a shoulder injury, NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks wrote the following on social media: “No I didn’t. Stupid news.”

    – WWE recently posted the following clip of various talent singing Shawn Michaels’ infamous theme song.

    – Former TNA Knockout Sarita (Sarah Stock) was recently at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida working with the NXT Divas. Stock was reportedly brought in to teach the women the Mexican style of wrestling. NXT coach Sara Del Rey tweeted out the following photo of Sarita working with some talent.

  • Furious 7 To Gross More This Year Than WWE & UFC Combined, Lucha Dragons News & More

    – The Rock’s movie Furious 7 continues to crush it at the box office. Already in the top 10 highest grossing movies of all time, it’s taken in over 800 million dollars in less than two weeks. It’s expected to finish at about $350 domestic and $850 foreign, for a total of $1.2 billion. Furious 7 will take in more revenue this year than WWE and UFC combined.

    – Jey Uso undergoing surgery and being out of action for the next 6 months is the reason the Lucha Dragons were called up to the main roster the night after WrestleMania 31. With the Usos on hold until the end of the year, WWE needed to quickly elevate a new babyface tag team to challenge Kidd & Cesaro, which is why we’ve seen the Dragons on such a roll in recent weeks.

    – Former TNA Knockout (Sarah Stock/Dark Angel from CMLL) was at the WWE Performance Center this week as a guest trainer teaching Lucha style.

    (Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

  • Former TNA Star Working As Guest NXT Trainer, Sheamus On His New Theme, WWE Stock

    – Former TNA Knockout Sarita, who is working in CMLL under the name “Sarah Stock,” is working as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida this week. Former WWE and WCW star Dave Taylor is also working as a guest trainer this week.

    – WWE stock was up 1.64 percent on Monday, closing at $13.64 per share. The high today was $13.88 and the low was $13.40.

    – Sheamus posted the following on his official Twitter account regarding his new theme song, “Hellfire.”

  • NXT Preview For Tonight, Nikki Bella Reaches Milestone, Wrestling Birthdays

    – Nikki Bella, who busted her nose up pretty good at Monday’s RAW, has reached a personal milestone as WWE Divas Champion. The Bella Twin has held the Divas title for 100 days.

    – WWE referee Scott Armstrong celebrates his 56th birthday today. Armstrong was born on March 4, 1959. Also celebrating birthdays today are former WCW star Crowbar (41) and former TNA Knockout Sarah “Sarita” Stock (36).

    – WWE taped the following matches for tonight’s edition of NXT on the WWE Network.

    Adam Rose comes vs. Tyler Breeze
    Blake and Murphy vs. Sawyer Fulton and Angelo Dawkins
    Baron Corbin vs. Tony Briggs
    Solomon Crowe vs. Bull Dempsey
    Charlotte vs. NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks

  • Update On Jeff Jarrett’s New Project & Toby Keith’s Announcement

    – The latest on Jeff Jarrett’s big announcement is that we could hear something concrete by the end of April. Jarrett has been traveling extensively over the past few weeks, setting up production, merchandise, talent and international relations with other promotions.

    Jeff Jarrett’s Latest Teaser Video

    In [somewhat] related news, Toby Keith’s ‘big news’ on Monday, which many believed was related to Jarrett’s new project, was actually the announcement of his new tour dates. Toby Keith is rumored to be one of the people from the Nashville country music scene that will be financing Jarrett’s project.

    – As previously reported, former WWE/TNA star Lisa Marie Varon (Victoria/Tara) attended Monday’s RAW from her hometown of Chicago. Former TNA Knockout Sarita was also there with her, as seen below:

  • Update On WWE’s Search For New Divas, Sarah ‘Sarita’ Stock Joins Twitter, WWE House Show Attendance

    – WWE is currently holding a “Diva Search” style training camp in Los Angeles, California, in hopes of discovering new female talent following numerous departures since last year. Bill DeMott, who serves as head trainer for WWE’s developmental program, is presiding over the camp. Ten candidates from various modeling agencies are being paid to train for several weeks and those who impress company officials will be offered developmental contracts.

    Independent wrestler and model Reby Sky, cryptically remarked on the talent search via Twitter Wednesday: “Oh, all you women’s wrestling “purists” are going to LOVE the new diva search girls ! Just love em ! Bahahaha …” She then added: “They’re using my agency to book girls for the new Diva Search. MODEL AGENCY.”

    – The former Sarita, Sarah “Dark Angel” Stock, who parted ways with TNA Wrestling last month, is now on Twitter @SSDarkAngel. She confirmed the account on her Facebook page. The internationally-acclaimed grappler will be traveling to Japan next week for a lengthy tour with female wrestling promotion Stardom.

    – In WWE attendance notes, last Thursday’s Raw live event in Doha, Qatar, drew 3,500 and $500,000. Friday’s Raw show in Doha, Qatar, drew 3,000 paying $500,000. Saturday’s Raw show in Istanbul, Turkey, drew 3,000 and $200,000. Saturday’s SmackDown live event in Waco, Texas, which featured The Undertaker’s first WWE appearance since WrestleMania, drew 4,500 paying $160,000. Sunday’s SmackDown live event in College Station, Texas, drew 4,000 and $110,000.

    (source: F4WOnline.com)

  • Another Knockout Gone From TNA Wrestling?, Preview Sting vs. D.O.C At TNA Genesis, TNA Xplosion Match Taped

    – Following the departure of Sarita from TNA Wrestling this week after the organization elected not to renew her contract, Rosita may be gone as well.

    According to PWInsider.com, multiple TNA sources say the New York native is gone from the promotion. The same website, however, says she has not been released, according to another source. Unlike Sarita, her profile remains on the company website.

    Rosita, whose real name is Thea Trinidad, has yet to confirm whether she has parted ways with TNA. Rather, she posted the following on Twitter after rumors of her departure surfaced online, “Wow.. The love and support I’ve received from you all is so heartwarming ? thank you! So grateful to have such passionate fans! #TEAMTMT.”

    – TNA Wrestling has released a video previewing tomorrow night’s Genesis match featuring “The Icon” Sting vs. D.O.C. from Aces and Eights.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MI_tICuvuo

    – A match for an upcoming episode of TNA Xplosion was taped following Thursday’s live Impact Wrestling as TNA World Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez faced Joey Ryan and Matt Morgan.

  • Another Knockout Gone From TNA Wrestling, Video Preview For Thursday’s Impact Wrestling

    – It would appear that Sarita is no longer affiliated with TNA Wrestling since her profile and pictures have been removed from the company’s official website, ImpactWrestling.com. Her apparent departure should not come as a surprise since she had not been utilized since April and in a subsequent interview with ESPN in October, considered joining WWE a short-term goal. She joined the company in early 2009.

    It should be noted that D’Angelo Dinero’s profile has also been removed from the TNA website. Dinero announced on Twitter on Tuesday that his TNA contract expired on January 1st and he decided not to re-sign after 3 years with the company.

    – TNA Wrestling has released a video previewing Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling, featuring Jeff Hardy and James Storm vs. Bobby Roode and Austin Aries.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8Cap6IPN4

  • Sarita Wins Bodybuilding Contest For Seventh Straight Time, Jeff Hardy On Ink Master, Eric The Actor Quits TNA Gig

    – Jeff Hardy appears on Spike’s tattoo competition reality series Ink Master next Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. The TNA World Heavyweight Champion will appear as a “guest canvas” on the show, which means one of the contestants will give him a tattoo. Hardy’s wife Beth hyped his appearance on Twitter Thursday, writing, “Make sure to watch @JEFFHARDYBRAND on Ink Master next week on @SpikeTV. BTW…his tattoo is AMAZING!!!”

    – Sarita, who is known as Dark Angel in Mexico, won CMLL’s annual female bodybuilding competition for the seventh consecutive year Thursday in Mexico City. She beat Dalys and Isis to be crowned “Miss CMLL.”

    Sarita thanked fans for their support on Facebook: “THANK YOU for so much support today at the contest. I was elated to see so many friends cheering me on. 7 time champ!”

    Dark Angel

    – Eric the Actor of The Howard Stern Show fame, who appeared on a handful of TNA Today segments alongside Mike Tenay and Jeremy Borash, recently quit the gig. He stated on Thursday’s radio show that he ceased his affiliation with TNA Wrestling because he was tired of the “abuse” he received via e-mail and on Twitter from wrestling fans.

  • Sarita Discusses Bodybuilding and Wrestling In Mexico, “Final Resolution” Video Preview

    – Tomorrow in Mexico, Sarita vies for her seventh consecutive victory in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre’s annual bodybuilding contest. Speaking to Jim Varsallone of The Miami Herald, the internationally acclaimed wrestler discussed her training routine for the competition.

    “I train throughout the year, but about 12 weeks out from the competition, I start to change my diet and increase the intensity of my workouts,” said Sarita, who is 5-6 and 120-pounds. “It’s a lot of chicken, eggs, fish, beef, vegetables, and some oatmeal and little fruit. I start to do more plyometrics, push-ups and jumping and do more high-intensity interval training. I also continue to train wrestling so that my body adjusts, and I’m able to remain agile and balanced in the ring as I’m dropping weight.”

    While training for the competition, Sarita maintains her wrestling career, which also includes traveling, training and carrying food on every road trip. She looks at it as a challenge.

    “Weeks before, everyone’s talking about their diets and comparing bodies. We are wrestlers, not bodybuilders, so it’s an interesting challenge trying to reach your body’s potential while dealing with traveling, wrestling, training and carrying food with you on every road trip. Everyone looks at the contest as a way to get into great shape and show dedication to our fans, to the sport and to CMLL,” said Sarita.

    The full article is available here. She does not address her TNA Wrestling status in the interview.

    – TNA Wrestling has released its promotional advertisement for Final Resolution, which takes place on Sunday, December 9 live on pay-per-view and online via TNAOnDemand.com. Jeff Hardy will defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Bobby Roode at the event.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ZNBA0wJys

  • Eric Young To Wrestle His Final Matches For TNA?, Knockout Appears In TV Commercial, Miss Tessmacher Appearance

    – Eric Young suggested on Twitter Monday that his time with TNA may be coming to an end. He stated that this week’s live event tour may be his last with the organization.

    “TNA Live shows in MI and Windsor Canada. Ill be there could be my last live shows with TNA come and get crazy with me!” wrote Young.

    Young, who has not competed on Impact Wrestling since May, has kept busy in the meantime as the host of Animal Planet’s fishing roadtrip adventure series, Off the Hook: Extreme Catches. The program was recently renewed for a second season.

    – Sarita, known internationally as Dark Angel, appears in this commercial promoting El Luchador 2 on A&E Latinoamerica.

    – According to WrestlingFigs.com, Miss Tessmacher appears at Pro Wrestling World at the Merchants Square Mall 1901 S. 12th St. Allentown, Pennsylania on Sunday, November 18 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. For more information, call 610-798-9900 or e-mail prowrestling1@aol.com.

  • TNA Knockout Says One Of Her Goals Is To Compete For WWE, Shawn Daivari Featured On CNN Website

    – Sarita, who has not appeared for TNA Wrestling in six months, is setting grappling goals outside the promotion. The internationally-acclaimed wrestler revealed during an interview published Saturday on ESPNDeportes.com promoting breast cancer awareness that she wants to become the Women’s Champion of Puerto Rican based promotion World Wrestling Council, as well as compete for WWE. She believes she has the ability to accomplish both tasks and considers them immediate goals.

    “I have many plans in the short term; I want to be champion of the World Council, plus I would like to fight in the WWE. I’m very focused on continue to succeed in the wrestling world,” she said.

    Sarita, whose real name is Sarah Stock, publicly considered WWE a goal of hers when she began her professional wrestling career in Canada, but largely remained mum on the subject after gaining fame in Mexico as well as TNA Wrestling. She briefly competed for WWE’s former developmental promotion, Ohio Valley Wrestling, as a non-contracted talent during a wrestling tour of the United States in 2003. She was evaluated by WWE officials during an event tour through Canada the following year, but was not offered a contract.

    Sarita also remarked on the differences in wrestling styles between Mexico and the United States, being away from her family in Canada most of the year, and how her family has dealt with the effects of cancer. A translated version of the story is available here.

    – As reportedly recently, former WWE talent Shawn Daivari choked an unruly train passenger unconscious while en route to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, after police were slow to respond to another passenger hitting an emergency button. It has drawn attention from CNN, which has posted footage of the incident on its website.

  • Matt Morgan Makes Surprise Appearances At TNA Shows, Update On Sarita, Taryn Terrell On HBO

    – Matt Morgan made surprise appearances at both TNA live events in Arkansas this weekend. After attempting to pick a fight with Rob Van Dam Friday night in Hot Springs despite being an attendee, Morgan tried to get involved at Saturday’s show in Fort Smith. Following this, he wrote, on Twitter: “Fort Smith AR. Statement? MADE! Biggest one? Still to come!”

    Morgan was acknowledged on Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling as footage of a recent house show run-in was broadcast. Bruce Prichard then lectured D’Lo Brown on the incident and warned him to not let it happen again.

    – Dark Angel (a/k/a Sarita in TNA Wrestling) has returned to Mexico following a near two-month excursion in Japan for all-women’s league STARDOM’s 5 STAR Grand Prix Tournament. Despite recent friction between the veteran wrestler and CMLL, she will return to the promotion this Tuesday for their show in Guadalajara.

    While she was away, CMLL falsely advertising her for multiple shows in an effort to hurt her reputation. Organization officials were reportedly displeased with the wrestling standout for taking it upon herself to work a two-month tour for the Japanese promotion when their official women’s wrestling partner in the country is REINA. It was also claimed that Dark Angel arranged her own deal with the Japanese promotion, thus shutting out CMLL of financial compensation.

    – Taryn Terrell noted on Twitter that she will appear on tonight’s episode of Treme on HBO. The program airs at 10:00 p.m.

  • TNA Head Reportedly Not A Fan Of Women’s Wrestling, Bobby Roode Appears On “TNA Today”

    – The Wrestling Observer reports that one of the reasons ‘some women’ have quit TNA Wrestling in the past year stems from the belief that Bruce Prichard, Senior Vice President of Programming and Talent Relations, is not in favor of women’s wrestling. This would also explain why the Knockouts division is not as given as much prominence as in the past, with only a few talents being highlighted.

    Angelina Love and Velvet Sky reportedly left the promotion on their own accord and the roles of Mickie James, Rosita, Sarita and Winter were greatly curtailed after Prichard came into power last October. (more…)

  • Kurt Angle Addresses Status For TNA No Surrender, Opening For Tonight’s Pay-Per-View, Sarita

    – Despite a nagging leg injury, Kurt Angle says he will compete at tonight’s No Surrender pay-per-view event.

    “Getting Ready for tag title Match tonight at No Surrender Ppv. My Injury Will Not Hinder My Ability to Wrestle. I Won’t Let It!!!” he wrote on Twitter this afternoon.

    Angle and AJ Styles will face Christopher Daniels and Kazarian in a TNA World Tag Team Championship Match.

    – TNA Wrestling has released the music video that will kick off tonight’s No Surrender pay-per-view event featuring the semifinals and finals of the Bound For Glory Series.

    http://youtu.be/Va2I2I_rp1c

    – Sarita, who competes internationally as Dark Angel, is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Super Luchas. She is currently on a two-month wrestling tour of Japan for all-women’s league STARDOM’s 5 STAR Grand Prix Tournament.

    Video – Sarita takes huge face first fall onto hardwood floor

  • TNA Knockout May Be Blacklisted From Wrestling In Mexico

    Dark Angel’s (a/k/a Sarita in TNA Wrestling) tenured wrestling career in Mexico appears in doubt following her recent excursion to Japan for all-women’s league STARDOM’s 5 STAR Grand Prix Tournament. According to RingbellesOnline.com, by way of noted lucha libre expert Steve Sims of F4WOnline.com and Super Luchas magazine, CMLL officials are extremely displeased with the champion grappler for taking it upon herself to work a two-month tour for the Japanese promotion when their official women’s wrestling partner in the country is REINA. CMLL is also not being financially compensated for her appearances since Dark Angel secured her own deal, which goes against company protocol.

    Dark Angel appeared at a few STARDOM shows in March to celebrate friend Io Shirai’s fifth anniversary event as well as her own ten-year anniversary in professional wrestling. Since Dark Angel took off for an extended Japanese tour in mid-August, CMLL has continuously mis-advertised her as appearing at events with full knowledge that she will not be able to in an attempt to damage her reputation in Mexico. Sims noted during the Figure Four Daily radio show last week, “…she might not have a job for much longer in Mexico, it’s sad to say.” He also explained why CMLL is falsely advertising her for shows.

    “As soon as they know they’re not available for bookings they start listing them on their posters and assigning them bookings that they know they’ll miss,” Sims said. “That way, they get rid of them – which appears to be their intention and they can say “Look. Here’s the poster. Here’s the actual poster that we sent to the promoters. We said Dark Angel’s going to be there on such-and-such-a-time and she didn’t show up for work.”

    Dark Angel has informed fans of her whereabouts through her Facebook page with daily updates on her Japanese tour. After CMLL continued to falsely advertise her for shows, she wrote Thursday, “Just letting you all know that I’m still in Japan and will not be wrestling in Guadalajara in the upcoming weeks. Sorry for the confusion.”

    Sims speculated that CMLL may not book Dark Angel for shows once her tour of Japan concludes as punishment for her “betrayal” and since they control the Canadian native’s work permit for Mexico, they can blacklist her from working for any other promotion in the country.

    Sims said, “It appears that CMLL is doing it deliberately to issue a punishment to her, and I think because of the work permit situation, what we will find out is that they simply don’t book her, at least until such times as her work permit comes up, and hope that teaches her a lesson that she can work in Japan but only if the CMLL office gets a cut of her bookings.”

    In a worst-case scenario, Dark Angel would still be able to appear for TNA Wrestling as Sarita, as well as STARDOM or any other non-Mexican promotion. Sims adds, “They are very stubborn in CMLL and they’re going to make their point with Sarah Stock whether she likes it or not.”

  • TNA Reportedly Wrapping Up Claire Lynch Storyline, Former Knockout On Twitter, Sarita

    – According to F4WOnline.com, TNA Wrestling is expected to conclude AJ Styles’ storyline with Claire Lynch next week on Impact Wrestling with a paternity test segment. Lynch, who is portrayed by actress Julia Reilly, is believed to have parted ways with the promotion.

    – Former TNA Knockout Sojo Bolt is on Twitter at twitter.com/thatssojosie. She prese

    – Sarita is presently in Japan for a two-month tour of joshi promotion STARDOM.

    – Wedding: Impossible, a special featuring the wedding of Gail Kim and Chef Robert Irvine, replays tonight at 1:00 a.m. and Wednesday at 10:00 p.m.

  • Bully Ray To Make A Big Decision, Angelina Love Speaking Out

    With Bully Ray & Devon’s contracts with TNA Wrestling set to expire later this month, negotiations for a new deal have been tense. Ray appeared to address his immediate future with the organization via Twitter with a survey:

    He then followed up with:

    – Angelina Love, who has remained mum on the details behind her departure from TNA Wrestling last month, will “break her silence” on August 20 in an interview with MondayNightMayhem.com.

    – Dark Angel (a/k/a Sarita) will compete at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico on Friday as she teams with Goya Kong and Luna Magica to take on Lady Apache, Princesa Blanca and Princesa Sugheit. It will be her final match in Mexico before she heads to Japan next week for a two-month tour of joshi promotion STARDOM.

  • Knockout Heading Overseas For Two Months, Hankinson Pulled

    – Sarita announced on Facebook that she will be heading to Japan next week for a two-month tour of joshi promotion Stardom.

    “I’m very excited to announce that in less than 2 weeks I’ll be leaving for a 2 month tour of Japan with STARDOM, and to compete in the 5 STAR GP2012 tournament. I’ll miss you, Mexico!” she wrote.

    Sarita, who regularly competes in Mexico, has not appeared for TNA Wrestling since mid-April.

    -The official website of the Bowie Baysox is no longer advertising Drew Hankinson, who appeared as Festus and Luke Gallows in WWE, for TNA Impact Wrestling’s BaseBrawl event on Saturday, September 1 at Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie, Maryland.

    Hankinson competed in a dark match in June under the name Isaiah Cash and has reportedly appeared as one of the masked attackers of the “Aces and Eights” faction.

  • Hulk Hogan Opening Retail Store, Impact Rating Takes A Hit

    – Hulk Hogan will be opening a retail store in Clearwater Beach, Florida later this month. The store, which will sell Hulk Hogan merchandise and memorabilia, will feature regular appearances and autograph seessions from Hulk Hogan and friends. Hulk’s wife Jennifer and daughter Brooke will both be involved in the business.

    – Thursday’s iMPACT! Wrestling drew around a 0.8 cable rating, with 1.11 million viewers. The show did not rank in the Top 50 shows on cable for the night, so the official rating won’t be available until next week. The DirecTV blackout is a factor in this week’s rating being lower than usual, with 20 million DirecTV subscribers not having access to Spike TV on Thursday night.

    – TNA Knockout Sarita, who has not appeared for TNA Wrestling since April, competed Tuesday in Mexico as Dark Angel. She teamed with Dalis la Caribeña and Lluvia defeat Lady Apache, Mima Shimoda and Zeuxis in a 6-woman tag team match.