Tomorrow night (Aug. 20), Emergence will air on Impact Plus. In the main event, Christian Cage will defend the Impact Wrestling World Championship against Brian Myers. Also set for the card will be an X-Division Title clash between champion Josh Alexander and Jake Something. The Impact World Tag Team Titles will also be on the line as Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson meet Violent By Design, and the team of Rich Swann and Willie Mack.
We now have four more matches to round out the event. On the go-home show for Emergence, it was announced that Decay will collide with Tasha Steelz, Savannah Evans, Fallah Bahh & No Way. Another newly announced matchup is Deonna Purrazzo and Matthew Rehwoldt vs. Melina and Trey Miguel.
Also announced on the recent episode of Impact is a one-on-one match between Matt Cardona and Rohit Raju. It was also revealed that Madison Rayne is making her return to take on Taylor Wilde.
Here’s a look at the final Emergence card.
Christian Cage (c) vs. Brian Myers – for Impact Wrestling World Title
Josh Alexander (c) vs. Jake Something – For X-Division Title
Impact World Tag Team Championship:
The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) (c) vs. Violent By Design vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack – for Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Titles
Deonna Purrazzo & Matthew Rehwoldt vs. Melina & Trey Miguel
Decay vs. Tasha Steelz, Savannah Evans, Fallah Bahh & No Way
Former Impact Wrestling Knockouts champion Taylor Wilde will finally be making her return to the company soon according to reports from Fightful Select.
According to the report, this comeback has been planned for well over a year and the female star was originally slated to return ahead of the pandemic last year.
However, coronavirus halted these plans and Wilde could not make a comeback due to the travel restrictions that were put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Taylor Wilde is a former WWE star who was signed by the company in 2006 but she couldn’t get past the development territories. She was released by the company without a main roster appearance in 2007.
She joined the promotion then known as TNA in 2008. She went on to win the Knockouts Championship by defeating Awesome Kong during the July 10 episode of Impact Wrestling in her debut year.
Wilde went on to have a long run with the company. She also became the inaugural Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Sarita in 2009. She later had another run with the tile while teaming up with Hamada.
The former champion was said to be backstage for the latest Impact tapings though it’s unknown if she filmed any material and the exact date for her return is not known yet.
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.
– The official WWE website has added a new video playlist featuring a look at brawls that took place outside the arena at past WWE events. You can watch that at WWE.com.
– Former WWE Diva Amy “Lita” Dumas filmed footage for the new CMT show “Tattoo Titans” recently. The show is set to debut on February 13th.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Road Warrior Animal celebrates his 54th birthday today. Animal was born on January 26, 1960. Also celebrating birthdays in the world of wrestling today are The Stro (41) and Taylor Wilde (28).
— 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.
— There continues to be great concern amongst WWE officials over the match line-up for WrestleMania XXVII.
While it’s likely that WWE will produce a strong wrestling card, the major point of concern is that it will take more than that to attract the masses and draw the type of revenue that is expected of the organization’s grandest event of the year.
— February is “Defrost with the Divas” month on WWE Classics On Demand as the “sexy, smart and powerful” WWE Divas are highlighted with their greatest shows, matches and moments.
— Former TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Taylor Wilde turns 25 years old today while Road Warrior Animal turns 51.
Former TNA Knockouts champion Taylor Wilde has announced her retirement from pro wrestling Her final match will take place against Alissa Flash on 2/5 for Pro Wrestling Revolution in San Francisco, CA.
In an interview with the UK Sun, Wilde revealed that she has not met her own personal goals in the wrestling business and feels it is time to move on.
“I had a couple of months left on my contract, but I made a decision pretty much when I first started working for a major wrestling company (WWE) that wrestling is a wonderful job, it’s a lot of fun and you get to travel the world. In my early twenties it was very lucrative, but I told myself that when I was 25, if it was an industry I could see myself doing for the rest of my life I’d keep going, but otherwise it was time to hang up my boots.”
Wilde explained that she does not want to be stuck in the wrestling business forever without finishing her education and having other options to fall back on. She also talked about how there is a lot of pressure on female performers to look a certain way and their “shelf lives” are not as long as their male co-workers.
“As a female wrestler you are marketed to be cute, sexy, have a banging body and be full of life. You’re not so cute when you are 30, 35, 40. And that’s not a shot at older women. But as far as television goes, and what your body can take, our biological clocks are ticking. For most of us women we are marketed on our appearance, and that has a much shorter shelf life than any man in this industry.”
“I have to think about the rest of my life, the state of my body and my bank account.”
Wilde is currently studying psychology and said she’d consider wrestling again if “the right financial offer” came along, but not until after she finishes school.
Here are some pictures of the beautiful Taylor Wilde:
— Last Thursday’s episode of TNA iMPACT! scored a 1.15 cable rating, the program’s highest rating since November 11 (which drew the same number).
In the Male 18-49 demo, iMPACT! scored its highest rating since November 11 and second highest rating since October 14.
The program drew 1,474,000 viewers over the course of two hours.
— Contrary to online reports that Taylor Wilde’s contract with TNA Wrestling expired and officials opted not to renew it, the former Women’s Knockout Champion said last month on Twitter that she quit the organization. Via her online store, she is now selling personalized 8×10’s reading “I QUIT!”
The 8×10 she is signing is her final TNA Wrestling promo photo. She plans to sign 50 of them, “and then that’s all she wrote!”
— Reigning TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Madison Rayne and Angelina Love recently shot footage for the custom wrestling match website SlamminLadies.com. Below is a photo of the two TNA Knockouts battling it out inside an empty room.
For prices starting as low as $250, the website allows fans to draw an outline of a pro-style match between any two women wrestlers featured on the site. Photo sets are also offered.
A number of past and present TNA Knockouts are featured on the website including Awesome Kong, Velvet Sky, Taylor Wilde, Cookie, Daffney, Sojournor Bolt, Roxxi Laveaux, Rhaka Khan, Ms. Payton Banks (a/k/a Rain) and Rosie Lottalove. Former WWE Diva Savannah (a/k/a Angela Fong) is also featured on the site.
— TNA Wrestling has made iMPACT! available to UK viewers while their television situation in the country gets resolved. The following instructions were posted on the company website: “Log on to TNAondemand.com, click the launch button, then click on the Impact UK button on the bottom left of the page. This free service is only available for the UK.”
— Both Taylor Wilde and Hamada have been removed from the roster page of the official TNA Wrestling website, confirmed their rumored departures from the organization.
Wilde’s contract expired while Hamada opted to part ways with the company after returning to Japan in October.
Meanwhile, Winter has been added to the roster page.
— Cookie came face-to-face with The Situation of Jersey Shore Thursday night. According to TMZ.com, the TNA Knockout was hired to bartend The Situation’s Christmas party for his new protein-infused vodka. Sources tell TMZ the two hung out for a while.
— To correct an earlier report, TNA has not signed UK wrestler Johnny Moss to a contract. He has solely agreed to wrestle Jeff Jarrett at an upcoming TNA event in London.
— As reported earlier, Tara suffered a torn ligament in her elbow when she took a bad landing on her arm during her Steel Cage Match with Mickie James last week on iMPACT!. She will continue appearing on television while she heals as she will be using her cast as a foreign object.
— Regarding Hamada’s recent departure from TNA Wrestling, she was not fired as it was her decision to part ways with the organization. She headed back to Japan in October and wasn’t interested in returning.
— In response to rumors that she has parted ways with TNA Wrestling, Taylor Wilde noted on Twitter that she will clear them up in the near future.
She wrote, “There are a lot of rumours flying around right now, and I promise to clear them up in the upcoming weeks. For now, lets just roll with it!”
— According to sources within TNA Wrestling, Taylor Wilde is through with the company. However, officials are open to bringing her back in the future.
— Ric Flair didn’t appear at Sunday’s Final Resolution pay-per-view because TNA Wrestling were already over his allotted dates for the year and didn’t feel it was necessary that he work the event.
— Mick Foley appears on Last Call with Carson Daly this Friday night on NBC. The show airs at 1:35 a.m.
— Kevin Nash continues to deny reports that he has re-signed with TNA Wrestling. There is talk, however, that a deal is in place.
One company official not aware of whether Nash had re-signed, assumed it was only a matter of time if he had not.
“They are talking,” said the official. “He’s got somebody’s ear. And by somebody, I mean Dixie Carter.”
— In a battle of former tag team partners, Sarita squares off against Taylor Wilde on this week’s episode of TNA Xplosion. To view the match, click here.
— TNA Knockout Cookie is advertised to appear alongside former WWE Superstar Matt Hardy at Poitin Still Irish Restaurant and Pub (located on 774 Main St. Hackensack, New Jersey) on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
— Tommy Dreamer wrote on Twitter that he is scheduled to see a doctor today to diagnose his wrist injury from last night’s Turning Point pay-per-view, as the bone is sticking out. He also suffered a black eye during his match with Rob Van Dam.
— Taylor Wilde announced on her Twitter page that she will be on hand for this week’s iMPACT! television tapings in Orlando, Florida. She last appeared on iMPACT! on Sept. 23.
— The official theme song for TNA Wrestling’s Final Resolution pay-per-view is “Make Your Move,” by The Product. The event takes place on Dec. 5.
— TNA Knockout Mickie James is participating in an auction benefitting the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this Friday at Bailey’s Pub & Grille in Richmond, Virginia.
Advertising for the event reads: “Not only will some of Richmond’s sexiest singles be up for auction but country singer and wrestling sensation Mickie James will be auctioned off too!”
— TNA Knockout Taylor Wilde announced Monday on Twitter that she is engaged to be married.
She wrote, “I can’t contain my joy and excitment anymore! I’m engaged to @olivermitchell.”
— TNA Knockouts Chelsea and SoCal Val are advertised to appear at MegaCon 2011, which is taking place March 25-27, 2011 at the Orange County Convention Center Hall in Orlando, Florida. Click here for more information.
— TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion Taylor Wilde announced on Twitter Saturday that she dislocated a bone in her foot. She then noted that a doctor was able to put it back in place.
She will, however, miss Thursday’s live iMPACT! and subsequent Bound for Glory pay-per-view as she announced on Twitter today that she is heading to England for a few weeks.
“Off to England tonight for a few weeks, I’m so excited!!!!!!” Wilde wrote.
— Mick Foley announced on his Twitter page Monday that a movie will be made on his life story.
“I am thrilled to announce that I will be teaming up with Union Square Media to do a major movie based on my life story,” he wrote.
According to IGN.com, Foley will co-write the film, which will tell the story of his rise to fame during ‘The Attitude Era’ of World Wrestling Entertainment.
— TNA Knockouts Angelina Love and Taylor Wilde are scheduled to appear on TSN’s Off The Record Wednesday night. The program airs at 6:00 p.m. and is also available via TSN.ca.
— On Twitter, Jeff Jarrett is teasing a big announcement which will apparently be disclosed during tonight’s Victory Road pay-per-view broadcast. However, he made sure to note today that the announcement is “huge news” as opposed to a “big surprise.”
“Doing some more cardio thinking about the weeks and months to come. Very exciting.. I tweeted “huge news”, not “big surprise”…,” Jarrett wrote. “Most of the time surprises are a major letdown… Hints coming later…”
— As reported earlier, AJ Styles and Kazarian are being advertised to wrestle a mystery tag team at tonight’s Victory Road. There was a rumor going around that Christopher Daniels would be one of the opponents, but it is said to be untrue. (source: www.pwtorch.com)
— As seen two weeks ago on iMPACT!, Sarita turned heel by attacking tag partner Taylor Wilde following the former Women’s Knockout Champion’s loss to Madison Rayne, proclaiming she was sick of losing matches. The program is being continued on Xplosion as the two are advertised to face each other in a match on this week’s show. Though they are feuding on television, the former tag team partners appeared together at yesterday’s “Heatwave” wrestling convention in Carteret, New Jersey as they signed autographs and posed for photo-ops with fans.
— One third of the Knockout Tag Team Champions, Velvet Sky, recently signed a three-year contract with TNA Wrestling. She also received a pay raise, bumping her salary from $300 per show to $600 per show. As a result, she is among the company’s top female earners.
— Due to poor sales, TNA Wrestling’s “Ultimate Fan Xperience: Victory Road VIP Weekend” has been discounted from $299 to $99. The company reportedly sold less than ten VIP packages, hence the markdown. All fans who had previously purchased tickets at the $299 price will receive a refund for the difference of the ticket price. For more information on the proceedings, click here.
— Reportedly, “it was a lock” a few weeks ago that Bound for Glory would be held in San Antonio. The decision to move the pay-per-view event to Daytona Beach was due to company officials finding out that WWE had scheduled a Monday Night Raw taping in San Antonio on July 26.
— TNA Wrestling officials are working on setting up an Australian tour. A previously planned tour of Australia was canceled last December due to changes in TNA’s television production schedule, company officials claimed.
— As seen last week on iMPACT!, Sarita turned heel by attacking tag partner Taylor Wilde following the former Women’s Knockout Champion’s loss to Madison Rayne, proclaiming she was sick of losing matches. Nonetheless, the inaugural Knockout Tag Team Champions will be appearing together at this Saturday’s “Heatwave” event at the Holiday Inn in Carteret, New Jersey. The two will be doing photo-ops together with fans. For more information on the event, click here.
— Jon Heidenreich, a former WWE Tag Team Champion, was backstage at Slammiversary looking for work.
Meanwhile, former WWE performer Kenn Doane recently noted the following on his Twitter account: “tna scouting for talent….. um…… im right here.”
The former WWE Tag Team Champion worked a tryout dark match for the organization in March, but was not hired for undisclosed reasons.
— On this week’s episode of TNA Xplosion, which airs internationally, a backstage segment ran teasing dissension between Sarita and Taylor Wilde.
During the segment, Sarita is seen sulking on a bench in the women’s locker room with her tag team partner inquiring why she’s upset. Sarita says she was supposed to be in a tag match ‘tonight’, but found out she was scratched from the card. Wilde then assures Sarita that her match against Daffney — which takes place later in the show — was merely a ‘luck of the draw’. Sarita expresses more displeasure, indicating they’ve lost traction since losing the Knockout Tag Team Championship and that she wanted ‘tonight’ to be the starting point to get back to the top. Wilde says she needs her support and what’s good for her is good for Sarita. Sarita them mumbles in Spanish before the segment concludes.
Daffney was originally declared the winner of her Xplosion match with Wilde, but Sarita protested the referee’s decision, informing him that she used an illegal object. Referee Andrew Thomas searches Daffney and finds a chain, calling for the match to be restarted. The match concludes when Sarita trips Daffney from the outside, allowing Wilde to roll her up for the pin.
— Apparently in reference to WWE’s Lay-Cool act, an upset Angelina Love wrote the following on her Facebook account Friday night while watching television: “So this is what I get for quickly flipping thru the channels on a friday night……a blonde & a brunette blatantly ripping something off……..BRUTAL!!!”
The TNA Knockout made similar remarks online last year after Maryse took a page out of “The Beautiful People” playbook by spraying Mickie James with hair spray during an episode of Monday Night Raw.
“You can try, but you cant and you never will be TBP!!!,” Love angrily typed on MySpace. “The Beautiful People- often imitated, NEVER duplicated!!”
Days before Love’s latest remark, Layla responded to those accusing her and Michelle McCool of ripping off TNA Wrestling’s “Beautiful People” act, writing on Twitter: “Cuz all of the tweets about this subject For the Record I do Not watch TNA So copy cat thing… kinda NOT!! This is All I will say Done!!”
— TNA Wrestling has launched a website solely promoting its live events tour. The website’s address is www.tnaliveevents.com.
— TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Madison Rayne squares off against Taylor Wilde in the following webmatch.
— It would not be surprising to see Scott Steiner return to TNA as he was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the organization when Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff joined the fold. Though negotiations fell through and he is no longer under contract, a company source predicts he’ll return within the next few months.
— On Twitter, a fan expressed his displeasure with Taylor Wilde’s lack of television time in recent weeks. The Knockout herself responded, “Yeah……….I’m not too thrilled about it either.”
Wilde was not flown in for this week’s television tapings. She is currently vacationing in England.
— Click here to watch the Before The Bell special previewing Lockdown.
— The final iMPACT! on Thursday nights averaged a 1.14 cable rating off of hours of 1.26 and 1.02, on par with last week’s number. That’s a crap rating heading into the first Monday show, but even more alarming is that viewers tuned out virtually every single quarter hour throughout the show. iMPACT! opened with a strong 1.31 quarter-hour and dropped consistently throughout the remainder of the broadcast, with the final quarter-hour drawing a show-low 0.93 rating. From the start of the show to its end, iMPACT! lost 30 percent of its audience.
— It was reported this past week that Roxxi has once again parted ways with TNA. It should be noted that wasn’t released from the organization as she was never under contract to begin with. She was brought back last year on a per-per-appearance basis. Furthermore, she was not removed from TNA website’s roster page as she was never actually listed in the first place.
In related news, Roxxi announced yesterday on her Facebook account that she would not be returning to active wrestling at tonight’s Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) event in Union City, New Jersey as she is still nursing a broken ankle which hasn’t fully healed.
— Taylor Wilde is auctioning off the teal ring-worn outfit worn at No Surrender where alongside Sarita, were crowned the first TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions. You can view the auction at the following link. Bidding ends Saturday evening.
