TNA taped a Knockouts-only “One Night Only” pay-per-view on Thursday night dubbed, Knockouts Knockdown. The event features 8 “aspiring knockouts” squaring off against 8 of TNA’s top Knockouts. Each winner advances to a Battle Royal to crown 2016’s “Queen of the Knockouts.”

The 8 aspiring knockouts included Allysin Kay, Shelly Martinez, Deonna Purazzo, Leva Bates, Barbie Hayden, Cherry Bomb, Veda Scott  and Jayme Jameson.

Here are the results:

• Allysin Kay defeated Gail Kim via countout after Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett attacked Gail Kim while the ref was distracted.  After the match, Gail Kim challenged Mike and Marie to a tag match later and said she’ll find a partner.
• Rebel defeated Shelly Martinez.
• Laura Dennis defeated Velvet Sky.
• Jade defeated Leva Bates.
• Rosemary defeated Veda Scott.
• Barbie Hayden defeated Raquel.
• Marti Belle defeated Jayme Jameson.
• Madison Rayne defeated Deonna Purazzo.
• Maria Kanellis Bennett and Mike Bennett defeated Gail Kim and DJZ.
• Jade defeated Madison Rayne at the end of the Gauntlet Battle Royal to become Queen of the Knockouts 2016.

TNA is back in Orlando today with another round of tapings from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. In addition to taping for matches for future episodes of Impact Wrestling, TNA is also filming a “One Night Only” pay-per-view titled, ‘Knockouts Knockdown.’

TNA President Dixie Carter tweeted a photo of the Knockouts involved, including several familiar faces from the indy scene and NXT. The competitors involved in the Knockouts Knockdown taping include former NXT regular Leva Bates (Blue Pants), ROH star Veda Scott, Former WWE Diva Shelly Martinez, Former NWA Women’s champion Barbie Hayden, Cherry Bomb, Deonna Purazzo, Jayme Jameson, llysin Kay, Maria Kanellis and more.

Congratulations to all our aspiring Knockouts competing today for #TNAONO Knockouts Knockdown. pic.twitter.com/kflxe98plu

— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) March 17, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuWAyEfcepc

A few days ago, the above video featuring WWE Diva (as Tiffany) turned TNA Knockout Taryn Terrell started to get passed around a bit by wrestling fans (though it’s actually a month old). In the video, she talks about taking a renewed interest in her faith as a Christian, being that it was something she had neglected for a while. Today, both The Christian Post and The New York Post picked up her comments, which brought the video a lot of attention.

She’s not really specific about what specific behavior she’s talking about, whether it’s her domestic incidents with Drew Galloway or something else. She seems to have taken responsibility for whatever she feels bad about, though:

I went on the road with WWE for a while and that want to be a Christian sort of went by the wayside. I lived in sin. I was not a good person. I can say that I am ashamed of who I was in a lot of ways and the decisions that I made, and it was because I wasn’t a Christian.

A lot of times I thought, ‘How am I going to be a Christian?’ How can I be accepted by God? I have done awful things. I have not lived as a Christian. I lived as a sinner.

Terrell also explained that she didn’t actually have a good concept of how, theologically speaking, the concept of forgiveness works in Christianity:

What I didn’t understand about being saved was that I could be forgiven. I could truly be forgiven for all of the bad things that I have done. I will tell you that the moment that I truly feel and believe that I was saved—all these years of thinking, ‘Sure, I’m a Christian. I am going to Heaven. I believe that I was going there’—I was speaking with a Christian counselor in June and he asked me … ‘Are you saved?’ Again, I gave the same answer, ‘Yeah, sure. I believe in God, I believe in Heaven.’

It was then that he said, ‘Well, that’s great, but being a Christian means that you believe in Jesus. You believe that He died on the cross, that He died for our sins, that He was resurrected, that He is going to come again. That is your ticket to Heaven. That is your ticket to the Kingdom.’ It registered. It was something that I don’t know if I had heard before, or if I had heard it before, I didn’t truly hear it.

– Former top Ring Of Honor star Davey Richards recently posted the following message on his official Facebook page:

“With a heavy heart I can announce I announce that myself and ROH have parted ways for good and I will not be at Final Battle. Please continue to support them and the incredible talent they have. Thanks for the memories. It was an amazing ride.”

– The official TNA Twitter account posted the following tweet, which includes a link to video footage of TNA Knockouts Gail Kim and Christy Hemme doing a lower-body workout for Muscle & Fitness Hers:

Christy Hemme and Gail Kim New Lower Body Workout Video for Muscle and Fitness Hers http://t.co/PvV0pzkbTn

— IMPACT WRESTLING (@IMPACTWRESTLING) December 1, 2013

The following are highlights from a recent Miami Herald interview with TNA Knockout Lei’D Tapa:

On being a TNA Knockout: “It’s an honor to work with TNA and to be a Knockout. It’s a great opportunity.”

On participating in TNA’s Gut Check: “I’m just really grateful that I had the opportunity to participate in the [TNA] Gut Check. That put me on the radar — to get me out there and get known. It was the perfect opportunity for me and the right moment for me to be in front of the right people. For TNA to give me the opportunity to be with them and to grow as a wrestler and as an entertainer, I’m really honored and thankful.”

On working with Gail Kim: “It’s an honor to work with Gail Kim and I’m so glad I have the opportunity to be doing what we’re doing right now. She’s a great teacher to me. She’s helping me to keep growing and giving me advice. She’s a phenomenal athlete and a great, great talent. Before I started wrestling, I would watch her on TV to see how she works. Not only is she a beautiful woman, she’s a strong woman. I always believe that being a woman stands for something, and when I look at her, that’s what I see.”

Check out the complete interview online at MiamiHerald.com.

-Former TNA Knockouts Champion Mickie James is scheduled for a concert appearance at the WrestleCon event during WrestleMania XXX weekend in New Orleans on April 5, 2014. For more information, visit WrestleCon.com.

-Universal Championship Wrestling announced a solid lineup for their November 2nd event in Owensboro, Kentucy with Scott Steiner, Chris Masters, Rob Conway, “Superstar” Bill Dundee and a meet-and-greet with Tammy “Sunny” Sytch. For more information, visit UCWRecoil.com.

-Linda Bollea (aka Linda Hogan) recently appeared on “Inside Edition” to discuss her appearance in the recent Ricky Romance music video, “MILF.” You can check out the appearance online at InsideEdition.com.

HUGE Update On Hulk Hogan’s Future In Wrestling – Match At WMXXX?

The following are highlights from a recent RVA Magazine interview with former TNA Knockout and WWE Diva Mickie James:

On her TNA Impact Wrestling status: “I can’t really speak on my status right now. Honestly though, I’m not technically under contract with them right now. As far as TNA itself, I wasn’t at the last TV so I can’t speak on that. The company is in the midst of change obviously and that process of changing over.”

On recent changes and pay issues in TNA: “They’ve gone live on the road and they just brought in this new head of talent [John Gaburick] who was with WWE for twenty years or so. I feel like there’s good energy around it, but in the midst of change, people get scared and there’s a bit of that as well. It’s hard to really say. There were rumors and speculation about late paychecks, but my paycheck was never late. It’s not untrue though; I do know that was an issue with some of the people.”

On how the WWE Divas division has changed over the years: “Honestly, when I came in, there was still that Golden Era of Women’s wrestling for WWE. There was Trish [Stratus] and Lita there to legitimately pass that torch of credibility. They were genuine wrestling athletes. They weren’t just characters or beautiful women. They could go in there, wrestle like the men, kick serious ass, and hold that spot. I was very fortunate to have that coming in and be in that transitional phase. As they were leaving, it was myself, Melina, Beth Phoenix; all the girls that kind of grew up on the Indy scene. We all kind of came in that same way, that grass roots kind of way. We fought and clawed our way up the Indy scene to try and make a name for ourselves and build credibility just so WWE would take a look at us in the first place.”

On the WWE Total Divas reality show: “I don’t think that there’s anyone there who legitimately has had that torch passed to them in a way so that’s the main difference to me. There are obviously legit wrestlers like Nattie and I think Alicia Fox is great. I think it’d be great for someone to come in and take that division to a whole new level. I’m not sitting here burying those girls though because obviously they’re on TV, doing a great job, and they have the Divas reality show. I think that show is awesome because it’s giving depth to those characters that you wouldn’t necessarily know anything about other than they are great wrestlers. You don’t know anything about their personal lives and it’s kind of opening that door to get people more emotional invested into them. But yeah, I think having someone pass the torch would be great for those girls.”

Check out the complete interview online at RVAMag.com.

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Many have been questioning whether or not Mickie James and Ken Anderson will be remaining with TNA Impact Wrestling, now that their contracts with the company have expired.

TNA has pulled both the Mickie James and Ken Anderson profiles from their official website, and according to one source, both talents are now gone from the company.

We should have more on this story later tonight, or early Tuesday morning.

HUGE Update On The Future Of TNA [Not Looking Good] — DETAILS HERE!

[Credit: PWInsider.com]

-TNA Knockout Gail Kim was recently interviewed by The Miami Herald to promote the current TNA “One Night Only” pay-per-view, which is called “Knockouts Knockdown.” You can check that interview out online at MiamiHerald.com.

-TNA Impact Wrestling star Hulk Hogan is scheduled to make an appearance at the New York Comic Con in October.

-Speaking of Hogan, the TNA star spoke with St. Louis Live, and when asked what was unique about his company’s current product, Hogan replied by saying:

“The majority of our time we stay consistent with storylines. I think we are really, really consistent with delivering the action and keeping the business in the ring as much as possible. There are certain times where you can watch a quarter hour and minute-by-minute and see where the girls are on there and doing certain things in the background, having a certain conversation. That works. We try not to go against the grain. But the majority of the time the people want the action in the ring and we try to be really consistent with that, and that’s what we are trying to do.”

Update On Hulk Hogan’s TNA Future, No Surrender Spoilers For This Week + MORE!

-A new, loaded TNA Impact Wrestling podcast, which features Hulk Hogan, Tito Ortiz, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and TNA Knockout Gail Kim, is now available online. TNA fans interested in checking out the latest edition of the Impact Wrestling podcast can do so online at TNA2Go.com.

-TNA has added the official video preview for this Thursday’s live “No Surrender” edition of Impact Wrestling on their official YouTube channel. Fans interested in checking that out can do so by clicking play on the video player directly below:

http://youtu.be/zXDt_7SuYvg

TNA NO SURRENDER SPOILERS

-Current TNA Impact Wrestling Knockout Gail Kim, who was recently selected as TNA’s “Knockout Of The Month,” was interviewed by The Miami Herald. Fans interested in checking out that interview can do so online at MiamiHerald.com.

-The following are some recent additions to TNA Impact Wrestling’s official YouTube channel:

Inside Impact with ODB.

Inside Impact with Jeff Hardy

Inside Impact with Mr. Anderson

Details On TNA Planning On Cutting Even More Wrestlers […]

The following are spoiler-results for tonight’s TNA “Knockouts Knockdown” pay-per-view:

-Gail Kim defeated Alissa Flash

-Lei’d Tapa defeated Ivelisse Velez

-Tara defeated Mia Yim

-Brooke Tessmacher defeated Santana Garrett

-ODB defeated Trinity

-Jackie Moore defeated Taryn Tarrell

-Hannah Blossom defeated Sojo Bolt and Taeler Hendrix in a Triple Threat Match.

-Velvet Sky defeated Jillian Hall

-Mickie James defeated Serena Deeb

-The winners of all the aforementioned matches entered a Battle Royal. The final two ended up coming down to James and Kim, with Kim taking the victory.

-Madison Rayne appears in a non-wrestling role

-Daffney is in the crowd.

TNA Signs Another Former WWE Superstar [FIND OUT WHO HERE >>]

-TNA Impact Wrestling star Hulk Hogan will be performing a public arm-wrestling match with Mayor Rob Ford as part of a promotional stunt to hype his upcoming “Hulk Hogan Uncensored” stage show in Toronto.

-TNA Impact Wrestling star AJ Styles’ autobiography is scheduled to be released in October.

-The “One Night Only” pay-per-view for TNA Impact Wrestling in September will be “Knockouts Knockdown,” and will feature the following lineup:

–Gail Kim vs. Alissa Flash
–Lei’D Tapa vs. Ivelisse Velez
–Tara vs. Mia Yim
–Miss Tessmacher vs. Santana Garrett
–ODB vs. Trinity
–Jackie Moore vs. Taryn Terrell
–Hannah Blossom vs. Sojournor Bolt vs. Taeler Hendrix
–Velvet Sky vs. Jillian Hall
–Mickie James vs. Serena Deeb
–Gauntlet Match featuring the winners

Additionally, TNA Impact Wrestling will present “Unfinished Business” on pay-per-view, which will be based off of the events of the last “Slammiversary.”

REPORT: WWE Enters Contract Negotiations With AJ Styles [READ MORE >>]

(sources: f4wonline.com, pwtorch.com)

– TNA’s iMPACT! television tapings last week featured planted fans as attractive young women were purposely placed in the front row.

– There has been more grumbling than usual amongst the female performers of TNA over the pay discrepancy between them and their male wrestler counterparts. Reportedly, they talked amongst themselves early last week of getting all the women together to demand a raise from management. However, the three-day television tapings in Orlando concluded without confrontation.

– In an interview with www.Angel-Williams.net, Angelina Love comments on TNA moving back to Thursday nights, whether she misses working with Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne in “The Beautiful People,” how she came up with the name Angel, working with Natalya, and more.

When asked to comment on Lacey Von Erich, who made some choice remarks about her during her brief hiatus from the organization, she answered: “Well Lacey and I had never met each other until I came back to TNA at the beginning of this year. I think having the chance to be around each other has changed any pre-conceived feelings we may have had for one another. She’s definitely one of a kind!”

Love also noted that she hopes to work with Mickie James one day.