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Vince McMahon Knockout Update, Eve Addresses Absense

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– John Laurinaitis’ executive assistant Eve Torres addressed her absence from WWE television on Twitter on Monday night:

“I know you all have missed me on Raw, but rest assured I’m handling some very important business. That’s what business women do.”

– Following the Big Show’s knockout punch on Vince McMahon at the end of RAW, the WWE website has an “injury update” on the WWE chairman – and his status for Sunday’s pay-per-view is now up in the air.

The latest storyline development is that McMahon is experiencing “concussion-like symptoms” and might not be able to sit ringside for the John Cena vs. Big Show match at No Way Out. McMahon promised on RAW to fire John Laurinaitis if Big Show can’t defeat John Cena at the event.

After RAW went off the air, McMahon “regained consciousness” and was helped to the back by trainers. 

WWE No Way Out: Main Event Stipulation, Ziggler, Pre-Show

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Vince McMahon will be ringside this Sunday night at WWE No Way Out when Big Show wrestles John Cena in a steel cage match. If Big Show does not win – John Laurinaitis will be fired. Dolph Ziggler also won a #1 contenders match on RAW to replace the injured Alberto Del Rio and face Sheamus for the World Heavyweight championship.

It was also announced on RAW that  Layla will defend the Divas title against Beth Phoenix and Brodus Clay vs. David Otunga will be the pre-show match on Youtube.com, starting 30 minutes prior to the PPV.

With those matches set, here’s the updated card for WWE No Way Out:

Steel Cage Match (Vince McMahon at Ringside)
Big Show vs. John Cena
If Cena wins, Laurinaitis is fired

WWE Title Match
CM Punk (c) vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane

World Heavyweight Title Match
Sheamus (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

WWE Intercontinental Title Match
Christian (c) vs. Cody Rhodes

Divas Title Match
Layla (c) vs. Beth Phoenix

Pre-Show Match:
Brodus Clay vs. David Otunga

Matches Taped For This Week’s Superstars, Dark Match Results

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Matches taped Monday night in Hartford, Connecticut for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:

* Zack Ryder vs. Michael McGillicutty

* Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Darren Young and Titus O’Neil

In a pre-taping dark match, Alex Riley beat Drew McIntyre via roll-up.

Former WCW Champion Appears On Raw, Ryback’s Opponents

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– Vader, a two-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, made his first WWE appearance in over six years on Raw SuperShow. “The Man They Call Vader” dispatched Heath Slater with a Vader Bomb.

– In a 2-on-1 Handicap Match on Raw SuperShow, Ryback dismantled local competitors Willard Fillmore and Rutherford “P.S.” Hayes. Both Fillmore and Hayes compete for the New England based independent promotion Chaotic Wrestling: Fillmore as “American Sasuke” Mikaze and Hayes as Scotty Slade.

– Tickets for WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view event on September 16, 2012 at the TD Bank Garden in Boston, Massachusetts go on sale on June 23 at 10:00 a.m. via Ticketmaster.

– Lance Storm, who recently injured his elbow, tweeted the following Monday night: “Got my elbow X ray results back, fractured bone spur. Will not keep me out, just causes pain. Now the long wait for the ortho appointment.”

Bret Hart Says Ultimate Warrior Was Supposed To Lose To Him

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Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of The Score Television Network once again sat down with WWE Hall of Famer Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart. Highlights are as follows:

Wrestlemania VIII with “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and winning the Intercontinental Championship: “When I realized I was going to wrestle Roddy Piper, my gut instinct told me that Piper was going to keep the title for a while, and I would sort of be back up to him. It didnt work out like that, and I’m glad it didn’t because I kind of had my heart set on a good healthy long run as the Intercontinental champion. I thought at the time I got the title that I earned it and I wanted to have my chance. When i lost it to “The Mountie” I thought ‘They never gave me my chance.’”

On Piper ‘passing the torch’ to him and other wrestlers not doing the same: “For him to pass the torch down to me, kind of thing, was a pretty big step for me. At that time a lot of wrestlers didn’t want to make that kind of effort for me, and I’m not sure why or what their arguments might have been. So many guys when I look back on my career, like even when I won the World Title I was supposed to go over on ‘Warrior’, i would have gone over on ‘Warrior’ at the ‘Rumble’, never happened. I was supposed to wrestle Jake Roberts first at ‘Survivor Series’, never happened,” … “its too bad in the case of Jake Roberts, he’s a guy that, I had this great career and never wrestled Jake Roberts one time.”

On creating the ladder match and Shawn Michaels stealing the idea: “[Vince] told me to pick anybody I wanted, I said ‘I’ll pick Shawn’ because I was good friends with Shawn back then. I went to Shawn and said ‘We’re going to do a ladder match’ and he didn’t know what it was either. I tried to explain it to him. I knew it was a million dollar idea. Once I showed him how to do it I knew it would be a great idea” … “And then Shawn stole then idea from me. It was the idea that was the the million dollar idea. A lot of guys could have had a great ladder match, a lot of guys have. But it was the idea that I brought forth that they stole from me.”

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Dixie Carter Addresses Restraining Order Filed Against WWE

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TNA Entertainment Releases Statement Regarding Current Litigation

NASHVILLE, Tenn — TNA Entertainment, LLC President Dixie Carter releases a statement in regard to the recent TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) the company filed against WWE in the Davidson County Circuit Court in Nashville, Tennessee.

TNA President Dixie Carter states, “We were not surprised that the Court originally granted a swift temporary restraining order against WWE to prohibit interference with TNA’s contracts and business relationships. I’m pleased that the Court has now replaced that temporary measure with the most recent judicial Order. The Judge’s current Order sends a strong message about the importance of TNA protecting its trade secrets. Obviously, the accuracy of what WWE has represented remains important, so I look forward to the discovery process and what is revealed during litigation. As always, we will vigorously protect TNA and its brand from damage at the hands of any and all sources, no matter who is involved.”

WWE Confirms Del Rio Injury, New No. 1 Contender To Be Named

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WWE announced through their Mobile Alert service Monday that Alberto Del Rio will be unable to face Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship at No Way Out on June 17. A new No. 1 contender will be determined on tonight’s Raw SuperShow. The message reads:

“BREAKING NEWS: Due to a concussion on SmackDown, Del Rio wont face World Champion Sheamus @ No Way Out. New #1 contender to be named on tonight’s Raw (8/7 CT).”

Del Rio suffered a “serious concussion” at last Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Columbia, South Carolina. During a skirmish, Sheamus slammed Del Rio’s head against the metal WWE logo, leading to the injury. He was subsequently pulled from this past weekend’s SmackDown live event tour.

Steiner Takes Aim At Bischoff Over Recent Interview Comments

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Scott Steiner, who parted ways with TNA Wrestling in March, has continued to fire off messages on Twitter trashing his former employer’s uppeer hierarchy. In his latest series of messages, “Big Poppa Pump” slams Eric Bischoff, Brooke Hogan and Hulk Hogan for destroying TNA in his eyes. He also takes issue with Bischoff’s comments regarding him during a recent interview.

When asked of Steiner’s scathing Twitter rants, Bischoff said, “Scott is a 50-year-old man and is at a stage of his life where in his mind he is a much bigger star than in reality and he is having a hard time adjusting to that. It is sad to see, especially with people at one time you thought were friends become so bitter because their identities are so diluted in this wrestling character that they think it is their life. When that chapter of their life closes they can no longer perform to the level they need to perform to be able to compete with the younger talent.

“Some guys are able to adjust to that very well and just move on but other people like Scott Steiner just become bitter. I hope he finds a way to look back at his career and realise he was very fortunate, he made a lot of money, got to see the world and got to do things very few people got to do. I would like to see Scott become less bitter, he will be a much happier person.”

Steiner responds:

Brooke Tessmacher will now be called miss tessmacher bcuz hogan wants it that way…..really

How about brooke A and brooke B …A is for amazon B is for beautiful..guess which brooke is the amazon

Ive always said hogan n bitchoff are car salesman and are the best at it but how do these con men

Convince a company that they have brought nothing but bad storylines and bad ratings and trying

To save money hire their siblings who are both worthless,they were paying garrett bitchoff more money

To go thru school than they are paying most of their cruiserweights and he still cant throw

A believeable clothesline,fn bullshit

Leaving one cunt and going to another..bitchoff did an interview and all he has

To do is say what im saying isnt true but he cant so he tries too convince whoever that im bitter

No im telling the truth and im saying what everybody wishes they could in tna but cant,i am the voice

For these guys and im trying to save tna,bcuz ive seen this same bullshit before in WCW,where is hogans

And bitchoffs accountability,then he said he thought we were friends…really..hogan thought we were

Friends bcuz i gave him the # of the Dr who did my back surgery,and you thought we were friends bcuz

…WHY….you have an inflated opinion of yurself bcuz you are viewed by 99% of the wrestlers that

Were in WCW as the jackoff who made David Arquette champion and eventually running WCW into

The ground,and now for those wrestlers who werent in WCW but know about it you are a jackoff that

Doesnt know shit about booking and are destroying the fanbase of TNA

And anybody that knows wrestling; once you lose fans its not like turning the faucet back on it takes awhile

To get those fans back and sometimes you dont get them back

Thats why TNA should be in a panick bcuz these 3 assholes have brought bad ratings for 21/2 yrs

Bitchoffs then says when he was in wwe he wishes he would have picked vince’s mind more….are you

Fucking kidding me …bitchoff the only time vince let you in his office was to save you from the guys from

WCW kicking your ass,At raw flair went up to bitchoff and slapped the shit out of him and bitchoff being

The cunt that he is did nothing,then Arn was going too,then pretty soon a line of guys from WCW started

To form bcuz eric was a arrogant asshole and they wanted to take their shot and Vince brought bitchoff

In his office and then tried to calm everybody down,You wonder why your son is a pussy……bcuz you are

Age is a state of mind and i feel great,put me in the ring with garrett and we’ll see who looks better

Fuck the piece of shit cant even wrestle

Ex-Announcer Thinks Punk Needs To Bulk Up, Update On Jackson

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– Former WWE announcer Jack Korpela issued a survey to his Twitter followers asking which current WWE or TNA Wrestling Superstar has the most potential to be a major “crossover” star. When a person named CM Punk, he responded, “CM Punk has the in ring talent and great mic skills. Could use a few more pounds of muscle though.”

Another person vouched for Punk’s potential. Korpela reiterated, “He’s damn good. Needs to improve physique though. Hogan, Rock, Austin all looked the part.”

When a person named Dolph Ziggler, Korpela said his height works against him. He wrote, “Is an amazing talent. Great physique, charisma and mic skills. Only thing working against him is he isn’t tall.” However, he then clarified, “Ziggler has it all and he CAN make it. All I’m saying is it’s harder for the smaller guys to get over.”

– Ezekiel Jackson was backstage at last Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Columbia, South Carolina, but not used. He also did not participate in this weekend’s SmackDown live event tour. He stated on Twitter that he will be attending tomorrow’s SmackDown taping in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Vince Trends After Pacquaio Fight, Punk-AJ, Vader

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– WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was trending worldwide on Twitter on Saturday night after the controversial Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley boxing fight. Fans were so upset with the judges’ decision that Bradley won the fight that they accused promoters of rigging the results, which is where the Vince McMahon reference came from.

Despite the fact that McMahon’s name trended in a way that reflects negatively on the world’s most famous wrestling promoter, f4wonline.com is reporting that there was actually talk over the weekend of mentioning Vince trending on RAW tonight.

– WWE Diva AJ Lee tweeted the following about tonight’s RAW:

“Excited for Raw. I know you all have so many questions. And my answer to them is this… In the end, everyone gets what they deserve.”

WWE Champion CM Punk replied:

“sweet, so I’m getting a puppy and a six month vacation? You’re so sweet. OR ARE YOU?! ?#crazychicks”

– Former World Heavyweight Champion Vader was spotted in Hartford, Connecticut last night, the site of tonight’s WWE RAW Supershow. There’s no word on whether Vader will be at RAW or meeting with WWE, but he’s in town.

Laurinaitis Removed From WWE EVP Position, Jericho Countdown

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– John Laurinaitis no longer officially serves as WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations; his bio has been removed from the WWE Corporate website’s index of executive officers. Therefore, the former ‘Dynamic Dude’ is solely an on-air performer for WWE. However, he is still branded as the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations in his WWE.com Superstars profile and on his Twitter account.

Laurinaitis had overseen the Talent Relations department since April 2004, when he replaced Jim Ross. He was hired as a road agent after the sport entertainment organization’s acquisition of certain assets of World Championship Wrestling in March 2001.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque, who oversees the talent relations and talent development departments, has been added to the website.

– Counting down to twelve days remaining on his thirty-day WWE suspension due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24, Chris Jericho tweeted Monday, “I was 12 years old when I started my first band, The Amplifiers. Our song was called ‘Cop Shop’. I still remember how it goes!”

– Triple H is today’s spotlighted WWE Superstar on WWE.com.

Rock Begins Shooting Empire State, Marcus Anthony’s FCW Name

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– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced via Twitter that today is his first day shooting Empire State.

“On set. 1st day of shooting EMPIRE STATE. True story drama of the biggest heist in US history. Let’s have some fun,” Johnson wrote.

His co-stars include Liam Hemsworth, Emma Robberts, Nikki Reed, Michael Angarano, Jerry Ferrara and Chris Diamantopoulos. Empire State is scheduled for release in June 2013.

– Former Ohio Valley Wrestling talent Marcus Anthony is branded as Lincoln Brodrick in the newly released Florida Championship Wrestling roster guide. The heavily muscled wrestler has yet to appear for the developmental promotion after signing a contract with WWE in February.

– World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus jumps onto the E3 stage with Kevin Pereira and Blair Herter to discuss the “Attitude” campaign and more in this WWE ’13 E3 2012 gameplay demo video. Watch the WWE Superstar lay out all the exciting details.

During the interview, Sheamus expressed his disappointment with his WWE ’13 score being the same as The Miz. The Celtic Warrior says The Awesome One “couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag.”

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– WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart appears at this Friday’s Reading Phillies game taking place at First Energy Stadium 1900 Centre Ave/Rt 61 South, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Ziggler Takes Aim At The Kardashians, Update On Cottonwood

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– Dolph Ziggler takes aim at the Kardashian clan in the latest episode of WWE Download.

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– The official website of Florida Championship Wrestling has removed Eli Cottonwood from their roster page, which would indicate that he has been released from his developmental contract with WWE. F4WOnline.com confirms he parted ways with the organization, for another line of work.

Other talent removed from the website were Cameron, Damien Sandow, Maxine and Naomi, who no longer appear for the promotion after graduating to WWE’s main roster.

– Former WWE Superstar Lance Storm was asked via Twitter, “Chances of Ryback being the next Goldberg?” He responded, “ZERO. He should just try to be a successful Ryback.”

Booker T Discusses Buff Bagwell Match, FCW Wrestler Unmasked

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– Booker T talks about his most memorable moment from Raw, which was his match against Buff Bagwell in the show’s first-ever WCW main event.

“My favorite moment from Monday Night Raw would have to be the night myself and Marcus Bagwell main-evented on Monday Night Raw,” Booker reveals. “It’s such a sweet night for me, actually coming from WCW.”

T continues, “That night for me man, a new chapter to the Booker T saga. It was a night that I’ll remember for the rest of my career.”

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– Benicio Salazar, who had been appearing in Florida Championship Wrestling as a masked character, is now pictured on FCWWrestling.info without a mask. His bio, however, was not modified.

“I have spent much time scouting the superstars of FCW,” Salazar explained through a translator. “My true identity will NEVER be revealed and the fact that I will become the next big FCW attraction is all my opponents need to know.”

Plans For RAW, Christian Not Happy To Be At Slammiversary

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– As of this weekend morning, there were two scripts going around for tonight’s 3-hour RAW. One of the scripts featured many appearances from Vince McMahon while the other barely included him at all.

– Following WWE Intercontinental champion Christian’s appearance at Sunday’s TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view, we can report that Christian was not happy that he was selected to appear at the show. That said, he was friendly and got along with everybody backstage.

Pictures of Christian’s Appearance From TNA Slammiversary

– Darren Young tweeted the following about tonight’s 3-hour RAW about his Prime Time Players tag team with Titus O’Neil:

“We The #PrimeTimePlayers have been spectators far 2 long! Don’t b surprised if ya c @TitusONeilWWE & I breakout on 2nites 3hr @WWE #RAW!”

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

Lesnar’s WWE Future In Jeopardy, Cody Knocks ‘Families’ List

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– Cody Rhodes, who is currently in Turkey doing media appearances for WWE, tweeted the following over the weekend regarding the WWE website’s recent list about the Top 15 wrestling families:

“The geniuses at WWE.com (the same geniuses that left Thunderbolt P off the greatest talkers list) have assembled a new list… the top 15 wrestling families. As the least bias of my name, if you were basing these off of the bottomline, I could see number 5, maybe 6.. 8 though?? You might be able to hear me laughing all the way from Turkey. I hope we’re not paying these guys much.”

View Here: WWE Ranks The Top 15 Wrestling Families

 – To update the story of Brock Lesnar’s strained relationship with WWE, Vince McMahon said to be so furious at Lesnar for attending UFC 146 and meeting with Dana White that Triple H had to talk him out of doing something drastic.

Related: Nuclear Heat On Brock Lesnar

Triple H is still scheduled to wrestle Lesnar at SummerSlam and has been pushing hard for WWE to not cancel the match, a sign that Triple H will be going over at the PPV.

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

JBL Talks Possible WWE Return, Rock-Fast 6, Stephanie

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– JBL’s recent announcement that WWE will be sponsoring his “Seven Summits” mountain climbing adventure has been picked up by several national media outlets. JBL noted on Twitter that he’ll be at WWE headquarters today in Stamford, CT.

Last week, JBL says it was “highly likely” that he’d be returning to WWE after it was announced they were contributing $250,000 towards his goal. He has since clarified that comment:

“For those asking, thanks–but NO return planned, got a mountain to climb and if I don’t die I could be back on @wwe tv for a shot r two.”

Details On JBL Climing The Highest Mountain On Each Continent

– The Rock tweeted over the weekend that is he has begun training for Fast 6, the next installment of the Fast & Furious series.

– Stephanie McMahon and David Otunga will be holding an anti-bullying rally this afternoon at the Wilson Gray YMCA in Hartford, Connecticut.

Sound Off 222: A Long Overdue Rant on The State of WWE

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This week, Solomonster discusses last night’s boxing atrocity, TNA Slammiversary, another good Impact show and Randy Orton’s career potentially in jeopardy. Then, he loses his cool and unloads on WWE for a week of mass stupidity. He talks about Hunico (yes, Hunico), Hornswoggle mocking JR’s Bells Palsy on Smackdown and what makes it worse than WCW’s Oklahoma angle, the Michael Cole garbage on Raw, even more storyline inconsistencies and a bone to pick with the newest SEScoops Raw reviewer. No time for a mailbag this week, but if you like a good rant, this is the show for you.

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Who Played Abyss Last Night, Tessmacher’s Name Change & More

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– 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)

More On Sting In TNA’s Hall Of Fame, Destination X Promo

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– Sting was announced as the first inductee into TNA’s Hall of Fame at Sunday’s TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view. The official induction ceremony will take place at the Bound For Glory pay-per-view in October. The belief in TNA is that more than one person will be inducted at Bound For Glory – and Sting will be the head of the first class.

Dixie Carter’s announcement that Sting would be the first inductee was a surprise to virtually everybody in TNA. Neither Sting or Hulk Hogan knew about the news before Sunday.

– TNA has released the following promo video for their next pay-per-view on July 8th, Destination X:

Internatal Reaction To Slammiversary & Backstage News

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– The general feeling backstage last night was that it was TNA’s best effort in a long time.

– TNA President Dixie tweeted the following after Slammiversary:

“What a beautiful, proud night. Thank you D/FW. Thank you wonderful fans for 10 amazing years!!! Great, great PPV.”

– TNA co-founder Jeff Jarrett was not in attendance for Slammiversary. Jarrett thanks fans on Twitter for their support.

– Former TNA star Lance Hoyt and former WWE Diva Stacy “The Kat” Carter were backstage visiting at TNA’s Slammiversary.

TNA Impact Wrestling Preview For Thursday

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The following is a preview for Thursday’s live episode of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV:

– TNA World Champion Bobby Roode vs. Mr. Anderson.

– The fallout from Sunday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view and the early build to Destination X on Sunday, July 8th.

– TNA’s 12-man Bound For Glory series kicks off with a Gauntlet Match, which will be the opening segment on Impact.

– The next chapter in the Dixie Carter & AJ Styles storyline.

R-Truth Confirmed To Have Broken His Foot, Jericho Countdown

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– Sources within WWE have confirmed that WWE Tag Team Champion R-Truth suffered a broken foot. He did not go on the Raw brand’s tour of Spain last week-Kofi Kingston partnered with Zack Ryder and Brodus Clay at events.

– Counting down to thirteen days remaining on his thirty-day WWE suspension due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24, Chris Jericho tweeted Sunday, “Jason Voorhees was the killer in the Friday The 13th movies. 13 is the name of the new Megadeth album. I have 13 black socks…”

– Tom Prichard, who WWE recently released from his role as head trainer of Florida Championship Wrestling, is now on Twitter. He is accepting bookings via [email protected].

– Tommy Dreamer is today’s Superstar of the Day on WWE.com.

(source: PWInsider.com)

Sting Announced As The First Inductee Into TNA Hall Of Fame

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TNA IMPACT WRESTLING ANNOUNCES THE “TNA HALL OF FAME” – “THE ICON” STING BECOMES THE FIRST INDUCTEE AT SLAMMIVERSARY

TNA IMPACT WRESTLING announced the beginning of a “TNA Hall of Fame”, with “The Icon” Sting announced as the first inductee at this year’s 10th Anniversary celebration, “Slammiversary”.

This is TNA’s chance to recognize the great contributions of the people who gave so much to make this 10-year anniversary possible.

“This 10 year milestone is an incredible achievement for TNA,” stated TNA President Dixie Carter. “In honor of that, we felt it was time to begin recognizing the contributions of those who have made the greatest impact on our success.”

TNA Wrestling was founded in Nashville in the summer of 2002 and June marks the 10th year anniversary.

Congratulations to “The Icon” Sting for becoming the first member of the TNA Hall Of Fame!

(source: ImpactWrestling.com)

Slammiversary Notes: Title Changes, Crimson’s Streak Ends

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The following events occurred Sunday night at TNA Wrestling’s Slammiversary pay-per-view event:

– Bobby Roode beat Sting in the main event to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. The finish came when Roode grabbed a beer bottle that James Storm left at ringside during his appearance earlier in the show and bashed Sting over the head with it. Following the match, Sting wailed on Roode throughout the Impact Wrestling Zone and hit him with a Scorpion Death Drop off the entrance ramp.

– Miss Tessmacher captured the TNA Women’s Knockouts Championship from Gail Kim. The title change ends Kim’s record 210-day reign as champion.

Tessmacher rolled-up Kim, who had been gloating for dominating the match. Kim appeared in shock from the loss while Tessmacher appeared emotional. Christy Hemme then appeared on scene to interview the new champion, who called her victory “truly epic” and proclaimed, “God Bless Texas.”

– Mr. Anderson beat Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam in a #1 Contender’s Match to earn a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. Anderson will face Bobby Roode on this Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

– James Storm answered Crimson’s open challenge and defeated him in approximately two minutes via Last Call. This ends Crimson’s 470-day undefeated streak.

– AJ Styles and Kurt Angle captured the TNA World Tag Team Championship from Daniels and Kazarian. Daniels and Kazarian captured the belts at last month’s Sacrifice pay-per-view event from Magnus and Samoa Joe.

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