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Check out the latest he latest edition of Last Call with Scott Hall, with extra special guest, Sean “Syxx Pac” Waltman.
Among the madness – Hall says he and Pac will be on tonight’s TNA iMPACT! to wrestle Kevin Nash and Eric Young.
Check it out:
EYYYO!
Check out the latest he latest edition of Last Call with Scott Hall, with extra special guest, Sean “Syxx Pac” Waltman.
Among the madness – Hall says he and Pac will be on tonight’s TNA iMPACT! to wrestle Kevin Nash and Eric Young.
Check it out.
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In an interview with TulsaWorld.com, former WWE & WCW star Bill Goldberg squashes rumors that he is headed to TNA Wrestling. Hulk Hogan recently said that Goldberg was negotiating with TNA, but Goldberg says Hogan’s full of it.
“Pardon my French, but Hulk Hogan’s full of crap because I was never in negotiations with TNA,” Goldberg said.
“Do I see myself getting back in the wrestling ring? I’m 43 years old. Do I want to be Ric Flair? Do I want to be Hulk Hogan? In the twilight of my life, do I want to be running around in my underwear trying to injure people? Absolutely not. It was a stage in my life, a wonderful stage,” he added. “Do I ever see it happening again? You never say never, but I don’t see it likely by any stretch of the imagination.”
To read the full interview, check out TulsaWorld.com.
In an interview with TulsaWorld.com, former WWE & WCW star Bill Goldberg squashes rumors that he is headed to TNA Wrestling. Hulk Hogan recently said that Goldberg was negotiating with TNA, but Goldberg says Hogan’s full of it.
“Pardon my French, but Hulk Hogan’s full of crap because I was never in negotiations with TNA,” Goldberg said.
“Do I see myself getting back in the wrestling ring? I’m 43 years old. Do I want to be Ric Flair? Do I want to be Hulk Hogan? In the twilight of my life, do I want to be running around in my underwear trying to injure people? Absolutely not. It was a stage in my life, a wonderful stage,” he added. “Do I ever see it happening again? You never say never, but I don’t see it likely by any stretch of the imagination.”
To read the full interview, check out TulsaWorld.com.
Matt Hardy has posted a new Youtube video saying that he’s passionate about everything he does and people who criticize him will have to deal with “The Zombie” …
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— With Destination X two weeks away, only three matches have been announced thus far – Ultimate X with no participants revealed yet, Matt Morgan and Hernandez vs. Beer Money, Inc. for the TNA Tag Team Championship, and Kazarian vs. Doug Williams for the X Division Championship.
— According to the official website of Sarita (sarah.newscott.com), the TNA Knockout will be heading to Tokyo, Japan in a few weeks for a brief wrestling tour. She will be wrestling on Fuka’s retirement show at Korakuen Hall on Mar. 28 and then again on Apr. 3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.
— Click here to view an amusing commercial promoting TNA’s Live Online Pre & Post Show with SoCal Val and Jeremy Borash.
— According to WWE’s Q1 2010 performance report (see PDF file here), the 2010 Royal Rumble garnered approximately 462,000 pay-per-view buys. This figure is up from last year’s show, which drew 450,000 buys.
— The word going around Florida Championship Wrestling is that Jillian Beyor has already parted ways with WWE. Beyor, who was named Playboy‘s 2008 Model of the Year and was one of ten finalists for Playboy‘s 2009 Model of the Year, signed on as a developmental talent with WWE this past November.
Check Out: WWE Signs Playboy 2008 Model of the Year Jillian Beyor (PICTURES)
— Ata Maivia, mother of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, attended this past Thursday night’s Florida Championship Wrestling television taping in Tampa.
(source: PWInsider.com)
— TNA has posted a “viral” video teasing something big will be happening during the first 5 minutes of TNA’s live iMPACT! this Monday night on Spike. The video shows Jeremy Borash in the restroom receiving a phone call from Dixie Carter about the “news.” The news then circulates around the entire company office before, well, we won’t spoil it .. Check it out:
— Today (3/6) is TNA wrestler Mr. Anderson’s birthday, who turns 34 years old.
— You can follow former TNA Knockout Karen Angle on Twitter. Jeremy Borash is following her, which should confirm the legitimacy of the account.
— TNA has posted a “viral” video teasing something big will be happening during the first 5 minutes of TNA’s live iMPACT! this Monday night on Spike. The video shows Jeremy Borash in the restroom receiving a phone call from Dixie Carter about the “news.” The news then circulates around the entire company office before, well, we won’t spoil it .. Check it out:
— Today (3/6) is TNA wrestler Mr. Anderson’s birthday, who turns 34 years old.
— You can follow former TNA Knockout Karen Angle on Twitter. Jeremy Borash is following her, which should confirm the legitimacy of the account.
— For his newly launched web show Last Call With Scott Hall, the former Intercontinental Champion has posted video footage shot backstage at TNA’s last television taping in Orlando. Hall and Sean Waltman can be seen clowning around shooting footage of various TNA personnel such as Ric Flair, Vince Russo, Christopher Daniels and “The Beautiful People.” You can view the footage at his newly launched YouTube channel.
— TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles and “The Beautiful People” member Velvet Sky headline tonight’s Purks International Championship Wrestling show in Cedartown, Georgia. “The Phenomenal One” is advertised to wrestle former tag partner Air Paris, who briefly appeared in World Championship Wrestling. Meanwhile, Sky will take on former WWE developmental wrestler Tracy Taylor. Also scheduled to appear is former TNA wrestler David Young. Click here for event information.
— Desmond Wolfe is advertised to appear at tonight’s MCW Championship Wrestling show in Alliance, Ohio. Visit www.mcwpro.com for more information.
— Wrestlicious announced the following updated list of main events for the month of March on Wrestlicious: Takedown:
March 8th (Bite TV) and March 10th (Mav TV)
~ Autumn Frost vs. Paige Webb
*March 15th (Bite TV) and March 17th (Mav TV)
~ “Team Beautiful” Lacey Von Erich and Amber Lively vs “Ghouls Gone Wild” Draculetta and White Magic
* March 22nd (Bite TV) and March 24th (Mav TV)
~ Sierra Sheraton vs. Marley Sebastian
* March 29th (Bite TV) and March 31st (Mav TV)
~ The Naughty Girls vs. Paige Webb & The Southern Belle
The wrestler known as Paige Webb is none other than WWE Diva and Straight Edge Society member Serena. Her character’s background in Wrestlicious is that she runs a website.
The wrestler known as Amber Lively is actually TNA Knockout Madison Rayne performing a cheerleader gimmick. In a coincidence, she was paired with fellow “Beautiful People” member Lacey Von Erich long before the two joined forces in TNA as these initial episodes of Wrestlicious: Takedown were originally taped in August of 2008.
Another TNA Knockout appears on Wrestlicious: Takedown in the form of Daffney, as she performed under the name Draculetta. Her tag partner, White Magic, is semi-retired independent women’s wrestler Lacey of Ring of Honor fame.
Finally, Marley Sebastian is Daizee Haze while The Southern Belle is Amber O’Neal.
— In an interview with www.RedHotDivas.com, former TNA Knockout Jenna Morasca spoke out on her decision to enter the wrestling industry, who she remains friends with from her time in TNA, which wrestler she enjoyed working with the most, if she ever plans on returning to the industry, and much more. You can read the interview in its entirety at the following link.
— TNA Knockouts Angelina Love and SoCal Val are advertised to appear at tonight’s Women Superstars Uncensored Third Anniversary Show in Union City, New Jersey. Love will be competing against Sassy Stephanie while Val will be handling ring announcing duties. Also scheduled to appear is recently released TNA Knockout Traci Brooks. Click here for more information.
— Wrestlicious announced the following updated list of main events for the month of March on Wrestlicious: Takedown:
March 8th (Bite TV) and March 10th (Mav TV)
~ Autumn Frost vs. Paige Webb
*March 15th (Bite TV) and March 17th (Mav TV)
~ “Team Beautiful” Lacey Von Erich and Amber Lively vs “Ghouls Gone Wild” Draculetta and White Magic
* March 22nd (Bite TV) and March 24th (Mav TV)
~ Sierra Sheraton vs. Marley Sebastian
* March 29th (Bite TV) and March 31st (Mav TV)
~ The Naughty Girls vs. Paige Webb & The Southern Belle
The wrestler known as Paige Webb is none other than WWE Diva and Straight Edge Society member Serena. Her character’s background in Wrestlicious is that she runs a website.
The wrestler known as Amber Lively is actually TNA Knockout Madison Rayne performing a cheerleader gimmick. In a coincidence, she was paired with fellow “Beautiful People” member Lacey Von Erich long before the two joined forces in TNA as these initial episodes of Wrestlicious: Takedown were originally taped in August of 2008.
Another TNA Knockout appears on Wrestlicious: Takedown in the form of Daffney, as she performed under the name Draculetta. Her tag partner, White Magic, is semi-retired independent women’s wrestler Lacey of Ring of Honor fame.
Finally, Marley Sebastian is Daizee Haze while The Southern Belle is Amber O’Neal.
— In an interview with www.RedHotDivas.com, former TNA Knockout Jenna Morasca spoke out on her decision to enter the wrestling industry, who she remains friends with from her time in TNA, which wrestler she enjoyed working with the most, if she ever plans on returning to the industry, and much more. You can read the interview in its entirety at the following link.
— TNA Knockouts Angelina Love and SoCal Val are advertised to appear at tonight’s Women Superstars Uncensored Third Anniversary Show in Union City, New Jersey. Love will be competing against Sassy Stephanie while Val will be handling ring announcing duties. Also scheduled to appear is recently released TNA Knockout Traci Brooks. Click here for more information.
— 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.
(source: pwtorch.com)
— 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.
(source: pwtorch.com)
Promoting TNA’s move to Monday nights, WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart appeared on Boomer and Carton in the Morning yesterday morning, a morning drive sports radio program on WFAN in New York City.
During the appearance, Carton recalled being in Florida for the Super Bowl and bumping into Hulk, daughter Brooke, and his 36-year-old girlfriend Jennifer. Carton commented on Hogan’s taste in women with the wrestling legend himself agreeing that at first, it was creepy to date someone who looks similar to his daughter. Hogan then said Brooke was alright with his relationship with Jennifer because she is almost 40.
Carton then claimed he has pitched “a ton of pilots” to Spike and that Hogan could be his first guest.
Following the interview, the show’s producer cracked a joke on Ric Flair getting beaten up by his wife by saying, “To be the Man, you’ve got to beat the man!”
To listen to the interview in its entirety, click here.
— Gail Kim posted a note on her official website to clear up rumors that have been circulating online regarding an alleged injury sustained this past week on Monday Night Raw.
She wrote: “I’m mainly writing a message because I’m getting concerned emails about an injury??? I am not injured. I don’t know where that came from?? oh well…. thanks for the concern everyone. Off for the road once again, so tune in monday and check out those smart, sexy and powerful DIVAS….!!!!”
— Mickie James discusses crossing over into the world of country music in an interview with the Miami Herald.
“If anything, people are thinking it’s kind of cool,” James said. “I think it’s human nature to say, ‘You’re a wrestler. That is what you do.’ I think it can be hard sometimes for people to understand that you can have more than one thing you like to do.”
“It’s really crazy for the most part that everyone has been really cool about it. Some people who aren’t even wrestling fans have no idea who I am. It’s a whole new journey for me.”
Though she has crossed over to country music, James believes she still has more to accomplish in the world of wrestling. Therefore, she doesn’t see herself leaving an industry she worked so hard to break into.
“I still have history to make and some goals. I love it so much,” said James. “I have already dedicated much of my life to it. I definitely want to go down as the greatest of all time. That’s what anyone, who has ever wanted something, believes. That is their main goal. I want to keep bettering myself. There is new competition coming in, so I have to work to keep my name at the top.”
— During an interview with CTNow.com’s The Real Story, Linda McMahon mentioned that the family recently welcomed a fifth grandchild. Sources from Linda’s campaign office indicate that Shane’s wife Marissa recently gave birth to another son, which would be their third.
— Angelo Poffo’s funeral service will be held this Monday morning at St. Joseph Church in Downers Grove, Illinois. The address is 4824 Highland Ave, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-3615. The webmaster of Lanny Poffo’s official website, www.LannyPoffo.com, noted that the family “would like to extend the invitation to any friends or fans that would like to attend.”
— In today’s birthday, former TNA wrestler Sean Morley turns 39, former United States Champion David Flair turns 31, and 1980s WWF wrestler Killer Khan turns 62.
— Most everyone within TNA said it was surprising to see Karen Angle backstage at TNA’s most recent set of television tapings.
“It was very uncomfortable,” said one source. “It was very awkward.”
Karen was there with boyfriend Jeff Jarrett for the first time in Orlando since their relationship was outed on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show last summer.
Karen and ex-husband Kurt Angle are said to be on good terms nowadays with Kurt not displaying any signs of being bothered by her presence. In fact, one backstage source recalled Kurt being nonchalant over their relationship until he and Karen had an argument over their children, which led in part to Jarrett being removed from the company’s day to day operations. The source recalls one wrestler in particular attempting to cause problems and fire up Kurt to confront Jeff last year, but he didn’t react.
— TNA officials recently scrapped plans to make this month’s Destination X pay-per-view an all X Division show. While the X Division will be prominently featured at Destination X, it will no longer be the focus of the show.
“It would have looked like an indy show,” said one company source who doesn’t have faith in the X Division wrestlers being over enough to sell the show themselves.
— When informed of the news of Roxxi departing from TNA earlier today, one wrestler expressed frustration over the company seemingly unloading one of the better workers from the women’s division.
source: www.pwtorch.com
Sean Morley and Roxxi are the latest wrestlers to part ways with TNA Wrestling, reports PWInsider.com.
Morley finished up with TNA at the company’s last television taping where he pinned Jeff Jarrett in a Falls Count Anywhere Match in the backstage area. The former WWE Intercontinental Champion wrote on his Facebook account that his departure was due to accepting dates in Mexico.
“Yes folks, I am now through for now with TNA as I want to wrestle in Mexico,” Morley wrote. “I was going to perform in both TNA and CMLL but now with the switch to Mondays for TNA, and the fact that TNA had nothing solid yet, Mexico here I come!”
Morley debuted during the live Jan. 4 iMPACT!.
Meanwhile, Roxxi had been sidelined with an ankle injury she suffered during a match with Hamada late last year. She noted on her Twitter account that she was returning to the ring at an indy show tomorrow. She was not under contract during her most recent stint.
The big news yesterday came from a radio appearance by Hulk Hogan where he talked about a major name that just signed with TNA and strongly implied that the major name is Rob Van Dam. RVD posted a message on his official website (robvandam.com) stating:
“Wow, my phone has been buzzing all day, and not just because the room’s been smokey. Ever have one of those days where you can’t send out a text before two texts interrupt you. My attention span has been so distracted, I forget who I’ve called by the time the phone stops ringing and someone answers all the time. And not just because the room is smokey either.”
Van Dam stated that he’ll be making a number of radio appearances this morning (Friday) to address the TNA rumors. Van Dam appeared on Greenville, South Carolina’s New Rock 93.3 station this morning and said the following about signing with TNA:
“I would say there is a high probability that that’s going to happen. The official word is that it’s still rumor and I haven’t officially signed anything. It’s been well-publicized news that I’ve been talking to both WWE and TNA. But, talks with TNA are sounding really good lately.”
The big news yesterday came from a radio appearance by Hulk Hogan where he talked about a major name that just signed with TNA and strongly implied that the major name is Rob Van Dam. RVD posted a message on his official website (robvandam.com) stating:
“Wow, my phone has been buzzing all day, and not just because the room’s been smokey. Ever have one of those days where you can’t send out a text before two texts interrupt you. My attention span has been so distracted, I forget who I’ve called by the time the phone stops ringing and someone answers all the time. And not just because the room is smokey either.”
Van Dam stated that he’ll be making a number of radio appearances this morning (Friday) to address the TNA rumors. Van Dam appeared on Greenville, South Carolina’s New Rock 93.3 station this morning and said the following about signing with TNA:
“I would say there is a high probability that that’s going to happen. The official word is that it’s still rumor and I haven’t officially signed anything. It’s been well-publicized news that I’ve been talking to both WWE and TNA. But, talks with TNA are sounding really good lately.”
WWE Diva Mickie James underwent surgical procedures Monday and Thursday in an attempt to remove a staph infection.
There is currently no time frame available for when she’ll be able to be able to return to action.
James posted the following messages and picture on Twitter earlier this week regarding the surgery:
Sorry I’ve been mia the last few days James Gang! Fact is your leader has taken a bad hit. Surgery Monday & today.
Being laid up in the hospital is no fun :-( but I didn’t want u all to worry. So now we show just how tough we r! How we can’t be stopped!
Nothing ever worth fighting for is ever easy… So we ride! To glory… To Wrestlemania… Embracing Strangers & Angels… Are you with me?!
As reported earlier, TNA Wrestling has parted ways with longtime female performer Traci Brooks (real name Tracy Brookshaw). Her profile has since been removed from the company’s official website, which is their unofficial way of confirming talent departures from the organization.
Brooks commented on her release from the organization on her MySpace account. She wrote:
Just wanted to take this time to say yes i was released yesterday afternoon from TNA. There is nothing to report or any stories on why…simply they had nothing for me.
I loved my time at TNA and will look back at my seven years with them with great fondness. TNA is a family and unfortunately this is the nature of the beast with family members coming and going. I will still be wrestling and doing conventions just like i have been this whole time. Thank you to the ring crew, camera men, production, creative and of course the talent who i have shared so many good times with, my only sadness is not being able to say goodbye to these people in person.
I do have my ebay store (tracibrooksdirect2u) where you can find traci brooks merch. My myspace which is tnaknockouttracibrooks and my facebook which is traci brooks i do not or have not ever had a twitter account and those 2 sites are my only social network…so if anyone is following me on twitter sorry to say its not me, as well as facebook..there is imposter’s but traci brooks is my only facebook account..
thanks again to my fans for always supporting me and for all the great times i have had over the years. Looking forward to what life has in store for me..god bless..and please watch TNA monday nights as i will still be cheering on my family including my husband :)
