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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 10, 2011 at 6:46 am
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TNA will return to PPV this Sunday with Against All Odds, featuring the following confirmed matches:
*TNA champ Ken Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy: Ladder Match.
*Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle: Custody of Angle’s children vs. Angle being forced to work Karen Jarrett down the aisle on 3/3 Impact.
*Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy.
*TNA Knockouts champion Madison Rayne vs. Mickie James – Last Woman Standing.
*TNA X-Division champion Kazarian vs. Jeremy Buck vs. Max Buck vs. Robbie E.
*Pope Dinero vs. Samoa Joe.
*Bully Ray vs. Brother Devon.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 10, 2011 at 6:40 am
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Mike Mooneyham recently said that it took TNA officials some time before giving Kurt Angle permission to leave the recent overseas tour when his pregnant girlfriend passed out due to high blood pressure, causing labor to be induced. Angle was told by wrestlers to leave immediately but he waited for TNA to give the okay. TNA didn’t tell Angle he could leave until after the first show on the tour, causing him not to get home in time for his daughter’s delivery.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 10, 2011 at 6:36 am
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Previous TNA pay-per-views are now online to view with a paid membership at TNAOnDemand.com. Beginning with this Sunday’s Against All Odds pay-per-view, TNA will also begin offering paid streams on the site. TNA will premiere Global iMPACT 3 on the website beginning next week. This is the show that was taped back on January 4th at the Tokyo Dome.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 10, 2011 at 6:32 am
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As noted before, the February 3rd TNA iMPACT scored a 1.31 rating with 1.95 million viewers. The was the second most number of viewers for iMPACT on a Thursday.
In a segment-by-segment breakdown, the Ink Inc. vs. Gunner & Murphy match gained 15,000 viewers and the first Jarrett family segment with The Pope & Brother Ray vs. Samoa Joe & Brother Devon gained 30,000 more viewers. The X Division triple threat lost 15,000 viewers but the segment with Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy gained 45,000 viewers.
The second Jarrett family segment and the taped fist match with Sarita vs. Mickie James gained 45,000 more viewers. The beginning of the main event with Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson lost 208,000 viewers and was the lowest rated segment of the show. The match gained back 134,000 of those viewers for the ending and the revealing of “they.”
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 9, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Initially, there was much concern amongst the TNA Wrestling locker room regarding Matt Hardy’s state of mind—largely based on his oftentimes peculiar online videos. Many have since changed their tune on the former WWE Superstar as he’s considered easy to work with and friendly.
Concern, however, remains over his conditioning and wrestling ability.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 9, 2011 at 10:33 pm
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter confirms that Alison Skipper (a/k/a Chelsea) was released by TNA Wrestling. Her profile was removed from the company website last week.
Desmond Wolfe has a medical condition—that has yet to be publicly disclosed—which caused company officials to drop his partnership with Magnus and Chelsea. Magnus reunited with Wolfe at television tapings in December, but a decision was made to not air the vignettes they filmed.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 9, 2011 at 10:32 pm
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Matt Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam has been added to this Sunday’s Against All Odds pay-per-view card. The bout will be a rematch from Genesis, which Hardy won.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 9, 2011 at 10:32 pm
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Christy Hemme has been announced for WrestleReunion’s signing event on Sunday, April 2 at the Downtown Marriott in Atlanta, Georgia. Fellow TNA Knockout Winter will also be on hand for the event.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 9, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Sting was originally scheduled to appear on the 1/31 iMPACT! show but at this point has not signed a new contract with TNA Wrestling. Dixie Carter is aware of the WWE rumor and would be disappointed if he jumped ship and left TNA. She has told creative to create a storyline for Sting’s return.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 8, 2011 at 2:44 pm
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Sources within TNA Wrestling believe that Steve “Sting” Borden is very close to reaching a new deal with the organization, reports f4wonline.com this morning.
His profile was removed from the company website last night.
As of the middle of last week, WWE officials had not contacted Borden regarding an appearance at WrestleMania XXVII.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 8, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Eric Bischoff took to Twitter today to tease that Hulk Hogan may well be returning to TNA iMPACT! soon.
“Spoke to Hulk late last night,” Bischoff wrote. “He’s feeling great, looking forward to kicking some ass on the March 3 show.”
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Posted by Jeff Peck on February 8, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Mick Foley tweeted that he would not be able to fulfil his scheduled appearance on Red Eye. He also noted that back pain was making his life pretty miserable at the moment.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 8, 2011 at 6:54 am
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Thanks to Martin H. and PWInsider.com for the following recap of Kevin Nash on Monday Night Mayhem yesterday:
Kevin Nash joined Monday Night Mayhem:
Nash’s thoughts going forward with WWE: Nash said things were better than expected in terms of the response in Boston. Things went well and got in the ring with Cena and that was a blotch because Cena was supposed to be eliminated before he got in. He said it was a great experience.
Reports of Nash signing a legends contract with WWE. His current status with WWE? Nash said the hosts’ guesses are as good as his. As far as whether he’d be wrestling, stuff with THQ video games, Nash just goes day-by-day.
Nash says everything in the news gets spun. Responses to Dixie Carter’s reply to fans on tnawrestling.com saying Nash was under contract but was released for reasons she cannot disclose.
Was Nash under contract for the past couple of weeks? Nash said he was! How close was he to going to TNA? Nash said basically up until he saw Kurt being attacked by Jeff Jarrett. Fortune beat Kurt, Abyss came down with a 2×4 nailed to his spinal cord. Abyss said that would be attempted murder and Abyss would be paralyzed from neck down. He mentioned Crimson said They are coming, Flair screamed back, Kurt cleared the ring.
Nash said what reason was he coming in for? Kurt can beat them on his own so he didn’t see a reason for him coming in for. He said it was the end of his career. Nash said him coming in the following week, 800 people on Monday. Nash said if it was the last thing he could do, would he do that or go to Boston at the Rumble.
Hosts mention that Nash was trending on Twitter even though he was in the ring for 2-3 minutes. Whether they would see a KLIQ reunion at WrestleMania weekend, Nash said he talked to Waltman. Nash said he’d be there.
Nash’s opinion of Wade Barrett? He says what are the odds of Nash bashing Barrett on Twitter and getting eliminated at the rumble.
AJ Styles and Robert Roode. Nash says Roode is a babyface, but plays a good heel. Nash says AJ is a great talent. Nash said it was the right move for him to finish where he started.
Nash says Shawn Michaels was largely responsible for him getting into the WWE to begin with. He wished to have one last match with HBK, but he doubts that will happen. He says “Paul” (Triple H) is in the corporate side. He said WWE is moving with the youth movement and that nothing appears to be changing with that.
A question is asked about Sting and whether Nash talks to him. Nash says he would selfishly love to see Sting in WWE. That would be a great headline match. Nash says Sting has done so much and he would like for him to work for WWE just to see how different it is to be there, to work for the machine. Nash said it’s the third time he’s with WWE. He says being in a WWE arena is like a Happy Madison movie because of the way Sandler would take care of you during the movies.
He put over the big wrestlers when asked about which were his favorites: Sheamus, Jack Swagger, and a few others and elaborated on it.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 8, 2011 at 6:52 am
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Take this with a grain of salt, but Sting’s profile has been removed from TNA’s roster page on their website.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 8, 2011 at 6:51 am
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Thanks to Martin H. and PWInsider.com for the following recap of Eric Bischoff on Monday Night Mayhem yesterday:
Monday Night Mayhem had Eric Bischoff on their nine year anniversary today live last night.
Bischoff took questions from fans. When asked about the Super Bowl, Bischoff said he used to live in Pittsburgh.
A fan mentions the ratings of TNA and how successful they were. Bischoff said one of the things that’s resonating with the audience is integrating reality with characters, and keeping an edge. Bischoff says the storyline arc started back in October at Bound For Glory and is continuing and leading up to March 3. Bischoff said investment in a long term storyline arc and reality, and keeping a sharper edge. He said it’s a combination of those things.
A question was about Fortune being revealed as “they”. Bischoff said he hates the three-part questions. Bischoff says it wasn’t close to seeing the return of the Main Event Mafia. He said there were some shifts, but they knew way in advance that there was going to be an issue. There were plans to adjust the plans accordingly. He said Nash signed an agreement with WWE. Bischoff said he isn’t involved in talent signs of things. He said Nash/TNA departed as friends. He said nothing caught them off flat-footed. When wheels were off original plan, it was a matter of time before “Plan B” took place.
Bischoff says Plan B was well received and caught everyone by surprise. He said the guys were pretty excited about it. He said Fortune is a strong, aggressive, emerging group of talent. He said he’d prefer that you ask the talent because he doesn’t like to speak for others.
Immortal vs. Fortune. Was it meant to occur too fast? Bischoff said he prefers not to get into it. He says where they are now is where they would be in a matter of time. He said it caught them flatfooted a bit.
Why is everyone ducking the Sting rumor? Bischoff says he is not aware of whether Sting is with TNA or not. He’s not involved in talent acquisitions or discussions/negotiations, so he’s not in the front line of it. Bischoff doesn’t think Sting would go to WWE, but if it was, it would be for a short time, maybe merchandise/licensing. Bischoff says anyone that expects Sting to show up in WWE as a full-time wrestler will be disappointed.
Bischoff says he hasn’t seen Desmond Wolfe on the next set of tapings and is unsure about the future of Wolfe as he doesn’t know.
How does Bischoff react to people that discount Bischoff’s abilities, such as TNA’s downfall? Bischoff said last he checked, TNA is doing pretty well. Bischoff said 10% of the people make 90% of the negative noise. The smallest percentage of the Internet are giving wrestling fans in general a bad name.
An opinion of WWE’s product. Bischoff says he hasn’t been watching. He respects Shane, Vince, Stephanie. He says the company has taken this business to a new level: a television juggernaut. Bischoff says the youth movement is good. Bischoff says WWE’s business is down and finds it ironic? Bischoff says WWE goes back to the older talent to bring business back up (Nash, Booker T, Sting, Jerry Lawler going for the title).
Bischoff says Nature Boy isn’t going anywhere. He said there are two sides to every story, there may have been a lot blown out of proportion. He says there isn’t an issue that he is aware of with TNA/Flair. He said he sees Flair’s name on the next set of tapings and he doesn’t hope Flair is going anywhere.
Question: how do you take experiences and mistakes from the past and apply them to current situations today? Bischoff says he goes by feel when it comes to creative, characters. He elaborated a little more about this.
Is the Vince Russo hate uncalled for? Bischoff says no doubt. Eric says nobody is perfect or 100% all the time. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and Vince is no different. Day in, day out, consistently, Vince is more than proven himself to be an extremely talented guy, proves he can change/adapt, strives to put out the best product. He says he never met anyone that worked harder and most of what people are enjoying right now can dfirectly be attributed to Russo.
How is Hulk Hogan doing? Bischoff says Hogan is doing well from all the discussions he has with him. He says you will see Hogan in Fayetteville on 2/24 – which will be March 3rd.
Bischoff says you will see a powerful show from a content point of view on March 3rd (2/24). He says you will see a show that is from a content point of view, going to be different than what you typically see. He says you will see a different kind of energy in an energized crowd. He didn’t want to say better crowd. He says there are positives and negatives in Impact Zone. He says an audience that doesn’t show up every tapings or hang out with the wrestlers at hotels. He says the show is going to “feel” much different?
Hulk/Eric’s contract that is up this year – rumours. Bischoff doesn’t comment on contractual issues? He won’t comment on that.
Scott Steiner’s return. Main event player at this point in his career? Bischoff says anyone that underestimates Steiner’s in ring ability is kidding themselves. Bischoff says he is unsure about how he will be used, but he knows that Scott Steiner is a player, wherever he is. He’s believable, intense, and is a workhorse in the ring.
Bischoff has a high opinion of Robert Roode as a talent. Final question. With the road to wrestlemania, Eric is not afraid of competition. With that said, with the recent spike in Impact ratings, how pleased is Eric to see the progression of the company over the part of the past several weeks. What can the fans expect in upcoming weeks/months?
Bischoff said this past year, there were 7-8 weeks of the highest ratings in the history. He said TNA is slowly but surely are hitting in the right direction. He said there were some speed bumps, he said they are building momentum and good talent. He wants to take the show in the road, inject the show with different kind of energy. He says they have a good future and is very proud of it.
The show went to commercial break and Kevin Nash is scheduled to be on the show right afterwards. This show aired on http://www.mondaynightmayhem.com and Eric Bischoff’s page is http://www.facebook.com/TheEricBischoff and Monday Night Mayhem’s Facebook is http://www.facebook.com/mondaynightmayhem.
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