PWInsider reports that Bully Ray has been backstage at this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling tapings and is expected to make his official return to the company tonight.
Bull appeared on Impact a few weeks ago as a special guest referee but word is that this is a full-fledged return.
Jeff Jarrett’s return at last night’s TNA Impact Wrestling was kept a big secret. There was no mention of his return in the script or even a gap left in it. TNA’s script had no blanks gaps, so the segment that had been written in the script in that spot had to be edited out.
Jarrett is expected to be around TNA a lot more after this Sunday’s King of the Mountain Match at the Slammiversary pay-per-view. There’s a feeling within TNA that some sort of Global Force Wrestling invasion angle could be in the works, but that has not been confirmed, it’s just a feeling backstage last night.
Dave Meltzer speculated on Wrestling Observer Radio that Jeff Jarrett’s TNA return could include a Hall of Fame induction. AJ Styles had recently turned down TNA’s Hall of Fame offer.
Last night Hernandez returned to TNA Wrestling, he appeared on both Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground broadcast.
It’s believed that Hernandez gained his release from Lucha Underground and he had felt there was breach in the deal. Wrestling Observer Newsletter had reported that BDC leader MVP had been trying to recruit Hernandez as of late.
Hernandez will likely keep appearing on Lucha Underground through August since he had taped several episodes for the company. Hernandez has also been working for All Elite in Mexico, which is competition for AAA in Mexico.
According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter many Lucha Underground talents have been frustrated with the company. Talents have been asking about a second season for months and haven’t received any word. Many talents don’t want to book shows at a certain point on the off-chance that a second season is announced and they have to those tapings.
Jeff Jarrett and wife Karen Jarrett appeared on tonight’s TNA Impact Wrestling from Orlando. Jarrett was wearing a Global Force Wrestling t-shirt and acknowledged they are co-founders of the company. It appears there could be some working relationship between the two companies soon.
Jarrett promised to talk more about GFW at a later date but said he was contacted by TNA officials last week to set up a conference call about an offer they had. Jarrett said he was boarding a plane and didn’t even reply at first but got to wondering what they might want. Jarrett said he contacted TNA and they wanted him to come back for a match. Jarrett said he wanted to hang up at that point but they told him they wanted him in his own match – King of the Mountain, at Slammiversary.
Jarrett went on to talk about some highlights from TNA over the years, naming AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Beer Money, Eric Young and others. Jarrett said he’s put his blood, sweat and tears into GFW and had to really think about how a TNA return would affect the GFW roster and staff. Jarrett got emotional when talking about how his wife would react to returning to TNA. Karen also spoke on the mic and said GFW is their future. At first, she told Jeff not to contact TNA but he laid it out for her and she understood that TNA was still his baby. Karen said she still doesn’t completely understand why they are here but she loves and supports her husband. Karen also said Jeff didn’t leave TNA on his own terms as he was fired in a backstage pre-tape by Sting. She told Jeff that he’s going to leave on his own terms now and will make things right at Slammiversary.
Jeff then declared himself in King of the Mountain. He said he will walk the TNA aisle one last time to climb the ladder and be King of the Mountain. The Jarretts were received well by the TNA fans.
Global Force Wrestling released this statement on their website about Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett returning to TNA on tonight’s Impact Wrestling:
Global Force Wrestling founder Jeff Jarrett shocked the wrestling world when he made a surprise appearance on Impact Wrestling. Jarrett announced that he will walk down the aisle for the last time on his own terms at the TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view. Jarrett made his surprise appearance alongside his wife Karen Jarrett.
Slammiversary airs this Sunday, June 28th on pay-per-view.
We will have more on this story as details become available. Please follow @GFWWrestling on Twitter for more updates.
It appears that TNA star Gunner is done with the company. He wrote on Twitter that he would like to thank all the fans, the guys he worked with in TNA and is now taking bookings.
Let that new chapter begin. I ain't worried. Now takin bookings. For info email shatter6682@gmail.com
Last night on Impact Wrestling, TNA honored the life of Dusty Rhodes with a tribute video, which you can see below. Dusty worked for TNA from 2003-2005 before returning to WWE.
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