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Former ROH And IMPACT Star Jimmy Rave Announces Retirement After Arm Amputation

Former Ring of Honor and IMPACT Wrestling star Jimmy Rave (real name James Guffey) announced his retirement from professional wrestling on Saturday.

Rave made the announcement on Twitter.  He noted this is the hardest tweet he has had ever had to put out.  Rave stated that his retirement was due to an infection in his left arm which resulted in amputation of his left arm above the elbow.

Rave was trained by Murder One.  He made his debut in October 1999 as the masked Mr. XTC. He would then later adopt the in-ring name of Jimmy Rave. 

He debuted for Ring of Honor in 2003 and would stay with the promotion until 2007. He then left in August 2007. Rave later would sign with TNA/IMPACT Wrestling and become part of the Rock ’n Rave Infection with Lance Rock (Lance Archer).  After his departure from TNA/Impact, he made his return to ROH, and then left the promotion June 2013. 

Rave has held the NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship twice.  In addition, he has competed in the Best of the Super Juniors for New Japan Pro Wrestling, wrestled for Combat Zone Wrestling, Full Impact Pro, Dragon Gate and the independent circuit between 2009 and 2020.

He even made one appearance on WWE Sunday Night Heat in March 2005.

Below is Rave’s full statement from Twitter:

“I have been very blessed for the last 21 years in professional wrestling and getting to live out my dream. Today, that dream has ended for me and I have a new reality. This past Tuesday my world came crashing down when Doctors found an infection in my left arm. I tried toughing it out but by the time I saw a doctor it was too late and they had to amputate my left arm above the elbow. Thus effectively ending my in ring career. I appreciate everyone who has supported me or anyone who has pegged me with a roll of toilet paper. To my brothers & sisters I have shared the ring with or a locker room; thank you for always pushing me to be better. Thank You to all of my mentors and my students who allow me to still feel needed. This was the hardest thing I have ever had to type. If you have questions or comments please feel free to DM me. Please take your health much more seriously than I did. I am sorry for anyone I have let down. Support pro wrestling! -Jimmy Rave”

https://twitter.com/TheJimmyRave/status/1332880965841137666

Source: WrestleView

Impact Wrestling Executive & Internet Wrestling Pioneer Bob Ryder Passes Away

Impact Wrestling executive Bob Ryder has passed away, according to PWInsider.

Ryder, the founder of 1wrestling.com, fought a long battle with cancer for a number of years, living well beyond the 3-6 months he was initially told he had left. The cancer went into remission at one point, but it came back and Ryder had been undergoing weekly chemotherapy.

Ryder continued his work for Impact Wrestling from his home in Nashville, while doing chemotherapy. He worked as the Director of Travel Operations in recent years, but held other roles with the company. Ryder was found at home this morning, but had last been in contact with Impact last night, according to PWInsider.

Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com adds that Ryder was found at home by police this morning in Nashville. He noted that Impact officials were unable to reach Ryder after he fell at home on Tuesday.

“Bob Ryder was found dead at his home in Nashville by police today. We don’t know more but he had fallen yesterday and was on advanced chemo. Impact officials couldn’t get in touch with him and went to his home and he never answered, police were called and found him dead,” Meltzer tweeted.

Ryder was one of the longest-running employees for the company, if not the longest. He was also a pioneer of the Internet Wrestling Community, hosting the first-ever online WWE chat at WrestleMania 11, running Prodigy Wrestling for the internet service provider, and later founding 1wrestling.com with ECW Original Joey Styles. He would go on to work for WCW, helping with their website and hosting WCW Live with Jeremy Borash. Ryder and Borash were actually the last voices heard on any WCW broadcast on the show they hosted following the final WCW Nitro episode in March 2001.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jazz Coming out Retirement To Compete In Impact Wrestling’s Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament

Former WWE and NWA Women’s Champion JAZZ will participant in the Impact’s Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament as Jordynne Grace’s partner.

Last week, Grace made a phone call to an unknown wrestler at the time to see if they would like to team with her during the Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament. Tonight she informed backstage interviewer Gia Miller that Jazz will now be her partner in the tournament.

Jazz originally announced her in-ring retirement just last month on The Chris Van Vliet Show, citing that she wanted to focus on her health and personal issues, which caused her to vacate the NWA Women’s Championship just last year. She held that title for nearly 948 days.

You can see her return on last night’s show in the images below:

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1331406246776279042
Jazz Joins Impact Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament | 411MANIA

Impact Wrestling Preview 11/24/20

IMPACT! tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch!

* Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament continues

* Impact World Championship: Rich Swann (c) vs. Ken Shamrock w/Sami Callihan

* Wrestlers Court: Who shot John E. Bravo?

Impact Wrestling Preview 11/17/20

IMPACT! tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch!

* Fallout from Turning Point

* The Rascals last week on Impact after being evicted from the tree houise for not paying rent for two years.

* Dez and Wentz vs. Trey and Rich Swann

* Search continues for who shot John E. Bravo

* Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament begins

Impact Wrestling ‘Turning Point’ Results 11/14/20

Eddie Edwards vs. Daivari – Winner: Eddie Edwards

Tenille Dashwood and Jordynne Grace vs. Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie – Winners: Rosemary & Taya Valkyrie

Swoggle vs. Brian Myers – Winner: Brian Myers

James Storm and Chris Sabin vs. XXXL (Acey Romero and Larry D) – Winners: Chris Sabin & James Storm

“Defeat Rohit” Challenge for the X-Division Championship: Rohit Raju (c) vs. Cousin Jake (w/Cody Deaner) – Winner: Rohit Raju

Post-Match:Eric Young and new associate, former TNA star Joe Doering, come in and take out The Deaners.

Moose vs. Willie Mack – Winner By DQ: Willie Mack

Impact World Tag Team Championship: The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) (c) vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) – Winners & New Tag Champions: The Good Brothers

Knockouts Championship: Su Yung (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo – Winner & New Knockouts Champion: Deonna Purrazzo

Backstage: Jordynne Grace goes looking for Tenille Dashwood. She is furious that they lost their match. Alisha Edwards jumps in to call Jordynne “Disgrace” after them losing in a tag match, too. Dashwood asks Alisha if she would like to be her partner for the Knockouts Tag Team Tournament. She says, yes!

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1327812083463958529

Impact World Championship: Rich Swann (c) vs. Sami Callihan – Winner & Still Impact World Champion: Rich Swann

The Rascalz Leaving Impact Wrestling

The Rascalz appear to be leaving Impact Wrestling. During tonight’s broadcast, it was revealed that the trio are being “evicted” from the Treehouse. A match was then set up for next week and it’s being hyped up as their “last hurrah”. Dez and Wentz will be facing Rich Swann and Trey Miguel.

According to Pwinsider, this appears to be a legitimate exit “barring a last second change.” The group signed with Impact in the fall of 2018 and Miguel had been receiving a push as of late and competed for the vacant Impact World Title at Slammiversary. He also worked an X-Division title match at Bound For Glory.

Impact Wrestling ‘Turning Point’ 11/14/20

Turning Point will air this Saturday, November 14, from Nashville, TN. The event will air exclusively on IMPACT Plus

Below is the current card for tomorrow:

Impact World Title Match
Sami Callihan vs. Rich Swann (c)

No DQ Match for the Impact Knockouts Title
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Su Yung (c)

Impact World Tag Team Titles Match
The Good Brothers vs. The North (c)

The Defeat Rohit Challenge for the X Division Title
TBA vs. Rohit Raju (c)

Eddie Edwards vs. Daivari

Moose vs. Willie Mack

Swoggle vs. Brian Myers

Tenille Dashwood and Jordynne Grace vs. Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie

James Storm and Chris Sabin vs. XXXL (Acey Romero and Larry D)

Impact Announces New Changes To Impact Plus

Impact Wrestling announced there will be new changes coming to its streaming service, Impact Plus.

The upcoming changes include improved discoverability, new original programming, and content specially curated by Impact wrestlers.

Below is the email that Impact sent out to its subscribers:

Dear IMPACT Plus Subscriber,

IMPACT Plus is undergoing a service migration today (Thursday) until tomorrow (Friday) as part of a significant augmentation of the product.

During this period, you may experience some downtime.

Standby for a brand-new IMPACT Plus – with improved discoverability, new Originals, content specially curated by your favorite IMPACT wrestler as well as monthly live events including this Saturday’s TURNING POINT!

You will need to update your Apps in the respective apps/website where you made your original subscription.

Please follow these steps:

SIGN UP on the respective platform you made your purchase with the original email or social login you used.

After SIGN UP, you should be recognized in our new system.

If your subscription does not get initiated upon signup/login please go to your Setting section, go to subscribe, then click the RESTORE SUBSCRIPTION button to link/unlock your existing subscription.

We want you all to know we are working very quickly to launch our new site and apps and thank you for your patience. We are very excited for your to experience the new, improved IMPACT Plus

If you have questions feel free to contact our team (support@anthemse.com).

We appreciate your patience throughout this process.

– The IMPACT Plus Team

The upcoming Impact Plus only event is Turning Point. The event’s date is Saturday, November 14.

Impact Plus is $7.99 a month. A 30-day free trial is available for new subscribers.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Preview 11/10/20

IMPACT! tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch!

* X-Division Championship: Rohit Raju (c) vs. TJP (If TJP loses he never gets another title shot as long as Rohit is champion)

* Chris Sabin vs. Acey Romero

* Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood vs. Havok and Nevaeh

* Karl Anderson vs. Josh Alexander

* Chris Bey vs. Eddie Edwards

* Tommy Dreamer continues his search for who shot John E. Bravo