Category: TNA

Rhino and Bob Ryder To Be Inducted Into TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame

TNA Wrestling has announced that Rhino and Bob Ryder will be the 2024 inductees into the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame. The ceremony happens on the Countdown to Bound for Glory special on October 26, ahead of the PPV itself.

TNA Wrestling Announces Rhino & Bob Ryder As 2024 Inductees Into The TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame

TNA Wrestling confirmed that former multi-time champion Rhino and company co-founder Bob Ryder will be inducted into the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame, as first announced today by Busted Open on SiriusXM.

The official ceremony for the Class of 2024 will coincide with Bound For Glory weekend in Detroit, Michigan and air live during the BFG Pre-Show.

The showcase event of the year for TNA Wrestling, Bound For Glory, is Saturday, October 26, at the Wayne State University Fieldhouse in Detroit. Then, on Sunday, October 27, the stars of TNA Wrestling will be back in action at the Wayne State University Fieldhouse, with all matches taped for future episodes of the company’s flagship weekly TV show, iMPACT!, which airs every Thursday night on AXS TV.

Former two-time World Champion and four-time World Tag Team Champion Eric Young will induct and accept on behalf of his longtime friend, Bob Ryder. EY also was a TNA World Tag Team Champion with Rhino.

RHINO

Detroit-native Rhino has been wrestling professionally for almost 30 years and been a singles and tag-team champion. Rhino made his TNA debut in 2005 and at that year’s Bound For Glory, Rhino won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. His GORE-filled career also has included two reigns with the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Rhino’s lengthy career has included stints in ECW and WWE, with multiple singles and tag-team championship reigns.

BOB RYDER

A former pro wrestling journalist, Bob Ryder was a pioneer in the online wrestling community as the head of Prodigy’s pro wrestling area. He founded 1Wrestling.com and was the webmaster for ECW’s website. He worked for WCW during the Monday Night War era and co-hosted the popular WCW Live with Jeremy Borash. He co-founded TNA Wrestling and was its first employee and the longest-tenured employee in history, employed from its launch in 2002 until his death in 2020. Ryder held multiple backstage positions for TNA, including director of travel operations.

All the TNA superstars are scheduled to appear in Detroit, including Nic Nemeth, Jordynne Grace, Jeff & Matt Hardy, Mike Santana, Frankie Kazarian and Ash By Elegance. Also confirmed to appear in Detroit: ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey), The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz), Moose, Brian Myers, Matt Cardona, Eddie Edwards, Josh Alexander, Eric Young, Alisha Edwards, Masha Slamovich, Jake Something, Xia Brookside, Santino Marella and PCO, among others.

AEW International Championship To Be Defended At MAPLE LEAF PRO Event

MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling has confirmed that the AEW International Championship will defended on night two of their official launch event, Forged in Excellence, when Konosuke Takeshita defends against Josh Alexander.

Takeshita won the championship at Saturday’s AEW WrestleDream, defeating former champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a three-way match after the involvement of Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher.

The title opportunity comes to Alexander in light of a recent defeat against Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship at the company’s Emergence event in August.

MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling, based in Canada, is a revival of the old Maple Leaf Wrestling brand currently run by Scott D’Amore, coming off the end of his involvement in TNA earlier this year.

Forged in Excellence emanates from St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on October 19 and October 20, with both nights airing on pay-per-view through TrillerTV.

Source: WrestleView

TNA Wrestling Announces New Rules For Full Metal Mayhem Match At Bound For Glory

TNA Wrestling has announced some new rules for the Full Metal Mayhem Match, which will be taking place at this year’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view event.

While Full Metal Mayhem usually takes place under pinfall or submission rules to earn the victory, this year’s match will feature the Tag Team Titles suspended above the ring. So this looks to be contested under Ladder Match rules, and the Titles must be retrieved in order to win the match.

TNA Tag Team Championship Full Metal Mayhem Match:
The System (c) vs. The Hardys vs. ABC

Source: eWn

TNA Impact Preview 10/10/2024

TNA Wrestling will present a new episode of Impact tonight on AXS TV as the build continues for Bound for Glory.

  • X Division #1 Contenders Match: Jason Hotch vs. Leon Slater vs. Laredo Kid
  • Josh Alexander vs. Eric Young
  • The Hardys vs. ABC
  • Wendy Choo, Rosemary & Tasha Steelz vs. Masha Slamovich, Sol Ruca & Jordynne Grace
  • We’ll hear from Mike Santana
  • We’ll hear from Nic Nemeth

TNA Confirms TV Tapings At Skyway Studios

TNA Wrestling had to cancel TV Tapings slated for September 27 and 28 in Spartanburg, South Carolina due to Hurricane Helene. The TV Tapings was supposed to for the build up to Bound For Glory.

TNA Wrestling has officially announced that their TV tapings ahead of Bound For Glory will be taking place at Skyway Studios in Nashville, TN. All of the proceeds will benefit Hurricane Helene relief.

You can check out the official announcement below:

TNA Wrestling Brings “The Road To BFG” To Nashville On Wednesday & Thursday, October 2-3
Tickets For Both Shows Are $10 Each, With ALL Proceeds Donated To Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts In Spartanburg, South Carolina
TNA Wrestling brings the final matches on “The Road To BFG” to Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday & Thursday, October 2-3, at Skyway Studios. All tickets for both shows are $10 each and ALL proceeds from both shows will be donated to Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Tickets go on-sale Monday, September 30, at 10 a.m. EST, at tnawrestling.com.

The TNA shows in Spartanburg, originally scheduled for September 27-28, were canceled due to the catastrophic hurricane, which left millions still without power across the Southeast.

TNA will have auctions at both shows for match-used and autographed memorabilia, plus unique collectibles for sale – with ALL proceeds going to the Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts in Spartanburg.

Fans will have the opportunity to donate additionally to the relief efforts at both shows. TNA officials have been in contact with members of the Spartanburg Police & Fire Departments, as members of both departments were scheduled to attend the TNA shows in Spartanburg.

The Nashville shows will start at 7 p.m., with doors opening to Skyway Studios at 6 p.m. All tickets are general admission.

All the TNA stars will be in Nashville for the final matches before Bound For Glory (October 26 in Detroit), including Nic Nemeth, Jordynne Grace, Joe Hendry, Jeff & Matt Hardy, Eric Young, Ash By Elegance and Moose. Also scheduled to appear at the Spartanburg shows: Mike Santana, AJ Francis, Josh Alexander, Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, Frankie Kazarian, ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey), Jake Something, “Speedball” Mike Bailey, PCO, Xia Brookside and many more.

News On TNA Having To Cancel TV Tapings Ahead Of Bound For Glory PPV

Hurricane Helene has damaged multiple areas of the United States over the past few days, and TNA Wrestling was forced to cancel its scheduled television tapings in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The tapings were originally slated for September 27 and 28 respectively, and were supposed to be moved to September 30 and October 1 once the storm had passed. However, the decision to scrap the tapings altogether was made.

Fightful Select has been able to provide more details on the cancellation. TNA had put a lot of effort into promoting the tapings, as they were going to serve as the build-up to the Bound For Glory pay-per-view on October 26, which is the company’s biggest show of the year. Some of the staff that had already made their way to Spartanburg also had a rough time as the power in their hotel went out, which led to many of them charging their devices in their cars as there were no vacancies in the other hotels in the local area. The power had also been cut in the venue TNA was set to use, which was the nail in the coffin for the promotion’s chances of potentially holding any sort of event over the weekend.

As for what TNA will do about programming, Fightful was told that there had been rumblings of running Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, next week. Skyway Studios was where TNA held their events during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the 2021 Slammiversary pay-per-view. TNA won’t have time to produce any new content for the episode of “TNA Impact” that is set to air on October 3, and the word floating around the company is that the company will air a “best of Bound For Glory” show in its place.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

TNA Impact Wrestling Preview 9/26/2024

TNA Impact tonight on AXS TV as the build continues for TNA Bound For Glory 2024.

  • Winner Gets World Title Shot at Bound for Glory: Frankie Kazarian vs. Joe Hendry
  • Mike Bailey, KUSHIDA & Leon Slater vs. Zachary Wentz & ABC
  • Heather Reckless vs. Xia Brookside
  • Jordynne Grace & Mystery NXT Partner vs. Wendy Choo & Rosemary
  • Laredo Kid vs. Jonathan Gresham
  • Lei Ying Lee debuts
  • We’ll hear from Josh Alexander

TNA Impact Preview 9/19/2024

TNA Wrestling will present a new episode of TNA Impact tonight on AXS TV.

  • Fallout form Victory Road
  • Texas Death Match: JDC vs. Mike Santana
  • Matt Cardona vs. Rhino
  • First Class vs. Sinner & Saint
  • Spitfire in action
  • We’ll hear from Joe Hendry

Steph De Lander Pulled From TNA Victory Road 2024, Will Undergo Neck Surgery

Steph De Lander was pulled from her match at Friday night’s TNA Victory Road 2024 pay-per-view event.

De Lander was set to team with Matt Cardona to face off against PCO and Rhino during the show. Just prior to the match, De Lander cut a promo to announce that she would need to undergo neck surgery. After vowing not to retire, she left the ringside area with PCO.

Source: eWn

Backstage Update On The Status Of The Motor City Machine Guns

The Motor City Machine Guns have been the subject of much discussion in recent months, as fans around the world are still wondering where they will end up. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin’s contracts with TNA expired at the beginning of April, and rumors have been rampant concerning whether they will choose to sign with WWE or AEW. Initially, it looked as if Sabin and Shelley would become ‘All Elite,’ with the two men already having a brief history with AEW, appearing at All Out 2022. However, that talk seemed to die off, and the word inside the business was that they were WWE-bound.

Now it seems there is an answer, at least according to Dave Meltzer, who claimed in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the Motor City Machine Guns are expected to start in WWE imminently. As far as the destination within WWE, Meltzer claims that, despite the fact that Sabin and Shelley are one of the most influential tag teams of their generation, they will be part of the “WWE NXT” brand when they eventually debut.

“NXT” has a lot of big events coming up in the near future, as the brand will be moving to The CW on October 1. The live debut on October 1 will take place from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois, which will then be followed by a live episode in St. Louis, Missouri on October 8, which will go head-to-head with “AEW Dynamite.” Following on from the two live shows on October 1 and 8, “NXT” will be back on the road for the Halloween Havoc PLE, which will take place on October 27 at the GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

According to multiple reports, the current plan is to have Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin debut in a tag team match during WWE NXT’s Chicago debut on October 1st.

Source: Wrestling Inc.