TNA Impact Preview 8/29/2024

TNA Wrestling will present a new episode of TNA Impact tonight on AXS TV, which is the final stop before tomorrow’s TNA Emergence 2024 pay-per-view event.

  • TNA X Division Championship: Mike Bailey (c) vs. Rich Swann
  • Match by Elegance for TNA Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Ash by Elegance
  • Eddie Edwards vs. Mike Santana
  • Joe Hendry vs. Brian Myers
  • ABC vs. Cody Deaner & Jake Something
  • Hammerstone vs. Eric Young
  • Nic Nemeth and Josh Alexander come together for a final face-off

TNA’s Rosemary Made Her NXT Debut

TNA Wrestling’s Rosemary appeared on Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT to face off against Kelani Jordan.

On this week’s show, Jordan faced an opponent of Wendy Choo’s choosing, which turned out to be the Demon Assassin herself. Rosemary ultimately wound up losing.

Following the match, Choo’s graphic appeared and distracted Kelani. That’s when Choo came to the ring to lock in a sleeper to put her out.

Source: eWn

TNA Impact Wrestling Preview 8/22/2024

TNA Wrestling will present a new episode of TNA Impact tonight on AXS TV as the build continues for TNA Emergence 2024.

  • Ultimate X Qualifying Match: Hammerstone vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. KUSHIDA
  • Ultimate X Qualifying Match: Bhupinder Gujjar vs. Jai Vidal vs. Laredo Kid
  • Matt & Jeff Hardy vs. Moose & JDC
  • Matt Cardona, Steph de Lander & TBD vs. PCO, Rhino & Xia Brookside
  • Alisha Edwards vs. Rosemary
  • Charlie Dempsey vs. Jonathan Gresham

Ex-TNA Head Scott D’Amore Says He’s Signed Mauro Rannallo For Maple Leaf Pro

Despite being fired from TNA, Scott D’Amore isn’t letting that keep him from continuing his efforts in the pro wrestling industry. Back in May, D’Amore filed a trademark for “Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling,” a promotion established in the 1930s. Since then, D’Amore has taken more steps to debut the promotion, and in an interview with “INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet,” he revealed one of the names he’s already signed.

During the interview, D’Amore confirmed that former “WWE NXT” and “SmackDown” commentator, Mauro Rannallo, has agreed to be the voice of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling. “I mean, he’s the man. And Mauro has got a passion for wrestling,” D’Amore proclaimed. He then recalled the first time he met Rannallo, 25 years ago in Stampede Wrestling. “I was coming in as a heel to feud with Sabu. And he was the 20-21-year-old kid who was doing the play-by-play with Bad News Brown, and we connected then over the years,” D’Amore recalled.

D’Amore also reflected on Ranallo’s presence in the field of combat sports announcing: “He loves wrestling. He’s the best. You turned on Showtime for any big boxing fight, or you turned on to watch a lot of the big MMA fights with Pride and everything, Mauro is that voice.”

D’Amore’s exit from TNA was sudden and shocked many fans and even TNA talent. Not too long ago, he D’Amore recalled finding out about his TNA firing days before their Hard to Kill pay-per-view, which was the first event held under the promotion’s former name since it changed to IMPACT Wrestling back in 2017. 

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Scott D’Amore Comments On Launching Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling

Former TNA Wrestling executive Scott D’Amore announced the launch of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling earlier this month, with the first shows set to take place on October 19th and 20th. D’Amore spoke with CBC on a number of topics, including growing up watching Maple Leaf Wrestling.

D’Amore said, “It was what came through on Saturdays on CHCH out of Hamilton. Every week they took a match from one of the Maple Leaf Gardens house shows, live events, and they showed it on TV, and the only place you got to see that was on Maple Leaf Wrestling.”

On launching Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling:

“Canadian talent has to work twice as hard, three times as hard as U.S. talent … I think we can give that platform for Canadian talent to go out there and compete with the best in the world and show how good they are.”

Source: PWMania

TNA Impact Preview 8/15/2024

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

  • TNA World Championship: Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Josh Alexander
  • Ultimate X Qualifier: Riley Osborne vs. Chris Bey vs. John Skyler
  • Ultimate X Qualifier: Rich Swann vs. Jason Hotch vs. Ace Austin
  • Moose vs. Mike Santana
  • Gisele Shaw vs. Tasha Steelz
  • We’ll hear from Jordynne Grace
  • We’ll hear from Steve Maclin

TNA Impact Preview 8/8/2024

TNA Wrestling will present a new episode of Impact tonight on AXS TV, featuring more crossover with WWE NXT.

TNA Knockouts World Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. TBD
Ultimate X Qualifier: Mike Bailey vs. Trent Seven vs. Jake Something
Ultimate X Qualifier: KC Navarro vs. Zachary Wentz vs. TBD
Joe Hendry vs. NXT’s Wolfgang
KUSHIDA vs. Jonathan Gresham
Fallout from PCO and Steph de Lander’s wedding
Bound for Glory location announcement

Wes Lee Turns On His The Rascalz Teammates Following Tag Title Match Loss At NXT GAB

The Rascalz are no more following a heel turn by former NXT North American Champion Wes Lee following a loss for the NXT Tag Team Championships against Axiom and Nathan Frazer on Tuesday’s episode of “WWE NXT.” Lee and Zachary Wentz, collectively known as MSK, fought for the championships they never lost, as they were forfeited when Wentz was previously released from WWE, but the pair came up short. Frazer and Axiom had been having their own issues as a tag team for weeks, and even suffered miscommunication in the match where Axiom accidentally super kicked Frazer, but the pair held on to the gold.

Following the match, Trey Miguel got in the ring to console his stablemates, but was met with violence from Lee’s end. The group hugged in the middle of the ring, but as Miguel pulled away, he ate a kick from Lee and Wentz received a low blow. Lee said he wanted to be left alone and continued beating down his partners, end sending Miguel through the ring barricade and Wentz into the ring steps. As he walked back the ramp with his head held high, Lee offered no explanation for his actions. As for Wentz and Miguel, as of this writing, there is currently no word on if they will continue to appear on “WWE NXT” through the company’s ongoing relationship with TNA Wrestling to continue a feud with their former friend.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Matt Cardona Returned To TNA Wrestling On last Night’s Impact

Matt Cardona has returned to TNA Wrestling.

During last night’s episode of TNA Impact on AXS TV, Cardona appeared to interfere with Steph De Lander’s wedding to PCO in the main event segment.

On this week’s show, Cardona hit PCO with a cinder block during the wedding. De Lander, who quickly confronted Cardona, was not happy and refused to leave with him.

TNA Impact Preview 8/1/2024

TNA Wrestling will present a new episode of TNA Impact tonight on AXS TV, continuing the build to TNA Emergence 2024.

  • TNA World Championship: Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Mustafa Ali
  • Jody Threat vs. Masha Slamovich*
  • Ryan Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian
  • The Rascalz vs. Trent Seven, Mike Bailey & KUSHIDA
  • Rosemary vs. TBD
  • We’ll hear from Joe Hendry
  • PCO and Steph de Lander get married