Category: TNA

Impact Wrestling And AAA Announce Partnership Details, Co-Branded Live Tours Intended For The Fall

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The partnership between Impact Wrestling and AAA has just grown stronger … because the two companies announced Tuesday that they intend to begin a live tour together.

Impact put out a press release today in which Ed Nordholm is quoted saying, “By combining our efforts on talent, touring and distribution, we will increase the global footprint of our respective companies and create the best product for our passionate fan bases.”

The press release states that AAA/Impact intend to launch co-branded live tours in the fall and that AAA will “facilitate distribution of IMPACT Wrestling in new territories throughout Latin America and South America, while Anthem will facilitate the expansion of the Lucha Libre AAA footprint through Fight Network’s diverse distribution channels.”

Plus, AAA talent will be featured at Slammiversary in July and Impact talent will be used at TripleMania in August — including a title defense for one of their championships.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

What’s Going On With Jeff Jarrett’s GFW? Is GFW Merging With Impact Wrestling?

Today I tried to access Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling promotion’s website globalforcewrestling.com and all I got was a blank white page with pageok in the upper left corner.

In a recent interview at WrestleCon by former WCW ring announcer David Penzer for Hannibal TV, Jarrett was asked if GFW was alive and well. Jarrett said, “Oh, absolutely. In the weeks and days, months, however that saying goes, more will come out, but yeah, Global Force and Impact are becoming one day-by-day.”

I have also noticed that the most recent tweets by Jarrett @RealJeffJarrett have all been about Impact Wrestling, for which he now has a role as Executive Consultant. The most recent tweets on the GFW Twitter page @GFWWrestling  have also all been about Impact Wrestling. GFW’s last tweet was on March 23 and it was a retweet of Impact Wrestling about ‘WOS’ British Wrestling to return to TV on ITV.

Recently on Impact Wrestling we have seen Cody Rhodes with his GFW Nex*Gen Title and on tonight’s Impact we will see Magnus (Nick Aldis) the GFW Global Champion.

So, I’m left wondering if merger between Impact Wrestling and GFW is already underway.

UPDATE:

GFW’s website globalforcewrestling.com is back up and running:

Impact Wrestling Preview 4/13/17

The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact Wrestling:

* Team JB vs. Team Goat: Alberto El Patron, Matt Morgan, Chris Adonis & GFW Global Champion Magnus (Nick Aldis) vs. Lashley, Bram, Eli Drake & Tyrus

* Who will get a Title shot against World Champion Lashley?

* Braxton Sutter & Allie vs. KM & Sienna

* Reno Scum vs. Decay vs. Laredo Kid & Garza Jr.

* Knockouts Champion Rosemary in action

 

Alberto El Patron Periscopes Drunken Rant Alongside Paige About Ex-Boss With A ‘Big Nose’ (VIDEO)

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The truth always comes out when you’re drunk … which is why Alberto El Patron was an open book Thursday night via livestream, and he didn’t pull any punches.

The Impact Wrestling star posted a long video on social media with his fiancee Paige in tow and it featured a plethora of angry comments which appeared to be directed towards Triple H.

Some of the highlights:

  • Alberto admits “Yes, I’m a little bit drunk. You know that’s when the good stuff comes!”
  • Claims he and Paige are getting married in June.
  • Thanks all of their supporters, then says he “doesn’t give a f*ck” if people support him or not.
  • Angrily explains that people who talk crap behind a keyboard remind him of “one of the bosses in WWE with a big f*ckin’ nose who’s a big f*cking p*ssy.”
  • Claims Paige isn’t coming back to wrestling until he says she can, then randomly says she’s not coming back because she’s pregnant … though both seem to be a joke.
  • Mentions they’re close to WWE Headqaurters in Stamford, Connecticut “where all the p*ssies live” and that he could go to someone’s door and say “hey, big nose with the small d*ck.”

Paige attempts to shut down the Periscope session throughout, but gets denied every time.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Watch the video at the link below:

DJ Z Undergoes ‘Major Surgery’ For Fractured Colon And Internal Bleeding

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Impact Wrestling star DJ Z underwent “major surgery” on Thursday for a fractured colon, as well as internal bleeding — this according to a close friend and fellow wrestler.

Z was rushed to a hospital last night in Mexico City after he was badly injured by a 450 splash gone wrong — and his buddy Gringo Loco went with him to the ER.

Loco posted an update on Facebook saying, “After a sleepless night and countless documents to get this all under way, DJ Z is going into a major surgery as I write this. He’s been coherent and talking the entire time but in excruciating pain every minute.”

He adds, “After numerous exams, they found that the colon was fractured and bleeding internally, which was causing all the pain and discomfort. They’re going to try to repair it first and if that doesn’t work, it only gets more complicated. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.”

UPDATE: Loco posted another update saying DJ Z is out of surgery. He explains, “The procedure went well and has just arrived to the recovery room. He’ll have to be observed here 3-5 days depending on his recovery. But the doctor assured me he’ll eventually be out of the woods.”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling Preview 4/6/17

The following is scheduled for tonight’s 4/6 episode of Impact Wrestling:

* DCC Town Hall Meeting

* Last Man Standing Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Davey Richards

* Knockouts #1 Contender Gauntlet Battle Royal

* Andrew Everett’s obstacles

Aron Rex/Damien Sandow No Longer With Impact Wrestling

In an interview with Title Match Wrestling at WrestleCon this past weekend, Aron Rex, f.k.a. Damien Sandow, revealed that he is no longer with Impact Wrestling. Rex, who debuted a new Liberace-esque gimmick in Impact Wrestling last October and was a part of their television tapings this past January, hinted at possibly retiring.

“I don’t know if this is going to be it for me, because you know I’m no longer with Impact,” Rex said. “Ending on this note is not a bad thing. I’m not saying that I’m never going to get in the ring again, but this is pretty cool and I’d much rather have people remember me for all the good stuff.”

Rex is best known for his run as Sandow in WWE from 2010 – 2016. He debuted with Impact Wrestling in August of 2016 and became the company’s first Impact Grand Champion.

Source: WrestlingINC

Jeff Jarrett On Impact Wrestling And GFW ‘Becoming One’, His WrestleMania Moment, Future Plans

Jeff Jarrett was interviewed at WrestleCon by former WCW ring announcer David Penzer for Hannibal TV. Here are some of the highlights:

How it feels to back with the company he created, and future plans for Impact:

“I can’t give you all the plans, but we’re all as a team very excited. A lot of guys are coming back on-board, and we’ve got a lot of things going on with Global Force Wrestling and Impact Wrestling, as we sort of figure how how we’re going to put the pieces of the puzzle together so to speak. Just last week as a part of the new organization we announced that we’re going to be doing WOS over on ITV over in the United Kingdom. A lot of things have happened in the past 60, 90 days. Spike TV in the UK made an announcement and that launches April 21st.”

Whether Global Force Wrestling is alive and well:

“Oh, absolutely. In the weeks and days, months, however that saying goes, more will come out, but yeah, Global Force and Impact are becoming one day-by-day.”

If he has a WrestleMania moment.

“You always gotta remember when you win a title or defend a title, but me and Scott Hall, which is ironically about 30 feet right there (he pointed off camera), I think it was 13 in Hartford, Connecticut (it was WrestleMania 11), Bam Bam Bigelow and the football with Salt-N-Pepa, it was the first time I got to defend a major title on WrestleMania.”

Source: WrestlingINC

Impact Wrestling Preview 3/30/17

Tonight’s Impact will feature the following:

* Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championship: Decay vs. Reno Scum vs. LAX vs. Laredo Kid & Garza Jr.

* “Knockouts Burial Celebration” with TNA Knockouts Champion Rosemary

* Impact Grand Championship: (C) Moose vs. Cody Rhodes

* Andrew Everett vs. DJZ

* What will Karen Jarrett have in store for Sienna?

 

Broken Matt And Brother Nero Drop TNA Tag Team Titles Into The Lake Of Reincarnation (VIDEO)

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House Hardy have dropped the TNA tag team titles into the Lake of Reincarnation to get a new set of belts … and the brothers had some choice words for their former employer in the process.

Broken Matt released the video Tuesday night which features he and his brother debuting new titles of their own and putting down Anthem/Jeff Jarrett for the way they were treated on the way out.

The description of the video reads, “After exerting everything within our VESSELS to make TNA trendy and cool again, we were betrayed by the OBSOLETE OWL. Since we carried the TNA Tag Titles to a CELESTIAL plane, as well as becoming greater than our host, the #7Deities mandated that I REINCARNATE these OBSOLETE Titles.”

The description also references his trademark battle with Impact Wrestling: “Rebecca, like Jeff and I, did many things for this brand because we’re upstanding beings. #HouseHardy will now continue to soar to new heights while the OWL fades away and classifies itself as OBSOLETE.”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Check out the video below: