Category: Wrestling News

TNA Announced Lockdown, Monster’s Ball & King Of The Mountain For UK Tour

TNA announced that for the first time in TNA history Lockdown will take place on the upcoming UK Tour.

Lockdown will take place at the SSE Arena Wmbley on January 30 in London.

TNA also announced for the UK Tour a Monster’s Ball match and a King of the Mountain match.

Monster’s Ball hardcore match is set to take place in Manchester on January 29 at the Manchester Arena.

A King of the Mountain match is booked for Birmingham on January 31 at the Barclaycard Arena.

TNA UK Tour tickets are available now at http://www.gigsandtours.com and http://www.ticket.co.uk or direct from the tour venues.

Two Huge ROH Stars Making TNA Debut In January?

Ring of Honor stars Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis finished up with the company at last night’s TV tapings in Philadelphia. PWInsider reports that the couple and ROH were not able to agree on terms for a new deal.

Their departure was not a real big surprise as people within ROH had been expecting them to leave for some time. This likely means they are done with New Japan Pro Wrestling as well.

Bennett’s partner Matt Taven is signed with ROH through March or April of 2016.

Kanellis and Bennett were reportedly telling people that they will be starting with TNA in January.

ROH Star Injured At Final Battle

Matt Taven of The Kingdom suffered an injury to his knee during the ROH World Tag Team Championship match against War Machine at last night’s ROH Final Battle pay-per-view. The match had tp be cut short and Taven was helped to the back. War Machine won the match to become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions.

2015 ROH Final Battle Results

(YouTube Exclusive) Cheeseburger VS Brutal Bob Evans – Winner: Cheeseburger

#1 Contender’s Triple Threat Tag Team Match: The Young Bucks VS All Night Express VS The Briscoes – Winners: All Night Express

Dalton Castle VS Silas Young w/the Boys – Winner: Silas Young

Moose w/Stokely Hathaway VS Michael Elgin –Winner: Michael Elgin

Adam Cole VS Kyle O’Reilly – Winner: Adam Cole

Alex Shelley, #Reborn Matt Sydal & ACH VS The Addiction & Chris Sabin – Winners: Alex Shelley, Matt Sydal & ACH

ROH World Television Championship: (C) Roderick Strong VS Bobby Fish – Winner: Roderick Strong

ROH World Tag Team Championship: (C) The Kingdom w/Maria Kanellis VS War Machine –Winners and new ROH World Tag Team Champions War Machine

ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal w/Truth Martini VS “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles  – Winner: Jay Lethal

TNA Programming To Start Airing On POP TV Next Week

This past Wednesday was the last episode of TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America. Fans won’t have to wait until January 5th to watch TNA on their new home of POP TV. Next Tuesday, December 22 at 9 PM ET, POP TV will air Impact Wrestling: Best of 2015, which will be hosted by Jeremy Borash and Christy Hemme. Another episode will air the following week on December 29.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Jeff Hardy Update, Jeff & Matt Hardy TNA Deals Expiring Soon

According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter Jeff Hardy reportedly needs another surgery on his knee and could be out of the ring until late 2016. The timetable for his return won’t be certain until after he has the surgery. Jeff told his friends that he will have to tone down his wrestling style.

Jeff & Matt Hardy’s TNA deals expire win 10-12 weeks.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Premiere Date For Lucha Underground Season 2 Set, Rey Mysterio

It was revealed today that season 2 of Lucha Underground will premiere on January 27th on the El Rey Network.

WrestlingINC.com reports that Lucha Underground seems close to signing Rey Mysterio.

rey-mysterio

GFW Announces First Live Events For 2016

Global Force Wrestling will break new ground in 2016 as founder and CEO Jeff Jarrett brings GFW to the Northeast for the first time to open the New Year.

GFW will be at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York on Jan. 22.

Co-promotion between GFW and Pro Wrestling Syndicate at the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, New Jersey on Jan. 23.

Tickets for both events go an sale Friday. For the Poughkeepsie card, you can go to the Mid-Hudson box office or any Ticketmaster location, charge-by-phone 1-800-745-3000, or on-line at ticketmaster.com. Tickets for the Jan. 23 event are available through the PayPal link at prowrestlingsyndicate.com.

For more information visit globalforcewrestling.com.

GFW Global Champion Nick Aldis Injured

Former TNA World Heavyweight Champion and current GFW Global Champion Nick Aldis (Magnus) suffered a torn bicep while working a tour of Mexico recently for Konnan.

Matt Hardy Got Head Badly Busted Open (Graphic Photos & Video)

Matt Hardy lost the WrestleCade Heavyweight Title to Jeff Jarrett at Saturday’s WrestleCade IV event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hardy got his head busted open badly due to a bad guitar shot that didn’t break. Hardy noted on Twitter that he needed 38 stitches and had to be hospitalized overnight for observation.