A correspondent for WrestlingINC.com at last night’s WWE SmackDown tapings noted that Rusev may have injured his foot or ankle in his match against Ryback.
Rusev was helped to the back by trainers after the match abruptly ended. A fan posted a picture on Twitter of Rusev in a wheelchair at the airport:
Source: WrestlingINC.com
James Storm was recently interview by the v2 Wrestling Podcast and he talked about the recent reports that Destination America is canceling TNA Impact Wrestling.
“I’ve been told by the higher-ups that there’s nothing to worry about,” Storm said. “TNA is owned by a billion dollar company, Panda Energy, so the money is going to be there. They talk about the network saying this and that. Every network wants great ratings, but the problem is that it takes time for the casual wrestling fans and viewers to find Destination America. A lot of people don’t have the channel, or it’s a premium channel and they have to pay for it. My mom actually couldn’t find it until like a month ago. So it’s just taking people a little longer to find the Destination America channel.”
“Nobody really knows except for the network and Dixie Carter, that’s how I look at it. Dixie cares about the wrestlers like they’re her own kids. If something’s going to go down, she’s going to have a meeting and talk about it with all the guys, so that’s how I look at it.”
You can listen to the podcast interview at this link – http://v2wrestling.com/5/post/2015/05/the-big-v2-interview-james-storm.html
PWInsider reports that Christy Hemme has given notice to TNA and will be leaving soon. She will reportedly be working a great job outside of pro wrestling. There was some speculation that she may still work a role at TV tapings but that’s not confirmed and most believe she’s leaving altogether. Hemme has been with TNA since 2006.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Ring of Honor announced that Samoa Joe will return next month on June 20, the night after ROH’s “Best In The World” pay-per-view. Joe will team up with AJ Styles to take on The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian). ROH describes the tag match as a DREAM MATCH.
Samoa Joe’s WWE contract has been described as the first of it’s kind to allow unprecedented freedom for him as a performer. It appears that Joe’s contract will keep him off TV for other promotions outside of NXT, but will allow him to continue to work for ROH and others.
Joe’s contract is somewhat like the one Rhyno has with WWE but for a lot more money and Joe has also has a merchandise deal.
Joe talked about his deal on Twitter:
Wrestling News Blog’s Vanessa and Trevor are leading a movement to make sure that Busted Open Radio discuss the NXT Women’s Championship match from Wednesday’s NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable between (C) Sasha Banks & Becky Lynch. Busted Open Radio airs on SiriusXM Radio today at 2-4 pm ET.
Vanessa stated on Facebook that she fears that the show will focus mainly on the WWE debut of Samoa Joe and leave a match like Banks VS Lynch for little discussion or possibly none at all.
Wrestling News Blog ask that fans tweet @BustedOpenRadio and ask them to discuss Banks VS Lynch with the passion it deserves.
Vanessa tweeted this yesterday:
Busted Open Radio tweeted today:
Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that before it was announced last Friday that Impact Wrestling would be moving to Wednesday nights beginning June 3, 2015, Destination America officials made the decision to cancel the show and all other TNA programming.
It was noted by Meltzer that all TNA programming will cease to air on Destination America at the end of the third quarter, which is around the last week of September.
There was two major reasons for the cancellation. Destination America officials considered the ratings for Impact Wrestling to be good, but not good enough to justify the cost of the programming. The other problem was that a number of the cable network’s advertisers specifically did not want to advertise during Impact Wrestling.
The decision from Destination America to cancel TNA programming was meant to be kept secret. A public acknowledgement is expected to be made when the station reveals its 2015-16 television prime-time lineup.
Following the March 13, 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, which saw viewership sink to a new low, Destination America officials made the decision to cancel Saturday morning programming under the belief that eliminating the replay would help the Friday numbers – the only numbers they cared about. Although there was a slight increase, all first-run programming with the exception of Impact Wrestling airing multiple times of Friday nights was axed due to the cable network’s difficulty in selling advertisement time. For the May 8, 2015 live episode of Impact Wrestling, Destination America purchased an advertisement in the USA Today newspaper to promote the show, believing that additional advertising and it being almost live would lead to an increased rating. Instead, Impact Wrestling did its second lowest number on Destination America, and the replay, which is primarily watched by viewers on the West Coast, drew a record low. Days later, Destination America executives made the decision to cancel all TNA Wrestling programming.
TNA President Dixie Carter was made aware of Destination America’s decision early last week although it doesn’t appear that most of the talent knew anything since word of this had not gotten around. Her knowledge of the cancellation may have played a role in Impact Wrestling moving to Wednesday nights, but that is uncertain. Carter didn’t respond to any questions on the subject from Meltzer.
Meltzer noted in his report that Destination America’s decision has not been finalized. Employees at the station, however, not been told anything new since a memo was issued to them, informing them of the cancellation. Meltzer noted that “this story is very much ongoing.”
Meltzer noted that because the cancellation was announced before the move to Wednesdays, the cancellation isn’t definite, although he noted that it wasn’t a good sign that people at the station haven’t been told anything new since being informed of the cancellation.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
There are rumors that Samoa Joe has agreed to a deal with WWE but nothing has been confirmed. Joe is scheduled to compete at two Northeast Wrestling (NEW) shows – Saturday August 1st at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, NY and Sunday August 2nd at a location to be announced next week.
WWE usually doesn’t allow their signed talent compete for other companies.
Also on the August 1st show are – Rey Mysterio, Alberto El Patron, The Young Bucks, Mickie James, Velvet Sky, NEW Champion Matt Taven, Brian Anthony and many others to be announced.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
TNA Wrestling sent out a press release confirming that Impact Wrestling will be moving to Wednesday nights on Destination America, beginning June 3rd.
The June 3rd show will feature, The Wolves VS The Dirty Heels competing in match 3 of the Best of 5 Series for the vacated TNA Tag Team Titles. The Rising VS BDC in a 6-Man Tag Match. TNA World Heavyweight Champion will compete in the main event. Plus, the Knockouts will be in action featuring the Dollhouse and Brooke.
Global Force Wrestling re-launched it’s website today and has a roster list. Big names on the roster include – Jim Cornette, WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall, Takaaki Watanabe and Jeff & Karen Jarrett.
Andrew Everett, The Young Bucks, Takaaki Watanabe, Trent Baretta, Thea Trinidad, Sonjay Dutt, Shelton Benjamin, Scott Hall, Seiya Sanada, PJ Black, New Heavenly Bodies, Luke Hawx, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Lance Hoyt, Jimmy Rave, Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett, Jim Cornette, Jigsaw, Jamin Olivencia, The Hotshots, George T. Murdoch, Davey Boy Smith Jr. Cliff Compton, Chuck Taylor, Chris “The Adonis” Mordetzky, Chael Sonnen, Quinn “Moose” Ojinnaka and Lei’D Tapa
http://www.globalforcewrestling.com
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