TNA IMPACT makes its move to Wednesday nights starting with Hardcore Justice.
6 Sides of Steel TNA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Match: Bobby Roode VS Gunner VS Magnus VS Austin Aries VS Eric Young VS James Storm:
Stairway To Janice Match: “The Monster” Abyss VS Bram:
Last Knockout Standing TNA Knockouts Championship: (C) Gail Kim VS Angelina Love:
I Quit Match: Mr. Anderson VS Samuel Shaw:
X-Division Championship: (C) Samoa Joe VS Low Ki
Tommy Dreamer & Robbie E ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Edge & Christian ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with a appearance by Beth Phoenix
Dolph Ziggler ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Celeste Bonin (Kaitlyn) ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Chris Jericho ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Above is a interview with the former WWE Superstar known as Alberto Del Rio. He discusses the racist incident that led to the altercation that got him fired from WWE, legal actions, & more. The Interview is in Spanish. Wrestinginc.com has the translation of the interview. You can check out the translation at this link.
PWInsider is reporting that Bully Ray has finished up with TNA at their live event in Hagerstown, MD tonight. Bully’s contract apparently expired today & Bully told the locker room that he doesn’t expect to return to the company.
Bully & Devon were announced in June to be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame at Bound For Glory in October.
Source: Wrestling Inc & PWInsider
PWInsider Elite reports that at the recent TNA Impact tapings in New York City there was Spike TV officials in attendance as well as representatives from other networks.
At the backstage meeting before the tapings on August 6th, with John Gaburick, had Bully Ray doing the talking, they told the TNA talents that the company was not closing & they were working on several deals. They implied that everything is fine.
Source: Wrestling Inc
Kurt Angle did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge during a TNA house show. Angle put his own twist on it & added a gallon of milk to the bucket of ice water.
Davey Richards, one half the TNA World Tag Team Champions, The Wolves, has suffered a broken leg. F4WOnline reports that TNA is going to wait & see before making any decision about what to do about The Wolves & their TNA World Tag Team Titles because TNA is taping enough footage to carry them through September 25th.
If his injury isn’t too bad, they will keep the titles but if for some reason Richards has to be out for a few months, The Wolves will be stripped of the titles.
Richards tweeted the following:
Source: Wrestling Inc
F4WOnline reports that WWE has informed AAA that Alberto Del Rio (El Patron) will not be able to wrestle for them this Sunday at TripleMania XXII. WWE has locked up Del Rio in a long non-compete clause. Del Rio can’t wrestle in the US for one year, probably because he was found to have breached his deal.
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Natalya was back training this week with women MMA fighters Jessamyn Duke, Shayna Baszler & Colleen Schneider. The footage filmed will apparently be on Total Divas.
At a press conference yesterday in Mexico with AAA President Joaquin Rolden, Alberto Del Rio said he would no longer be using the Del Rio name because it is owned by WWE. He revealed that his new ring name is El Patron. He acknowledged that he can’t wrestle for AAA for 90 days but his lawyers are working on finding a way that he could wrestle at AAA’s TripleMania XXII event this Sunday. He has challenged El Texano Jr. for the AAA Mega Heavyweight Title.
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