Hulk Hogan quit TNA last week on Impact Wrestling but Hogan did a promotion for Impact Wrestling tapings in Tulsa, Oklahoma for TulsaWorld.com. The interview was done recently by telephone. Could this be an indication that Hogan is still with TNA? Hogan stayed in character & played up the tension between him & Dixie Carter.
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TNA Impact Wrestling Recap: October 3, 2013
AJ Styles came to the ring. He mentioned what happened last week, when Dixie Carter ripped up the TNA contract that Hulk Hogan offered him & he signed. AJ said he wanted to talk about his World Heavyweight Championship match with Bully Ray at Bound For Glory. AJ mentioned he doesn’t have a TNA contract so at Bound For Glory he has to win the Championship & he is all in. AJ said that Bully thinks he is the most dangerous man in the building & AJ said he begs to differ with Bully about that. Bully Ray with Brooke Tessmacher came down. Bully said Dixie is in AJ’s head & told AJ that he needs to worry about him not Dixie. Bully said he wants to take AJ away from the fans. AJ said Bully is no different than Dixie. Bully said he takes that as a compliment. Bully said he will be sending AJ home without a contract. AJ said Bully needs to concentrate on his match tonight. Bully said he doesn’t have a match. AJ said he talked to Hulk Hogan & Bully has a match with Samoa Joe & said Joe is going to kill you.
Backstage Dixie Carter confronted AJ Styles. Dixie asked for security to toss AJ out of the building. AJ left on his own after he told her that he doesn’t want to breath the same air as her.
Chris Sabin & Kenny King VS Jeff Hardy & Manik: Velvet Sky was at ringside with Sabin. Austin Aries did commentary during the match. Hardy & Manik got the win. After the match Sabin attacked Hardy & Manik from behind. Aries hit the ring & chased Sabin out. Aries got a mic & made a challenge of a 4-Way match at Bound For Glory involving him, Sabin, Hardy & Manik. Hardy said he wants to do something he has never done before, a Ultimate X Match. Manik will put up his X-Division Championship.
Sting was backstage talking to Hogan. Sting mentioned the situation with Eric Bischoff that they had dealt with in the past. Sting asked what is going on with Dixie. Hogan said he didn’t think anybody could be worse than Bischoff but Dixie is. Sting said he has Hogan’s back no matter what. A woman brought Hogan a gift from Dixie. It was a watch just like the one she gave Sting last year.
Footage was showed from last week of what happened between Magnus & E.G.O. & backstage footage of Sting talking to Magnus afterward. Magnus said he wants a match with all 3 members of E.G.O. & told Sting he couldn’t talk him out of it.
Gauntlet Match: Magnus VS E.G.O.:
Magnus VS Daniels: Magnus got the win.
Magnus VS Kazarian: Magnus won by submission.
Magnus VS Bobby Roode: Before the match started Kazarian attacked Magnus from behind by clipping his knee. Roode got the win by submission. After the match Magnus was upset. Sting came down to the ring & wanted Magnus to come to the back with him so they could talk. Magnus said no & that he has had enough. Sting said don’t look at all the bad stuff. Magnus said he isn’t getting the results. Sting said something about how he didn’t always get the results & mention a match he had with Ric Flair. Magnus said to Sting that Flair put you on the map & asked who is going to put him on the map. Sting said he will at Bound For Glory.
Austin Aries talked to Hogan in the back about the decision Hogan has to make. Aries said he knew of 2 Hogan’s, the red & yellow All-American Hogan & the Black & White Hollywood Hogan. Aries said this decision is black & white. Hogan said he gets it.
Backstage, Chris Sabin was asked why he isn’t going to go to the ring with Velvet Sky for her match. Sabin said Velvet is the toughest girl & that she will be fine. Sabin said he has to worry about himself right now & worry about Jeff Hardy, Austin Aries & Manik. He said he is going to relax & focus.
Backstage, E.G.O. was celebrating their victory over Magnus. Daniels & Kazarian told Bobby Roode that he is going to be inducted into the Extraordinary Gentleman’s Organization Hall of Fame next week.
Knockouts #1Contender Match: Brooke Tessmacher VS Velvet Sky: Before the match started Lei’D Tapa came to the ring & attacked Velvet.
Promo for Ethan.
Promo for Kurt Angle’s induction into the TNA Hall of Fame at Bound For Glory.
Samoa Joe VS Bully Ray: Brooke Tessmacher was at ringside with Bully. The referee got knocked out. Bully wrapped a chain around his fist & hit Sabin with it. The Ref came to & seen it & called for a DQ. Joe won by DQ. After the match Bully through the ref to the mat & attacked Joe. Bully was about to give Joe a piledriver onto the concrete floor when AJ Styles came through the crowd & hit Bully. Security chased AJ away & back into the crowd. AJ celebrated with the fans.
Dixie Carter came to the ring. Dixie said she knows that a lot of the fans haven’t been happy with some of the decisions that she has made lately. She said the fans have know concept whatsoever of business & the complexities of it. Dixie said Hulk Hogan understands & invited him to their ring. Dixie asked Hogan if he is ready to take a ride on the Dixie train or is he going to force her to make a decision that he will regret. Hogan said it’s an amazing offer for somebody else because he quits. Dixie tried to stop Hogan from leaving, she even grabbed a hold of his leg. AS Hogan went to the back Dixie yelled at him that she didn’t want him anyway & that he is fired.
BREAKING: Hulk Hogan Quits TNA (WATCH THE VIDEO)
TNA Impact Wrestling Preview
We’ll here from AJ Styles. How will he react to what Dixie Carter did?
Jeff Hardy & Manik VS Chris Sabin & Kenny King.
Gauntlet Match: Magnus VS E.G.O. (Booby Roode, Daniels & Kazarian).
Plus, more matches for Bound For Glory will be announced.
AJ Styles TNA Contract Update
Hulk Hogan’s TNA Contract Has Expired
Update On Ken Anderson’s TNA Status
Ken Anderson who is not currently under contract with TNA, stated in an interview with 4th & Pain that he expects to sign a new contract with TNA within a week. Anderson said that his agent & lawyer are working on finishing up a deal with TNA. Anderson said that he has enjoyed the way he was being used creatively before his TNA contract expired.
TNA Impact Wrestling Recap: September 26 2013
Dixie Carter arrived to the arena, Sting stopped her as she came in & asked her why she is doing what she is doing to AJ Styles. Sting said that this is not the Dixie he knows. Dixie told Sting not to worry because she has got this one handled.
Bully Ray with Brooke Tessmacher came to the ring. Bully said Dixie Carter shocked the Hell out of him the way she put AJ Styles in his place. Bully said he doesn’t have to worry about how he is going to beat AJ now because Dixie is so far inside AJ’s head. Bully said AJ should kiss the ground Dixie walks on & that Dixie is the one who made AJ phenomenal & if it weren’t for Dixie AJ couldn’t perform in this ring. Bully fellow Aces & Eights brothers, Knux, Garett Bischoff & Wes Briscoe interrupted & came down to the ring. Knux said Bully is more worried about his ho & protecting his Title than he is the club. Bully said don’t call her a ho. Fans chanted ho. Knux said the 3 of them are going to take care of club business tonight against the Main Event Mafia, not Bully. Bully said he makes the rules around here & threaten to kick them out of the club if they don’t fall in line. Bully said if they lose tonight it will be lights out for one of them.
Joseph Park was in the back shaving. Eric Young & ODB came in & EY got on to Park for shaving because he might cut himself. EY told Park to not shave no more on wrestling day.
Bro Man’s & Gail Kim VS Joseph Park, Eric Young & ODB: Park, EY & ODB got the win.
Backstage Hulk Hogan was asked about the Dixie & AJ situation. Hogan said it’s out of control & he is here to fix this crap.
Austin Aries came to the ring. Aries said when he steps in the ring he is the main event. Aries said his future looks fine. Kenny King interrupted & came down to the ring. King brought up when Aries put on the Suicide/Manik mask & it cost him the X-Division Title. King said he is the future. Aries said King is full of bull. Aries challenge King to a match. King said he isn’t fighting him today. King sucker punched Aries & when Aries fought back King bailed from the ring. Aries said King isn’t going to sucker punch him & then tuck tail & run because he isn’t a sucker. Aries called for a referee & a referee came down & Aries went after King.
Austin Aries VS Kenny King: King got busted open on the steel steps. Aries got the win.
Promo for Lei’d Tapa.
Backstage Chris Sabin with Velvet Sky confronted Austin Aries. Sabin said he is going to become the X-Division Champion & will go on to be remembered as greater than the greatest man that ever lived. Sabin & Velvet walked off. Aries said he thinks he is going to test that theory.
Main Event Mafia in the back getting ready. Magnus was frustrated about E.G.O. Samoa Joe said they will get theirs & there will be a time but tonight they need to get focused. Sting reminded Magnus why they formed the Mafia, it was to get rid of Aces & Eights & they are real close to pushing them al the way over the edge. Sting told Magnus to not let people get in his head so easily because he is better than that.
Hulk Hogan came out to the ring. Hogan talked about Dixie Carter bringing him to TNA & making him the GM. Hogan talked about what happened last week between Dixie & AJ Styles. Hogan said airing their dirty laundry in the ring shouldn’t happen. Hogan asked the fans if they want to see AJ stay with the company. The fans cheered. Hogan said he is going to bring AJ out to the ring later & fix this thing.
Promo for the return of Kurt Angle at Bound For Glory.
Promo for Ethan.
In the back AJ was asked about what Hogan said. AJ said he will here Hogan out.
X-Division Championship Match: Chris Sabin VS X-Division Champ Manik: Velvet Sky was at ringside in Sabin’s corner. During the match Sabin kept using Velvet to try to get an edge. Velvet didn’t seem to be happy about it. Manik got the win. After the match Sabin attacked Manik & Austin Aries came down to the ring & Sabin retreated.
Knux, Bischoff & Briscoe was backstage talking about their match with the Main Event Mafia. They said they can’t afford to lose another brother.
E.G.O. was backstage talking about Kurt Angle being inducted into the Hall of Fame & the Main Event Mafia.
Aces & Eights(Knux, Garett Bischoff & Wes Briscoe) VS Main Event Mafia(Sting, Samoa Joe & Magnus): During the match Daniels & Kazarian came down & attacked Magnus taking him out of the match then they retreated to the back. Briscoe tapped out to Joe. Main Event Mafia got the win. After the match Bully Ray came down to the ring with Brooke. Bully said Briscoe is a disgrace to his colors & asked for his cut. Briscoe said no. Bully ordered Knux & Bischoff to take the cut from Briscoe but they refused. Bully clotheslined Briscoe & asked Knux & Bischoff what happened to them. Bully nailed Briscoe with a piledriver. Again Bully ordered them to take the cut from Briscoe. They took the cut off of Briscoe. Bully ordered Knux to give it to him. Knux reluctantly handed the cut to Bully.
Hogan in the ring. Hogan brought out AJ Styles. Hogan had a TNA contract for AJ to sign. Hogan said they are all betting on AJ to bring the World Heavyweight Title home. AJ signed the contract & said I’m yours. Dixie Carter came down to the ring. Dixie said she brought Hogan to TNA to bring big opportunities & to open doors for the company. Dixie told Hogan that he is just an employee & that she is here to make him the best he can be. Dixie said doesn’t see any value in AJ & ripped up the contract. AJ told Dixie that she just made the biggest mistake of her life. Dixie told AJ to get out of her ring. AJ left. Hogan asked Dixie if she hears what is going on out here as the fans boo her. Dixie said the fans don’t know what it is like to live in her world & the decisions she has to make. Dixie said she isn’t going to say what Hogan did was a mistake but she wished he would have run the idea by her first. Dixie told Hogan that he has a decision to make, get in line & get on team Dixie or be like AJ & watch from the sidelines. Dixie gave Hogan one week to think about it.
Dixie Carter Gives Hulk Hogan An Ultimatum
Last night on TNA’s live edition of Impact Wrestling Dixie Carter continued her crusade to gain control of the chaos within the company. this time by confronting Hulk Hogan.
A week after confronting AJ Styles over comments he made about the current state of affairs TNA President Dixie Carter continued to speak out about the criticisms from fans regarding her leadership of the organization. Earlier on Thursday Dixie hinted at the encounter on social media using the hashtag #RealDixieCarter.
The current angle, which began last week during a “shoot” promo is based on TNA’s growing criticisms coming from fans and industry insiders regarding recent actions by the company and what many believe to be the beginning of the end for Impact Wrestling.
Many prominent names have been leaving the company for several months, some were released while others decided to depart. The storyline has been compared to the current “What’s best for business” storyline being done by WWE. Dixie has been compared to Stephanie etc.
While there are indeed similarities which I believe to be intentional, the degree of reality being injected into the current TNA storyline has many concerned. While we want to believe that the new heel persona from Dixie is just fictional the fact is many believe she is showing her true colors and that her words are more real then we may think.
Several reports have confirmed that Hulk Hogan’s contract will next month. And some believe he might be ready for some sort of WWE return. The current production schedule for Impact has also proven to much for the company with rumors of possibly returning to a single location to film weekly broadcasts.
So the question remains, #TeamDixie or #TeamAJ?


