Category: Wrestling News

Questions Being Asked About The Future Of TNA

TNA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC IMPACT WRESTLING LOGOQuestions are being asked internally about the state of TNA. As of the last set of Impact tapings a lot of people were still behind on pay, particularly on the production side. Dixie Carter skipping the tapings to attend a college football game along with those other issues mentioned, led to questions being asked about the future of TNA.

Rowdy Roddy Piper On Alex Jones Radio Broadcast, Discusses Cult-Classic “They Live” And Current Events

Rowdy Roddy Piper appeared on the Alex Jones radio show on Tuesday to discuss his 1988 film “They Live” which is celebrating it’s 25 anniversary and has become a favorite of so-called conspiracy theorists and how it relates to many people today. He also discusses many of his views on current events.

Reason For Edge’s WWE RAW Appearance Next Week

PWInsider.com reports that the reason for WWE Hall of Famer Edge’s appearance on next week’s edition of RAW is to promote the new season of the SyFy program Haven, which will take place on September 13th.

Edge’s appearance is set to be a one-time-only deal with the company.

via Reason For Edge’s WWE RAW Appearance Next Week.

AJ Styles Has New Contract

From WrestlingInc.com

As noted earlier, PWInsider reported this morning that AJ Styles signed some sort of deal with TNA, however it was not known if it was a short term deal or a long term one. According to F4WOnline.com, Styles signed a three month contract extension with the company. The report also noted that his promo on last night’s episode of Impact Wrestling was his idea, and TNA had no input into the angle. We also noted that WWE is not interested in TNA talent right now. There have been a lot of TNA stars contacting WWE over the past couple of months, and the company has shown no interest, feeling that they have enough homegrown talent. The one former TNA star that they have been speaking with is Matt Morgan.

TNA Results: August 29 2013

Bully Ray gave Tito Ortiz his own cut & patched him into the Aces & Eights. Mr. Anderson wasn’t happy with it.

BFGS Match: Kazarian VS Jeff Hardy: Hardy got the win & picked up 7 points.

Backstage Aces & Eights members Anderson, Bischoff, Briscoe & Knux wasn’t happy with Bully Ray.

Knockouts #1 Contender Match: 2 Out Of 3 Falls: Gail Kim VS ODB: Gail won the 1st fall by submission. ODB won the 2nd fall. ODB won the 3rd fall & the match to become the #1 contender for Mickie James’ Knockouts Championship.

Main Event Mafia came to the ring & spoke. Rampage Jackson doesn’t want to wait until November 2nd to get his hands on Tito Ortiz. They talked about AJ Styles stepping up & helping them last week & offered him a spot in the Mafia. AJ came out & sent the Mafia away. AJ said he isn’t a member of the Mafia but he respect them. He said he has developed trust issues. He said he only trusts Allen Jones. He said he is with no one. AJ said he is better than the Best in the World , he is the Phenomenal AJ Styles. He said this is just a job for him that just plain sucks. He said he has been shafted. He shouted out to Mike Tenay & Dixie Carter that he deserves better. AJ said he likes being the go to guy & that he still can be that guy. AJ said he will win the BFGS & go on to become the World Heavyweight Champion.

BFGS Match: AJ Styles VS Bobby Roode: AJ got the win & picked up 7 points.

BFGS Match: Daniels VS Austin Aries: Aries got the win & picked up 7 points.

Bully Ray told Tito Ortiz to keep a eye on Anderson & if he steps out of line, take care of it.

Hulk Hogan announced there will be a BFGS Gauntlet match worth 20 points next week. Bully Ray & Brooke Tessmacher came to the ring. Hogan gave Bully divorce papers. Bully & Brooke Hogan are officially divorced. Hogan told Bully he will have to defend his World Heavyweight Championship in 2 weeks against one of his Aces & Eights brothers. Bully said he refuses. Hogan then announced Bully will also be defending his Title next week against Sting. Sting came to the ring & went after Bully. Sting cleared Bully from the ring.

AJ Styles Promo Officially Goes Viral. Watch What Allen Jones Had To Say

AJ Styles has become a trending topic on twitter after his promo on Thursday night’s ‘Impact Wrestling” has gone viral online. Fresh of the heels of the AJ Lee promo on WWE Raw Monday night the TNA wrestling icon cut an equally intense “shoot” promo.

AJ Styles came to the ring to explain his actions last week helping the main event mafia defeat aces and eights. During the promo Styles referred to himself in the third person by his real name Allen Jones. He also got CM Punk fans worked up when he said he was ‘better then the best in the world’. He continued by saying that he deserved better including mentioning TNA president Dixie Carter by name and veteran commentator Mike Tenay.

AJ Styles has held the number 2 trending topic on Twitter as of 2.42AM EST.

TNA Preview

Hulk Hogan makes his return to Impact Wrestling with plans to deal with new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray & Aces & Eights.

Tonight is must win Thursday in the Bound for Glory Series. This weeks Impact will feature the final one-on-one matches for the BFGS.

Last week AJ Styles joined the Main Event Mafia in the battle against the Aces & Eights. This week we will hear from AJ.

AJ Styles & TNA Contract Negotiations Update

AJ-Styles-620x250AJ Styles & TNA will have their next round of negotiations this week. Styles future with TNA is probably going to come down to money. Styles will stay with TNA if both sides can agree on financial terms.

One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown – Premiering Friday, September 6th

Here is the preview for TNA Wrestling’s “One Night Only” Knockouts pay-per-view. It will become available to rent beginning September 6th on pay-per-view and YouTube.