The “It Factor” is coming to Las Vegas for Global Force Wrestling TV tapings.
GFW announced Wednesday night that TNA Star Bobby Roode will be in action at the July 24 GFW TV tapings in Las Vegas. Roode is still under contract to TNA, so this seems to be evidence that TNA and GFW will be working together.
Below is a video of Roode talking about competing at the upcoming GFW TV tapings.
TNA announced that they hired Eric Sherman as their new Chief Strategy Officer. TNA issued the following statement:
Eric Sherman Named Chief Strategy Officer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 1,2015) – Eric Sherman has been named Chief Strategy Officer for TNA Entertainment effective immediately. Sherman is an accomplished media and entertainment executive who served more than 20 years with MTV Networks overseeing VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul and Palladia, served as president of Fuse TV and most recently was CEO of Veria Living, a health and wellness network. Sherman also has served as a talent manager for artists such as Steven Tyler, securing his deal to judge American Idol. In his role as Chief Strategy Officer, Sherman will develop, coordinate and oversee implementation of global strategic initiatives in advancement of TNA and its affiliated brands and properties.
“As we celebrate our 13 year anniversary, TNA, with the incredible support of our fans has been cultivated into a robust diverse global business poised for significant growth,” said TNA President Dixie Carter. “Eric’s depth of experience in television, digital media and talent management undergirds his capacity to organize and lead teams in the development and implementation of vision-fulfilling strategies. We are delighted to have him join the TNA family.”
I’m thrilled to be joining a company experiencing record international growth with content seen in more than 120 countries,” said Sherman. “There is a bright future for TNA on traditional and emerging platforms, and I’m excited to join Dixie’s executive team as head of strategy.”
Sherman, a resident of New York City, will split his time between his office there and the TNA Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman, who works for ESPN, told a fan on Twitter that he wants to bring WWE and ESPN together. Coachman then sent out a tweet, proposing that they take SportsCenter on the road when SummerSlam comes to New York City this year.
TNA World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kurt Angle VS EC3
TNA Knockouts Championship: (C) Taryn Terrell VS Awesome Kong VS Brooke
Jeff Jarrett Interview Part 1
TNA Tag Team Championship – Best of 5 Series – Match 5 – 30 Minute Iron Man Match: (2) The Wolves VS (2) The Dirty Heels
BDC VS The Rising: Losing Team Disbands
Mickie James Returns!
The Vaudevillians VS The Mechanics
Baron Corbin VS a local wrestler
Carmella VS Emma
Tyler Breeze VS Tye Dillinger
Kevin Owens & Rhyno VS Samoa Joe & Finn Balor
AJ Styles VS Adam Cole
Adam Page VS Watanabe
The Addiction VS Kazuchika Okada & Gedo
Lucha Underground Championship: (C) Prince Puma VS Chavo Guerrero
Drago VS Hernandez
Texano has a score to settle.
Today was a huge day for the UFC as they announced the release of the Reebok fight kit. That wasn’t the only reason why this day is being talked about though because some disheartening news just came to light and was confirmed by UFC president Dama White himself.
Earlier in the moth UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo sustained an injury that was first reported as a broken rib putting his fight with Conor McGregor in jeopardy sending fans into a frenzy, but was later confirmed as a just a bruised rib and the mayhem died down.
Today however UFC president Dana White said in an interview on sports center that Aldo’s coach informed him the pain was to severe and that Jose Aldo would be pulling out of his scheduled title defense during international fight week.
This makes the 5th title defense Aldo has pulled out of in his career so Dana White and the UFC have made the decision to have a bout for the interim featherweight title.
The new main event of UFC189 will now be Chad Mendes VS Conor McGregor and the winner of that fight will walk out of the octagon as the interim UFC featherweight champion.
UFC189 will take place live on PPV from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on July 11th. The PPV will also feature co main event for the Welterweight title between Robbie Lawer and Rory McDonald.
This announcement is definitely a huge blow to the card along with fight fans alike since the UFC has been hyping up this fight for nearly over a year.
How do you guys feel about this announcement and who are you rooting for Mendes or McGregor??? Let us know in the comments.
In the meantime we here at WrestlingNewsBlog would like to wish Jose Aldo a speedy recovery.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
F4Wonline.com reports that some of the TNA talents being released are actually being “transferred” as part of a TNA – GFW invasion angle. It’s expected that any TNA talent who is now in Global Force Wrestling, James Storm in particular, will be back on TNA TV in the near future.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Long-running wrestling news magazine, Pro Wrestling Illustrated announced this week that they are no longer recognizing TNA’s World Heavyweight Championship as a World Title. They will only recognize the WWE World Heavyweight Championship as World Title.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
