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
Nikki Bella did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge & issued the challenge to her man John Cena, her sister Brie Bella & The Soup host Joel McHale
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
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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.
Ok ok so I know I just posted Paige Vanzant’s ALS “ice bucket challenge” but then I saw this on my IG feed and thought “I have to post this one” I mean come on its Shayna Baszler http://instagram.com/p/rxwOfjArhj/
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Fan favorite Paige Vanzant recently took the ALS bucket challenge. Her nominees are TUF 20 and fellow straw weight stars. Check out the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvVj9TQurhA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Vanzant makes her UFC debut in October
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Sting was interviewed by Sam Roberts at the WWE 2K15 SummerSlam Panel. Sting talked about the fan reaction at Comic-Con last month, the fan reaction of the WWE 2K15 promo on RAW, still wanting to face The Undertaker despite the streak ending, if there is someone on the current WWE roster he wants to face, wrestling Ric Flair on the last episode of WCW Nitro, if he talked to WWE when his WCW contact was over & he talked about being frustrated with the Starrcade match between himself & Hulk Hogan.
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
Now that (Dave Bautista) Batista is finished with most media for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, he is expected back in WWE soon. There is no word yet on exactly when he will return but it could be in time for WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday September 21st.
Source: Wrestling Inc
