Impact Wrestling Announces The Return Of TNA At Bound For Glory

A big announcement was made during Saturday night’s Impact Wrestling pay-per-view, Bound For Glory. Impact Wrestling will be going back to its original Total Nonstop Action (TNA) name. The rebranding will start on January 13, 2024, with the Hard to Kill pay-per-view.

Below is the announcement video that aired at the end of Bound For Glory. The video features several present and past names including, Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, Josh Alexander, Gisele Shaw, Knockouts World Champion Trinity, Impact World Champion Alex Shelley, 10-time Impact X-Division Champion Chris Sabin, and the Impact World Tag Team Champions Ace Austin and Chris Bey.

In the promotion’s first two years, it was known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action. It was in 2004 that it dropped the NWA part and was simply known as TNA. The name would last until 2017 when the company officially rebranded as Impact Wrestling — though, that same year, it was also known as Global Force Wrestling (GFW) for a short span, before rebranding back to Impact Wrestling. That’s just the short history of the company. It’s also worth noting, that while fans have to wait until next year for the official rebranding, TNA t-shirts are already available for purchase.

Besides the TNA announcement, Bound For Glory also saw NJPW star and IWGP United States Champion Will Ospreay in action — he defeated Mike Bailey. There was a surprise appearance from former AEW star Sonny Kiss during the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match. The winner of that match was Jordynne Grace.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 10/21/2023 (Results)

Traci Brooks, Mike Tenay and Don West was inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Traci Brooks is known as “The Original Knockout” and for her vital role as part of the most influential women’s division of all time.

 Mike Tenay and Don West were the voices of TNA (Impact) from 2002 to 2009. Don West passed away in 2022 due to lymphoma at the age of 59. Tenay and West’s contributions as the voices of IMPACT will forever be etched in history on this special night. Welcome to the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame!

X-Division Championship Match: Chris Sabin (C) vs. Kenta

RESULTS: AND STILL IMPACT WRESTLING X-DIVISION CHAMPION CHRIS SABIN! Chris Sabin defeats Kenta via pinfall with a Shell Shock!

Monsters Ball Match: PCO vs. Rhino vs. Steve Maclin vs. Moose

Before the bell rang to start the match Steve Maclin attacks Rhino. Then Moose attacks Steve Maclin with his Feast or be Fired briefcase and a brawl breaks out. OUT COMES PCO! During the match, Bully Ray stomps his way to the ring and sends Steve Maclin down from the top rope to a bobbed wired table.

RESULTS: PCO wins the Monster Ball match via pinfall with a PCOsalt to Moose.

Impact World Tag Team Championship Match: ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) vs. The Rascalz (c) (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)

RESULTS: AND NEW IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS ABC. ABC defeats The Rascalz via pinfall with 1, 2 Sweet on Zachary Wentz.

“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay 

RESULTS: Will Ospreay defeats “Speedball” Mike Bailey via pinfall with Storm Breaker.

Call Your Shot Gauntlet: Jake Something vs. Dirty Dango vs. Champagne Singh vs. Eric Young vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Brian Myers vs. Shera vs. KiLynn King vs. Jody Threat vs. Bully Ray vs. Joe Hendry vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Kenny King vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Eddie Edwards.

The Call Your Shot Gauntlet is an alternate variation of Gauntlet for the Gold with the same conditions as but with the model of intergender wrestling where either man or woman can win via pinfall or submission. Whoever wins the gauntlet will earn a future title shot opportunity of their choosing and receives a trophy as an additional reward with the stipulation of having one year to cash in on their title shot.

Match rules: Elimination is in the standard battle royal format in which a competitor must go over the top rope and hit the floor in order to be eliminated. If a wrestler falls to the floor without going over the top rope or is thrown over the top but does not fall to the floor, the competitor may re-enter the ring and continue the match.

The final portion of the match consists of the last two competitors squaring off in a regular singles match in which victory must be attained by pinfall or submission.

RESULTS: Jordynne Grace pins Bully Ray with a Grace Driver She is guaranteed a title shot of a championship of her choice. After the match, Jordynne gets on the mic and calls her shot for Hard to Kill in January.

Impact Knockouts World Championship Match: Trinity (c) vs. Mickie James

RESULTS: AND STILL KNOCKOUTS WORLD CHAMPION TRINITY! Trinity defeats Mickie James via submission with Starstruck.

Impact World Championship Match: Alex Shelley (c) vs. Josh Alexander

RESULTS: AND STILL WORLD IMPACT CHAMPION ALEX SHELLY! Alex Shelly defeats Josh Alexander via pinfall with Shell Shock.

AEW Collision & Battle Of The Belts Preview 10/21/2023

Tonight’s AEW Collision and Battle of the Belts VIII Live on TNT from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN.

AEW Collision:

  • Legendary Memphis Wrestling commentator Dave Brown to join the commentary team tonight.
  • Memphis Street Fight: Jeff Jarret vs. Eddie Kingston
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship: Ricky Starks & Big Bill (c) vs. BCC (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)
  • Andrade El Idolo vs. Bryan Danielson
  • Miro vs. Action Andretti
  • FTR in action

AEW Battle of the Belts VIII:

  • AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. John Silver
  • AEW TBS Championship: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Willow Nightingale
  • AEW World Trios Championship: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn (c) vs. Cool Hand Ang, Daddy Magic, & Daniel Garcia

Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 10/21/2023 (Card)

IMPACT Wrestling presents its biggest pay-per-view of the year, Bound For Glory, LIVE THIS SATURDAY, October 21st 8pm ET from Cicero Stadium in Chicago.

The biggest event of the year kicks off with Countdown to Bound For Glory streaming LIVE and FREE THIS SATURDAY at 7:30pm ET on YouTube, IMPACT Plus (live player) and FITE.

CARD

Countdown to Bound For Glory:

Traci Brooks, Mike Tenay and Don West to be inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Traci Brooks to be inducted by Hall of Famer Gail Kim.

Mike Tenay and Don West to be inducted by Scott D’Amore

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Bound For Glory

Impact World Championship:
Alex Shelley (c) vs. Josh Alexander

Impact Knockouts Championship:
Trinity (c) vs. Mickie James

Will Ospreay vs. Mike Bailey

Impact X Division Championship:
Chris Sabin (c) vs. KENTA

Monster’s Ball:
Moose vs. Rhino vs. PCO vs. Steve Maclin

Impact World Tag Team Championship:
The Rascalz (c) vs. ABC

Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship:
MK Ultra (c) vs. Tasha Steelz & Deonna Purrazzo

Call Your Shot Gauntlet:
Jake Something, Dirty Dango, Champagne Singh, Eric Young, Jordynne Grace, Brian Myers, Shera, KiLynn King, Jody Threat, Bully Ray, Joe Hendry, Frankie Kazarian, Kenny King, Gisele Shaw, Eddie Edwards, 5 More TBA.
Jake Something is entrant #1, Dirty Dango is entrant #20.

AEW Rampage Preview 10/20/2023

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT.

  • Mistico vs. Rocky Romero
  • Triple threat match for a shot at the International Championship at Battle of the Belts VIII: John Silver vs. Kip Sabian vs. Brother Zay
  • Skye Blue vs. Ruby Soho
  • Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta in tag team action

WWE SmackDown Preview 10/20/2023

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live on FOX from the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

  • WWE Women’s Championship: Iyo Sky (c) vs Charlotte Flair
  • Santos Escobar vs Montez Ford
  • Logan Paul to confront Rey Mysterio

Jerry Lawler Provides Health Update, Working To Regain His Speech Following Stroke

On a recent edition of the “WrestleBinge” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler shared an update on the progress of his recovery from the stroke he suffered this past February.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On his recovery: “I’ve had a bunch of different things and I’m still in rehab three times a week, and probably the main thing that’s drawing me back now, that you can probably tell as you hear me talk, my voice is not the same as it was beforehand. It’s slowly coming back, but it needed to come back a little more before I could make sense with my speech and vocabulary… I really don’t do a lot, just staying around the house and do three rehab sessions a week where I go into the hospital, and then I do some more at home here in Memphis, and that’s pretty much it.”

On working to regain his speech: “One [rehab session] is speech – that’s my main one. That’s three times a week. When I just started this, right after I had the stroke, I could barely talk. Now I go in and I sit down with this rehab lady and we just talk about different things. She has me read stuff, and all of this stuff has just helped me day in and day out getting my vocabulary better.”

On the stroke affecting his ability to sign autographs: “My right arm and my right leg and everything on my right side of the body, it’s not hurt me where I can’t walk around. I can still walk around, but I don’t have really good control of writing my autograph. I can write my autograph pretty good, but I’ve been so proud of my autograph and artistic ability to it, but that’s all sort of taken a while to come back.”

On thanking those who sent him messages of support: “I would like to say thank you for being concerned and worried about my upkeeping and what I’ve had going on. It’s just awesome to know that there are fans out there wondering what am I doing during my time off. It’s nice to talk to them.”

Source: eWn

MLW Fusion Preview 10/19/2023

Streaming 8pm ET tonight on YouTube & FITE+ worldwide

MLW FUSION featuring Matt Cardona vs Manders, streaming 8pm tonight on MLW’s YouTube channel and FITE+, Friday on beIN XTRA and Saturday on Cable TV’s beIN SPORTS (find a provider). 

  • Matt Cardona (with Saint Laurent) vs. 1 Called Manders
  • Bomaye Fight Club vs. The Mane Event
  • Ichiban vs. Love, Doug

2 title changes! Big returns! Shocking debuts! Slaughterhouse forever changed MLW. What’s next? Find out on Fusion!

MLW has TRIPLED its security tonight following a wild Slaughterhouse post match brawl between World Titan Federation Superstars and the Bomaye Fight Club… as well as a second dust-up after the show with Mance Warner and these self-proclaimed “Superstars.”

With security maxed out, the World Titan Federation’s “Crown Jewel” Matt Cardona steps in the ring in the main event as he looks to put World Champion Alex Kane on notice and keep the eyes of the league on him. But is Cardona alwayz ready for one of the toughest brawlers in MLW? He’ll have to be as Cardona battles the 1 Called Manders. 

Meanwhile, Mance Warner has put it out on social media he has been doing some drinking and thinking and he has plans to confront Cardona, following their after show dust-up as well tonight! Is there enough security to keep MLW fighters from the Superstars of the World Titan Federation tonight?!

For the first time in 2 years “Filthy” Tom Lawlor is back on FUSION… and he has a shocking change in store for his filthy fans. What is it? Watch to find out.

Journey to the Atlanta fight camp of World Heavyweight Champion Alex Kane. The fight captain speaks out on the World Titan Federation and the Slaughterhouse brawl.

Following the extraordinary events at Slaughterhouse, Salina de la Renta promises BIG NEWS on Fusion! What’s next for the “Empresaria of Lucha” as her conquest of MLW continues?

Tony Deppen and TJ Crawford’s continuous smear campaign against the injury sidelined Kevin Blackwood forces the league to take further action against the dangerous duo.

Will security be able to keep the World Titan Federation Superstars® and Bomaye Fight Club apart? They’ll be tested as Mr. Thomas tags up with The Bomaye Fight Club’s newest middleweight recruit J Boujii as they fight The Mane Event! 

In a middleweight eliminator, Ichiban represents the NumberOneDojo against wrestling’s cupid: Love, Doug.

Impact Wrestling Preview 10/19/2023

Tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling on AXS TV.

  • Final hype before this Saturday’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view
  • Kenny King (w/Sheldon Jean) vs. Heath
  • Samuray del Sol vs. Mike Bailey
  • No Disqualification Match: Crazzy Steve vs. Black Taurus
  • PCO & Rhino vs. The Most Professional Wrestling Gods (Brian Myers & Moose)
  • Mickie James & Trinity vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans (w/Jai Vidal)

ROH TV Preview 10/19/2023

ROH will air a new episode of its weekly television show tonight at 7 pm ET on HonorClub. 

You can sign up for the streaming service here. Below is the lineup for the show: 

  • Peter Avalon vs. Shawn Dean
  • Gravity vs. Angelico
  • Tony Nese (w/Mark Sterling) vs. Ethan Page
  • Pure Rules Match: Pat Buck vs. Josh Woods
  • Diamante vs. Billie Starkz
  • Myron Reed & Ren Jones vs. Cole Karter & Griff Garrison
  • Allysin Kay vs. Kiera Hogan
  • Kevin Matthews & Rod Lee vs. The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent)
  • Zoey Lynn vs. Lady Frost
  • Metalik vs. Komander
  • Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/Prince Nana)