It seems like Matt and Jeff Hardy’s reign as TNA tag team champions will be short lived as Jeff Hardy suffered a broken leg yesterday after a dirt bike jump ended badly. The brothers won the tag team titles at the March 16 tapings of Impact which aired on April 17. They defeated The Beat Down Clan, EC3 and Bram, and Bobby Roode and Austin Aries...
There’s a new wrestling couple waiting to tie the knot as TNA’s Angelina Love and Davey Richards announced that they are now engaged. Richards was the first one to break the news on Twitter, saying, “I’m officially the luckiest guy in the world. I get my marry my dream girl @ActualALove thanks everyone for the nice words!” Just a few...
In quite a surprising move, TNA today announced that Billy Corgan, founder of the Smashing Pumpkins and creative icon, is joining the company as Senior Producer, Creative and Talent Development, effective immediately. In this position, Corgan will develop characters and create story lines for TNA’s Impact and other programming. “I’ve known...
Brian Fritz from The Sporting News is reporting that it’s not just TNA talent that has not been paid, but their production staff, most of who are freelancers, have also not been paid lately. Fritz says that according to one person from the production crew who wished to remain anonymous, they have not been paid yet for the One Night Only PPV...
TNA President Dixie Carter wished Taz well in a message on Twitter after he announced his departure from the company. “You are such a talent, an amazing family man and a legend inside the ring @OfficialTaz. Wish you all the very best always,” Carter wrote. Other TNA talents also chimed in and wished Taz luck wherever he might end up. The man...
Taz is officially gone from TNA Wrestling as he announced his departure on his Twitter, ending a few days of speculation over his future after he refused to go to work since he wasn’t getting paid. “Like to thank TNA Wrestling for the opportunity to apply my craft for past several years. Best wishes to them in the future,” Taz wrote. “A...
Adding to TNA’s problems, multiple sources are now reporting that Taz refused to go to work after he was not paid for his services, leaving Josh Mathews to do commentary on his own for Friday’s Impact. The former ECW champion was supposed to fly to Nashville to record the commentary but decided not to go since he was not getting paid. Taz put...
PWInsider.com is reporting that TNA has issues once again with payments for their talent and many of those under contract have not received a check in a while. This is not the first time that TNA had financial problems but they eventually managed to sort things out. The departures of people such as AJ Styles and Bully Ray all had to do with money...
In an interview on Sports Illustrated, Olympic gold medalist and TNA champion Kurt Angle revealed that WWE basically blew him off when he called for work at the end of last year after his contract with TNA ran out. Angle said that when he called McMahon, Vince told him to talk to Paul (Triple H) as he was in charge of talent and when he called...
Destination America, the home of TNA’s Impact Wrestling, issued a press release announcing that it has recorded its best first quarter ever thanks to the introduction of TNA on the network. Impact Wrestling premiered on Destination America on January 7, 2015 ranking as the 6th most social television program for the evening with...
TNA Wrestling is finally back on the air in Canada as Fight Network has signed a multi-year deal with the company to broadcast Impact, Xplosion, and Greatest Matches. Beginning next Friday, April 3, Fight Network will premiere Impact Wrestling every Friday night at 9PM EST. TNA Xplosion will air on on Saturday nights at 11PM EST while Greatest...
TNA announced today that it has signed a new television deal in Brazil to bring Impact Wrestling for the first time ever to the country on the free-to-air sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo (EI). Impact Wrestling will first air on Esporte Interativo every Sunday at 10PM and fans will also be able to watch TNA’s monthly PPV and One Night Only...
TNA announced that three of its wrestlers, Bobby Lashley, Bram, and Robbie E, have all signed new TNA deals to keep them with the company. Ever since TNA moved to Destination America, the company has been busy re-signing several of its talent to new deals since they know they’ll be around till at least the Destination America deal is...
Kurt Angle made history on last night’s televised Impact show as he won the TNA World Heavyweight title for a record sixth time, beating Lashley in the main event of the show which was taped at the end of January in London, England. Angle’s TNA future was in doubt towards the end of 2014 when his TNA deal expired in September. A return to the...
Tonight’s Impact Wrestling will feature the last time Samoa Joe appears on TNA television, at least for the time being, as Joe has opted to part ways with the company. ”Thx for 9 great yrs. You’ll ALWAYS be part of the TNA family. Wishing u much happiness,” tweeted TNA President Dixie Carter ahead of tonight’s broadcast. Joe...
TNA returned to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, yesterday to tape a few weeks worth of Impact Wrestling television shows over the next few days. The most notable news from last night’s tapings was the situation involving the tag team champions, The Wolves. One half of the champions, Eddie Edwards, suffered a broken heel last month during...
TNA announced today that Matt Hardy has signed a full-time deal with the company after working with them on a part-time schedule. In a video posted on YouTube two days ago, Hardy said he was enjoying being his own boss and making a lot of money but 8 months ago TNA came calling again. He worked both indy dates as well as TNA and he was getting...
TNA and Sony SIX in India today announced a very long-term deal which will see Sony SIX exclusively carrying TNA programming until 2022. The partnership also includes a commitment to the discovery and development of talent from the Indian subcontinent to join the TNA roster, following in the footsteps of Mahabali Shera – who last year became...
TNA is finally returning to German, Austrian, and Swiss television later this month after the company reached a deal with DMAX to air Impact every Saturday night on free television starting at 11:15PM local time. DMAX is owned by Discovery Communications, which is also the parent company of Destination America, TNA’s broadcast partner in the...
TNA’s British wrestler Grado, who was a cast member of the latest British Boot Camp, is getting TNA some major publicity as the fight is on to get Madonna to let TNA use the “Like A Prayer” song as his theme song for tomorrow’s Impact episode. Grado used the song during the Impact tapings in Glasgow a few weeks back but TNA does not have...
