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THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF PRO WRESTLING ON TV STARTS THURSDAY MAY 31st ON TNA IMPACT WRESTLING LIVE ON SPIKE TV

TUNE IN AT NEW TIME SLOT OF 8:00p.m./ET FOR LIVE ACTION AND MUCH MORE

NASHVILLE, TN (May 30, 2012) – TNA IMPACT WRESTLING announced today that the highly-rated weekly series will be making changes to its programming to include a hybrid of reality and explosive action each Thursday, live on SPIKE TV at 8:00pm/ ET. The reality elements and production technique represent the most significa...
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Hacksaw Jim Duggan recently spoke with sportstownchicago.com, here are the highlights…

Duggan on how contracts changed the pro wrestling business:

"Yeah, I think that was when the business started changing. Contracts started getting involved. Guys started worrying about their own personal image and how they would move on from one company to another. That was the change from the old days when you would pass the torch if you were leaving. You did the job for the guy."

Duggan on Steve Austin:

"Th...
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Don West has given the company notice and will be leaving soon. West has been with TNA since it started in 2002. He was a commentator before becoming the head of TNA merchandise in the summer of 2009.

West was replaced by Taz in the announcer's position in August 2011. West then went on the road full-time with autograph signings and doing "Don West Deals" at the shows. West would mention deals inside the ring and at the merchandise table.

TNA say that it will be "near impossible" to replace W...
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TNA Impact Wrestling  24.5.2012
Gail Kim & Madison Rayne Vs Eric Young & ODB
Rob Van Dam Vs Gunner
TV Title: Devon Vs Garett Bischoff
Bully Ray / Joseph Park in-ring segment
TNA Gut Check: Joey Ryan Vs Austin Aries
World Championship: Robert Roode Vs AJ Styles


TNA Impact Wrestling  24.5.2012

Hogan is backstage with Hardy, Bully Ray, Angle and Styles and he asks them to each explain why they should get a chance to beat Roode for the TNA World Championship tonight on impact.
Everyone pleads their case f...
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Vince Russo gave an interview recently to Inside The Ropes......

On how he got his start in WWF:

 "I was doing a wrestling radio show in Long Island, New York which I was Funding with my own money. I started running out of money. I wrote a letter to Linda McMahon, knowing if I wrote to Vince he probably wouldn't answer it. I wrote a letter to Linda McMahon introducing myself, telling her what I was doing and saying I'd love an opportunity in the World Wrestling Federation at that time."
 
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JBL:

"I don't know what happened with Chris Jericho in Brazil so I can't comment. He's a very good longtime friend and I always wish him the best.
 
My comments below are only about my own history and nothing to do with Chris, I just want to answer again what happened in Germany with several years perspective.
 
As far as a lot of folks bringing up the incident of me in Germany I understand and I have gone over this many times. 'Back in the day' wrestlers flipped off crowds, spit at them got into ...
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At a WWE Live Event in at São Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday evening, Chris Jericho reportedly denigrated the Brazilian flag during a match against WWE Champion CM Punk. Suspended indefinitely, Jericho responded to the incident in his own words.

“I made a bad judgment call in the course of entertaining [WWE] fans in Brazil,” Jericho told WWE.com. “I apologized to the people in the crowd for showing disrespect.”

During Jericho’s match with the WWE Champion at São Paulo’s Ginásio do Ib...

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Shawn Michaels during a recent interview.....

On Being Insecure as a Young Man:

 "If I'm putting on my psychiatrist's hat and you dig all the way down to the root of it has nothing to do with wrestling or anything else," Michaels said. "It just has to do with a young man's insecurities with himself. Having said that, that can manifest itself in any form and how that's interpreted obviously depends on the time and depends on the spin. Let's face it. The ability it takes to be difficult really is...
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TNA has filed a lawsuit against WWE and former TNA and WWE employee Brian Wittenstein. The company filed the lawsuit yesterday in Nashville with charges of interference with existing contracts, conversion, breach of contract, civil conspiracy, unfair competition, and violation of the Tennessee Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Wittenstein is also being sued for breach of duty of loyalty.


The suit claims that Wittenstein, who worked for the company for three years from 2008 – 2011, gave WWE inside ...
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Tammy Sytch:

 "Yo wrestling websites!! are we not allowed to get sick?? Are we super human or something?? get a grip people...at least quote me exactly instead of leaving out the words you dont like....idiots." She continued, "OK, now Im getting annoyed. Here's the story: I had a stomach flu, was dehydrated from puking my guts out, so I took myself to the hospital to get fluids... the next morning I was fine... it's not like I had to call 911 b/c I was dying! ENOUGH!!!! EVERYONE GETS SICK!"
 
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• Former AWA Tag Team champion Doug Somers, aka Douglas Duane Somerson, filed suit against WWE, Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon over the company using AWA footage containing his likeness and matches without his consent. Somers says that he appeared on four DVDs, WWE Classics on Demand, books and other materials but never agreed to do so. WWE owns the AWA library, having purchased it from the Gagnes in 2003 for a seven figure sum.
  
  The matches Somers has appeared in usually involved him...

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The following is from TMZ.com:

Brooke Hogan is following in her father's giant yellow footsteps ... TMZ has learned she just inked a deal to join the TNA Wrestling family.

TNA President Dixie Carter tells TMZ ... Brooke is NOT going to be a wrestler ... but rather an executive who will be tasked to develop female talent.

We're told Brooke's duties will help up and coming she-wrestlers develop their characters, help with backstage promos and even consult on entrance music.

Obviously, 24-year-old B...
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Chyna, who collapsed at an adult convention Friday in Miami, Florida, was kicked out of a hotel party the night before for causing a scene and passing out in the pool.
 
The incident occurred at the Catalina Hotel in Miami as she appeared at the kick-off party for the convention. The former WWE Women's Champion angered multiple party-goers with her "crazy antics," especially when she jumped in the pool nude with a friend.
 
She was found passed out in the water and subsequently ejected from the p...
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A new women's promotion being run by Sal Hamaoui and Dave Prazak will debut on July 20 in Ybor City, Florida.

The promotion will be a sister to Prazak's SHIMMER.
SHIMMER only runs a few weekends a year, but they want the new promotion to give new talent a chance to work.

The monthly shows will take place between the SHIMMER tapings and they are currently putting together a talent roster.

Daffney and Lexie Fyfe are heavily involved and an official announcement – which will include the name for t...
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WWE RAW Expanding to Three Hours
WWE's flagship show gets permanently bigger.
by Eric Goldman
May 18, 2012
Source: IGN.com

WWE RAW has had three-hour episodes from time to time, but soon, that will be the show’s permanent new running time. At USA’s Upfront event yesterday, WWE’s Stephanie McMahon and John Cena announced that RAW will go from two hours to three hours beginning on July 23rd, the night RAW airs their special 1000th episode.

At the event, I spoke to McMahon, asking her about the ...
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During an interview with Fight Club Chicago, TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter defended Hulk Hogan against critics and explained what he means to TNA:

"I think people think he's just showing up and collecting some big fat paycheck and it couldn't be further from the truth. This guy, this legend in our business, truly surpasses the word wrestling itself. He is so immersed in our business and helping us grow our business on days he's not even on shows. He's driving an hour and a half to sit i...
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WWE have brought back the "Stand Up for WWE" section of their website. The first article responds to a column in The Darien Times in which WWE is called "a product that is barely above pornography." Here is the WWE.com article:
 
WWE responds to a column featured in the Darien Times:
 
May 21, 2012

Mr. Joshua Fisher
 
Editor
 
Darien Times
 
10 Corbin Drive, Floor 3
 
Darien, CT 06820
 
Dear Mr. Fisher:
 
We are writing regarding your column that appeared in the Darien Times on May 17, 2012, where you state ...
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The Score's Arda Ocal interviewed WWE Hall Of Famer Tony Atlas, here are highlights:
 
On Hulk Hogan Not Starting The Cup the Ear Motion:

 " Georgia Championship Wrestling, I was watching a match one day, and it was a wrestler by the name of Thunderboat Patterson. He went to the crowd and went like this cup to the ear), and went to the other side and did this, I thought it was pretty neat. I went down in Flordia, and saw Dusty Rhodes doing the same thing. In 1980 when I went to the WWF at the ti...
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Jericho will remain with WWE full-time through the first week of June. He will tour Great Britain with his band Fozzy the week of 6/6 and handle hosting duties for The Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in London on 6/11.

Jericho will return to WWE the following week and stay through August.

 Fozzy will join The Rockstar Uproar Tour, which runs from 8/15 through 9/30.

 Jericho will be available for WWE's June and July PPVs although he will not be able to make it for Summerslam this year.

Jericho i...
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In recent weeks, TNA are putting a lot more focus and effort into the company's digital content distribution, including getting their product out through streaming services and online content releases for different platforms. 

TNA has split their new media into two different departments.  Bill Banks, who has been heading up the TNA website for years will head up the digital content end of the company while Jeremy Borash, who was the pioneer in terms of bringing the company into the social med...
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Justin Roberts comments on what it takes to be a good ring announcer:

"I think you need passion. That’s number one, because if you don’t have passion it comes through,""My job is to enhance the introduction of the Superstars and the Divas. I'm not there to get myself over. I’m there to help and add to the introductions of the talent. So everything I do is to make their introductions as exciting as possible, and you need to have a passion for what you’re doing, in order to do that. You...
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WWE.com has released a list of the top 50 WCW wrestlers of all-time.

This is for the time period starting from when Ted Turner purchased World Championship Wrestling in 1988 -  The Jim Crockett Promotions and NWA eras are not considered in the list .

 Those eligible were rated only on their accomplishments while in WCW - everything from longevity to cultural impact.
 
1. Sting
 2. Ric Flair
 3. "Hollywood" Hogan
 4. Goldberg
 5. Kevin Nash
 6. Diamond Dallas Page
 7. Lex Luger
 8. Booker T
 9. "Macho Ma...
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Alex Shelley has decided to leave TNA when his contract is up, which is soon.

WWE want to build up a cruiserweight roster for a new cruiserweight show they have planned for the WWE Network and it's being rumoured that Shelley may be a part of that.

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Ric Flair and TNA may be parting ways soon as there is a lot of heat on Flair for conduct outside the ring.

There have reportedly been a number of incidents involving Flair at local establishments and bars in Orlando since coming to the company.  Flair was banned from drinking at the Hard Rock Cafe in Citiwalk after "acting inappropriate", leading to venue management banning him.
 
 Flair has not been able to cover bar tabs and TNA management have received calls from the hotel and/or bar seekin...
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Chris Jericho during a recent interview.....


 Wrestling CM Punk:

"It was a blast. It was the reason I came back. I went to meet with Vince in August to discuss working Wrestlemania with Punk. I knew we could do something with the ‘best in the world' thing, and it amped up really well with the alcohol thing. It's all about the storyline to get you to the match and I thought both matches were great. All that I care about is that I walked out of both of them feeling very vindicated and very hap...
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Lisa "Ivory" Moretti was interviewed by RingbellesOnline.com about Stacy "The Kat" Carter using Jerry Lawler, hating the finish to her WM 17 match with Chyna and more:
 
On what caused her to go to the GLOW audition, and why she stuck around:

"I went there because my girlfriend Nadine - who was my tag team partner Ashley - was an actress, so she got a call for an audition. So she wanted to drag me over there because we were friends from our cheerleading days... I didn't know anything about wres...
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J.J. Dillon was a special guest on Inside the Ropes Radio, where he discussed working behind the scenes of WWE & WCW, as well as his thoughts on TNA, the Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair feud in 1991 and more. Here are some highlights:
 
Going into the WWE Hall of Fame: It has to be right up there near the top. I always said, I had a storied book career. It was my dream to be a professional wrestler. Recognition, as a member of the Hall of Fame is something you don't even dare to dream about it.
 
On Tul...
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Fightin' Fanboys: Dolph Ziggler
The Show Off of WWE talks about his affinity for Tony Stark, how he steals the show and his feud with Wolverine!

More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/story/18753/fightin_fanboys_dolph_ziggler#ixzz1vMwPzBYr


He’s cocky, he’s got an attitude, he’s at the top of his field and even those who think he’s obnoxious have to admit he’s damn good.

If this were the Marvel Universe we’d be referring to Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, but in the world of WWE, Dolph Z...
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Daniel Bryan goes head to head with CM Punk for the WWE Championship at this Sunday’s Over the Limit Pay-Per-View. I had a chance to talk to the WWE Superstar, and former World Heavyweight Champion, about his “Big Gold Belt” title reign, his upcoming match with Punk, what Vince McMahon thinks of him being a vegan, his storyline with AJ and more.

YES! YES! YES! It's IGN's Interview with Daniel Bryan!
We talked to the master of the Yes!-Lock about his upcoming PPV match with CM Punk, his st...
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Former WWE creative team member Dan Madigan:

"I get a call from Gregory Dark, the director. He says, "We've got a little problem here." This call is from Australia. I said, "What's the problem?" He goes, "Vince has a suggestion about the movie." I said, "Well, it's his movie." He goes, "Vince wants this scene in the movie where Kane's character pulls out his penis, and he wants it to be three feet long." I thought there was a connection problem, I said "Greg, can you just back up and repeat th...
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