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Update on the lawsuit Daffney filed against TNA:

 Daffney filed suit against TNA for injuries suffered while working for them. Depositions will be held next month and the case is making its way through the legal process.

An attorney that represents TNA in Texas requested he be allowed to represent the company in TN, where TNA is based and the lawsuit is filed. The court turned down that request.
 

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Ernest "The Cat" Miller was interviewed by Inside the Ropes Radio about Brodus Clay, his own career and more. Here are some highlights:
 
On how he broke into WCW: "It was like 1996, I was a competitor in martial arts and was a karate instructor. One of my students was Garrett Bischoff. I met with Eric, and he thought it would be a really good idea to come in and be a part of WCW. About a year later I came in, started training at the power plant, trained and became part of WCW.
 
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The Rock and his manager/ex-wife Dany Garcia recently spoke to Forbes:
 
Rock on the secret of his box office success:

"I can kick ass better than anyone on the planet. And I have a decent smile."
 
Garcia on Rock's early move into acting:

"When he was wrestling, he was at 270 pounds and the ruler of the world. When he went into movies he dropped to 230 pounds and they told him to stop talking about wrestling."
 
On his reaction to Hollywood's attitudes about his wrestling past:

"It reached a point...
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This is the official TNA press release....

BROOKE HOGAN TO JOIN TNA’S “IMPACT WRESTLING” ON SPIKE TV STARTING THURSDAY, MAY 31
 
New York, NY, May 17, 2012 – Television personality and recording artist Brooke Hogan is joining the cast of the highly-rated weekly wrestling program, TNA’s “IMPACT WRESTLING” starting Thursday, May 31 on Spike TV. Brooke’s role will be as the Executive in Charge of the female wrestling division, The Knockouts.
 
Brooke will join a star-studded cast of t...
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WWE have signed Ashley Fliehr Johnson to a developmental contract. She is the daughter of Ric Flair.

Reports surfaced earlier this month that Ashley intended to follow in the footsteps of her legendary father as she was training to become a professional wrestler. She is expected to report to the company's Tampa, Florida based developmental training facility in the summer.

Ashley is the third Flair child to enter the professional wrestling industry. David notably competed for World Championship ...
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Anthony Nese:

"I wanted to be the first to inform everyone that I have requested my release from TNA Wrestling. As a professional wrestler I have many goals and dreams that I work hard to achieve, one of them was to have the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience on national television and I thank TNA Wrestling for providing me with that opportunity. Another goal of mine is to wrestle against some of the top international superstars with the chances to travel the world and work for...
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Tammy "Sunny" Sytch no showed an in-studio radio appearance for VOCNation.com yesterday in Philadelphia. The show had confirmed her appearance hours before, and when they sent a car to pick her up, she did not answer the door and no one was there. The show issued an apology regarding the situation.
 
According to the official Facebook page of Big Time Wrestling, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch no-showed the promotion's shows in Maine several weeks ago. She also no-showed Live Pro Wrestling on Thursday afte...
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Sean Waltman started to take shots at TNA President Dixie Carter yesterday on Twitter:

"@TNADixie Highly disappointed with you as a person who claims to care. More disappointed in your handling of the only alternative to WWE @TNADixie Been meaning to tell you that since your Co. tried to make it look like I no showed your PPV. Im just sick of @TNADixie running around playing this benevolent role, when it's a facade. @TNADixie BTW Congrats on hiring Bruce Pritchard. Perfect fit . One of the big...
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Kurt Angle during a recent interview
 
On face turn at TNA Sacrifice:

"I've been struggling the past couple of years. A couple of times, they tried to turn me bad guy, it didn't really work out. So, I think now - just keep him the good guy, It's kind of hard to be the bad guy now, when the fans have the respect for you."
 
On The Possibility of Retirement:

 "I probably would have retired a a couple of years ago if I wasn't so good," Angle laughed. "It sounds very arrogant. I know it sounds very po...
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Ring of Honor issued a cease and desist letter to former booker and current DGUSA Vice President Gabe Sapolsky this week after Sapolsky railed against the promotion on his official Facebook Page. Sources close to DGUSA confirmed that Sapolsky received a cease and desist.

On 5/14 on his Facebook page, Sapolsky commented on the Internet PPV issues Ring of Honor had with their 5/12 Border Wars IPPV, writing, "When the ownership and management of a company doesn't care or have enough respect for i...
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Daniel Bryan during a recent interview:
 
On whether or not he ever thought a word as simple as 'yes' could change his life the way it has:

"(laughs) Yeah, you'd never think it. All the years I spent toiling on the independent scene, really learning my craft, being as good of a wrestler as I could possible be and the thing that makes me the most popular is probably the first word I learned as a kid.
 
If he was disappointed for his match at WrestleMania which only lasted 18 seconds or if that is ...
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WWE Over The Limit 2012 PPV

WWE Championship: CM Punk Vs Daniel Bryan
Intercontinental Championship: Cody Rhodes Vs Christian
Tag Team Championship: Kofi & Truth Vs Swagger & Ziggler
Battle Royal
Diva Championship: Layla Vs Beth
Ryback Vs Camacho
John Cena Vs John Lauranaitis

WWE Over The Limit 2012 PPV Thoughts  20.5.2012

I like that the PPV kicked off quickly with the Battle Royal for the chance to face Santino for the US Championship.
Christian eliminated Regal to boos from the crowd.
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TNA Impact Wrestling 17.5.2012
Bobby Roode / Hulk Hogan / Challengers Segment
“Open Fight Night” Qualifying Match: Rob Van Dam Vs Bully Ray
“Open Fight Night” Qualifying Match: Wildcard Battle Royal
AJ Styles / Chris Daniels & Kazarian Segment
Knockouts Title: Gail Kim Vs Velvet Sky Vs Brooke Tessmacher
“Open Fight Night” Qualifying Match: Kurt Angle Vs Samoa Joe
“Open Fight Night” Qualifying Match:  Jeff Hardy Vs Mr Anderson

TNA Impact Wrestling Thoughts  17th May 2012

TNA World Heavy...
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Cody Rhodes was interviewed by Brian Soscha on MixPhiladelphia. Rhodes discusses his protective facemask and how it may have saved his life while taking a move from Randy Orton.
 
“Honestly, I learned the commitment from masked Cody Rhodes. The level of commitment I had to that was probably where I learned more about myself than anywhere else in my career. I felt more like myself under that mask. I was telling someone else this the other day. When the mask was removed, I felt like Master Chie...
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Shawn Michaels Interview Highlights....

On Having the Option of a Part Time Schedule:

"WWE would have allowed me to work any kind of way that I wanted. I could have very easily have said, ‘Hey, I'd like to slow down over the next couple of years, do a few things here and there,' and I think everybody would have been fine with that, but for me, I think that would have probably been harder on me," Michaels said. "Personally, I think the job would be harder for me to do, personally, on a semi, ...
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TNA Impact Wrestling 10.5.2012
Bobby Roode / RVD / Hardy / Anderson / Hogan Segment
Brooke Tessmacher Vs Velvet Sky
Crimson / Matt Morgan /  Bully Ray Segment
Zema Ion Vs Austin Aries
Chris Daniels & Kazarian / AJ Styles Segment
TV Title: Devon Vs Robbie E
Joseph Parks / Bully Ray Segment
Fatal 4-Way: Bobby Roode Vs RVD Vs Jeff Hardy Vs Mr Anderson


TNA Impact Wrestling 10th / May / 2012

World Champion Bobby Roode comes to the ring and talks about taking out RVD, Anderson and Hardy last week and says th...
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TNA Impact Wrestling 3.5.2012
Tessmacher & Velvet Vs Gail Kim & Madison Rayne
Rob Van Dam / Bobby Roode Segment
TV Title: Devon Vs Robbie E
Rob Van Dam Vs Jeff Hardy
Bully Ray / Austin Aries Segment
Kurt Angle, Chris Daniels & Kazarian Vs AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Brutus Magnus
Alex Silva Gut Check / Snow, Prichard, Flair
No DQ: Bobby Roode Vs Mr Anderson



TNA Impact 3.5.2012

Ric Flair comes to the ring and calls out Hulk Hogan.   Hulk comes to the ring and says that he didn’t come down to fight. Hogan sa...
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TNA Impact Wrestling 26.4.2012
TV Title: Devon Vs Bully Ray
Jeremy Borash / Eric Bischoff / Bully Ray segment
Kurt Angle Vs Anarquia
Robbie E Vs Alex Silva
KO Title: Gail Kim Vs Miss Tessmaucher
Tag Titles: Samoa Joe & Magnus Vs Mr Anderson & Jeff Hardy
Eric Bischoff’s Farewell Party w/ Ric Flair



TNA Impact  - The First “Open Fight Night”  26.4.2012  

Hogan is backstage with TNA Champions - Roode, Aries, Joe, Magnus & Gail Kim.
He tells them that tonight any of them can be challenged for their T...
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Scott Steiner recently posted on Twitter:

"Havent tweeted lately bcuz I got a letter from a lawyer representing hogan n bitchoff basically saying they take my tweets seriously and if threats continue they will take to law enforcement....really hogan my tweets scare you, I've said worse in interviews on tv,LOL,I want to thank you bcuz your actions speak louder than any words that i could have spoken,sorry for scaring you maybe I will challenge you to a game of checkers."

"Just when u didnt think...
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The Miami Herald has an interview with Mr. Anderson. Here are some highlights from the interview.
 
Wrestling Jeff Hardy: “I’m dealing with a guy who, in my opinion, is a living legend and probably one of the youngest living legends ever in our business. He is somebody I completely looked up to, when I was coming up through the ranks of the independent scene, and I still do. Ultimately, we’re all still fans of the wrestling business. We’re the biggest fans out there, and I’m a fan of ...
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Scott Steiner on Twitter:

Hogan did interview saying i must be unhappy in my life,F-CK U hogan Im very happy in my life,Im

Not the one who went on Larry King crying like a b-tch and saying that you put a gun in your mouth and

Was going to pull the trigger
 
Quit lying bcuz nobody believes yur bullsh-t,you 3 a--holes write the show and you decide whos on the show
 
The stuff with storm is bulls--t too,storm and I talkd over match and the finish which i didnt change we both

Went to get in gear,and a...
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TMZ.com:

WWE star John Cena has filed for divorce.

Cena filed the docs in Florida, claiming his marriage to Liz Huberdeau is "irretrievably broken." John and Liz were high school sweethearts but only married three years ago. They have no children.

Now here's the kicker -- Liz has already hired high-powered Miami attorney Raymond Rafool, the same attorney who repped Linda Hogan during her divorce ... and took Hulk to the cleaners.

But it won't be easy -- according to the docs, Liz signed a crippli...
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When people said Diamond Dallas Page couldn't do it, he did it. When people said he was too old, he proved them wrong. Everyone faces adversity throughout their lives, but few people have the mentality to overcome it like that of DDP.

Even now, after leaving the squared circle, Page is still proving that he can succeed in every element of his life as a founder of DDPYoga, an inspirational speaker and an actor.

After originally attempting to enter the squared circle in 1978, Page's dreams of bec...
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Operator: We'll go now to Steven Muehlhausen with bleacherreport.com.
 
Steven Muehlhausen: Thank you guys for the time today, and Mo congratulations as always my friend. But you back it and getting to do what you want to do, and I'll start with you Mo.
 
How big of a dream was this for you? I remember talking to you in the past and you said, "I've always wanted to be in professional wrestling." Do you feel like that you're living a lifelong dream?
 
Muhammed Lawal: Man, you know what? I, you know,...
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King Mo's appearance on MMA Uncensored in the wake of his Bellator/TNA signing pushed the show to a record rating. The weekly news magazine show brought in 567,000 viewers, beating the previous record of 547,000 attained in the February series premiere. The show had an average of 489,000 viewers per week before last night. TNA President Dixie Carter also appeared live on the show with King Mo.
 
Here is a full transcript of the King Mo/Dixie Carter/TNA/Bellator conference call on Thursday:
 
Oper...
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Goldust was recently released by WWE after working as a producer for the SmackDown brand. There was an undisclosed incident at the April 24th SmackDown tapings in Grand Rapids, Michigan which led to his contract being terminated.

Goldust was responsible for coming up with the spot on SmackDown where Yoshi Tatsu took a double-team powerbomb finisher from Darren Young and Titus O’Neil. Tatsu landed bad and the bump was said to have looked even worse live than it did on TV.

Young a...

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"The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero continues to target Marty Jannetty for carelessly striking Balls Mahoney with a chair during a match for Pro Wrestling Syndicate in March.

Dinero wrote on Facebook, "Have anyone heard from Marty Chairnetty??? You know, the guy that single handily almost did in one night to Balls Mahoney what sex, drugs, and ECW couldn't do in 20yrs; End His Freaking Career!?!??

"Well, If ya hear from the coon, let'em know that Pope is out of semi retirement for the momen...

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theScore's Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) sat down with WWE Commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler (kingjerrylawler.com). Highlights:

How his illustrations gave him his break in pro wrestling:
“I sent the pictures into the TV station that aired the wrestling shows and lo and behold they showed my pictures on TV that week and they called me up for a job – you know how in a courtroom you see an artist drawing people on the stand, well I became a ringside artist for the wrestlers in the ring”
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The Ultimate Warrior says that he wasn't fired from WWF in 1992 along with British Bulldog after a failed drug test as WWE often say. Warrior told MLW.com that he and Bulldog were made scapegoats for the federal steroid investigation.

"Vince was feeling the heat from the federal investigation in what ultimately became an indictment over the steroid thing," he said. "It's another one of those instances where he did what he had to do to protect his foremost interest, which was himself ...

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Before Extreme Reunion, Shane Douglas appeared on Inside The Ropes to discuss TNA Wrestling, Sabu's personal problems, Ric Flair almost joining ECW in 1998 and more. Here are some highlights:
 
Wiping the mat with the WWF in the 1990s: "If we’d had a backer like Panda Energy or Ted Turner, I think….no I know we’d have wiped the mat with the WWF. Paul Heyman was that talented a booker and our dressing room was that talented. Vince McMahon ripped everything off from us. He’ll tell you he ...
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