October
1, 2007
by Sassy
Tomko in Japan
Tomko and Giant Bernard,
the IWGP tag team champions, were scheduled to wrestle in Japan the months of
September and October. It is being
reported that Tomko was not visible during either of the new two hour TNA iMPACT
tapings.
Dark Angel a No Go
TNA has confirmed they
passed on getting Sarah Stock aka Dark Angel for the newly formed women’s
division. I found some information on her wrestling in Mexico, but lost the
link.
The Amazing Kong
The Amazing Kong has signed
a deal with TNA. We will get to see her in action on the iMPACT before Bound for
Glory.
IMPACT Rating
Last week’s iMPACT did a
0.91 cable rating even lower than the week before. Source: www.angrymarks.com.
Just as we thought iMPACT would beat out the ECW/WWE show, they surprised us.
I thought last week’s show was worth watching but I didn’t read all
of the spoilers that showed up before the show actually aired. Most wrestling
news websites are carrying the spoilers that cover the first two-hour iMPACT
tapings. I am not sure what the purpose of the spoilers are but I wonder if they
take a toll on actual ratings.
TNA got four hours on Spike
TV since they will be replaying Thursday night’s iMPACT on Saturday night.
Positive TNA News
www.gerweck.net
has an article by Nick Nailer regarding rumors, facts and a positive outlook for
TNA and TNA fans.
Somebody’s Mad at
Samoa Joe
And you can read all about
it at www.gerweck.net.
It appears Samoa Joe and Chris Sabin were both booked to work PCW
matches. Sabin did his gig without
a hitch but it appears Joe thought he was a little too good for the promotion
and the competition. The promoter
praises Chris Sabin for his work but let’s Joe have it and then some.
Mike Tenay on The Pain
Clinic
Mike Tenay was on The Pain
Clinic interview. You can find the
link to it here: http://www.feelthepain.net/.
Duluth GA Fall Festival
Several TNA stars made an
appearance this past weekend at the Fall Festival held in
Duluth, GA. Among those appearing were The Steiner Brothers, AJ Styles,
So Cal Val, Jimmy Rave, and Primetime Elix Skipper.
Source: www.tnawrestling.com
Y2J Goes To WWE
It appears to be official.
Chris Jericho has chosen to return to WWE versus coming over to TNA.
Source: www.tnawrestlingnews.com.
Last Week’s iMPACT
I just read a review last
week’s iMPACT and am miffed that all the action with Judas Mesias, Sting,
Rhino, Kurt Angle and Abyss took place AFTER the cameras went off and those of
us at home missed the good stuff. C’mon
TNA, it’s not like I can hop on a plane and fly to Florida every week to see
the matches. No fair!
Gerweck’s Latest Poll
One of our favorite sites, www.gerweck.net.,
ran a poll asking fans if Paul Heyman should go to TNA now that he is officially
out of WWE. With 1,939 votes in,
the response was 65% YES and 35% NO.
We hear through the
grapevine that Mr. Heyman is doing is best to stay away from wrestling these
days and has been concentrating on writing in a non wrestling venue.
Current TNA Events
TNA/Ticketmaster Bound for
Glory PPV VIP package auction runs until October 5, 2007.
Information can be found at the Ticketmaster website or by logging on to www.tnawrestling.com.
Voodoo Kin Mafia, Andre
“Test” Martin, Scott Too Hotty, former TNA wrestler Brother Runt, Diamond
Dallas Page and Eric Bischoff will be in Amherst, NJ at the Mullins Center on
October 5 with Pro Wrestling Live. You can get further information for this
event here: http://www.pwbts.com/messages/12133.htm.
TNA House Show at Zamora
Shrine Temple, Birmingham/Rondale, AL, October 11. Tickets are on sale now.
Information on Bound for
Glory Fanfest can be found here:
www.stlamline.com/news.190513149.shtml
or www.tnawrestling.com.
Bound for Glory, October
14, Atlanta, GA.
Bound for Glory Scheduled
Matches
TNA Heavyweight Championship: Kurt
Angle vs. Sting
TNA
X-Divison Championship: Black Machismo Jay Lethal vs. The Fallen Angel Christopher
Daniels
TNA
World Tag Team Championship: Team Pacman vs. The Phenomenal AJ Styles and Tyson
Tomko
Ultimate
X Match: Latin American Exchange vs. Senshi Primetime Elix Skipper of Triple X
The
Samoan Submission Machine Samoa Joe vs. The Instant Classic Christian Cage with
Special Enforcer Matt Morgan
2
out of 3 falls Table Match: The
Steiner Brothers vs. Team 3D
Gauntlet
Match for the TNA World Women’s Championship: Christy Hemme vs. Gail Kim vs.
Ms. Brooks vs. The Pride of Tennessee Miss Jackie Moore vs. Roxxy Laveaux vs.
Angel Williams, ODB, Asia Kong and Shelly Martinez
Fight
for the Right Battle Royal to determine the Number One Contender for the TNA
Heavyweight Championship
Instant
Classic: The Best of Christian Cage DVD will be available October 16.
See TNA’s official website for details.
Scott
Hall and Kevin Nash together again at Malice in the Palace. That’s the Cow
Place in San Francisco, CA, on October 19.
Hall
and Nash will appear at Wrestle Fanfest on October 20. You can get further
information here: www.wrestlefanfest.com.
Scott
D’Amore and Gail Kim will be at The Funking Covservatory !BANG! TV on October
28. Following this link for more
information: www.dory-funk.com.
Samoa
Joe is scheduled to be working with ProWrestling’s NOAH in Japan on October 25
and 27th.
Genesis
PPV is November 11.
Thursday,
November 15 and Saturday, November 17, TNA will be in Tel Aviv, Israel at the
Nokia Arena. Get your tickets at any ticket company box office or online
at www.tiket.co.il.
TNA:
Year 1 DVD to be released November 20. See TNA’s official website for details.
Turning
Point December 2.
TNA
will be in Monterey, Mexico December 14th and 15th.
Sting is scheduled to be on the card.
No further information is available at this time.
TNA
iMPACT is taped at Universal Studios, Orlando, FL.
Information
on all TNA television schedules, pay per views, house shows, merchandise, and
ticket information can be found at www.tnawrestling.com.
Current TNA Talent
Events
Jersey All Pro Wrestling,
Rahway, NJ on October 27. Low-Ki and Rhino are scheduled to appear as well as
Hernandez of LAX, Kaz and AJ Styles. JAPW’s website: http://www.japw.net/.
Chance Prophet, NWA
National Champion
Since this site isn’t
carrying a separate Indy news report, we wanted to pass this along.
Chance Prophet suffered an in ring accident that resulted in major
surgery, including 8 screws and a steel plate in his left leg.
He didn’t have health insurance and the total cost was over $10,000.00. He is auctioning off personal items on eBay, all wrestling
related, in an attempt to pay off some medical bills. You can see the story
here: http://www.pwbts.com/messages/12288.htm.
Best wishes to Chance for a speedy recovery.
We Don’t Have A
Separate Ring of Honor News Section
So we are including this
bit in TNA’s News Bytes. Ring of Honor’s “Driven” pay per view was
scheduled to be on demand cable channels this weekend. Prior to the airing of
Driven, the owner of ROH sat down and did an interview with Sports Radio 1130
WDFN. You can find out more about
that interview here: http://www.wdfn.com/pages/wrestling.html.
The ROH pay per view is
going for $10.00 and we read it is well worth the investment – and NO, I did
not read any spoilers! Jimmy Rave
is listed as a competitor, along with Roderick Strong, and Matt Sydal.
Speaking of ROH wrestling,
there will be an ROH show in Boston, MA on October 5 and in Edison, NJ on
October 6. You can see the lineup
and get information regarding both shows here:
http://www.pwbts.com/messages/12317.htm.
Tickets are available at www.ROHwrestling.com.
Brian “Crush” Adams
Autopsy Report
Adams died from a multiple
drug overdose. It is reported he
had an opiate-based painkiller in his system as well as muscle relaxants,
another drug cocktail. As far as we
could ascertain, all of the drugs were prescription drugs.
Injuries Reported in
Mexico
TNA News: We know that
Judas Mesias took a nasty fall after leaping from a ladder and missing his mark
on September 16 at a AAA event in Mexico. We
still have no news of his return to TNA. The reports indicate Mesias is
suffering from sciatica.
Sean Waltman, formerly of
WWF/WWE fame is wrestling in Mexico these days. It is reported that he is suffering from sciatica as well due
to an injury in the ring. Waltman and Mesias were scheduled to be a in Bull
Terrier Match against Juventud Guerrero and Zorro. No word yet on whether that match took place. From what we
can gather, a Bull Terrier Match is a match involving chains.
Gran Apache, another
Mexican wrestler, is suffering from sciatica due to an injury and reports are he
is unable to walk at this time. Source: www.ewrestlingnews.com.
This week, wrestler Mistico
leaped to execute a flying head scissors, but his opponent slipped and Mistico
landed on his head. Last reports
indicate he suffered from a concussion, but no further damage was found. No word
on how long he will be out of action. Source: www.wrestleview.com.
Where Are They Now
RVD and Sabu will be in
Melbourne, Australia on October 13th and 14th at the Sci
Fi Expo to sign autographs.
Larry Zbysko fans can see
him in action with Pro Wrestling Unplugged,
http://www.pwbts.com/messages/12297.htm.
Scott Hall Fans
The following site has
several videos of Scott Hall footage from back in the day.
You can see the videos here: http://www.wrestlersramblings.com/.
The links for the videos are YouTube.
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