Month: January 2021

— John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis is scheduled to close tonight’s WWE Over the Limit pay-per-view from Raleigh, North Carolina. — Mick Foley recently told fans on Twitter that doctors advised him to drastically reduce the time he spends in front of his computer due to his history of concussions. Foley tweeted the following update over the weekend: “trying to avoid going on the computer very much. Computer screens and camera flahes have been bothering…

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After initially suspending Chris Jericho “indefinitely” for the Brazilian flag incident that took place at Thursday night’s WWE live event, WWE has now announced that Jericho will be suspended for 30 days: “WWE Superstar Chris Jericho has been suspended for 30 days due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24.” Following the incident, Jericho did not immediately return home to the United…

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— Angelina Love has been announced to appear for RESISTANCE on Friday, June 15 in Chicago, Illinois. She is advertised to wrestle Resistance Pro Women’s Champion Melanie Cruise. — Velvet Sky confirmed that Bully Ray is not on Twitter. She wrote in response to a follower asking whether Ray is on the site, “NO! @IamBullyRay is of course a fake! The real Bully Ray doesn’t have Twitter!! F’n lame posers get off it.” — ImpactWrestling.com…

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TNA Television Champion Devon appeared on the The LAW radio show this week to promote Sunday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view and hype Impact’s new time slot. You can listen to the entire interview at Fightnetwork.com (MP3). Here are some highlights of what Devon said about: TNA’s failed move to Monday nights in 2010: “I know a lot of people would consider it taking a step back, because we did it for a little bit of time, and…

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The following is an updated preview for tonight’s live Impact Wrestling on Spike TV: – Ultimate X opens the show with Austin Aries vs. Zema Ion vs. Chris Sabin – TNA World Champion Bobby Roode defends against #1 contender Mr. Anderson – TNA’s Bound For Glory Series 2012 kicks off with a Gauntlet Match – Fallout from TNA Slammiversary & the Road to Destination X begins – The next chapter in the ongoing Dixie Carter…

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It was announced on RAW that until WWE’s Board of Director appoints new General Managers to run RAW and SmackDown, each week’s shows will feature an interim General Manager. The eligible participants are people who have previously worked as General Managers. Monday’s RAW and this week’s SmackDown are hosted by Mick Foley. At Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings, Vickie Guerrero was named the Interim GM for next week’s RAW and SmackDown. Other names that could serve as…

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Click:custom keychains This past Thursday, Stevie Richards joined Inside The Ropes to promote Extreme Rising events. Here are some of the highlights: Thoughts on Sabu and Justin Credible at the Extreme Reunion Show: It was disappointing. Sabu was already in the hospital by the time the show started. I witnessed first hand what happened to Justin Credible and that is not the Justin or PJ Polaco that I’ve known for 15 years. But I guess…

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— Austin Aries has a mixed reputation behind the scenes in TNA, liked personally by some but also disliked by others. Management is a fan of his work, as evidenced by him being in the main event of the upcoming Destination X pay-per-view. — Abyss has been pulled from the upcoming AAA tapings in Mexico on June 30th. TNA will probably send other talent instead and AAA has expressed interest in using Robbie E and…

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As previously reported, WWE recently reached out to wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino about headlining next year’s WWE Hall of Fame class. Sammartino’s camp issued a statement to the Wrestling Observer on Monday night confirming that Bruno was contacted – and is not interested. The Observer is now reporting that Triple H recently called Bruno Sammartino and tried convincing him to accept the offer. Because Sammartino has bad blood with Vince McMahon, Triple H told him…

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TNA sent out the following press release on Monday: TNA ENTERTAINMENT AND EFX PERFORMANCE BAND TOGETHER FOR MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE EFX products worn by TNA IMPACT WRESTLING star athletes to be sold at www.shoptna.com NASHVILLE, TN (July 9th, 2012) — TNA Entertainment and EFX Performance announce the launch of the limited edition “TNA/EFX” performance band that will be sold on TNA’s merchandise arm www.ShopTNA.com beginning In July. TNA IMPACT Wrestler’s Samoa Joe and AJ Styles will…

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