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Hogan & Dixie Carter Meet With Spike TV President, Maria's Life After WWE
By Michael Bluth
Jan 15, 2010 - 2:22:00 PM
– WWE Diva Maria tells the U.K. Sun that he’s already looking to pursue other opportunities beyond WWE so she can settle down and start a family. “I’m starting to do other things and it’s partially because one day I want to be a mom and I want to get married and you can’t really do that when you’re on the road,” Maria told Sky Sports News on a U.K. promotional tour this week. “So I’ve got to find a job that will allow me to do that.”
Maria, who will appear with former WWE & WCW champion Bill Goldberg on the upcoming “Celebrity Apprentice” show hosted by Donald Trump, is following in the footsteps of Mickie James and is also releasing an album this spring. “I’ve been with WWE for five years, so I don’t know when is going to be the end,” she said. “But I am looking at outside projects right now and doing other things..”
-- TNA president Dixie Carter posted a message on Twitter stating that she and Hulk Hogan met with Spike TV president Kevin Kay on Thursday night. Carter wrote:
“In LA for the TV Critics Conference. Just got back from dinner w/Hogan & Kevin Kay Pres. of Spike. Very exciting talks. Stay tuned.”
In an interview that took place prior to TNA’s live Monday special on January 4th, Spike TV president Kevin Kay said the network was willing to move iMPACT! to Monday nights on a permanent basis if that show was successful – which it was.
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Final Card for Sunday's TNA Genesis Pay-Per-View with a Few Surprises
By Marc Middleton
Jan 14, 2010 - 11:53:59 PM
- Below is the final card for this Sunday's TNA Genesis pay-per-view. TNA has confirmed that a "major acquisition" will make his debut at the show.
TNA World Heavyweight Title Match
Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles
Angle's Last Shot at AJ's World Title in 2010
TNA World Tag Team Title Match
Matt Morgan & Hernandez vs. The British Invasion
TNA Knockouts Title Match
Tara vs. ODB
Best of 3 Falls
TNA X Division Title Match
Amazing Red vs. Opponent to be Announced That Night
Scott Hall & Kevin Nash vs. Beer Money
Bobby Lashley vs. Abyss
Sean Morley vs. Daniels
Desmond Wolfe vs. The Pope
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Date for TNA's Next Live Monday iMPACT, Who Helped Sign Hogan & Bischoff, More
By Marc Middleton
Jan 14, 2010 - 7:45:52 PM
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Spike TV played a big part in TNA bringing Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff in. Spike reportedly earmarked money and helped out with the contracts as they have done in the past with other major TNA signings such as Mick Foley. Kevin Kay and Brian Diamond of Spike are long-term looking to use Hulk Hogan to challenge RAW on Monday nights.
- Right now the next live Monday iMPACT looks to happen on March 1st or March 8th. Regarding going live permanently, everyone expects it to happen and the feeling is that they should go live when the new guys are fresh and the company has some momentum.
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TNA on their way back to the UK
By Stephen Ashfield
Jan 16, 2010 - 2:32:31 PM
Stephen Ashfield (mageditoruk@googlemail.com)
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www.thewrestlingpress.co mThe weather may be freezing in the UK at present but the temperature will be soaring next week as TNA return to England and Scotland for the Maximum Impact Tour. With a series of main events including ladder match, Ultimate X and an “I Quit” match, the UK looks set for more dramatic action to follow up from last year’s successful tour. The new year has already seen big changes in TNA with the debut of Hulk Hogan and a host of other top performers including former WWE champion Jeff Hardy and the legendary Ric Flair. However, while the company plan the next stage of their bid to increase TV ratings, they know full well that becoming known internationally is just as important. WWE owe a great deal of their profits to the finances made from overseas tours and that’s a success TNA must aim to replicate.
The UK is certainly one of the areas in which they’ve managed to build a strong fan base and that was before The British Invasion and Desmond Wolfe were added to the roster. 2009 saw TNA pull in some great crowds, in fact some of the highest the company had ever drawn. Now they’re on their way back with shows at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on the 23rd, the Bournemouth International Centre on the 26th, the Cardiff International Arena the following night, the Sky Dome in Coventry on the 28th, the Manchester Evening News Arena on the 29th and finally the Wembley Arena in London on the 30th.
All the shows start at 7,30pm, for full details and booking Info go to
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www.ticketmaster.co.uk or call the 24hr hotline on 0871 2200 260/0871230 6230. For more info about TNA go to www,tnawrestling.com
In Glasgow the main event sees Team 3D take on Beer Money and the team of Hernandez and Matt Morgan (who could be tag champions by the time they arrive in London if they win the belts at ‘Genesis’) in a Tag Team Tables Match. It’s a battle of the toughest in Bournemouth as Samoa Joe takes on Bobby Lashley in an “I Quit” match while in Cardiff the feud between current tag champions The British Invasion and Beer Money continues.
The British Invasion top the bill again in Coventry in an eight-man Gauntlet Match as they join up with Eric Young from the World Elite to take on Beer Money and The Motor City Machine Guns. The main event in Manchester is destined to be an absolute classic that would top the bill in any TNA PPV. Current TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles faces Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and Daniels in a four-man ladder match that isn’t to be missed. The tour ends in London with a main event that’s definitely not for the faint hearted as Amazing Red faces D’Angelo Dinero, Chris Sabin, Suicide, Daniels and Alex Shelley in an Ultimate X match.
Last year I had the chance to chat to Abyss (aka Chris Parks) about the 2010 TNA UK tour. He’s no stranger to the UK making many an appearance for 1PW over the past four years so he knows exactly what the UK fans are like. “It’s fantastic, the fans are so electric, they’re fun to be around and very endearing you know, it’s a great place to come to.”
That’s something he experienced to a higher level when TNA came over to the UK in early 2009,. The company appeared in front of more fans than at any time in their history and Abyss absolutely adored it. “Wrestling is really big in the States, very popular with the fans. Coming over to the UK is something we want to do. The atmosphere is electric, crazy and it’s so much fun to perform in. There’s so much reaction and they’re so endearing to us. It makes us perform better and really motivates us.”
Abyss knows full well that this coming tour of the UK is vital to TNA. "The UK market is such an important market and it’s a gateway and a number one market to capture. Wrestling in front of fans who are crazy about wrestling, it’s an important market to be successful in. It’s a huge part in our attempt to be recognized worldwide.”
Abyss has been a part of TNA almost from the start so he’s ideally placed to look back at the history of the company and the success achieved to date means a great deal to him. “It’s something I’m most proud of having been there close to the beginning and seen the company grow. The guys who have been there since the beginning like myself, Jeff Jarrett who started it of course, Jack Storm, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Robert Roode. From the days we worked Wednesdays and we weren’t even on television but on PPV to our partnership with Spike TV, the merchandise, the action figures and the DVDs. All stuff we were hoping for at the beginning and to see it happen, to be part of it is so important. I had high hopes and to be able to say I was part of it and the group has done so much in seven years and I think we can achieve even more in the next seven years.”
So the clock is counting down to January when TNA return to our shores. Here’s what we can expect in six months time. “Get ready for an action packed night, It’s what TNA stands for Total Non-stop Action. Anything can happen, whether it’s the TNA Knockouts, the X-Division, the Heavyweights or the Legends.”
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