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    - Former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Mickie James confirmed o Totally Driven Radio that she is pregnant and is due in September. As we noted before, the father is TNA star Magnus.



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    - Independent women's wrestler Mia Yim and Scarlett Bordeaux are reportedly booked for Saturday's TNA One Night Only Knockouts pay-per-view that tapes on Saturday.

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    - Jeremy Borash announced before Friday night's TNA Impact Wrestling tapings in Orlando that they did not know when the company will return to Universal Studios for more tapings. Dixie Carter confirmed this on her Twitter. She wrote that they were "headed to NYC for a while" and have "nothing on the books for Universal now."


    With last night's tapings, TNA is currently taped through the June 12th Impact before Slammiversary. They will run a live Impact on June 19th from Bethlehem, PA. They will also tape more that Impact night and tape another set of episodes from Bethlehem on June 20th. That should have them taped through July 10th. The June 25th, June 26th and June 27th tapings in New York City should carry them through July and early August, depending on how many more One Night Only pay-per-view tapings they have planned.


    The next set of tapings after that are rumored for New York City in August but not yet officially announced. The next pay-per-view isn't until Bound For Glory, some time in October.


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    - TNA will tape two One Night Only pay-per-views today in Orlando. The theme for the 1pm taping is rumored to be Victory Road but the 7pm taping is confirmed to be an all-Knockouts show. Join us later for spoilers from both events.


    Names expected to appear at the Knockouts event include indie stars Mia Yim, Scarlett Bordeaux and Jessicka Havok. Taryn Terrell and Brooke Tessmacher are also expected to return. It's being reported that Tara (Lisa Marie Varon) will be making a one-night return to TNA for the event but that's not confirmed yet.

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    - We noted before that TNA has no future dates scheduled for Universal Studios. Word is that the Sound Stage TNA uses is booked through September so they will have to tape on the road until October. Obviously taping on the road is a lot more expensive for the company.


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    - In addition to working in the dance group Purrfect Angels with Christy Hemme and being a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, new TNA Knockout Tanea "Rebel" Brooks competed on the Lingerie Football League's New York Euphoria team about 10 years ago. She has also done modeling, acting and appeared in a Trace Adkins music video. Hemme and WWE Diva Summer Rae also played in the Lingerie Football League.


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    - TNA is being replaced by Ring of Honor at the Brooklyn Cyclone's annual wrestling event at MCU Field in Brooklyn. This year's event takes place on August 15th. It has been a packed event for TNA in recent years. The event in 2010 broke set a new TNA attendance record in the United States with just under 5,550 fans.


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    - TNA President Dixie Carter and Diamond Dallas Page were shown sitting at ringside for last night's Bellator 120 MMA pay-per-view in Memphis. DDP noted on Twitter that Dixie uses his DDP Yoga program. Dixie was also photographed with Tito Ortiz. Below is a photo of her and DDP:


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    - Daniels and Kazarian will be reuniting as Bad Influence for Ring of Honor, likely on the June 22nd ROH internet pay-per-view from Nashville. Daniels was confirmed but Kazarian was only teased by ROH last night because Kazarian's TNA deal doesn't officially expire until June 1st.


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    - Former TNA star Jesse Sorensen broke his ankle in several places at an indie wrestling event in Florida this past weekend. He will be going in for surgery later this week. The injury happened when Sorensen's foot got caught up in the mat while doing a suplex.


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    - An estimated 200-300 fans attended Sunday night's TNA live event in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.


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    - Bobby Lashley took to his Twitter account to explain his alliance with MVP and Kenny King on IMPACT WRESTLING. Lashley wrote: "There are no good guys and bad guys in wrestling anymore. There are guys who fight for the system and guys who fight for themselves."


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    - PWInsider notes that TNA had a street team handing out flyers for their NYC tapings, prior to the ROH/NJPW "War of the Worlds" event at the Hammerstein Ballroom this past weekend.


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    - TNA star Davey Richards announced on Facebook that he's now engaged.


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    - TNA's Senior Audio Producer Jason Seeman resigned from the company on Monday. Seeman had been with the company for around eight years. His departure comes as a shock to a lot of people within the company as Seeman was well-liked and considered one of the hardest working employees on the TNA production crew.

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    - TNA had street teams handing out flyers for their upcoming New York City tapings before the Ring of Honor & New Japan War of the Worlds events at the Hammerstein Ballroom this past weekend.


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    - The TNA live event on May 17th in Biloxi, Mississippi drew 250 fans with empty seats in the second row. The May 18th live event in Hattiesburg, Mississippi drew 300.


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    - We noted before that former WWE talent Sakamoto was at a recent NXT live event in Orlando and it was believed that he was being brought back but it turned out that he was just visiting friends. Word is that Sakamoto was in Orlando to actually see about getting a job with TNA.


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    - Current TNA X Division Champion Sanada will face The Great Muta at Wrestle-1's IMPACT event on July 6th at the Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Also on the card is a TNA Tag Team Title Match with The Wolves defending against challengers that haven't been announced yet.

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    - TNA star James Storm turns 37 years old today.


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    - TNA's One Night Only: Global Impact pay-per-view that was taped a few months back in Japan will premiere on pay-per-view Friday, July 4th. It has a runtime of three hours.


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    - TNA also has a one-hour Unfinished Business: Best of the X Division pay-per-view that premieres on Saturday, July 5th.

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    - As noted, Bobby Roode is suspended indefinitely in the TNA storylines. Roode will not be appearing on this Thursday's Impact Wrestling but is being advertised for the TNA Slammiversary fanfest and the pay-per-view itself.


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    - Abyss has now held the TNA Television for one year as of this week. The title hasn't been mentioned on TNA TV in a while but he is still listed as champion on TNA's website. Abyss won the title from Devon back at the Slammiversary pay-per-view on June 2nd, 2013 and it hasn't been used since.



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    - TNA's French announce team, Célian Varini and Gregory Deas, will be at ringside for next Sunday's Slammiversary pay-per-view from Texas. The show will air live at 2am in France.


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    - It appears The Menagerie will be in action at next Sunday's TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view Dallas, even though they haven't been announced yet. TNA's press release on The Von Erich Family last week mentioned that Rebel (Tanea Brooks) would be there. As we've noted before, Rebel is a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

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    TNA Impact debuted on FOX Sports Net 10 year ago today. Dixie Carter tweeted the following this morning:


    "Today marks 10 YEARS since Impact premiered 6/4/04 on Fox Sports Net. We've come so far & I'm excited where we are going!!!"


    "Thanks to every person who ever supported TNA Impact Wrestling in any way. We're grateful to the greatest fans. Stay tuned, big things ahead"

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    - The May 31st TNA live event in Corbin, Kentucky drew around 250 fans.


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    - Taryn Terrell is expected to return to Impact Wrestling at next week's Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Impact Wrestling tapings. Besides working the Knockouts One Night Only pay-per-view taping several weeks back, Taryn has been away since giving birth.


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    - We noted before that former WWE Diva Mickie James and TNA star Magnus are currently expecting their first child together. Mickie noted on Twitter that she's "6 months and counting."


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    - With WWE's NXT Takeover special come and gone, there is still no statistical evidence that NXT on the WWE Network is taking anything away from TNA's Impact Wrestling. It's worth noting that you can go on social media on any Thursday and see many fans talking about picking NXT over TNA as they air head to head.


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    - Jeremy Borash has been doing promotional work for TNA in the UK and was asked on the v2 Wrestling podcast what he would change if he ran TNA. Borash replied:


    "Move it to London. The fan base is a huge missed opportunity. The production in the U.K. is miles ahead of anything that is in the U.S., and I have no idea why, but I am a huge fan of the production values over here. I would use that production, and take advantage of how passionate the crowd is."

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    * Kazarian's profile has been moved to the alumni section on TNA's website after his contract expired this week. He will now join his tag team partner Christopher Daniels in Ring of Honor.


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    * PWInsider reports that TNA has taken out a lot of local advertising in the New York area to promote the upcoming tapings. They are working with a NYC-based public relations company and have been running a lot of radio ads.


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    * Low Ki is slated to return to TNA soon. The word going around is that AAA is trying to sign him for their U.S. expansion, but he has told other promoters that he expects to work for TNA.

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    * Davey Richards told Live Audio Wrestling that the Wolves will be defending their TNA Tag Team Titles at Slammiversary. He didn't say who they are facing, but he did say that "the fans are going to dig it."


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    * PWInsider reports that TNA has reached out to several former X Division Champions about appearing at Destination X on June 26th. No names have been confirmed at this time.


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    * Queens Tribune interviewed Gail Kim to hype the TNA tapings in New York City. Gail said that she would like to work as a trainer after she retires from wrestling.

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    - Tonight's TNA Impact Wrestling will air live from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Confirmed for tonight's show is a title defense by World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young and the Impact return of Taryn Terrell. Also for tonight, Dixie Carter has invited Tommy Dreamer to Impact to continue their angle from House of Hardcore.


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    - Morale was up thanks to a strong crowd at TNA's Slammiversary pay-per-view in Dallas at the College Park Center last Sunday. Morale had been down after the stadium shows that drew poorly last week. John Gaburick reportedly gave the roster a pep talk before Slammiversary. Slammiversary drew over 3,500 fans and that was not a papered crowd.



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    - Ethan Carter III recently spoke with LehighValleyLive.com and was asked about his dream opponent. He replied:


    "My dream is to be champion and I think that's my next goal. So whoever is champion is my dream opponent."


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    - TNA has confirmed that Tommy Dreamer will confront Dixie Carter in the ring on tonight's live Impact Wrestling.

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    - The next TNA One Night Only pay-per-view will be the Global Impact special that was taped in Japan. It premieres on July 4th. Below is a promo:


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    - TNA drew 1,000 fans on both nights for their Impact Wrestling tapings last week in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. TNA would like to return there in the future for more tapings but there is so much going on right now that nobody knows what the future is.


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    - It's said that most of the current TNA wrestlers aren't happy about the change back to six-sided rings. Some have complained to officials but were told that the company is trying to look different. Word is that the six-sided ring is here to stay and their feeling is that it helps TNA stand out.


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    - TNA Tag Team Champions The Wolves tweeted the following after their match against The Hardy Boys at last night's TNA Destination X tapings in New York City:


    Eddie Edwards: "An honor to step in the ring with @MATTHARDYBRAND and @JEFFHARDYBRAND , especially in NYC , tonight was something special.#THANKYOU"


    Davey Richards: "Unreal. Thank you @MATTHARDYBRAND & @JEFFHARDYBRAND thank you NYC. Thank you @IMPACTWRESTLING"


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    - Ethan Carter III was busted open by a trash can at last night's tapings in New York City. He had to go to a local hospital and get around 12 staples to close the wound.


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    - As seen on last night's episode of Impact Wrestling, MVP has been fired as Director of Wrestling Operations and the new authority figure is Kurt Angle. Angle already brought Booby Roode back from suspension. Dixie tweeted the following after the show:


    "GOODBYE @The305MVP! Finally I can have my company back! Time to celebrate! #IMPACTLive @SpikeTV"

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    - The TNA live event on June 29th in Lakewood, New Jersey drew 1,000 fans.


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    - It's worth noting that The Great Muta's Wrestle-1 promotion ran Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on June 27th and drew 750 fans. This is the same legendary arena that Wrestle-1 and TNA will be running Bound For Glory from.


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    - Regarding Sanada working with TNA, they are essentially getting him for free as Wrestle-1 sent him there and is paying him only his regular salary. We've noted before how the idea is that working for TNA and holding the X Division Title will make Sanada a bigger star in Japan.


    It was believed that Sanada was returning to Japan full-time before the year was over but there's been talk of signing him to a joint contract where he would work primarily for TNA but go back to Japan for big shows. This would mean that he has to be somewhat protected in TNA's storylines if he's going to remain a big star in Japan. The Great Muta sees Sanada as a future top guy of Wrestle-1.


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    - TNA is hyping a major announcement in London later this month. It's confirmed to be a new TNA TV series that will air in the British market.


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    - Former two-time TNA X Division Champion Petey Williams announced his retirement from pro wrestling last night on Twitter. Williams was signed by TNA in 2004 and stayed with them until late 2009, making a few appearances since then.


    Petey's last match will come against another former TNA star, Chris Sabin, at a XICW event in Clinton Township, MI on Saturday. Petey wrote on Twitter:


    "This Saturday at @XICWDetroit its my last wrestling match. Stop by if you are in the area."

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    - Former TNA star Cody Deaner has a new CD out with his band, The Deaner Dynasty Band. The description reads like this:


    "Only know Cody Deaner the WRESTLER? Well ... get to know Cody Deaner the ROCKSTAR too! This is a Rock 'n Roll album from start to finish. The CD features 9 tracks of melodic acoustic guitar, some heavy electric guitar choruses, and solid bad-ass drumming (provided by Cody himself) making this a must-have album for any Cody Deaner fan ... or any Rock n' Roll fan for that matter! The CD comes with a glossy cover and glossy liner notes with band member info, recording info and a never-released photo of Cody. The CD itself comes with a personal message and autograph from Cody himself."


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    - Several TNA stars worked the Wrestle-1 event in Japan yesterday. The Wolves retained the TNA Tag Team Titles over Minoru & Koji Kanemoto, Tajiri & Yusude Kodama defeated Rockstar Spud & Ethan Carter III and The Great Muta defeated Sanada in the main event.


    They apparently did an angle where Sanada teased he was leaving Wrestle-1, likely playing into upcoming storylines in TNA. During the tag match, Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo were on commentary and teased a match with The Wolves after a post-match altercation. These could be potential Bound For Glory angles.

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    - Matt Hardy's final date with Ring of Honor was this past saturday. Hardy had been booked on future dates but ROH officials weren't happy about him working TNA's recent New York City tapings. The competition between ROH and TNA continues as TNA has been calling up ROH talents without contracts and both are now pay-per-view promotions. ROH is on a strict budget from parent company Sinclair Broadcasting so a big talent bidding war is unlikely. TNA has been in hot pursuit of Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish, known as reDRagon. Their ROH contracts expired and TNA wants them to come in and work a feud with The Wolves.


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    - Bully Ray turns 43 years old today while Jeff Jarrett turns 48.

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    - Matt Hardy tweeted the following about TNA's tag team division after last night's show:


    "Take a look at @IMPACTWRESTLING's tag division. Hardy Boyz, Team 3D, The Wolves, Bromans, Magnus & Bram. Tag Team wrestling is alive at TNA!"


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    - AJ Styles appeared on Wrestling Observer Radio last week and noted that while working with New Japan Pro Wrestling, he's already made more in 2014 than he would have for all of 2014 on the deal that TNA offered him to stay.


    He added that he will come close to what he made with TNA in 2013. Style's previous TNA deal saw him bring in around $350,000 but the deal he turned down would have ended up at just over $200,000.


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    - TNA's last episode with Spike TV aired last night. They will return to TV on January 7th with Impact Wrestling airing on Destination America.


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    - In what could be a sign of bad ticket sales for the first Destination America tapings in New York City, they are now offering a 50% discount on tickets for all three tapings.