Here are the results for this weeks TNA Impact Wrestling.
1st Match
Gail Kim and Madison Rayne beat Eric Young and ODB.
2cnd Match
Rob Van Dam beat Gunner.
3rd Match
Devon and Garett Bischoff went to a No Contest for the TNA TV Title. A new tag team interfered but Devon and Garett cleared the ring together.
4th Match
Austin Aries beat Joey Ryan.
Bully Ray called out Joseph Park in the crowd. Ray attacked Park and beat him with a chain.
5th Match
Hulk Hogan makes Bobby Roode vs. AJ Styles in the main event. Roode wins and celebrates being the longest reigning TNA champion. Hogan crashes the party and introduces Sting. Sting attacks Roode and clears out the ring. Roode vs. Sting in a Lumberjack Match is announced for next week
According to several sources within WWE, the incident with Chris Jericho denigrating the Brazilian flag at WWE's 5/24 Sao Paulo live event, and his subsequent suspension, is completely legitimate and is said to be a major issue for WWE at the moment.
WZ has learned that Jericho was nearly arrested for the incident, and several within WWE feel the incident will irrevocably effect the company's relationship with the country of Brazil.
"This was not a case of Shawn Michaels sticking a Canadian flag up his nose," a source told WZ. "This is a different era, one in which you don't do things like this. You'd think WWE or Jericho would have learned from the mistake Dave "Fit" Finlay made."
We will continue to bring you the latest information on this story as it develops.
TNA has filed a lawsuit against WWE and former TNA and WWE employee Brian Wittenstein. The company filed the lawsuit yesterday in Nashville with charges of interference with existing contracts, conversion, breach of contract, civil conspiracy, unfair competition, and violation of the Tennessee Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Wittenstein is also being sued for breach of duty of loyalty.
The suit claims that Wittenstein, who worked for the company for three years from 2008 2011, gave WWE inside information on contracts and other details from his time working with the company and that WWE is trying to steal talent from the company via that information. Wittenstein was hired by WWE earlier this year but was let go in April, which TNA claims is after they were presented with the information. However, WWE did not inform TNA that they had been given that information for several weeks.
TNA claims that they were informed of the insider information on May 7th and that several days later, Ric Flair approached TNA trying to get out of his contract so he could go to WWE. The company says Flair hasn't appeared at events since. Alex Shelley, who is rumored to be heading to WWE, was not mentioned in the lawsuit.
An injunction has been issued demanding that WWE and Wittenstein return whatever confidential material Wittenstein obtained from TNA and were specifically instructed not to destroy any of the material. A hearing is set for next month.
WWE COO Triple H comes out to open the broadcast. He takes the opportunity to thank Florida's Full Sail University for becoming the new location for NXT to emanate from, then thanks the fans for coming to the show. Triple H says that NXT is the future of this business.
-WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes is introduced as the new General Manager of NXT, replacing William Regal.
-Bo Dallas defeated Rick Victor
-Conor O'Brian and Kenneth Cameron defeated CJ Parker and Mike Dalton
-Damien Sandow was scheduled to face Jason Jordan next, but cut a promo instead.
-In the main event, Tyson Kidd defeated Michael McGillicutty
HHH Gets Praise for NXT Last week's WWE NXT tapings at Full Sail University were said to have ran far
more smoothly than WWE's RAW and SmackDown tapings. These are Triple H's project and there was a lot of talk about how good he ran
things.
Update On Alex Shelley's Future According to The Wrestling Observer, while Alex Shelley has gotten phone calls from WWE, he has not agreed to a deal there. Shelley in leaving was looking at working in Japan and maybe for Dragon Gate USA until he got a phone call from WWE.
Top WWE Star's Move Banned Responding to a fan on Twitter, Randy Orton suggested that the his punt kick move is banned. When Orton replied to the fan's suggestion of using the punt kick on Chris Jericho again, Orton wrote, "the punt has been banned. 'Concussional' awareness."
Online Feud Between Jericho and Regal Continues - The war of words between Chris Jericho and William Regal has continued on Twitter. A fan asked Regal who would win in a technical match - he or Jericho. Regal replied:
"Someone would have to teach him a proper hold before he could enter."
Jericho responded:
"Is this the guy who used to be on Raw 5 years ago? Not sure I remember who you are..."
Regal once again ended the back and forth:
"You know,I'm the one who copied you and wore a 3 piece suit and talked intelligently and menacing."
Thrasher, one half of the former WWF and NWA tag team The Headbangers teased on his twitter page that he and his partner will be making an appearance for a one of the three major US wrestling promotions soon, writing:
"we will be on someones TV real soon can't say who but will it be WWE, ROH or TNA"
Jericho Explains Role Of Girl In Return Promos Posted by Andy Steven on 05/21/2012 at 11:59 AM
In an interview with the The UK Sun, Chris Jericho explained the little girl in his return promos.
They were looking too deep into it WAY too deep. It was just supposed to be a creepy thing. My idea was that it was the Mayan calendar in 2012 saying its the end of the world and I was going back and its the end of the world as you know it
The girl we just put in because she was creepy looking. There was never supposed to be a girl coming in with me there wasnt a change of plan. It was exactly what it was intended to be a cryptic little cool thing that led to me coming back and doing what I did.
John Cena's music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Cena says that he has had a lot of matches but win or lose he has come out on RAW and congratulated his opponent and moved on. But what the hell happened?? John Laurinaitis beat him. Cena says that JL has been a selfish power hungry bully. Last night he got a taste of his own medicine. It was great; it was everything that it was supposed to be. But then he ran away and Big Show brought him back. Everything was set for Cena to finish the job so JL would be terminated, but then Show knocked Cena out cold. Cena says he is glad that he humiliated JL because he deserved it and ten times more. What Cena is not glad about is the Big Show deciding to sell out after being fired last week. Cena says that no matter who the next GM was, even the computer, Big Show would have been hired back. But, because of the interference last night, Show has ensured that the People Power garbage continues. This is crap.
The People Power music hits and the gorgeous Eve Torres makes her way out to the ramp. Cena says that Laurinaitis got really hot but he still sucks. Eve introduces John Laurinaitis. He makes his way out onto the ramp on an electric scooter. Eve helps him up and he leans against a crutch. JL says that after the match last night he was rushed to the emergency room. He has several possible injuries. But it's okay because he proved last night that when he is in the ring he is a fierce competitor. But when he is outside of the ring he is a WWE executive. JL says that he wants the entire roster to know that they cannot lay a finger on him or he will be terminated. Enough about him, it is time to introduce the man that on Saturday he rehired with a generous bonus. It's the man that Cena will face at the next WWE PPV The Big Show.
The Big Show's music hits and he joins his co-conspirators on the entrance ramp. Show knows that Cena would like an explanation for his actions, but he doesn't deserve it. Show says that last week he was on his knees for JL begging for his job. No one loves the business more than Big Show. He was so upset that he actually found himself crying. Everyone saw the giant crying on worldwide television. Show says that he received no sympathy from anyone. He did what he had to do, what anyone would have done. He now has an iron clad contract and is proud of it. How dare anyone judge him? Show says that he will be judging Cena on June 17th, because there will be No Way Out. Show is going to knock him out.
David Otunga's music hits and he makes his way out onto the entrance ramp in his ring gear with a microphone. Otunga tells him that his boss beat Cena, so now he is going to beat him. Cena says that he is not in the mood so David should go into the back and watch reruns of Law and Order because if he gets in the ring Cena is going to hurt him. Otunga says so be it, and dedicates this match to John Laurinaitis.
****Commercial****
John Cena v. David Otunga
Cena charges at Otunga and the referee backs him off. Otunga slips out of the ring and a fired up Cena tries to follow after. Otunga slips back into the ring to frustrate Cena. Cena gets back in and Otunga heads out. Cena fakes getting out in order to catch up with Otunga. Both men are in the ring and Otunga connects with a couple of punches. Otunga poses for JL which allows Cena to get to his feet and hits a clothesline and shoulder block. Cena lifts Otunga up in the air for the AA and flashes You Can't See Me to JL. The move connects and Cena locks on the STF! This match is over.
Winner via STF: John Cena
After the match Cena continues to hold on the STF. Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks, Darren Young & Titus O'Neil hit the ring to attack Cena. Sheamus runs out from the back and bowls over Laurinaitis on his way to the ring. Sheamus and Cena clear the ring, throwing everyone else to the outside. JL gets on the mic and asks what his guys are doing because he did not give them permission to be out here. He sends them to the locker room. JL says that in the name of People Power, Sheamus & Cena will be teaming up in a two on three handicap match. Actually, for the first time on RAW they will be teaming up in a two on three handicap lumberjack match.
****Commercial****
Ricardo Rodriguez is introduced in the ring, but Santino's music hits. He comes down and says that he is sorry to be out here, but Ricardo's accent is ridiculous. He doesn't even know how to roll his "r's". They get into a back and forth exchanging rolled r's. Santino ends up knocking him out with the cobra. Santino tells them to hit Alberto Del Rio's music and does the introduction.
Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler announce that on July 23rd RAW is moving to 3 hours.
****Commercial****
Randy Orton v. Alberto Del Rio
They lock up and Rio backs him into the corner. He kicks Orton in the gut but quickly gets reversed. Orton hits a scoop slam and then tries to drop a knee. Rio moves out of the way and punches Orton in the shoulder. Rio tries an arm breaker but Orton counters and unloads on Rio with punches. Orton smiles as Rio falls onto the apron. He sets up for the suspended DDT, but Rio counters and pulls his head down across the top rope.
****Commercial****
Back from the break, Rio tries for a cover. Orton kicks out. Rio continues to work on the shoulder and stomps across it. Another cover, but Orton kicks out. Del Rio lock on an arm bar. Orton gets to his feet and punches his way free. Rio kicks him in the shoulder. Orton dodges a baseball slide as Rio flies out of the ring. He gets back into the ring back walks into a couple of punches and a snap scoop slam. Orton sets him up on the apron and connects with the suspended DDT. Orton drops to the mat and begins to pound.
Chris Jericho appears from behind and hits a Code Breaker on Orton! This match is over.
Winner via DQ: Randy Orton
Jericho stands over Orton in the middle of the ring and calls for a microphone. Jericho says that he is the best in the world at what he does. He repeats himself. He asks if Orton understands and repeats himself once again. Orton gets to his feet and walks right into a second Code Breaker. Jericho again screams to ask if Orton understands what he is saying. He again utters that he is the best in the world and looks to exit the ring. Jericho decides against it and reenters. He lifts Orton to his feet and hits a third Code Breaker! Orton is bleeding from his forehead.
# In the back, Daniel Bryan is shown getting ready to call out CM Punk.
****Commercial****
Daniel Bryan is in the ring and says that last night a great injustice was done. He throws footage of last night's PPV in which Punk was tapping to him. He should have become Champion. It's time for Q & A with Bryan. Did he make Punk tap out? Yes. Should he be WWE Champion? Yes Yes Yes. The only reason that he is not Champion is because of the gross incompetence of one WWE referee, so he demands a rematch.
Punk's music hits and he says that it was one of the greatest matches of his career, but the fact remains that he beat Bryan 1,2,3. Punk then shows footage of attacking Kane but making it look like it was Punk on Friday Night Smackdown. Kane went after Punk, softening him up for Bryan. Punk shakes his head and says that it was pretty clever. Punk says that it is now his pleasure to introduce Bryan's opponent for tonight.
Kane's pyro explodes and he makes way down to the ring. Punk joins in on commentary.
Kane v. Daniel Bryan
The referee rings the bell and Bryan tries to kick Kane. Kane pushes him down and pushes him into the corner. He punches away until the ref backs him off. Bryan is whipped into the corner and hit with a hard splash. Bryan dodges a second splash and connects with a dropkick. Bryan climbs to the top rope, but Kane catches him and tries for a chokeslam. Bryan scurries away and sends Kane to the outside of the ring. Bryan flies out after with a suicide dive. Punk grabs a chair and tries to hit Kane with a steel chair in the vein of Bryan's actions, but Bryan grabs the chair. Kane gets to his feet and sees Bryan with the chair. He grabs it from him and begins to wail on Bryan. This match is over.
Winner via DQ: Daniel Bryan
Kane rolls Bryan into the ring and follows after. He connects with a chokeslam! Kane lifts Bryan back to his feet and hits a second chokeslam.
Punk gets into the ring, claiming that he wants to check on Bryan and make sure he is okay. Punk locks on the Anaconda Vice! Bryan is furiously tapping.
****Commercial****
Christian v. Jinder Mahal
Jinder whips him into the ropes, but Christian gets behind him for a neckbreaker. Christian climbs to the second rope and hits a dropkick. Jinder is on the apron and tosses Christian out of the ring. He rolls him back inside and stomps on his chest. Jinder hits a hiptoss and goes for a cover. Christian kicks out. Back on his feet he springs out of the corner for a sunset flip. Mahal kicks out. Christian is whipped into the ropes but hits a shoulder block. Christian punches him in the face and heads back to the second rope. He hits a spinning European Uppercut and looks for the Killswitch. Mahal reverses and hits a big boot. Christian dodges a Camel Clutch and hits the Killswitch. He heads to the top rope and hits a frog splash! This match is over.
Winner via Frog Splash: Christian
****Commercial****
Beth Phoenix v. Kelly Kelly
Layla is watching the match from a monitor in the back. A highlight saw Phoenix nail Kelly in the back of the neck during her cartwheel towards the corner.
Winner via Glam Slam: Beth Phoenix
****Commercial****
2 on 3 Handicap Lumber Jack Match John Cena & Sheamus v. Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger & Tensai
Ziggler and Sheamus start things off. They lock up and Sheamus pulls him to the mat in a side headlock. Ziggler pushes him into the ropes and gets hit with a shoulder block. Ziggler gets back to his feet but gets tossed high up into the air for his efforts. Cover, but Ziggler kicks out. Cena gets the tag, as does Swagger. Jack takes Cena down and then takes a moment to gloat. Cena gets back to his feet and hits a hard shoulder block. Tensai gets the tag.
He elbows Cena in the face and then backs him into the corner with shoulder thrusts. Swagger is tagged in and pushes Cena into another corner for a shoulder thrust of his own. Swagger tries for the second rope splash but completely whiffs. Sheamus gets the tag and bowls over Jack. He pushes him into the corner and knees him hard in the chest. Sheamus hits a scoop slam and tries for the cover. Ziggler is tossed to the outside of the ring. The Lumberjacks don't touch him and Tensai has gained the tag. Sheamus is tossed out of the ring and the lumberjacks try to attack. Sheamus fights them off and makes his way back into the ring. Tensai takes control and drags him to the corner and hits a headbutt. Swagger gets the tag and stomps on Sheamus.
****Commercial****
Tensai gets the tag and whips Sheamus into the corner. He headbutts him down to the mat and the referee makes him back away. Swagger gets the tag, but Sheamus punches him in the head. Swagger regains control and tags in Ziggler. He connects with a leg drop and goes for the tag, but Sheamus kicks out. Ziggler locks up Sheamus' ankle and tags in Swagger. Big Show walks out onto the entrance ramp.
Swagger holds Sheamus down on the mat and then chokes him on the second rope. Ziggler gets in a kick to the head as Swagger distracts the referee. Tensai gets the tag and kicks Sheamus in the gut. Sheamus begins to fight back and Tensai is bleeding from the forehead. Tensai hits a scoop slam and goes for the cover.
Ziggler gets the tag and unloads on Sheamus. Swagger gets the tag and continues the attack in the corner. Sheamus tries to fight back and hits Swagger with a rolling senton! The crowd is hot as Cena runs into the ring at the newly tagged in Ziggler. He hits a huge side slam and signals for the 5 Knuckle Shuffle. Cena abandons the move as he notices the Lumberjacks have pulled Sheamus off the apron. The fight spills back into the ring as Cena and Sheamus are largely outnumbered.
The cavalry arrives to make the save. Nearly the entire locker room has hit the ring. Cena heads to the back to look for The Big Show. Cena is shown in the back and approaches Laurinaitis. He asks where Big Show is. JL reminds him that he can't touch him or he is fired. Cena turns his head and walks right into a Knock Out Punch.
According to PWinsider.com sources close to Flair and TNA have confirmed that the two sides are at a major impasse as there is a ton of heat on Flair for conduct outside the ring. It was described to me by one TNA source as, "being at the point it's not worth keeping Flair around."
There have been a number of incidents involving Flair at local establishments and bars in Orlando since coming to the company. At one point, sources indicate Flair was banned from drinking at the Hard Rock Cafe in Citiwalk due to an incident with him "acting inappropriate", according to one source, leading to venue management banishing him. There are also stories aplenty within the company of Flair not being able to cover bar tabs and company management getting a call from the hotel and/or bar seeking payment. Most recently something similar went down at the hotel TNA utilizes for their wrestlers and staff, which the company has had a great relationship with for years, that was the final tipping point. At that point, Flair was pulled from several Louisiana house shows and the final TV Tapings before Impact Wrestling goes live on 5/31.
A similar issue led to Flair's meltdown last year on the European tour, where TNA's Craig Jenkins, after several days of fronting Flair money to cover a bar tab, refused to do so again. This led to Flair screaming at Jenkins in front of the entire crew and refusing to get on the TNA tour bus to head to the next date. Flair was left behind, missed a show and then returned to the tour the next day, apologizing to the locker room when he arrived. Publicly, Flair blamed the matter on the company not giving him "advances" like he would get when touring for WWE, citing that he was "used" to that treatment. Those comments upset people within the company because of the perception that the company "wasn't taking care of talents."
There have been a number of forces within TNA that have been against having him as a regular since he came into the company, noting that while he carries a high price tag, he hasn't translated into drawing money or ratings for the company - and now, his work in the ring isn't "Ric Flair level" anymore, but "Ric Flair level behavior" remains. There are also some in the company that feel that Flair and WWE put them in a "no win situation" when Flair was announced for the WWE Hall of Fame, noting that the company had no choice but to allow him to go in, or else they would look like they were denying Flair and the fans. To be fair, Flair didn't know in advance he was getting inducted but he publicly told fans he would be there "on stage" before a deal was signed that would allow him to appear at Wrestlemania and the Hall of Fame.
Spike TV sources also note that there have also been a number of requests from the network end to keep Flair dressed and not have him "near nude" (i.e., in his wrestling gear) and bleeding at his age on TV. Flair debuted for TNA on 1/4/10, the first episode of the Hulk Hogan/Eric Bischoff regime. He was made the mentor to AJ Styles and manager of Fortune with the idea of creating a modern day Four Horsemen style group. That led to Flair being part of Immortal and until the Gutcheck Judging role, he had most recently been managing Gunner and running with Eric Bischoff in their feud designed to get Garett Bischoff over.
Since departing WWE, there have been a number of issues with Flair. He signed for a number of appearances with Ring of Honor, then pulled out of them, citing his relationship with WWE (although it was more likely that he realized they weren't going to use Reid Flair following a drug arrest). When Flair didn't pay back an advance given to him, ROH filed a lawsuit against him. Flair also landed in court over money lent to him by Highspots.com and at one point, there was an order of arrest out for him if Flair did not pay the agreed settlement by a certain date. That order was issued because Flair had missed several agreed dates for payment of the settlement. The money was eventually paid and the NWA World title belt, which Highspots.com was holding as collateral, was seen displayed at WWE AXXESS this year, potentially pointing to WWE as having paid the debt and acquiring the title for their own archive.
There was word making rounds over the weekend that Flair was done with TNA, but we have not been able to confirm that. When contacted today, TNA declined comment on the Flair matter, citing that he was still officially on their roster.
PWTorch readers have pointed out that included in World Wrestling Entertainment's new "Revolution" web video released Monday is a close-up shot of who appears to be current TNA Wrestling Superstar Matt Morgan. As reported earlier this month, Morgan has near "free agent" status due to TNA using up his contracted dates. Assuming it is Matt Morgan in the video, WWE is able to loosely reference a non-contracted talent since they own footage from his career, similar to WWE teasing Sting potentially joining the company in the 2-21-11 videos last year when he was in-between TNA contracts.
TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim has officially broken the record for single longest Knockouts Championship reign. Marking 190 days as champion today, Gail surpasses Madison Raynes 188 day reign to take the crown for single longest title reign.
Kim returned to TNA after three years in WWE last October, quickly winning the Knockouts Title in her very first pay per view match at Novembers Turning Point pay per view, and the rest, as they say, is history.
*Rumor* Alex Shelley/TNA Update Today, 01:45 AM Posted by ILWyep in Latest TNA Wrestling News & Rumors According to The Wrestling Observer, Alex Shelley will be leaving TNA when his contract expires, which is imminently. It was his decision not to renew.
*Rumor* Former Tag Team Champion Reportedly Done With TNA
According to WrestleZone.com, Alex Shelley is done with TNA Wrestling. Apparently WWE will fill extra TV time with, among other things, a Cruiserweight division and/or tag teams, and are looking for smaller wrestlers by way of stocking either, or both. While it has not been confirmed, Shelley will likely go to WWE. There has also been talk of WWE running a Cruiserweight show on the new Network, which could also be a possibility for Shelley.
- According to The Wrestling Observer, TNA officials are interested in acquiring former WWE Superstars John Morrison and Melina, as their names have come up in recent creative meetings. Bruce Prichard, Senior Vice President of Programming and Talent Relations, is said to be a big proponent of the couple joining the organization.
Ik ben Boon Kenneth, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam Sting.
Ik ben een man en woon in Dworp (Belgie) en mijn beroep is .
Ik ben geboren op 05/06/1989 en ben nu dus 34 jaar jong.
Mijn hobby's zijn: Worstelen en films.
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Eric Young vs Gunner
