The Wrestling Observer is reporting that as far as Sting's TNA future is concerned, he is advertised to face Ethan Carter III at the TNA live event in Huntsville, Alabama on January 16th, which would be after his current TNA contract expires.
It's being said that Sting may simply be working a few additional dates with the company to allow them time to properly write him out of the storylines. At the same time, there is a decent possibility that he will sign on for another year with the company under a special agreement that has him working a limited schedule again. The impression within TNA is that Sting will remain in the company due to the fact that they are booking their future with him in the mix.
Regarding AJ Styles leaving TNA, it is not part of the storyline that they began a few months ago. Things could change between now and December 16th but Styles is indeed leaving TNA if they don't.
Styles is currently taking independent bookings and word is that he's asking between $3,000 and $4,000 per appearance. It was noted that Styles' scheduled Q&A tour of the UK was pushed back due to a Diamond Dallas Page tour taking place around the same time but another reason for the delay is that TNA's lawyers sent legal letters to the promoters to make sure they weren't infringing on anything TNA owns rights to.
The main problem between TNA and AJ is money. TNA simply would not give him what he wanted. Now there's a feeling within TNA, with so many contracts coming up in the next year, that a lot of guys are going to end up singing deals for less than they were previously making just to keep their jobs. The feeling is if TNA wouldn't give AJ Styles more money, then they probably won't be giving any one else more money.
- Big E Langston was asked about the best advice he has received during an interview with Sports Illustrated's Extra Mustard.
"From John Cena, I learned about the importance of timing and the moment," Big E said. "There are things you can let get away from you, and things might happen out of nowhere, but it's all about owning the moment. When you're out there in front of the crowd, it's about taking that chance or doing something special so you go from just being a guy to being someone important."
- Regarding Sin Cara's contract with WWE, it reportedly expires in January but WWE has the option to renew it if they want. As noted, Cara may be done with WWE after Hunico worked under the mask on Monday's RAW.
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As reported in last night's spoilers, Former AAA Cruiserweight Champion Xtreme Tiger Wrestled Zema Ion in a losing effort for a taped edition of TNA Xplosion. While it's very early to assume, all indications are that he has potentially signed with TNA.
Tiger, who wrestled under the name Ultimate Tiger at last night's TNA tapings, departed AAA at the end of October of 2012 and has wrestled sporadic independent dates throughout Mexico. Tiger has also wrestled extensively in Japan and is known to work pretty well against non-lucha style wrestlers.
Immediately after the tapings, the LuchaPop Twitter Account posted this picture of Tiger posing for the Cameras, likely taken before the tapings started. The picture and news has been steadily spreading across some of the more common Mexican press that covers Lucha Libre and North American pro wrestling. Xtreme Tiger is still being advertised for a number of dates in December throughout Mexico.
UPDATE: Puerto Rican Wrestling promotion World Wrestling League has tweeted that Extreme Tiger has indeed signed with TNA. They wrote a congratulatory message on their official twitter page moments ago. Pharaphrased message is as follows:
"Extreme Tiger is now the latest contracted talent to TNA. Congratulations, We are delighted to have had you at our events. http://fb.me/35YlSlxT2"
Speculation is that WWE did the face-off between World Heavyweight Champion John Cena and WWE Champion Randy Orton at the end of last night's Survivor Series pay-per-view to build to a WrestleMania XXX match between the two.
This is not confirmed yet but Cena vs. Orton is not expected to take place at TLC or the Royal Rumble.
It was reported via F4Wonline.com last month that Cena and Orton were expected to remain champions at least through Elimination Chamber and would be portrayed as equals. Furthermore, PWInsider reported last month that there had been at least some talk within WWE of doing a WWE Title vs. World Heavyweight Title match at WrestleMania XXX.
- There was an incident at the end of tonight's Diva Elimination Match at Survivor Series. Towards the end, the announcers kept referring to Natalya being the only member of her team left while Nikki Bella was down outside the ring, still in the match. Natalya put AJ Lee in the Sharpshooter for the win and was announced as the sole survivor. The announcers on commentary and Lilian Garcia continued to refer to Natalya as the only winner even as Nikki came back in the ring to celebrate. About an hour later on the pay-per-view, Michael Cole acknowledged the mistake and announces Nikki and Natalya as the winners.
WWE Makes Numerous TNA References During Last Night's RAW Broadcasts
As seen on last night's WWE RAW broadcast from Nashville, Former TNA Wrestler Consequences Creed made his debut into the main WWE roster. Creed who now goes by the name Xavier Woods in the WWE was introduced by his former TNA tag team partner Ron Killings. Ironically, Killings introduced Creed as his new tag team partner in TNA in the same exact manner back in 2008 when Adam Pacman Jones was forced to withdraw from TNA over legal issues stemming from his NFL contract.
Woods won the match using Gail Kim's 'Eat Defeat' finisher.
To add to the TNA references during RAW, WWE commentator JBL made numerous references of TNA founder Jeff Jarrett during a match featuring Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler did Jarrett's strut and then struck Damien Sandow with a guitar.
As seen on last night's WWE RAW broadcast from Nashville, Former TNA Wrestler Consequences Creed made his debut into the main WWE roster. Creed who now goes by the name Xavier Woods in the WWE was introduced by his former TNA tag team partner Ron Killings. Ironically, Killings introduced Creed as his new tag team partner in TNA in the same exact manner back in 2008 when Adam Pacman Jones was forced to withdraw from TNA over legal issues stemming from his NFL contract.
Woods won the match using Gail Kim's 'Eat Defeat' finisher.
To add to the TNA references during RAW, WWE commentator JBL made numerous references of TNA founder Jeff Jarrett during a match featuring Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler did Jarrett's strut and then struck Damien Sandow with a guitar.
Former ROH and NXT star, Chris Hero was recently interviewed by Busted Open Radio about his future plans in the world of pro wrestling. He also spoke about the possibility of coming to TNA. He said
"At this point, I am looking at all my options. I would never say no to something based on reputation. I am booked up for the rest of the year pretty much and I am keeping next year open as far as international dates and I want to maximize my opportunities and be able to hit up Europe for a couple weeks and I definitely want to go back to Japan. Im trying to get that figured out.
If there was an interest with TNA, it is an offer that I would definitely entertain but I just want to strike while the iron is hot and set the best landscape for my career and where I go because I know everyone is happy to see me and its cool: 'Hey, Chris Hero is back' but I do realize that its not going to last forever so I am going to have to continue to evolve and bring something different to the table. It will be interesting to see on how this plays out with all of the different companies that I am working for in the next couple months."
Former TNA Star Devon joined Monday Night Mayhem recently and spoke candidly about his departure from TNA and why he will never return to the company again. Below is a quick recap.
On his first TNA departure and his return:
Actually no, some people thought it was a work. They thought we were working them. We actually were not. my contract expired August 29th. That year, last year to be exact. I actually walked away. My opinion and the opinion of many others was that the offer they made me was extremely insulting and I was not going to stand for it. The Thursday before Bound For Glory, I got a phone call with a different offer. It was one that I was definitely OK with. They wanted to talk immediately after the television show. All of that went down literally within hours. About 72 hours from Bound For Glory.
Only about 5 people knew. DOC and Knux literally didn't know. I came in about halfway through the pay per view. They only knew when we were ready to go out and do the run in.
On what led to his departure:
They wanted me to sign for 3 [years] and i just said 'nope' because I felt that the relationship between TNA and I was heading south and they looked at things a lot different than I did. I didn't see the direction of the company going in the way i thought it was going to go so i said, Let's just do one year.
I was a little annoyed at certain things that happened during the split with bubba. They had me sitting at home while they built his singles career. I had to fight for a lot of things. I never really got my just due. There are those that say well, I had the television title but look now. When you go on the air and say I'm going to defend the television title every week on Impact and you do it for the first couple of months and then all of a sudden you don't do it any more.
It's not my fault and it's not the General Manager, Hulk Hogan's fault because he's not calling the shots. It's the guys behind the scenes. We had to take a back seat because of the Bound For Glory qualifiers.
On his recent departure:
Once again, same thing, we started this year good and then they just started ripping things from underneath me and a lot of other guys. I made my opinions known. I love Bubba to death. I'm happy for all his success and all but i think TNA didn't do the right thing by me during the split. There were a whole lot of empty promises that were made that they never came through on.
EXCLUSIVE: More On The New Impact Wrestling Zone In Orlando
The current Impact Wrestling Zone in Soundstage 19 held approximately 680 fans last night. The area was said to have been a work in progress with some areas not used and stage equipment visible. There were a number of fans that had to be turned away at the gate after being told to wait in a holding area pending the VIP fans get in first.
It is believed that once some of the other props and equipment is finalized, the number of fans that can be held will increase slightly. The area holding the hard camera was not used at all.
There are some in TNA that still have hopes that Universal will either vacate soundstage 21 or another, larger soundstage so TNA can eventually move into a larger venue for tapings.
Forum member Jim Uni posted a panoramic picture of last night's set
Independent Wrestler Candice LeRae, who wrestled Gail Kim during Kim's open challenge last night, took to her twitter page to thank fans for all of the love and appreciation they gave her for her appearance on Impact. She wrote:
Absolutely overwhelmed with the feedback from #TNA tonight! Thank you!!! I love you all! I'll keep improving and fighting for you all! Xoxo
Backstage News on Why WWE Is Pushing Big Show Posted by Steve Carrier on 11/08/2013 at 09:26 AM Big Show is main eventing WWE's Survivor Series pay-per-view with Randy Orton because there's a renewed effort within WWE to put larger or bigger wrestlers in the spotlight. This is the reason for Show being pushed and why we've seen more of Luke Harper and The Great Khali lately.
There's a feeling that Daniel Bryan was on top for a few months and WWE's pay-per-view buyrates have been down during that period. The feeling among upper management is that Bryan isn't a larger than life wrestler and that's what fans want. They feel a guy like Bryan should be on the mid-card having great matches.
WWE releases a top NXT star Posted by Aaron Rift on 11/09/2013 at 12:58 AM
According to PWInsider.com, WWE has released Chris Spradlin from his developmental deal this week. He was known as Kassius Ohno on NXT and Chris Hero before joining WWE.
Hes already been announced to face Hurricane Helms on November 16th for Pro Wrestling Syndicate in Rahway, NJ.
- "Director of Operations" Kane had his first day on the job at Friday's WWE live event in Brussels. He came out wearing a suit and interfered in the Big Show vs. Randy Orton match, allowing Orton to get the win. After the match, Kane shook Orton's hand and called out The Shield to give Big Show a beatdown. Show ended up making a comeback and challenging Kane to come in the ring. Kane ended up leaving without a fight. He later tweeted:
According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Jeff Jarrett is responsible for making the deals with outside promotions for AJ Styles to defend the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Jarrett is also now working as the agent for most of TNA's big matches, such as the recent Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode match on Impact
AJ Styles Rumor Roundup: WWE Made Lowball Offer, Quietly ReSigns Or All Just A Work?
The Wrestling Observer is reporting that AJ Styles did get the opportunity to jump to WWE but for a very low price . WWE reportedly did make an offer a few weeks ago, but for about 20% of what he currently makes in TNA.
Meanwhile PWInsider is reporting that there is speculation that he and TNA have quietly signed a new long-term deal. Styles had initially signed an extension through December.
Last but not least, there is deep speculation that all of the TNA/AJ Styles contract rumors was just a work in order to spur interest in the recent storyline between TNA, Dixie Carter and AJ Styles.
Independent Wrestler Santana Garrett Alludes To Good News
Independent wrestler Santana Garrett tweeted that she received some good news today but was not able to elaborate on it.
Santana was one of the three women who received a tryout at TNA's developmental territory OVW. She faced former TNA developmental talent Taeler Hendrix in a losing effort.
Santana did not only receive a TNA tryout, but in September got a WWE tryout in their developmental territory NXT, losing to Ric Flair's daughter Charlotte.
If the name seems familiar, Santana has appeared for TNA on two different occasions. The first being in March of 2010 as the valet of the re-debuting Orlando Jordan where he debut a new look and started the bisexual angle. After training Santana returned to TNA at the Knockouts Knockdown on March 17, 2013, where she competed as a villain in a losing effort against Brooke Tessmacher.
Other women who recently received TNA Tryouts include Candice LaRae (twice), Veda Scott, and Marti Belle. I can confirm that Christy Hemme was looking into ROH and former OVW star Scarlett, but I don't know if she ever did get the tryout.
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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EXCLUSIVE: More On The New Impact Wrestling Zone In Orlando 
Independent wrestler Santana Garrett tweeted that she received some good news today but was not able to elaborate on it.
