The Superstars of IMPACT WRESTLING will descend on Dallas Fort Worth Sunday, June 15 for an epic summer showdown at  TNA Slammiversary XII live from the College Park Center at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Slammiversary XII travel packages will be available March 21 at ShopTNA.

Tickets to Slammiversary XII go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. CT, and will be available at utatickets.com, by phone at 817-272-9595, and at the College Park Center Box Office.

Tune in to IMPACT WRESTLING every Thursday night at 9/8c on Spike TV, and follow us on Twitter@IMPACTWRESTLING for Slammiversary XII news and updates.

TNA has released the PPV poster for the event featuring MVP, Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Bobby Roode and Magnus.

Spanish language site Primera Cuerda is reporting that Former TNA Knockout Sarita, real name Sarah Stock had a week-long tryout at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando back in December of 2013.

Since parting ways with TNA back in January 2013 Stock has been wrestling in Mexico and Japan. Earlier this month, Stock was seen attending a WWE RAW event in Chicago with another former TNA Knockout, Tara.

TNA Star Samoa Joe was recently interviewed by the UK’s Mirror newspaper. In the interview Joe speaks on the state of TNA, internet speculation, being back in the main event and more. Below is a quick recap.

On rumors of troubles within TNA:

“I honestly think it’s being blown out of a proportion … I think I’m beyond just sitting here and knocking people for what they do, but I mean, I see the company doing well.

“I think it’s growing … I would love the company to build, and tear up those preconceptions so we can be seen in a better light … You can sit here, speculate all you want, or you can get something done and make a difference.”

On being back in the main event picture:

“I mean, the recognition, getting recognised for what you can do in the ring, is definitely awesome. But I mean, as far as being an accomplishment – I’ve been ready, whenever they need me to step into this position. I’m just obviously looking forward to continuing to pushing on.”

On the recent changes in TNA:

“Different in the sense that a young talent are getting more of a chance now. That’s not just to do with AJ, but there’s a lot of things within TNA that have changed.”

According to WrestleZone (via The Wrestling Observer) Former TNA Star AJ Styles has inked a one year deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Both styles and the company have agreed to keep quiet on the deal, before making an official announcement.

Styles left TNA in 2013 when his contract expired. Ultimately TNA and AJ could not come to terms on a new contract, leading to his TNA departure.

Brady Hicks’ of IN THE ROOM interviewed former TNA agent D’Lo Brown. In the interview D’Lo speaks on the failed TNA vs WWE Monday Night wars that took place back in 2010.

On TNA Trying to Compete with WWE:

“When [Hulk] Hogan and [Eric] Bischoff came in, there was also that sense of feeling that we could do something. And it just never really materialized like I envisioned it would … There was a sense of momentum, it was an excitement, it was a euphoria that was running through the locker room. We’re going to go live, we’re moving from Thursday, we’re going to jump on Monday, and we’re going to attack the bear. And by us jumping back to Thursday about a month later that let everyone know that the bear kicked our ass. That was very, very deflating.”

Hicks also speaks to D’Lo about his time in TNA, The Attitude era, Nation of Domination faction and much more.

Former TNA Knockout Lei’d Tapa is denying she was fired from TNA due to a lack of willingness to learn. A rumor was going around that Tapa was let go due to her lack of skill, as well as being refereed to as a “ticking time bomb.”

Tapa responded on Twitter saying that the rumor was false, though her departure was indeed TNA’s decision. Tapa returned to one of OVW’s wrestling classes today, to perfect her craft.

OVW has confirmed that former TNA Knockout Lei’D Tapa will be returning to the promotion on a more regular basis. Tapa spent a number of months in OVW as part of the short-lived developmental facility for TNA. She has since appeared for the promotion less sporadically since entering the main TNA Knockouts Roster.

As we reported earlier, Tapa and TNA parted ways. Tapa had her final match against TNA star Gail Kim on this past week’s Impact Wrestling broadcast.