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-Jeremy Borash has posted the following on his twitter of rumors of Elijah Burke joining TNA Wrestling:

*‘Elijah Burke’ will not be in TNA

Also announced on his Twitter that an TNA KnockOut has posed for Hugh Hefner’s magazine, Playboy.

*A TNA Knockout has posed for Playboy.

There has been two rumors floating around the net of certain Knockouts in question that is posing for Playboy. The two in question are So Cal Val or Traci Brooks.

*AJ Styles is out of action for the time being with a staph infection in his leg.

WWEDaily Reader Arturo wrote:

ECW Original The Sandman will fight against La Park for the X-LAW Title scheduled for Saturday August 8 at The Arena Lopez Mateos, in Tlalnepantla, Estado de Mexico. For more information go here.

Webmatch: Sabin/Shelley vs. Lethal/Creed

PREVIEW FOR THURSDAY’S HUGE 200th EPISODE OF “iMPACT!” - THE EVENT SO BIG IT SHOULD BE ON PAY-PER-VIEW!

On Thursday night, TNA Wrestling returns to SpikeTV at 9/8c for two hours of Total Nonstop Action with the huge 200th episode of “iMPACT!”. To celebrate the occasion, TNA Wrestling is presenting the biggest event in “iMPACT!” history, featuring all of your favorite superstars!

- There will be a “War Of Champions” with two World Titles on the line

- Plus, what does “The God Of Thunder” Bobby Lashley have planned for The Main Event Mafia? Lashley will appear on Thursday’s huge broadcast!

- The event will also feature the in-ring return of Hernandez, who will face “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe!

- What’s next for Taz in Total Nonstop Action? Tune in and find out!

- In the first match match in a “Best Of 3″ series, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan will face “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles!
- In Knockouts action, it will be The Beautiful People taking on Tara, Awesome Kong and ODB
- Plus, for the New Japan IWGP Tag Team Titles, it will be Team 3D defending against The British Invasion in a Tables Match

All this and much more on Thursday’s huge 200th episode of TNA “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV starting at 9/8c!

The following is posted on Taz’s Facebook:

I would like to thank my NEW home, TNA Wrestling! I had a ball in my past several days at our PPV and Impact shoots! What an AWESOME backstage morel and a straight up impressive mix of TOP tier Vets and tremendously talented young guys & gals that are just fun to watch apply there trade!! Now I will talk about a few issues…

Taz
FTW

The lineups for this week’s TNA house shows are:

Tonight, July 23rd in Bossier City, Louisiana:
*AJ Styles vs. TNA Tag Team champion Scott Steiner
*Samoa Joe vs. Abyss
*Beer Money vs. The British Invasion
*TNA X-Division champ Homicide vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir
*Appearances by Awesome Kong, Rhino, Taylor Wilde & Kip James

Friday July 24th in Monroe, Louisiana:
*AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe
*Beer Money vs. The British Invasion
*TNA Tag Team champ Scott Steiner vs. Abyss
*Awesome Kong vs. Taylor Wilde
*Appearances by Rhino, Homicide, Kip James & Sheik Abdul Bashir

Saturday July 25th in Southaven, Mississippi:
*TNA champion Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles
*Beer Money vs. The British Invasion
*Abyss vs. Rhino vs. Samoa Joe in a Monster’s Ball Match
*Appearances by Scott Steiner, Awesome Kong, Homicide, Taylor Wilde, Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kip James

-Taz was working as an agent at this week’s TNA TV tapings.

Source:PWInisder

HERMIE’S HOTSEAT: THE LATEST BROADCAST FEATURING ABYSS

TNA Wrestling personality and NASCAR star Hermie Sadler interviews your favorite wrestling superstars on “Hermie’s Hotseat”

PREVIEW FOR TONIGHT’S “iMPACT!” - TAZ MAKES HIS “IMPACT!” DEBUT, THE MAIN EVENT MAFIA DOMINATE AND MORE!

Tonight, TNA Wrestling returns to SpikeTV with a huge broadcast featuring two hours of Total Nonstop Action starting at 9/8c on SpikeTV!

Witness the aftermath of the “Victory Road” Pay-Per-View on Thursday! The below is a preview of what will take place:

- The broadcast will feature the TNA Wrestling “iMPACT!” debut of the newest addition to the roster - TAZ! Thursday’s “iMPACT!” will kick off with Taz and Samoa Joe speaking out to the wrestling world. What will Taz have to say about what went down at Victory Road? What does the potential alliance of Taz, Joe and the Main Event Mafia mean for TNA Wrestling? Tune in and find out!

- Speaking of the Main Event Mafia, still TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle will address his win at Victory Road over Mick Foley, as well as the total dominance of The Main Event Mafia as they now hold the World, Tag Team and Legends championships.

- In fact, the Main Event Mafia have informed TNA Officials that new TNA World Tag Team Champions Scott Steiner and Booker T, as well as Legends Champion Kevin Nash, will all defend their titles on “iMPACT!”. Who will take on the Mafia members with the gold on the line? Find out Thursday night.

- In addition, “iMPACT!” will feature news on the recent signing of Bobby Lashley, who is coming to TNA Wrestling! How will the face of TNA change when Lashley arrives?

All this and much more this Thursday on SpikeTV as the road to the August 16 “Hard Justice” Pay-Per-View begins!

SEE PHOTOS OF BOBBY LASHLEY ON TNA’S IMAPCT BEFORE TONIGHTS AIRING

The following are TNA’s iMPACT Results SPOILERS for August 6th.

*Hernandez defeated Doug Williams

*Both the TNA World Title & TNA Legends Title are on the line: Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs. Mick Foley & Bobby Lashley. Lashley’s music hits, he’s nowhere to be found, same for when Foley’s music hits. Then the second time Foley’s music is played he comes out barely able to walk. He took on both Nash & Angle on his own. Angle had Foley locked into his leglock submission when the lights went out..and Sting’s music hit…Sting appeared at the top of the bleachers in the crowd..pointing his bat at Angle in the ring. The lights went back out & when they turned back on, Lashley was in the ring with his head bandaged and attacked Angle & NASH..he gave Nash a running shoulder block & Foley got the pin on Nash to become the new TNA Legends Champion.
Winners: Foley & Lashley

*Xplosion Match: Rhino defeated The Outlaw Jethro Holiday by DQ.

*4way Knockouts Match: Angelina Love vs. Tara vs. ODB vs. Awesome Kong. Tara rolled up Kong for the win.

*The Main Event Mafia come out to kick off the Aug 13th edition of iMPACT! Kurt Angle addresses the situation about Mick Foley allegedly winning the TNA Legends Title last week. Angle says he struck a deal and the World Elite come out to the ring. Angle says its an honor to being business with them. Eric Young says this union will take over TNA side by side with Kurt Angle. He says they’ll do whatever it takes. Young says its not just TNA but an entire nation, let the cleansing begin.

*Eric Young remains in the ring with Bashir & Kiyoshi for his match.

*Daniels w/ The MotorCity Machine Guns vs. Eric Young. The Guns hung around ringside reading magazines & videogame instruction booklets with their backs mostly to the ring, completely uninterested in the match. Young wins with a piledriver following interference from Bashir & Kiyoshi, the Guns were completely unaware.

*8 Man Tag Match: Big Rob & Doug Williams w/Brutus Magnus and Scott Steiner & Booker T w/Sharmell defeated Team 3D & Beer Money when Big Rob pinned Roode. This eventually wound up into an all out brawl that included all eight men, Kiyoshi, Eric Young, Bashir, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Daniels, Kevin Nash, Kurt Angle, Traci Brooks, Sting, Bobby Lashley, Mick Foley & the Bugsy McGraw security team. It was near riot conditions with the them brawling all over the place into the stands. The crowd was super hot for it all. Once the smoke cleared, it was Daniels & the Guns who stood tall, the Guns even held up the TNA Tag Titles…they leave ringside. All of a sudden Daniels & EY came battling back towards the ring along with the Guns, Kiyoshi & Bashir all brawling throughout the iMPACT Zone..on the monitors it could be seen that others were brawling backstage as well. The segment was well over 15 minutes long..it even had Chris Sabin throwing his shoes up the ramp at the World Elite. Daniels put the World Elite on notice that they were coming for them.

*Christy Hemme returned and defeated SoJo Bolt with the FFG.

*Contract Signing for the TNA Legends Title Match between Kevin Nash & Mick Foley, they both signed & gave their final thoughts on another & the match.

*3rd Match in the series to determine the 3rd participant for the Hard Justice Main Event: AJ Styles w/Sting vs. Matt Morgan w/Kurt Angle. Morgan wins following a real good solid match between the two. The Mafia comes down to celebrate while Sting helps AJ to the back. Angle takes the mic & congratulates Morgan on his win. Angle says Mafia recruited him, Morgan corrects him that he sold himself to them..Angle says one last favor and he’s in the Mafia..Morgan is confused and doesn’t understand how Angle is asking for him to help retaining the title. Morgan says no one demands anything from him and he’s not passing up the opportunity to become the TNA World Champion. He says he’s walking into Hard Justice as the Blueprint, but walking out the new World Heavyweight champion.

Source::PWInisder

-Gossip website TMZ reports that Hulk Hogan and ex-wife Linda divorce could end as soon as the beginning of next week.

-TNA KnockOut Jenna Morasca has posted on her Myspace that her boyfriend Ethan is in this weeks People Magazine on his Battle with cancer.

-Former WWE star Elijah Burke has got an great story to an successful ending. Burke runs into an huge fan that one day to meet Burke. Here he meets his dream in an local department store. You can read the heart full story on Burke’s Myspace.

-PWinisder reports A quick update and correction on Jeff Jarrett. The final decision on Jarrett taking “personal time off” was made by TNA President Dixie Carter. There is no timetable for a Jarrett return. The company stance is still that Jeff is taking a personal hiatus.

Ken Anderson has posted the following video on his Facebook.

-New signee Taz has posted his recent thoughts on signing with TNA Wrestling on hos Twitter:http://twitter.com/OfficialTaz

I am having nothing but FUN with TNA! Great talented lockeroom & backstage peeps very cool also! Its ALL good baby!

-TNA star/MMA fighter Bobby Lashley has launched a network of official sites at www.lashleynetwork.com.

-Shawn Michaels turned 44 today.

TNA Wrestling has posted the following interviews of Kevin Nash and Mick Foley following their respective matches at TNA’s Victory road par-per-view this past Sunday.

IGN.com has an interview with TNA knockOut Velvet Sky. Few snippets:

IGN TV: What kind of girl were you growing up? Were you at all the kind of mean cheerleader type like the character you play?

Velvet Sky: Well, I was a cheerleader, but I wasn’t the mean cheerleader. I was the “anti-mean” cheerleader. I was kind of like an athletic Tomboy growing up. I started playing sports at the age of 7. I started with softball and took community softball when I was 7 years old. I did cheerleading and softball in middle school. And then in high school I did cheerleading, softball and cross country and track. And I was once named athlete of the month.

IGN: Wow. So what was your first attraction to wrestling? Was there a particular wrestler you admired?

Sky: My dad watched it back in the day. Old school. When it was Macho Man Randy Savage and Elizabeth. He was a fan of wrestling back then. He would watch it here and there and I would watch it with him too. Macho Man and Elizabeth are two of the first people ever involved in wrestling that I was introduced to on the TV. They were my favorites growing up.

IGN: TNA’s really great at pairing people up and keeping them together, and you’ve mentioned your spot. Do you think there will ever be a time when you’ll have to break away from The Beautiful People in order to further your career? Do you see you and Angelina Love fighting over the Knockouts Title one day?

Sky: I’m pretty sure that, you know, somewhere down the line that’s going to happen. Right now we’re pretty hot and I think that we’re going to keep doing what we’re doing until every option with us as a team has been exhausted. Then I’m sure down the line somewhere they’ll want to do an Angelina/Velvet feud. But I don’t think that’s in the cards any time soon, because I think there are still so many options and so many aspects of TNA that we have yet to conquer and explore and I think that The Beautiful People are going to be around for a long time to come. But I do think there will be, like I said when every option’s been explored and exhausted, an Angelina/Velvet feud. I’d love to stay together with The Beautiful People, and even Madison , who’s a great new addition to The Beautiful People who’s really come into her own, and we’re all so happy with the spot we’re in that I hope that we’re around for a long time to come.

Read the full interview here.

The Miami Herald has an interview with MMA/TNA Wrestler Bobby Lashley Here are a few snippets:

Lashley notes the similarities with MMA and pro wrestling.

“It is a show,” he said. “People don’t come to just see a one-punch knockout. They come to see a fight in MMA. In wrestling, they come to see a show.

So Lashley will try to teach that level in two worlds — MMA and TNA — simultaneously.

Read the full interview here.

Filming iMPACT’s 200th Episode

Prior to the show, a group of new US Army Soldiers were sworn in, the entire locker room came out and stood on the ramp & applauded them, even started a “that was awesome” chant. BG James & AJ Styles came down towards the ring to shake the hands of each of the soldiers

*X-Division Title Match: Homicide defeated Amazing Red.

The Main Event Mafia come out and address the situation with Bobby Lashley. He then comes out and says he has a offer than Kurt can’t refuse..Mick Foley comes out and first thanks Bobby Lashley for saving him last week. He then mentions the offer that Kurt can’t refuse..he says its a tag team match with him & Bobby Lashley vs. Angle and Kevin Nash..even though its a tag match, both their singles titles will be on the line. If Angle or Nash get pinned they lost their respective championship. Angle says its on and
the match is set.

*Samoa Joe & Taz remain in the ring for Joe’s upcoming match.

*Hernandez defeated Samoa Joe w/Taz with a splash off the top rope. Hernandez has a new look, Mexican flag designed bike shorts, looked great. Crowd was hot for him the entire match and went nuts when he got the pin. Solid good match.

The World Elite of Eric Young, The British Invasion, Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi come to the ring. Brutus Magnus introduces Eric Young as their leader. He says he’s the center of attention and belittles the fans about how they would laugh at him, who’s laughing now? He runs down America & the people who live here. He says he’s making his own decisions, he’s all about who he wants to be and begins to shave his head. He said this is where the entertainment ends and the violence begins. Team 3D comes out..Brother Ray on the mic says, this is America…love it or leave it. He says each of the World Elite can go back where they came from. He says when you hear tonight, Devon..get the tables…you’ll know you’re in the greatest country in the world. They charge the ring to start their
match.

Tables Match for the IWGP Tag Titles: British Invasion defeated Team 3D to become the new champions. Earl Hebner was knocked out during the match, Devon put Brutus Magnus through a table, but Eric Young hit Devon with the title belt, then pulled Magnus from the rubble and revived Hebner for him to see Devon through the table for the win.

ODB w/Cody Deaner, Tara & Awesome Kong w/Raisha Saied defeated The Beautiful People when ODB rolled up Love. During the match, the Motor City Machine Guns came into the stands with signs saying “Yes, we still work here.” and “Conspiracy victims.”

*Second Match of the best of three series to win a chance into the Hard Justice 3 way Main Event against Kurt Angle & Sting - Matt Morgan defeated AJ Styles to even it 1-1 in the series.

*Eric Young & Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated Jesse Neal & Rhino. Young has his hair shaved real tight & is wearing trunks, resembles a Ringmaster Steve Austin. Post-match, Rhino yells at Neal about losing & not tagging him in. Neal apologizes & Rhino slaps him & gives him a Gore.

*No DQ Match: Scott Steiner w/ Booker T & Sharmell defeated Brother Ray w/Brother Devon. Pre-match Steiner & Ray banter back & forth about the legacy of the Steiner Bros & Harlem Heat. Ray says that both teams were household names but so is garbage & like garbage they’re getting old and they stink. It will also be Booker & Steiner vs. Team 3D at Hard Justice.

*Sarita & Taylor Wilde defeated Traci Brooks & Alyssa Flash when Sarita pinned Flash.

*Sting defeated Brutus Magnus. Post-match, Magnus & the World Elite beat down on Sting until Mick Foley & Bobby Lashley came down for the save. They were dominating until the Main Event Mafia came down and it was gangland beating until Hernandez came rushing to ringside swinging a giant chain. He chased off the Mafia. Afterwards, Mick, Lashley & Sting all pointed to Hernandez and celebrated in the ring.

Source:PWInsider

The following is from PWInisder:

*PWInsider.com can confirm that Jarrett and Karen Angle are romantically involved, as was revealed on Bubba the Love Sponge last week. As I noted yesterday, it’s been an oft-mentioned rumor among wrestlers for many, many months.

*PWInsider.com has also confirmed that Jarrett and Karen Angle are not living together, nor have they ever lived together. That aspect of the Bubba call was incorrect.

*I was told by several people in the last 24 hours that Kurt Angle was aware of the relationship dating back to last fall when he was feuding with Jarrett.

*While TNA has declined to publicly comment on the situation, I am told that Jarrett’s “time off” was a decision made by Jarrett, not something forced upon him by Dixie Carter.

*The decision was made after issues arose between Kurt and Karen Angle in regard to the custody of their children. The word among people at the TNA tapings is that Jarrett removed himself from his duties at TNA while that situation is ongoing. Until those issues became heated, Jarrett and Angle had been able to co-exist backstage.

*In regard to stories of Angle trying to get the TNA creative reigns, those within the company I spoke to today shot that idea down, feeling that it wouldn’t happen. There is no major push for a new creative direction or team at this time.

*A number of people in the company would love to know who called the Bubba the Love Sponge show and “outed” the situation and there are some in the company that believe that the entire scenario was staged to out the issues. Why someone would do that, I couldn’t begin to speculate on.

-On Monday, Pro Wrestling.net’s Jason Powell published an note on his website to TNA’s President Dixie Carter to FIRE TNA Creative management, on the realization of the booking has been horrible. Then bring in ECW creator Paul Heyman to help keep PURE wrestling alive, not this “entertainment” we see each and every week.

Paul Heyman replied on his Twitter..”NEVER…..”

The following are the results from Sunday’s Smackdown/ECW house show in Greenville, South Carolina and why an WWE fan jumped into the ring with Chris Jericho mentioned on his twitter.

-7/19 Smackdown/ECW house show results from Greenville, SC: Finlay over Drew McIntyre; Eve Torres & Melina over Katie Lea & Natalya; Dolph Ziggler over John Morrison; Great Khali beat Kane via DQ; Tommy Dreamer over Christian & William Regal in a three-way; Cryme Tyme over The Hart Dynasty; Ricky Steamboat over Chris Jericho; and CM Punk over Jeff Hardy in an Extreme Rules match.

Steamboat-Jericho went over 15 minutes and we had one report saying it was nearer 30 minutes. This was said to be match of the night with lot’s of counter wrestling and near falls and Steamboat hitting all his signature moves. From a reader at the show: “Jericho got the most heat when he came out. That’s when the mad fan jumped in but was not so gently escorted away by security. Jericho then challenged anyone in the arena to fight him. He then said he was going to leave WWE and Carolina legend Ricky Steamboat in a ‘mangled, crumpled heap.’ Then steamboat came out to the loudest pop of the show. They had a tremendous match and although Ricky is not The Dragon he used to be, he is better than 75% of the superstars in the WWE. Overall a very good show, three solid hours of great wrestling.”

Source: WRESTLING GLOBE NEWSLETTER