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Recent Sting interview

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Courtesy of LordsofPain.net:

TNA star Sting was recently interviewed by Brandon Baxter of Jonesboro, Arkansas’ 101.7 Kiss FM. Here are some highlights of what Sting said about:

Why He Has Stayed With TNA: “It’s the same answer every time and that is the brand, just love the brand,” Sting said. “It reminded me of the old school WCW and actually launching Monday Nitro and becoming the talk of the town and then talk of the whole wide world, and I saw the same potential here with this group of guys and everyone behind the scenes as well.”

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Recent Hulk Hogan interview

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David Dexter reports that Hulk Hogan recently appeared on Busted Open Radio. Here are the highlights…

On Hulk’s knee and overall health: “Thursday was a month, so a month and two and a half days for the old knee replacement, so I think I’m doing good. I saw some other wrestlers that had some knee replacements done and around the same time, I feel like Tarzan here all of a sudden, they said they weren’t even going to be able to walk around for eight or nine weeks, so I’m a little bit ahead of schedule. The weird thing is, now I got two new knees, two new hips; after eight back surgeries my backs fixed, I think I should be getting a title shot pretty soon. The oldest Heavyweight Champion of the world.”

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Christopher Daniels interviewed by USA Today

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Christopher Daniels geeks out for wrestling, comic books

by Brian Truitt

The ‘TNA Impact Wrestling’ star is a supervillain of the squared circle.

To be the best supervillain he can be in the wrestling ring, Christopher Daniels doesn’t have to go much farther than his own comic-book collection for his “bad” influences.

A fixture on Spike TV’s TNA Impact Wrestling every Thursday nights (8 ET/PT), Daniels is one-half of the brash tag team Bad Influence with Frankie Kazarian but also a devoted Marvel Comics fanboy who’s not opposed to wearing a Fantastic Four shirt in the ring every so often.

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Recent Devon interview

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Devon recently spoke with Inside the Ropes about his near-departure from TNA last summer and more. Check out the highlights:

On WWF breaking up the Dudley Boyz in 2002: “At that point we weren’t ready for it, even though Vince wanted us to do it because he saw me doin’ something and he saw Bubba doin’ something. I remember when we were told about it, I wasn’t too happy about it and neither was he. We both thought it was the wrong time to do it, and it was, because we didn’t make it as singles competitors and I think that hurt us, because when that happened and that flopped, people just thought “Oh the Dudley Boyz couldn’t do it on their own” and that bothered me for many, many years. which is why it was so important that when we separated in TNA, because here we come to TNA, we conquer there, we do excellent in Japan, and helped put TNA on the map, we were ecstatic about that.

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TNA “Lockdown” 2013 – IWC Round-up

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The best writers from around the Internet Wrestling Community recap last night’s TNA PPV “Lockdown”.  What did you think?

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/269223-tna-lockdown-results-031013

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2013/0310/561034/tna-lockdown-results/

http://www.diva-dirt.com/2013/03/11/tna-lockdown-results-taryn-snaps-velvet-retains/

http://www.lordsofpain.net/columns/chairshots/Chair_Shots_TNA_Lockdown_Why_It_s_Good_Why_It_s_Bad_Review.html

http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/30200-tna-lockdown-feedback

http://www.f4wonline.com/component/content/article/112-wrestling-observer/30203-mar-11-wrestling-observer-radio-bryan-alvarez-and-dave-meltzer-review-tna-lockdwon-talk-all-the-matches-and-angles-plus-raw-and-impact-previews-roodes-contract-hardy-concussion-diaz-vs-gsp-hunt-vs-dos-santos-tons-more?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.wrestleview.com/tna-wrestling-results/tna-ppv-results/40249-tna-lockdown-ppv-results-3-10-13-new-tna-champion

 

Shannon “Daffney” Spruill has settled her lawsuit against TNA over medical bills

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David Dexter reports that Shannon “Daffney” Spruill has settled her lawsuit against TNA over medical bills for injuries sustained during her time with the company. The lawsuit was settled on Friday morning in a mediation session that took place just before a scheduled hearing. According to sources close to the case, the hearing was for the judge to rule on whether Daffney was an employee or, as TNA claimed, an independent contractor. TNA approached Daffney about a settlement after the hearing was originally scheduled.

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TNA Lockdown 2013 Predictions – by Bob Colling

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Tonight Impact Wrestling returns to pay per view for their second big event Lockdown! Here is the card along with my predictions for the event.

Joey Ryan vs. Joseph Park
I actually have no idea why these two are wrestling on pay per view. Park will probably win.

Robbie E vs. Robbie T
Fans have been liking Robbie T and Robbie E seems to be more expendable as the months go on. Robbie T gets the win.

For the TNA X-Division Championship:
[champion] Kenny King vs. Zema Ion vs. Christian York
The company made it a point to make the X-Division a big deal and yet I feel like the division is mainly involving these three men and Rob Van Dam. So, I’m kind of tired out of these three. King needs to win here and TNA needs to find him some fresher opponents.

For the TNA Knockouts Championship:
[champion] Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim
It’s too soon for Sky to drop the belt. She isn’t good at all, but the company is pushing her as the new top woman for the promotion. What a mistake that is from a in-ring perspective.

For the TNA World Tag Team Championships:
[champions] Austin Aries & Bobby Roode vs. Bad Influence vs. Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez
I’m interested in this match as I feel like the six men involved can put together a memorable match. I’d imagine this could be a spot where the champs drop the belts. The fact of the matter is, Aries and Roode need to be in the main event scene. Yes, they have been entertaining in the midcard ranks, but they need to be in a top spot where they can draw money for this company. I’m going to go with the Bad Influence to win the titles. They are just as entertaining as the current champs, in my opinion.

Steel Cage Match:
Kurt Angle vs. Wes Brisco
I understand that at some point you have to create stars in this business. I don’t see Wes Brisco as a star. He doesn’t have a good look. He doesn’t stick out to me in a positive sense. Being part of a failed stable isn’t going to help his case at all. Angle should get the win and this angle should be over with.

Lethal Lockdown:
Aces & Eights vs. Team TNA
I could probably go on a rant about how awful the Aces & Eights have been in TNA, but I won’t. Everyone knows that it was a failed program with awful choices to be part of the group. I mean, Garrett Bischoff? D’Lo Brown is the VP for the group? You’ve got to be kidding me. As usual, the babyfaces are going to prevail here and make it a feel good story for the promotion. Aces and Eights need to go away for good, though.

For the TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Steel Cage Match
[champion] Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray
Why are we supposed to care about this main event? What is their issue? They respect each other. There doesn’t seem to be any hatred whatsoever. I literally don’t care about this match. Good job, TNA. Take the belt off of Jeff Hardy and put it on Bully. That’s all I ask.

Feel free to share your own predictions below.

Thanks for reading.

— Bob Colling (Check out Bob’s blog at Wrestling Recaps)

OWW X Factor: Re-branding TNA – Making a Great Wrestling Promotion

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Okay so I must admit that I have hoped for a while now that TNA would take the necessary steps to more or less fill the void of WCW and the void of Nitro. But I’ve come to the realization that the people running TNA simply don’t know what it takes to be a force in the Wrestling industry (WWE knew but has forgotten about 12 years ago). TNA much like WWE doesn’t know how to move on from past methods that worked and current methods that have not worked. What wrestling needs is a culture change, much like the one that occurred in 1996. And NO I don’t mean Hogan turning heel and forming the nWo. The culture change began earlier in the year when ECW really got heated up with talents like Raven, Tommy Dreamer, and Shane Douglas through various angles.

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