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TNA and PopTV news.

 

The official Twitter account of Major League Wrestling posted a couple of tweets this morning noting that TNA is receiving rights fees from Pop TV and contracts are being "offered and sweetened." You can check them out below

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/MLW/status/687659702218526720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/MLW/status/687659994527969281

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So I'm looking at Raquel's (Gabi) instagram and her face looks different and younger then when she was on Tough Enough.....

 

Botox? It looks like she might have gained weight making her face fuller but at the same time, she gained muscle. Idk, she just looks more youthful.

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You know, I find it easier to watch TNA now that it is on Pop TV. Not only is it easier to find it since it is the channel right below History channel, but it just seems more enjoyable than when it was on Spike or the other channels.

 

 

I'm watching it right now, and I have to agree. I really don't know what it is though, maybe it's the fact I haven't watched in like forever, but it's quite enjoyable so far. Nothing to spectacular though, just enjoyable. I like the fact that they finally decided to put the belts on American Wolves, those two deserved it and could've carried the division eons ago, like the first year they showed up. Crazy Steve needs to give Lenn Oddity his gimmick back, Oddity being a local, yet somewhat known indy guy, I'm personally peeved about this. Awesome Kong has gotten so bad.

 

 

Sweet, Michael Bennett & Maria in TNA. With Galloway, EC3, & Mike Bennett, if TNA does their shit right, those three could be the stars of the future and actually be compelling enough to bring in some viewership numbers that will actually matter down the line.

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TNA has signed their current Tag Team champions, The Wolves, Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards to new exclusive deals, PWInsider.com has learned.

 

The new deals will see the team be locked into the company exclusively, although TNA will have the right to book them out to independent and international groups as a third party booking.

 

As we noted last week here on the site, TNA is currently in the middle of signing a core group of talents to new exclusive deals.

http://www.pwinsider.com/article/99273/tna-sign-current-champs-to-new-deal.html?p=1

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It isn't just the POP TV deal that's gotten TNA more money, they made a tv deal with India that apparently benefits the company more, and gives extra incentives, don't know what for though. Glad to hear they've signed the Wolves to long term contracts though.Those guys deserve it.

 

 

Impact was okay, I didn't find it as good as last weeks episode, but it was okay. Excited to see "Iconic" Matt Hardy in TNA. And I'm looking forward to EC3 coming back and seeing him take his rightful place atop TNA as the top babyface. The crowds seem to pop huge for him if this week and last weeks show was any indication.

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They've had the India TV deal for a while, they've just recently restructured that deal to give TNA more profits or something. It was mentioned in one of those articles about AJ Styles/Gallows & Anderson backdooring them for WWE.

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Guest Fight Me.

https://youtu.be/Bt8tY3v1CRY

 

Lmao they remixed Rockstar Spud's old theme and gave it to Big Money Matt.

 

Not gonna lie, the team of Crazzy Steve and Abyss is pretty sick though. Who's the girl though? She looked like Daffney at first.

 

Who would've thought Rebel and Crazzy Steve would do a lot better without the Menagerie? Lol

 

Kinda saw Grado getting fired coming...shame his TNA run didn't work out, but he's doing great stuff back home.

 

Oh right, they have to write out Jeff every year before the UK tour. :lol:

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TJ Perkins a.k.a. Manik & Suicide joined Ryan Rider on Main Event Radio this week for his first post-TNA interview. They discussed his departure from Impact Wrestling, his heat with Josh Matthews, and what potentially lies ahead in his future.

 

The Audio is available for download now at the following link: http://www.maineventradio.com/audio/MER-01-29-16.mp3

 

TJ Perkins recently left TNA Impact Wrestling. What led to his release from the company:

 

"I don't know if there was any specific thing. My contract was coming up for renewal. And like in sports terms, I was a restricted free agent. They had an option to keep it for another year if they wanted. They're probably restructuring everybody based on the POPTV switch and they decided to go in a different direction and e-mailed me with one sentence to let me know that was I wasn't being used any longer."

 

Pitching story ideas for his character:

 

"All that stuff wasn't even created by me. It was sort of a misconception. The fans started all the hashtags and all that, and I just gave them retweets. Its not every day that you get a grassroots promotion started by fans, and #AllWeWantisTJ wasn't started by me but I was trying to reciprocate all the support. It shouldn't be wasted. I have at times always been proactive writing stories and pitch ideas. Even if we're encouraged to do that, they already know what they're doing and they don't want to hear it if you're not part of that."

 

Disagreement with Josh Matthews leading to Twitter war:

 

"Going into Bound for Glory, I asked for 30 seconds of John Gaburick's time. We had 5 days straight of tapings. I took my mask off and I wanted to see where we were going forward. Right after BFG, they wanted me to put my mask back on without explanation. I said we should just let the fans do what they're doing and ask for me and we could turn it into something. They didn't want to do that. The alternative was that they wanted me to portray a character with a personality disorder or personality crisis. I told them I wasn't comfortable portraying that as I have a family member with a disorder. I was offended later because they said sure that's fine but that night on commentary they said that that is what I had. On social media I made a point to say that I don't have this and I'm not comfortable with this nor want this portrayed. They had Josh [Matthews] relay the message through the creative team and he felt I was undercutting him and he got frustrated. I think he kind of knew that he screwed up the way that he expressed himself because it was not going to look good, and I tried my best to respond in a way that would encourage people to continue their support without making him look bad to the company. That was one of those situations where someone was getting too prideful and taking something too personally."

 

Would he go back to Ring of Honor:

 

"Absolutely. When I left it was heartbreaking, it was totally amicable and I never really wanted to leave."

 

His desire to be in NXT/WWE:

 

"The system that is part of the flagship of what we do. And probably always will be. They're the Dallas Cowboys of wrestling and who wouldn't want to wear that uniform. I would love to be there, I have a lot of friends there, and the stuff that they're doing is incredible. They kind of lead the curve and create the path that everyone else follows. What they're doing currently is actually shaping the future of the industry. It would be incredibly exciting to be a part of that. Developmental is not a bad word to use for it, people need to open their mind on the connotation of that. It isn't derogatory or a step down; they're developing the future and the current. Sustaining the current path there are not many times in history where the course is corrected sharply in a very specigic way that changes what is going to follow it. It is a great time to be a wrestler and even be a wrestling fan."

 

Clarifying the rumors of him having heat with Davey Richards over a comment he made about his wife, Angelina Love:

 

"No, because those comments aren't real. They come from someone on Twitter who usually messes with Divas and Knockouts and Vince Russo, always photoshopping horrible fake things about them. I told him I don't want any part in it and then this comes out. I talk to Davey all the time, he's one of my best friends in the world. It's not real. The problem is being a public figure, when people do stuff like that for attention, the only solution is to ignore it. There's no winning in this situation, you just let go."

 

http://www.pwinsider.com/article/99366/tj-perkins-discusses-tna-exit-issue-with-josh-mathews-a-potential-roh-return-and-more.html?p=1

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