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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 19, 2014 9:29:47 GMT -6
After this week's Impact Wrestling tapings in Bethlehem, PA, TNA heads to New York City. They continue to load up those tapings at the Manhattan Center. Even though the set up is only for 800 fans, none of the NYC shows are sold out yet. Here's what we know so far: * A possible change back to six-sided rings
* Possible returns by Low Ki and Homicide
* Matt Hardy's return to reunite with brother Jeff Hardy
* The Great Muta at the June 25th taping
* Destination X with new talents and former X Division stars, taping on June 26th. At this point, the event would be headlined by Sanada vs. Eric Young for the World Heavyweight Title
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 21, 2014 16:50:40 GMT -6
In something we had previously listed as a spoiler for the upcoming 7/10 episode of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV, the official TNA website has spoiled the outcome of that show advertising Lashley vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA Championship at the upcoming 6/25 Impact Wrestling taping in New York City. Hardy, dropping the Willow gimmick, won a 20 Man Battle Royal on Friday night in Bethlehem to earn the title shot to air on 7/10 on Spike TV.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 22, 2014 19:35:03 GMT -6
TNA's John Gaburick announced this evening that Tommy Dreamer and Rhino are confirmed to appear at this week's Impact Wrestling tapings on June 25th, 26th and 27th in New York City. Gaburick also announced that Homicide will be returning to TNA for the Destination X tapings on June 26th. More names will be revealed later tonight.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 22, 2014 21:03:08 GMT -6
TNA's John Gaburick also announced former WWE developmental talent and indie star Brian Cage will be working this week's tapings in New York City. Low Ki was also announced for Destination X. Here's what we know for the tapings so far:
* The possible return of TNA's six-sided ring.
* Matt Hardy in action, possibly all three nights. Hardy confirmed on Twitter he and brother Jeff Hardy will be teaming up.
* Rhino and Tommy Dreamer appearing all three nights.
* Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Lashley for the World Heavyweight Title on the June 25th tapings. The Great Muta will also be on that taping.
* Destination X tapings on June 26th with the current X Division Champion vs. the current World Champion. Talents confirmed include Low Ki, Brian Cage and Homicide.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 25, 2014 14:28:54 GMT -6
Former WWE stars Ezekiel Jackson and Snitsky are backstage at the Impact Wrestling tapings in New York City today. No word yet if they are being used or just visiting.
TNA has announced that The Great Muta will compete in a rare singles match at tonight's tapings. We will have live spoilers tonight and coverage from TNA's press conference this afternoon.
The Amazing Red says he will not be returning to TNA this week, despite an earlier report. He tweeted:
"No, sorry ya'll.. I'm not on the TNA NYC shows at all..."
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 26, 2014 7:05:07 GMT -6
Here are some spoiler notes from the first night of TNA's Impact Wrestling tapings in New York City: * MVP is still not able to wrestle 100%. He came out on crutches and barely competed in a tag team match, hobbling around and using hit crutch to get disqualified.
* Low Ki makes his return on the July 24th episode and defeats DJ Zema Ion.
* Jeff Hardy appeared as himself and cut a promo but said we haven't seen the last of Willow because he likes entertaining the fans.
* The Great Muta wrestled a rare US singles match for the July 24th episode, defeating a returning Robbie E. Sanada turned on Muta after the match, setting up their upcoming Wrestle-1 match.
* Former WWE stars Snitsky and Ezekiel Jackson will make their TNA debuts on the July 24th episode, attacking Bully Ray, Devon and Tommy Dreamer in the Street Fight main event against Team Dixie's Ethan Carter III, Rhino and Rockstar Spud.
* King Mo is back in the TNA storylines. He cut a promo with Dixie against Dreamer and is a member of Team Dixie. Team Dixie consists of Ethan, Spud, Rhino, King Mo, Zeke and Snitsky.
* On the July 24th episode, Austin Aries gives up his X Division Title to get a shot at Bobby Lashley's World Heavyweight Title for the Destination X episode that airs on July 31st.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 26, 2014 21:37:48 GMT -6
Here are some more notes from last night's TNA tapings in New York City via PWInsider: * The Manhattan Center's in-house staff and production facility was used in conjunction with TNA's production staff. One of the reasons TNA is taping there is because the venue does a lot of TV production.
* There were no video screens. TNA used a crane camera and several handheld cameras to film.
* TNA really liked the building.
* Mike Tenay was not there. He and Taz will do commentary in post-production. Hector Guerrero and Willie Urbine were there and did Spanish commentary live.
* Bully Ray, Tommy Dreamer, Al Snow and Pat Kenny worked as agents. Jason Hervey worked as a producer. Some of Dreamer's House of Hardcore students worked the taping in different roles to help with logistics.
* Abyss was backstage but not used.
* TNA's six-sided ring they're now using is a new purchase. The old rings had already been converted to traditional rings.
* Word coming of the tapings is that we may see a little less of the backstage segments and more focus on what's happening in front of the crowd.
* The taping was not sold out. Word is that between 550 and 650 fans were in attendance. As the second taping went on, many fans were seen leaving during the last hour.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 26, 2014 21:50:25 GMT -6
Below are some spoiler notes from TNA's second night of tapings in New York City:
* Samoa Joe, Sanada and Low Ki all won three-ways to qualify for an Ultimate X match for the vacant X Division Title. This will likely be taped on Friday night and will air on the August 7th episode.
* Homicide returned to TNA and lost the three-way with Tigre Uno to Joe. Homicide and Joe followed ROH's Code of Honor after the match.
* Kurt Angle cut another promo from the balcony, very similar to the one he did on Wednesday night.
* Al Snow returned to the ring for the August 7th episode, teaming with Team 3D and Tommy Dreamer to do battle with Team Dixie. Snow came out as a mystery man but TNA actually spoiled it for the live crowd by passing out "heads" to some fans a few minutes before he came out.
* TNA has been teasing a Dixie Carter table spot for over a month and it will finally happen on the August 7th episode, thanks to Bully Ray and the entire TNA roster.
* They may be building to a singles match between Bully Ray and King Mo, possibly for Bound For Glory.
* Ezekiel Jackson and Snitsky may be done already, at least in the storylines. After Team Dixie lost a multi-man match, they did an in-ring segment later and Dixie had apparently fired Zeke and Snitsky but kept the other members of the group. No word yet if Snitsky and Jackson were brought in just for this week's tapings or if they will be used going forward. It's possible they're booked for Friday night's tapings.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 27, 2014 17:42:21 GMT -6
News and notes from Thursday's TNA Impact Wrestling tapings in New York City.
EC3 was legimately busted open at the taping on Thursday night and was hospitalized after the show. Carter reportedly required upwards of 12 staples after being injured during a hardcore rules match taped to air in July on Spike TV.
The taping on Thursday night was sold out and tonight's taping was already sold out.
Spike TV's Scott Fishman and other executives were in attendance on Thursday night.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 27, 2014 19:24:54 GMT -6
As noted in earlier spoiler reports, Austin Aries gave up his TNA X Division Title to receive a World Heavyweight Title shot against Bobby Lashley at the Destination X tapings. Samoa Joe, Sanada and Low Ki won qualifying matches on the July 31st taping to earn a right to compete for the vacant X Division Title on the August 7th taping in a three-way. That match took place tonight in New York City and Joe won to begin his 5th reign with the title.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 28, 2014 8:32:37 GMT -6
After last night's TNA tapings in New York City ended, the roster brought Al Snow out and sang happy birthday to him.
MMA fighter King Mo has been working with Kenny King in Las Vegas and doing a lot more wrestling training. We will be seeing more of Mo on TNA TV this summer.
While she was at this week's tapings with Matt Hardy, it's said that TNA has no plans to use Reby Sky but that could change.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 28, 2014 17:36:46 GMT -6
Here are some notes from Thursday night's TNA Impact Wrestling and Destination X tapings in New York City:
* 1,200 fans were in attendance. The number of paid fans was a little less, even thought signs were posted backstage stating that the tapings were sold out and no comps were available. A source from the venue stated that 150-200 fans tried to buy tickets at the door but was turned away. Allowing them in would have put the venue beyond fire code capacity.
* These tapings were praised as one of the top three of five best TNA events in history.
* Spike TV's Senior VP and Executive Producer Scott Fishman was in attendance. Other Spike employees were in attendance on Wednesday but Fishman is a top executive and has had a long relationship with TNA.
* Morale backstage was way up after the taping. The feeling was that the crew accomplished something special and that it was a night where many talents who had worked hard but hadn't been spotlighted as stars, received a star reaction.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 29, 2014 8:10:36 GMT -6
TNA held tryouts before some of their New York City tapings this past week.
The only names confirmed so far are women's wrestlers Kasey Ray and Mistress Belmont.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jun 29, 2014 12:44:03 GMT -6
Below are some notes from TNA's Friday night tapings in New York City:
* Tommy Dreamer was backstage working as an agent but did not appear in front of the crowd.
* Some of the wrestlers backstage were Matt Hardy's wife Reby Sky, former WWE referee Kevin Keenan, Prince Nana, Steve Mack, KC Blade and EC Negro.
* House of Hardcore students were dressed as New York City police officers for one segment.
* Morale remained up after the third taping and the feeling was that the New York City crowd stayed hot for most of the matches.
* Officials apparently were not happy about video clips from the first two nights leaking online as security was in full force trying to stop any fans they believed were recording video.
* These tapings were legitimately sold out with 1,200 fans in attendance. After a source at the venue updated totals from the previous night, it looks like TNA drew between 3,300 and 3,400 fans over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night.
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