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Issue 4: May 17-21, 2012
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TOP OF TNA – TNA Taking Impact LIVE; Releases Anthony Nese
On the same day in which TNA announced it came to terms on the release of young X star Anthony Nese, it announced it will trial a live recording format for Impact on May 31, 2012, the same day in which the show moves to 8 PM EST. According to TNA president – and friend of IN THE ROOM – Dixie Carter, the move will be a temporary one over the Summer as TNA evaluates how it is received. Regarding Nese (who only days earlier made headlines when he asked a question of Bobby Fish on The Fish Tank on www.thebradyhicks.com, the young star mentioned in a statement – also confirmed by his friend “The Greek God” Papadon last night on The Papadon Show LIVE right here on the site - that he was booked to perform at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate show in Rahway, New Jersey, June 1st, in a tag team match against The Great Muta. Nese, when made aware the show had been changed to an iPPV, went to TNA officials and asked for an exception to be made to allow him to continue to fulfill his booking (his contract, like others in TNA, forbids talent from performing on another company’s PPV or distributed DVDs). After being told they would not allow him to wrestle this dream match – and still refusing to book him more – Nese requested his release.
TOP OF WWE – Raw Extending to Three Hours in July
In spite of WWE’s continual insistance that it is being overexposed, the USA Network has persuaded the company to make the PERMANENT switch to a three-hour Raw on Monday nights, starting July 23. Many immediately speculated that WWE might shoot to record its often-rumored Raw Pre-Game Show … WWE claims it plans to make the show more interactive for viewers.
TOP OF INDIES – NYWC Tonight in Deer Park, NY
New York Wrestling Connection will hold its annual Fusion show tonight in Deer Park, New York. For tickets and information, visit www.nywcwrestling.com. The show will be headlined by Stockade vs. now-former TNA star Anthony Nese for the Fusion title.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING – TNA Impact
TNA Impact, Orlando, FL–Bully Ray d Rob Van Dam [4:41] … AJ Styles w a 10-man Battle Royal [6:13] … TNA Women’s Knockout Champion Gail Kim d Velvet Sky and Brooke Tessmacher [2:19] to retain her title, pinning Tessmacher … Jeff Hardy p Mr. Anderson [7:17] … Kurt Angle b Samoa Joe [5:29].(05/17/2012)
TNA Impact Ratings
TNA Champion – Bobby Roode (W)
- X Austin Aries (2)
- Jeff Hardy (3)
- Rob Van Dam (1)
- Mr. Anderson (4)
- Bully Ray (6)
- Kurt Angle (7)
- AJ Styles (8)
- TV Devon (5)
- Christopher Daniels (9)
- Kazarian (10)
Women’s Ratings
Knockout Champion – Gail Kim (W)
- Velvet Sky (2)
- Brooke Tessmacher (1)
- Mickie James (-)
TBH.COM NEWS – The Fish Tank, The Papadon Show Feature Very Special Guests
Both The Fish Tank (Mondays LIVE 10:30 PM EST) and The Papadon Show (Thursdays LIVE 9:30 PM EST) took interaction with fans to a whole new level this week. Bobby Fish was shocked to receive an e-mail question of now-former TNA star Tony Nese, who asked “Why am I so much better than you?” A few nights later, Papadon was caught off guard on his own show when he received a caller from “Adam in South Philly,” who turned out to be none other than rising independent wrestling star Adam Cole! Check out both shows on www.thebradyhicks.com!
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Guest Commentary: Mr. Ken Anderson
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“Oh, man, I think we [TNA Wrestling] needs to focus on finding the next big thing to take us over the top, instead of trying to be like them [WWE]. I’ve gone on record many times in saying that we have the best roster of wrestlers of any promotion in the entire world. But we need to be mindful of the resources that we have and the resources that we don’t have. I personally would like to see us make more use of the reality TV style of filming, because that has been a big thing for a long time now. I’ve been joking around for years that if we, the boys, could just take a video camera in a car with us on the road then it would be the top wrestling show today. We need more of that, and we need to find other emerging trends that could help take wrestling to the next level.” – TNA’s Mr. Ken Anderson, responding to Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s and IN THE ROOM’s Brady Hicks’ question at the TNA Sacrifice press conference yesterday about what TNA needs to specifically do to get to the next level and better compete with WWE.