Post by flanny on Jun 27, 2008 4:49:40 GMT -5
-- Even though the Pink Taco brawl with Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt last week on Impact didn't come off as well as hoped, officials think Sonjay Dutt is doing a great job as a heel with his character and ring work.
-- Jeff Jarrett should be making his long-awaited return to the ring by next January. The Sun is reporting that Jarrett is scheduled to wrestled on TNA's next tour England in January. The TNA part-owner Jarrett was backstage for the company’s recent events in England, but did not wrestle on the shows. Jarrett last wrestled at the 2007 TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view event. Here are the venues and dates for TNA's tour of England next January: Tuesday, January 20 – Manchester – Manchester Evening News Arena, Wednesday, January 21 – Birmingham – National Indoor Arena, Thursday, January 22 – Glasgow – Braehead Arena, and Saturday, January 24 – London – Wembley Arena. Tickets go on sale Friday June 27 2008 at 9 AM at all venue box offices, online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.gigsandtours.com.
-- As noted earlier, TNA Impact defeated ECW in the ratings last week -- their first victory over the program since January. Impact drew a 1.03 cable rating to ECW's 0.99. Anyway, TNA and Spike TV officials were so ecstatic over the news they held a private celebration. Although, it should be noted that last week's ECW went up against the deciding game of the NBA Finals whereas TNA went up against reruns.
-- Confirming some online reports floating around, TNA has signed Ontario indy wrestler Cody Deaner, 26, to contract. As of late there has been talk on how to use him for television.
-- As noted earlier, a TNA crew member by the name of Kevin Sinex (brought in from Orlando) was killed at Slammiversary after the scaffolding collapsed when he was breaking down a metal backdrop and taking down the lights about 25 to 30 feet off the ground. "He was standing on some kind of beam, taking down the lights, when the beam collapsed," said DeSoto County Corner Jeff Pounders to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. A second worker from the Memphis area, Paul Martin, lost his thumb in the accident. Here are some more details on the accident that killed the TNA crew member shortly after the conclusion of the Slammiversary pay-per-view. The accident took place at about 11:20 p.m., roughly 25 minutes after the end of the pay-per-view. Nearly everyone had left as there were about five wrestlers backstage and they heard a large crash. The scene looked terrible as there was a lot of blood everywhere and people attempting to revive him through both CPR and shocking, but he could not be saved. Sinex was then rushed to the hospital where they couldn't revive him and was soon pronounced dead. TNA President Dixie Carter had already left the arena for a flight to the U.K. to do advance work on that week's tour. The accident left the crew extremely depressed going into television the next two days.
(News from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter was used in this report)
Can't Wait For Jarret To get Back in the ring
-- Jeff Jarrett should be making his long-awaited return to the ring by next January. The Sun is reporting that Jarrett is scheduled to wrestled on TNA's next tour England in January. The TNA part-owner Jarrett was backstage for the company’s recent events in England, but did not wrestle on the shows. Jarrett last wrestled at the 2007 TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view event. Here are the venues and dates for TNA's tour of England next January: Tuesday, January 20 – Manchester – Manchester Evening News Arena, Wednesday, January 21 – Birmingham – National Indoor Arena, Thursday, January 22 – Glasgow – Braehead Arena, and Saturday, January 24 – London – Wembley Arena. Tickets go on sale Friday June 27 2008 at 9 AM at all venue box offices, online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.gigsandtours.com.
-- As noted earlier, TNA Impact defeated ECW in the ratings last week -- their first victory over the program since January. Impact drew a 1.03 cable rating to ECW's 0.99. Anyway, TNA and Spike TV officials were so ecstatic over the news they held a private celebration. Although, it should be noted that last week's ECW went up against the deciding game of the NBA Finals whereas TNA went up against reruns.
-- Confirming some online reports floating around, TNA has signed Ontario indy wrestler Cody Deaner, 26, to contract. As of late there has been talk on how to use him for television.
-- As noted earlier, a TNA crew member by the name of Kevin Sinex (brought in from Orlando) was killed at Slammiversary after the scaffolding collapsed when he was breaking down a metal backdrop and taking down the lights about 25 to 30 feet off the ground. "He was standing on some kind of beam, taking down the lights, when the beam collapsed," said DeSoto County Corner Jeff Pounders to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. A second worker from the Memphis area, Paul Martin, lost his thumb in the accident. Here are some more details on the accident that killed the TNA crew member shortly after the conclusion of the Slammiversary pay-per-view. The accident took place at about 11:20 p.m., roughly 25 minutes after the end of the pay-per-view. Nearly everyone had left as there were about five wrestlers backstage and they heard a large crash. The scene looked terrible as there was a lot of blood everywhere and people attempting to revive him through both CPR and shocking, but he could not be saved. Sinex was then rushed to the hospital where they couldn't revive him and was soon pronounced dead. TNA President Dixie Carter had already left the arena for a flight to the U.K. to do advance work on that week's tour. The accident left the crew extremely depressed going into television the next two days.
(News from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter was used in this report)
Can't Wait For Jarret To get Back in the ring
