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TNA issued a mobile text update that New Japan Pro Wrestling would be sending one of their hottest tag teams to TNA shortly with the "TNA contract" up for grabs on Sunday. Given the lineup for New Japan's 2/15 event, that should mean the winners of Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs. Jado & Gedo vs. Milano Collection AT & Taichi Ishikari (match corrected from earlier error) Okada will be working some TNA dates. Also scheduled for the New Japan show this weekend are IWGP Tag Team champs Team 3D, Kurt Angle and TNA Tag Team champs Beer Money Inc. I am really interested in seeing how Robert Roode and James Storm fare in Japan as I think their work lends well to that style. Thanks to Andrae for his help.
Matt Morgan's name has come up in casting discussions for an upcoming Smallville villain role.
For those who asked about the "TNA Investor" thing a few weeks back, it was a storyline thing. My guess is that Karen Angle's name has been thrown out there on TV lately as a possible red herring, but you never know.
Devin Cutting sent the following.....AJ Styles, Sheik Abdul Bashir, ODB & Shannon Moore will be appearing at the Echo Pro Wrestling events in Sartell, Minnesota on May 29th & 30th, 2009.
TNA issued the following press release for the 4/19 Lockdown PPV:
TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (TNA) WRESTLING INVADES PHILADELPHIA ON APRIL 19 FOR
ITS ANNUAL “LOCKDOWN†EXTRAVAGANZA
TNA Wrestling’s “Lockdown†epic event will be held live at the Liacouras Center
in Philadelphia, on Sunday, April 19, starting at 8 p.m. ET, and will air
worldwide on Pay-Per-View.
This is TNA’s first-ever Pay-Per-View held in Philadelphia and the company’s
most dangerous event of the year, where all matches are held inside a steel
cage, dubbed “The Six Sides Of Steelâ€.
“Philadelphia is one of the nation’s great sports cities, starting with the
World Champion Phillies. So we’re thrilled to bring ‘Lockdown’ to the City of
Brotherly Love,†said TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter. “Philadelphia has
deep history in pro wrestling with some of the most vocal and loyal fans
anywhere in the country. Lockdown, as an all-cage match event, is built for
Philadelphia fans.â€
The stars of “TNA iMPACT!†(Thursdays, 9 p.m. ET/PT, Spike TV) will headline
“Lockdown,†such as TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting, Olympic Gold Medalist
Kurt Angle, “The Samoan Submission Machine†Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash, Scott
Steiner, Booker T, Team 3D, “The Phenomenal†A.J. Styles, The Latin American
Xchange, X Division Champion Alex Shelley, World Tag Team Champions Beer Money
Inc., featuring “The Cowboy†James Storm and Robert Roode, “Black Machismo†Jay
Lethal, TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong, ODB and “Showtime†Eric Young,
among others.
Tickets for “Lockdown†will go on sale Saturday, February 28, at the Liacouras
Center box office and online at ComcastTix.com. Also on Feb. 28, Kurt Angle
will be signing free autographs, starting at 11 a.m. ET, at the FYE (100 South
Broad Street) in Philadelphia.
The “Lockdown†weekend also features TNA’s popular Fan Interaction, to be held
April 18 in Philadelphia. Fans will get to meet the in-ring stars of TNA, get
autographs and have a photo taken alongside the stars of TNA. (Further details
about Fan Interaction to follow.)
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