Havok vs Rayne – Knockouts Championship
Havok retains the TNA Knockouts Championship by defeating Rayne via pinfall after a chokeslam on TNA IMPACT. The match is over in six minutes and seventeen seconds.
Havok vs Sky – Knockouts Title
Havok retains the TNA Knockouts Championship at Bound for Glory. Havok picks up the victory by forcing Sky to submit in a bear hug submission move.
Samoa Joe vs Low Ki vs Hayashi- X Division Title
Joe retains the TNA X Division championship in triple threat action against Hayashi and Low Ki at Bound for Glory. Joe wins the match via submission, forcing Low Ki to give up.
Busted Open interview
Edwards is a guest on Busted Open Radio to discuss TNA, tag team wrestling in today’s world and Bound for Glory.
You can’t force chemistry, you can’t force teams to work and build together. You got to have guys that are willing to work and that want to work together and tag together and have that connection and if they don’t have it, it is just not going to work.
Hardys vs Wolves vs 3D – Tag team titles
The American Wolves defeat Team 3D and The Hardys on TNA IMPACT to capture the TNA Tag Team Championships. The match ends with the Wolves capturing the title belts hanging above the ring at twenty-seven minutes and three seconds.
Rayne vs Love vs Terell – No. 1 contender
Rayne defeats Love and Terrell for a shot at Havok’s TNA Knockouts Championship. The match ends via pinfall at four minutes and thirty-eight seconds.
Impactwrestling.com interview
Jackson speaks about the difference between wrestling in TNA and competing in MMA:
I’ve been telling everyone how hard training for wrestling is. Some of the best athletes in the world wrestle. Even going back and forth on the ropes hurts. It’s tough as hell, but I really have a lot of fun with it. You get to be a big kid again and entertain people. It’s what I love to do.
Impactwrestling.com interview
Tessmacher talks about how her TNA wrestling career helped her prepare for CBS’s The Amazing Race:
I truly thought being a professional wrestler and athlete was going to help a lot more than it did. In the end, being strategic and also having luck on your side is really what keeps you in the race. I think, at first, because of our appearance teams wanted to target us. We are pretty, loud, and all around amazing. I would want to target us as well. But, most then realized that Rob and I were directionally challenged and not the brightest of the bunch and forgot a lot about us as a threat. However, sometimes that can be a strategy too!
Announces Malaysian TV deal
TNA announces SingTel mio Sports 1 will air IMPACT and Xplosion throughout Singapore and Malaysia. Dixie Carter comments:
We are delighted that wrestling fans in Malaysia and Singapore can now join those in Japan, Thailand and 120 other countries around the world in enjoying the very best in professional wrestling each and every week.
Ring Rust Radio interview
Robbie E. is a guest on Ring Rust Radio to discuss TNA, The Amazing Race and Bound for Glory.
When you think of me and when you think of Brooke, you think of two of the wildest and craziest people in wrestling. I think we are perfect for reality TV. We are the perfect two people to race around the world and do a whole bunch of crazy stuff. It is going to be a wild and exciting 12 weeks. You’re going to see Robbie E. do things you probably didn’t think he would ever be willing to do. Let’s just say I don’t like animals.
Huffington Post interview
Hardy talks to The Huffington Post about teaming with Jeff again and wrestling Team 3D.
Its good fun! It’s like a time warp. It’s so strange. We’ve been separated and we haven’t been in the ring with those guys for about 12 years. You know as soon as we start working with them, we start having memories of old matches we had in Peoria Illinois – random cities across the world, it’s a great dose of nostalgia.
Grantland.com interview
Carter talks to Grantland.com about her failed negotiations with AJ Styles.
I hate that we lost AJ. Are you listening? I hate it. I felt like we gave him a great offer. I really did. I felt like we gave him a great offer and I think he made a mistake.
TNA debut
Clay makes his TNA debut at IMPACT television taping in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Submission Radio interview
Ortiz talks to Submission Radio about his short time in TNA and meeting Hulk Hogan.
During the time I was there I got a chance to meet Hulk Hogan. I was really happy with that, but I mean right now my main career is fighting. I mean I love to fight and that’s what I wanna do. That’s with Bellator.
Busted Open interview
Melendez talks to Busted Open about his dreams as a child, his service in the United States military and professional wrestling.
The military was where I was going to go, that was my goal. I could remember I was in high school at the time my father was working in downtown Manhattan, were the World Trade Centers were and couldn’t get into contact with him for several hours, and we eventually met back at the house, and all I could remember was him covered head to toe in white debris and that image really burned into my mind, and just looking at him standing in the door way and it infuriated me because they brought the fight over here, and I am like I am going to bring it back over to you. It just added fuel to the fire more for me to get into the military.
TNA online waging game announcement
MX Digital announces agreement with William Hunt to produce six online waging games including one based on TNA Impact Wrestling.
Placing six of our branded games with William Hill represents the most significant distribution agreement for our company and a major step forward in establishing MX Digital in the marketplace.
Piper’s Pit interview
Anderson is a guest on Piper’s Pit to discuss WWE, TNA and wanting to perform since childhood.
The first movie I remember seeing as a kid was E.T. I went to see it with my mother and I wanted to do that. I see some actor and I wanted to tell a story and entertain like that.
Camel Clutch Blog interview
Williams talks to The Camel Clutch Blog about retiring from professional wrestling and if he ever thinks he’ll wrestle again.
I hear about all of these guys getting concussions and neck injuries, and I watch their wrestling style, and I realize my wrestling style’s a little bit harder than that, because I’m taking German suplexes on the neck, and piledrivers and whatever. I’m like, ‘Man, I’m gonna be 33 years old; maybe I’d better get out now, and not have to be in a wheelchair when I’m older.
Ratings drop in new slot
TNA reports ratings are down 24% for first Wednesday episode of IMPACT. The event drew 852,000 viewers for SpikeTV.
Impact in Africa through 2019
TNA will continue to air IMPACT through 2019 due to an agreement with SuperSport, the continent’s leading sports broadcaster.
We have had a wonderful relationship with SuperSport since first airing on the channel in 2011 and we look forward to attracting more fans to our entertaining programming. This multi-year deal with SuperSport is one more example of TNA’s remarkable international growth as we continue executing our global brand and programming strategies.