Post by shelleyrules on Sept 9, 2007 18:29:58 GMT -5
TNA NO SURRENDER BACKSTAGE NOTES/SPOILERS; TALENT ANNOUNCMENT CONJECTURE AND MORE
by Mike Johnson @ 6:17:29 PM on 9/9/2007
Some quick notes from tonight's No Surrender PPV in Orlando, Florida:
TNA will announce their new two hour Impact series tonight during the show. I do not believe the announcement will close the PPV as the last planned match is the Kurt Angle vs. Abyss TNA title bout.
I am told there has indeed been a "TNA talent acquisition" that should be announced tonight in the form of some sort of video package or promo. Whoever that talent is, that person is not expected to appear live in the Impact Zone and was not named during production meetings earlier today. As of this writing, I don't know who it could be. TNA has been hinting in recent days that they were negotiating with a former World champion.
For those who have asked, the plan is for TNA Everything champion Kurt Angle to actually wrestle three times tonight, so it's not a bait and switch deal. Unless there is an injury during the course of the PPV, Angle will be working all the bouts.
Judas Mesias (former WSX champion Ricky Banderas) is backstage and given the way the storylines have built, I would expect him to appear tonight in some fashion to set off his feud with Abyss. He's been backstage at recent tapings for promos and vignettes that were filmed but hasn't appeared before the live audience yet.
As it stands now, Adam "Pacman" Jones will indeed be wrestling on the show, but I suspect Ron Killings will do 99% of the in-ring work for the team, based on the NFL stance on Jones' TNA run.
I'd expect title changes tonight in at least one match.
The word making the rounds is that with the advent of the two hour Impact, there will be more of a focus on women's professional wrestling within the company, which if true, can only be seen as a positive.
Former ROH star Jimmy Rave will debut as part of the Tag Gauntlet tonight, teaming with Lance Hoyt.
TNA will be taping three episodes of Impact tomorrow in Orlando.
Kurt Angle's Bound for Glory challenger will be pretty obvious by the end of tonight's PPV. As of right now, Jeff Jarrett is not expected to wrestle at Bound for Glory in a main event position.
by Mike Johnson @ 6:17:29 PM on 9/9/2007
Some quick notes from tonight's No Surrender PPV in Orlando, Florida:
TNA will announce their new two hour Impact series tonight during the show. I do not believe the announcement will close the PPV as the last planned match is the Kurt Angle vs. Abyss TNA title bout.
I am told there has indeed been a "TNA talent acquisition" that should be announced tonight in the form of some sort of video package or promo. Whoever that talent is, that person is not expected to appear live in the Impact Zone and was not named during production meetings earlier today. As of this writing, I don't know who it could be. TNA has been hinting in recent days that they were negotiating with a former World champion.
For those who have asked, the plan is for TNA Everything champion Kurt Angle to actually wrestle three times tonight, so it's not a bait and switch deal. Unless there is an injury during the course of the PPV, Angle will be working all the bouts.
Judas Mesias (former WSX champion Ricky Banderas) is backstage and given the way the storylines have built, I would expect him to appear tonight in some fashion to set off his feud with Abyss. He's been backstage at recent tapings for promos and vignettes that were filmed but hasn't appeared before the live audience yet.
As it stands now, Adam "Pacman" Jones will indeed be wrestling on the show, but I suspect Ron Killings will do 99% of the in-ring work for the team, based on the NFL stance on Jones' TNA run.
I'd expect title changes tonight in at least one match.
The word making the rounds is that with the advent of the two hour Impact, there will be more of a focus on women's professional wrestling within the company, which if true, can only be seen as a positive.
Former ROH star Jimmy Rave will debut as part of the Tag Gauntlet tonight, teaming with Lance Hoyt.
TNA will be taping three episodes of Impact tomorrow in Orlando.
Kurt Angle's Bound for Glory challenger will be pretty obvious by the end of tonight's PPV. As of right now, Jeff Jarrett is not expected to wrestle at Bound for Glory in a main event position.