Motor City Machine Guns na MTV

A tag team The Motor City Machine Guns participaram num episodio de Made na MTV no dia 8 do presente mês.

"The episode will feature Chris Hendricks, an openly gay student who performs in the choir, who wants to be made into a pro wrestler so that he can be seen as tough."

O artigo refere ainda que Alex Shelley e Chris Sabin foram os treinadores de Hendrick, que recebeu longos treinos durante 6 semanas para ser um wrestler profissional.
é esperado que outras superstars da TNA apareçam ao longo do programa.

Entrevista com o Phenomenal AJ Styles

Em vista a promoção do proximo ppv da TNA, O Lockdown 2008, assistimos a uma entrevista com o único e Phenomenal AJ Styles.
Aqui fica toda a entrevista.

Enter cage left: High-flying AJ Styles is key figure in ‘Lockdown’

If there’s a steel cage involved, pro wrestling fans know Allen Jones will be hanging off the sides or maybe even taking that scary plummet from the top. Jones - better known in the ring as AJ Styles - is one of the stars of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling expected to appear April 13 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell for the newly announced pay-per-view event “Lockdown 2008.
” In “Lockdown,” a steel cage is dropped over TNA’s six-sided ring and wrestlers must battle their way out. Jones is a crowd favorite for his signature acrobatic leaps, springboard moves off his opponents and gravity-defying flips from the top ropes. “Anyone who gets on that top rope and says they aren’t scared is lying,” Jones said. Of his high-flying maneuvers, he acknowledged, “It isn’t for everybody.” Jones, 30, was a football player and wrestler in his Georgia high school, but little in his background would seem to have prepared him for the acrobatics he displays in the ring. “I never wanted to be like anyone else,” he said. “I wanted to do my own thing and develop a style of my own.”
In the last few months, Jones has seen his on-camera persona become involved in a comedic story line that climaxed last week on the weekly Spike TV show “TNA Impact” with him accidentally wed to another star’s wife. The unexpected newlyweds have to deal with the small matter of the honeymoon Thursday night at 9 on Spike TV. Jones say he enjoys playing a lighter side. “It adds character to AJ Styles and I’m having a good time with it,” he said.
Some wrestlers - notably Hulk Hogan, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Stacy Keibler - have crossed over into mainstream films and TV, and Jones would seem a natural given his athleticism and charisma. He questions whether Hollywood would view his Southern accent as a hindrance.
Family life and his Christian faith are paramount to Jones. He and his wife, a schoolteacher, have two sons, ages 2 and 1.. The oldest likes playing with one of the many action figures of his father. “One of the goals I set for myself was that I wanted to have a dang action figure, and now I can’t believe there are so many of them. It’s fun to see old friends who say, ‘We saw your doll,’ and I correct them - it’s an action figure.”

An avid video gamer, Jones anticipates the release of a TNA game from Midway in June. “It’ll be more than mashing buttons,” he said. He and colleagues Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe, among others, performed their signature moves wearing body suits with motion-capture sensors for the game designers.
Jones has appeared many times before New England fans on the independent circuit and has high hopes for the April event. “I expect the rowdiest fans to show up,” he said. As for “Lockdown,” Jones said. “You never know what’s going to happen next. Somebody’s going to crawl on top of the cage and somebody is probably going to come off the top, and usually it’s me,” he said with a laugh.

Entrevista com Booker T

Numa entrevista recente ao "The Winnipeg Sun" do Canadá, Booker T fala de tudo ,desde do uso de esteroides à saída chocante da WWE.
Aqui ficam algumas das passagens dessa entrevista:

-Sobre o facto de ter passado por problemas com a justiça no inicio por assalto à mão armada:

"I've made a lot of mistakes, but I'm living the American dream. I'm proof that you can turn your life around [...] I was never really a bad person. I just got caught up in something. When I got in trouble, I'd never even had a traffic ticket before and I was facing five to 99 years (in prison). I didn't hurt anybody. I should have been put in a deferred program or boot camp. But I had myself to blame."

- Sobre o uso de esteroides:

"I've done steroids. They're something I had to do. I've had three knee surgeries and the doctor put me on steroids. I had to take certain things. But as far as ordering things from the black market, I didn't do that. I look the same now as I did when I was 25. I've never been a freaky athlete. I'm an entertainer, not a bodybuilder."

- Sobre o facto de ter sido suspenso pela WWE por violação do Wellness Policy:

"I never tested positive. It was a joke, I felt like I was hung out to dry. I wasn't protected. There was a whole lot of miscommunication."

Booker T fala ainda sobre o quanto ainda tem a dar ao wrestling, ao facto de querer participar num PGA Tour e tornar-se um politico quando abandonar o mundo do wrestling.

Spike TV e TNA discutem possibilidade de um TNA Knockout Show

A Spike TV e os respectivos administradores têm notado que os picos de maior audiencia dos programas Impact! da TNA registram-se durante os combates femininos, sendo inclusivé os momentos de maior audiencia no total de cada programa!
Assim sendo ambas as partes ponderam muito seriamente tirar proveito de tal facto e estudam a possibilidade de ser criado um espetaculo semanal de 1 hora apenas das knockout da TNA.
Se realmente for avante esta ideia deveremos assistir a um reforço ainda maior do roster feminino que conta já com Angelina Love, Awesome Kong, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Jacqueline, ODB, Payton Banks, Roxxi Laveaux, Traci Brooks, Velvet Sky e Rakakan.

TNA ultrapassa a ECW nos Estados Unidos!

A TNA ultrapassou recentemente em termos de audiencias televisivas a brand ECW pertencente à WWE. Quem esteve presente no momento em que os valores foram tornados publicos assistiu a uma comemoração enorme por parte da Administração da TNA e dos wrestlers.
Apezar da TNA liderada pela Presidente Dixie Carter ter um grupo bastante mais forte que a ECW quer em termos de combates, quer em termos de wrestlers (Kurt Angle,Christian Cage,AJ Styles, Samoa Joe entre muitos outros), a verdade é que ultrapassar uma brand da WWE é um feito enorme tendo ainda mais em conta que foi dentro do proprio territorio nacional.

Em declarações à imprensa, o porta-voz da TNA referiu:

“TNA wrestling would like to thank all of our loyal fans for helping to make this happen.

“It's just one of many milestones we hope to accomplish in 2008!"

Estado físico de Homicide

Tem sido vários os rumores espalhados pela internet e outros meios que revelavam a necessidade do Homicide (LAX) ter necessidade de ser submetido a uma cirugia ao ombro.
Usando o blog do myspace, o próprio Homicide revelou dessa necessidade e mais alguns detalhes.
Aqui fica um excerto desse post:

"Couple of weeks i did a radio show and i did say i was going to take time off cause i needed shoulder sugery. Well i ready wanted to say i am getting surgery but not NOW or in 6months maybe in 2 years , my right shoulder has been a bitch but its not too bad, i been doing alot of training and puffing alot, lol j/k, so to clear everything cause i been getting alot of emails about my shoulder, im not getting surgery for now. My concern is to get in the ring and dominate the wrestling biz, Other than that 2 live and die lax bbbllaaaaaaatttttttt 5150cide."

Detalhes do PPV Destination X 2008

A Total Nonstop Action (TNA) anunciou detalhes extra sobre o pay per view Destination X 2008.
O PPV vai realizar-se no Scope Arena em Norfolk,Virginia no domingo 9 de Março!
Aqui fica o comunicado oficial da TNA:

TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (TNA) WRESTLING'S "DESTINATION X" PAY-PER-VIEW SPECTACULAR HITS THE SCOPE ARENA IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ON SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008!
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling's 2008 "Destination X" spectacular will be held live at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday, March 9, airing worldwide exclusively on Pay-Per-View.

"Destination X" will feature the superstars of Spike TV's "TNA iMPACT" performing live for a worldwide audience, including Kurt Angle, Booker T, Kevin Nash, "The Instant Classic" Christian Cage, Team 3D and Abyss. In additions fans will see the hottest young talent in professional wrestling today, including "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles, "The Samoan Submission Machine" Samoa Joe, The Motor City Machineguns, "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal, Kaz, Tomko, Eric Young, The Latin American Xchange, Awesome Kong, Traci Brooks, Gail Kim, "Cowboy" James Storm and more.
"Destination X is a Pay-Per-View event showcasing TNA's X-Division, the cutting edge of pro wrestling today. Norfolk and the entire state of Virginia have always supported great professional wrestling action and we're thrilled to bring the most innovative and exciting event in pro wrestling today to these great fans," TNA President Dixie Carter said.

Tickets for "Destination X" will go on January 25 at the Scope Arena Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at Ticketmaster.