TNA can have a little Hulkamania V2.5 (2020 edition begins!)

[Sky]

IMPORTANT NOTE: with Impact having two shows and the booking getting repetitive, I don't have the sanity to do this week to week. So I'll update every couple of months with important things like title changes.

 

[Chris]

This X-Division is hilarious lmao

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Fair enough, those might not feel like X-Division matches but I'd expect they'd at least be good matches for the most part.

 

[Sky]

Lockdown -> Sacrifice -> Slammiversary

Title changes
2010-04-29 Impact - World Tag Team Championship: The British Invasion -> Morgan/Devon
2010-05-03 Essentials - X Division Championship: Robert Roode -> Desmond Wolfe
2010-05-06 Impact - Knockouts Championship: Sarita -> Daffney
2010-06-07 Essentials - World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles -> Dr. Stevie
2010-06-14 Essentials - Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Sarita/Wilde -> The Nightmares
2010-06-17 Impact - Knockouts Championship: Daffney -> Taylor Wilde

Signings, re-signings, releases
Eric Young re-signs
Taylor Wilde re-signs
Matt Morgan re-signs
ODB re-signs
Daniels re-signs
Homicide re-signs

Alliances
Awesome Kong and Traci Brooks are now teaming as The Nightmares

The business side
None.

Around the world
WWE has announced the end of the Brand Extension due to a downturn in business (i.e. it's now on the very border of Cult and Global). Several names have been released to accommodate this, with some real shockers among them. Another major casualty is Stephanie McMahon, who has been dropped as head booker due to said poor performance.

Spoiler: Released

Alicia Fox
Bella Twins
Byron Saxton
Chad Patton
Charles Robinson
Charlie Haas
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Dean Malenko
Dolph Ziggler
Ed Koskey
Eric Escobar
Evan Bourne
Eve Torres
Ezekiel Jackson
Finlay
Gail Kim
Jack Doan
Jack Lanza
Jack Swagger
Jamie Noble
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jillian Hall
Jim Ross
Jimmy Wang Yang
Joey Styles
John Morrison
JTG
Kelly Kelly
Layla
Maria Kanellis
Maryse
Mean Gene Okerlund
Melina
Michael Cole
Mickie James
Mike Chioda
Mike Knox
Paul Burchill + Katie Lea
R-Truth
Santino Marella
Shane Helms
The Great Khali + Ranjin Singh
The Hart Dynasty (Tyson, DHS and Natalya)
Tommy Dreamer
Tyler Reks
Undertaker
Vance Archer
Vickie Guerrero
Vladimir Kozlov
William Regal
Yoshi Tatsu
Zack Ryder
Additionally, planned contracts with several names including Ken Anderson, Low Ki, and Bryan Danielson were cancelled.

In another shocking turn of events, CM Punk has left WWE after they allowed his contract to expire.
However, WWE did sign Booker T and Rob Van Dam, as well as Bruno Sammartino as an ambassador.
Sting praised Terry Taylor. Good road agent guy.
Hulk Hogan and Awesome Kong are no longer on speaking terms - thanks, of course, to Bubba the Love Sponge's antics. At least Bubba didn't enter TNA.
Undertaker and Paul Bearer are no longer friends. RIP.
Paul Roma has failed a steroid test, amazing everyone who thought Paul Roma wasn't significant enough in this day and age to need steroids.
In sad news for WWE and WCW fans past, former world champion Lex Luger has passed away.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Wait, they released Undertaker?

Lex!


Of those names: Taker, Mickie James, Melina, R-Truth, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, Low Ki, and Evan Bourne would do nicely in TNA.

 

[Sky]

Wait, they released Undertaker?

Lex!


Of those names: Taker, Mickie James, Melina, R-Truth, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, Low Ki, and Evan Bourne would do nicely in TNA.

Depends whom the computer chooses to sign. If anyone

 

[Chris]

Wrestling business must be ass in this timeline lmao

 

[Sky]

Wrestling business must be ass in this timeline lmao

You know it. The business in the US is down to an E.

 

[Keith]

This does sound like fun, and the results can't be any worse than the crap modern wrestling dishes up..

 

[Sky]

Slammiversary -> Badlands -> Hard Justice

Title changes
2010-07-08 Impact - X Division Championship: Desmond Wolfe -> Consequences Creed
2010-07-22 Impact - Knockouts Championship: Taylor Wilde -> Sarita
2010-08-05 Impact - X Division Championship: Consequences Creed -> Matt Morgan
2010-08-19 Impact - Global Championship: Eric Young -> Doug Williams (before a hometown crowd, no less!)

Signings, re-signings, releases
Velvet Sky re-signs
Doug Williams re-signs
Eric Bischoff re-signs
AJ Styles re-signs
Jeremy Borash re-signs
D'Angelo Dinero re-signs

Alliances
None.

The business side
TNA had its first red-hot match in a long time on the 2010-07-22 Impact, where Dr. Stevie retained the World Heavyweight Championship vs. Sting. (rated A)
TNA dropped Victory Road from its PPV schedule, and instead hosted TNA Badlands, a PPV set on Wednesday, the day before Impact. The experiment seems to have been successful.

Around the world
Mike Tenay and Don West have revealed their falling out which may have led West to be replaced by Taz last year.
Luke Gallows, coming off a strong WrestleMania match, has already left WWE.
WWE made a bold choice to hold a PPV in Japan, and call it The Great Rising Sun Bash (note, it was actually an edition of WWE The Bash, but I'm giving it flavour). It was terrible. They're now reduced to actually using ageing ex-names and their former lower carders. An actual SmackDown match of this era is Ted DiBiase Jr. vs. Paul Orndorff. Not even kidding.
The downturn in WWE fortunes has taken its toll once more, as Triple H and Stephanie McMahon have divorced.
Terry Funk has finally retired, but he's fooling no one.

 

[Chris]

Badlands > Victory Road for sure tbh.

Sting/Dr. Stevie better than anything WWE has done this year right?

 

[Sky]

Hard Justice -> No Surrender -> Bound for Glory

Title changes
2010-08-23 Essentials - Knockouts Championship: Sarita -> Awesome Kong
2010-09-23 Impact - World Heavyweight Championship: Dr. Stevie -> Kevin Nash
2010-09-27 Essentials - World Tag Team Championship: Devon/Morgan -> Shelley/D'Lo
2010-09-30 Impact - Knockouts Championship: Awesome Kong -> Taylor Wilde
2010-09-30 Impact - X Division Championship: Matt Morgan -> Consequences Creed
2010-10-14 Impact - World Tag Team Championship: Shelley/D'Lo -> Two-Man Olympiad

Signings, re-signings, releases
Charles Robinson signs as a referee.
Blackjack Lanza signs as a non-wrestling figure.
Sgt. Slaughter signs as a non-wrestling figure.
Earl Hebner re-signs
Hector Guerrero re-signs
Rhino re-signs

Alliances
Kurt Angle and Matt Morgan = Two-Man Olympiad

The business side
TNA has officially gone Global!! It's now officially considered the most prestigious wrestling company in the US, despite having Stevie Richards as a headliner.
Hulk Hogan has wrestled his last match, losing to Mick Foley on Impact. No word on whether TNA will actually sign someone to replace the star power that he had...

Around the world
WWE SummerSlam is in the books and it was a well-received show, capped off by Sheamus claiming the WWE Championship once again. That doesn't change the fact that TNA Essentials, despite being on a near-graveyard slot, is inching closer and closer to Raw's rating.
WWE had a perfect match... on ECW. Sheamus vs. John Cena for the WWE Title ended in a 20-minute time limit draw. (Rated A*)
Kofi Kingston, on an episode of SmackDown, became WWE champion 9 years early!

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Matt Morgan was the perfect X-Division champ for this sim.

 

[Chris]

Angle/Morgan sounds like a great team tbh

 

[Sky]

Bound for Glory -> Turning Point -> Final Resolution

Title changes
2010-11-04 Impact - Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Nightmares -> Daffney/Wilde
2010-11-04 Impact - X Division Championship: Consequences Creed -> Samoa Joe
2010-11-18 Impact - Knockouts Championship: Taylor Wilde -> Daffney
2010-12-20 Essentials - X Division Championship: Samoa Joe -> AJ Styles

Signings, re-signings, releases
Mark "Slick" Johnson re-signs.
Kurt Angle re-signs.
Alissa Flash re-signs.
D'Lo Brown re-signs.

Alliances
None.

The business side
After a particularly bad Raw on November 15, ratings were revealed that showed TNA Essentials within 75000 viewers of Raw! WWE is said to be "panicking". Raw ratings have recovered, though.

Around the world
WWE has re-signed several workers who were dropped with the ending of the brand split, including Undertaker, John Morrison, and R-Truth. They have also signed Colt Cabana.
Scott Hall has retired to focus on his health. And also, apparently, on burying Bob Holly on a podcast.
The Kliq has partially fragmented, as Kevin Nash revealed that Sean Waltman has fallen out of favour.