TNA UK Tapings Discussion *POST ALL SPOILERS HERE*

[Leo C]

TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

Guess no Daniels as champ then. :

 

[Testify]

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Bob Ryder
@brydertna

Full list of TNA talent in the UK for the start of the tour tomorrow:

Sting, Brooke Tessmacher, Christy Hemme, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Austin Aries, TV champ Devon, Aces & 8s, Gail Kim, James Storm, Velvet Sky, Kurt Angle, KO champ Tara, Bully Ray, Zema Ion, Magnus, Tag Team champs Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Hernandez, Bobby Roode, and Rob Van Dam.

Scheduled to join them in Manchester & London are: Hulk Hogan, Brooke Hogan, Wes Brisco, Garett Bischoff, Joseph Park, Jessie Godderz, Mr. Anderson, Taryn Terrell, Samoa Joe, Robbie E, Robbie T, and Kenny King.


No Doug Williams? :facepalm:

 

[Leo C]

TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

Yeah, Williams seems like a guy who... uh... should be used in the UK tour, since um, HE'S BRITISH and all that.

 

[Testify]

TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

No Mickie James aswell.... But hey Brooke and Chavo are there! :yay:


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[Testify]

TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

Not-on-tour list of talent (ATM):

- Jeff Hardy (World freaking Champion)
- Kid Kash
- Doug Williams
- Christian York
- Mickie James
- ODB
- Madison Rayne
- Matt Morgan (WTF)
- Joey RYAN (WTF???)
- Eric Young (injury angle)
- Crimson (OVW)
- Gunner (not active)
- Jesse Sorensen (injured)
- Alex Silva (OVW)
- Sam Shaw (OVW)
- Taeler Hendrix (OVW)

 

[Jose Tortilla]

TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

Guess the UK is afraid to get sleazy

 

[seabs]

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No Joey Ryan? Fucking tea drinking fags.

 

[Testify]

RE: TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

Joey Ryan confirmed on twitter that UK won't get sleazy this year.:upset:

Anyhow, a interesting blog regarding the controversial Hardy UK situation:

http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/powellsblog/article10029375.shtml

Thoughts?

 

[Leo C]

TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

Guess Hardy simply can't go in because he's a criminal and all, and TNA just felt like advertising him one way or another to get some more tickets.

 

[Testify]

RE: TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

An interesting note from a Dublin live event:

The biggest mark against this show was the blatant and quite frankly fraudulent false advertising of Jeff Hardy. I knew beforehand of the issue with Jeff being advertised even though TNA knew full well that he couldn’t travel to the UK for the tour, but it didn’t really hit me how scummy this was until I was entering the building and saw a ton of children (and the occasional adult) wearing Jeff Hardy makeup that they had probably spent hours on that afternoon. Once inside the doors, they were greeted by a couple of A4 pieces of paper with the message that Jeff was not going to be on the show. There was no apology during the course of the event.

-Dublin Show

 

[Senhor Perfect]

RE: TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

An interesting note from a Dublin live event:

That's pretty shitty.

TNA: We don't always advertise, but when we do, we lie.

 

[Testify]

RE: TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

TNA announces 2014, one year in advance, UK tapings:

Fans can buy tickets in an exclusive one week pre-sale, starting on Monday January 28 at 9am and ending on Monday February 4 at 9pm. Prices start from £22.50, plus booking fee. Further details about the shows will be released when tickets go on full sale later this year.

TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter said: "Everyone knows that the UK Tour is one of the highlights of the year for everyone in TNA IMPACT WRESTLING, so I'm excited to announce that we're coming back in 2014. We're putting tickets on pre-sale for one week only so our most hardcore fans can beat the rush and get their seats early. I'm already counting down the days until we're back in Glasgow, Manchester and London - and am delighted that we're adding Birmingham to the schedule for 2014."

John Cornwell, of Tour promoter SJM Concerts, added: "SJM is delighted with TNA IMPACT WRESTLING’s continued growth and success in the UK over the last five years. We very much look forward to working with TNA to build on the recent fantastic events when IMPACT WRESTLING returns for its sixth consecutive UK arena tour in 2014."

Tickets available for a limited seven day period only, from Monday January 28 at 9am, via TNA UK Facebook, Gigs and Tours, Ticketmaster or direct from the tour venues. Full details of the UK events are:

Thursday 30 January 2014
Glasgow Hydro
0844 811 0051

Friday 31 January 2014
Manchester Arena
0844 847 8000

Saturday 01 February 2014
London Wembley Arena
0844 815 0815

Sunday 02 February 2014
Birmingham NIA
0844 338 8000

 

[Leo C]

TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

That'll teach them not to be Hardy marks. :awyeah:

 

[Testify]

RE: TNA UK Tapings Discussion Thread

Glasgow report, pretty much the same stuff from Dublin:

TNA house show results
January 23, 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Report by Daniel Brown, PWTorch correspondent

Hard to judge the crowd size, but it was probably two-thirds full, so about 2,000 in attendance.

(1) TNA tag champions Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez beat Daniels & Kazarian to retain the Tag Titles. The challengers came out in Scottish wigs, hats, kilts, and facepaints in order to run down Scotland. Standard tag match with the face champs winning.

(2) Marty Scurll beat Rockstar Spud in a British Bootcamp Battle. I thought the finishing sequence was tremendous. The crowd didn't really get behind Marty, playing the face, but he's from England. If Spud were eight inches taller, TNA would be able to print money with this man. He might still be able to get it done anyway.

(3) Blossom Twins beat KO champion Tara & Gail Kim with Velvet Sky as special referee. Blossoms did a really nice job of building to a hot tag and getting crowd behind them. I think they would be a be a great fit in the Knockouts division. For the finish, Gail hit Eat Defeat, but Gail and Tara argued over who should get the pin. "Twin Magic" led to an inside cradle for the win.

(4) X Division champion Rob Van Dam beat Zema Ion to retain the X Division Title. RVD, who was quite over, did some very funny stuff like getting hold of Zema's hairspray and using it on ref Earl Hebner, himself, and some front row fans, including a bald guy, which drew a big laugh. Standard RVD match.

[Intermission]

(5) Austin Aries beat Bobby Roode and James Storm in a three-way match. Fun match. As you would expect, Aries and Roode were sort of teaming, sort of bickering.

Magnus came out and said he would like to say how great it is to be back...except he can't because this is Scotland. (Boo!) He whined about Scotland in general (big heat) and picked out a Granny that was pictured at a TNA event last year. (She went for Bully Ray in Manchester last year.) This year, Bully came out to defend her honor. Ray said that Dixie Carter agreed to lift his suspension for one night.

(6) Bully Ray beat Magnus in a No DQ match. Bully quickly used the old lady's cane as a weapon. Magnus then took control, but but Bully "Hulked Up" and put Magnus through a table for the pin.

[Intermission while they set up the cage for the main event. This took about 20 minutes.]

(7) Kurt Angle & Sting beat Aces & Eights (TV champion Devon & D.O.C.) in a steel cage match. A&E came down the aisle, not through the crowd or anything. Sting came out, then Angle, but A&E trapped Sting in the cage. Eventually, Angle got in. A big A&E guy (it looked pretty obvious that it was D-Lo Brown), came in with the hammer. After he used, Sting retrieved it, battered everyone, and got the pin. Devon, D.O.C., and Knox sold being unhappy with Masked Man, threatened to de-mask him, but then decided to hug instead. Huh? Overall, just like Dublin on Monday, the match was quite short and very dull. Not at all worth the wait or the hype for a cage match.

Nottingham today! Gutcheck on it aswell!

Tomorrow are TV tapings from Manchester, and on Saturday from London.

 

[Testify]

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