TNA still not off the charts for Destination America, Former WWE Star brings students to event, Bret Hart
- It has been rumored for months now that TNA’s Impact Wrestling program will most likely be cut from Destination America after the end of September. It is now September, meaning the rumor would have to become true or false in the coming weeks. For now, however, those rumors are only slightly false. However, it is more than enough to make TNA look good for now.
As noted, Destination America previously had TNA Impact Wrestling listed up until September 30th, but the site has since added October 7th, and noted it will be a new episode. This will be the fist post-Bound for Glory episode of Impact Wrestling. Despite the October 7th show being a new episode, the only material TNA has for now, to use for October is extra matches or clips filmed at the last set of tapings or they could also show greatest matches or episodes just to make sure they have something to play in their time-slot between now and Bound for Glory. The last set of TNA TV tapings took place in July.
Latest reports are also noting TNA has been negotiating overseas, and could potentially be holding TV tapings sometime in November in India. No word on whether or not those possible tapings will be for Destination America, or so that TNA can honor its international deals. Due to the opt-out clause Destination America holds, they can drop TNA whenever they choose to. They don’t even have to warn TNA of the removal before the do it either. And TNA does need the deal. Most believe that despite TNA having good international TV numbers with networks there, they need an American TV deal to keep the doors open. The international networks aren’t paying TNA enough to keep people on.
While Destination America and TNA very well could have worked something out, we probably won’t know the details of this for another few weeks. As of now, it is a waiting game even still with TNA.
- This weekend WWE Live Event was at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And former WWE star Lance Storm brought some of his students to the event. Storm is best known for his work in WWE, ECW, and WCW. Between those three promotions, Storm won 13 total championships (seven of which being tag team titles), including holding three championships simultaneously during his WCW stint. After retiring from full-time wrestling, he began running a professional wrestling school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta. Here he is seen with Darren Young:
– Natalya returned home at tonight’s WWE live event in Calgary and dedicated her win to WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart. Here they are backstage tonight: