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117-570: The company was known for its early use of the internet to promote itself, and was the earliest known wrestling organization to broadcast its events on a regular webcast; their show, "Shockwave TV", aired on ITV until 2005. After Firehawk's death in 2006, control of the company fell to Derek Gordon, who ran the company until its close the following year. The promotion had a working relationship with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , helped by Firehawk's friendship with Mike Tenay , which allowed it to feature TNA stars, storylines and sanction title defenses of

234-557: A best of three falls to win both titles. This was the last recorded title defence of the heavyweight championship and the promotion quietly closed down shortly afterwards. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA ) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee . It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment . Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following

351-478: A "heel" manager and de facto leader of the growing TNA faction within the promotion. By the end of the year, Larry Zbyszko , D-Lo Brown , Shark Boy , Michael Shane and America's Most Wanted ( Chris Harris & James Storm ) were also competing for the CSWF. The high costs of running shows with such high-profile stars, however, took its toll on the company during its first year. Among the more serious issues were that

468-465: A 3 Way Dance at Flemington's HealthQuest of Hunterdon to become the first CSWF Women's Champion. Also on the card included former Extreme Championship Wrestling wrestlers Chris Hamrick and E. Z. Money , and independent wrestlers Mike Quackenbush, Crowbar and Slyk Wagner Brown . These were eventually followed by Ariel , Tracy Brooks , Cindy Rogers , Lacey , Nikki Roxx , O.D.B , Sumie Sakai and Talia Madison . On July 12, Laree walked out during

585-542: A 60% cut in pay and TNA founder Jeff Jarrett would resign from the company, but remained as minority shareholder until his temporary return on June 24, 2015, with the deal for his return including the transfer of his minority stake to Dixie Carter, making her sole shareholder. The following year Jarrett revealed plans to start a new professional wrestling promotion, Global Force Wrestling . Further departures in 2014 included TNA veterans Sting , Chris Sabin , Hernandez , Christopher Daniels and Kazarian all leaving

702-547: A CSWF show in Rahway before a match against Simply Luscious. She subsequently left the promotion over a contract dispute and the title remained vacant for two months before being won by Trinity on September 13. Like Laree, Trinity also left the promotion and publicly criticized Firehawk while a guest on the Masked Maniac Hotline. Following the debut of Jazz , a former WWE Women's Champion, she and April Hunter would feud over

819-496: A Gauntlet Match defeating Devon Storm, Sinister X, Paul E. Normous, Boogalu Washington, Cindy Rogers and Slyk Wagner Brown to win the vacant NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship. Papadon beat Grim Reefer, Mike Tobin and Josh Daniels in a 4 Way Dance for the NWA Shockwave Internet title. The show also served as a memorial show Firehawk. Four months later, it was announced that NWA Shockwave and NWA Pro East would co-promote

936-512: A creative writer and would assist in the writing and production of the shows. Russo states that he coined the name "Total Nonstop Action", the initials of the company "TNA" being a play on " T&A ". The original intention, as they were exclusive to pay-per-view, was to be viewed as an edgier product than WWE. Initially, TNA's weekly pay-per-view show operated as the company's main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. These shows took place mostly at

1053-688: A deal with Pop TV to air Impact Wrestling , where it premiered on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, in a live special held at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania . With this move to Pop, Impact Wrestling introduced a new HD set, graphics and theme music. This show saw the semi-finals and finals of the TNA World Title Series , which was won by Ethan Carter III . Husband and wife team Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis would debut soon after. Subsequent shows would include episodes taped during

1170-628: A deal with New Motion, Inc. which led to the introduction of TNA Mobile service. TNA has also launched "TNA U TV"; podcasts aired through YouTube to help promote the company. In August 2007, live-events coordinator Craig Jenkins stated that TNA intended to stage eight pay-per-views and 96 house shows outside Orlando, Florida, in 2008. From 2007 to 2008, TNA first toured Europe, hosting two shows at Porto and Lisbon in Portugal , with TNA later conducting its first tour of England , with most shows selling out which later broke TNA's attendance records with

1287-528: A faction of younger wrestlers to oppose The Main Event Mafia . At Genesis , after scoring the pinfall in a six-woman tag team match, it was announced that ODB would get a shot at the Knockout Championship . In this time, ODB feuded with The Kongtourage with most results as wins. At Against All Odds , she unsuccessfully challenged Awesome Kong for the championship. The next week on Impact! , she cut

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1404-466: A falling out with former employees Dave Levy and Eric Nyenhuis resulted in them speaking out against the company as well. As a guest on the Masked Maniac Hotline, Nyenhuis claimed that Firehawk had physically threatened him and, on one occasion, told him he was "going to cut his fucking legs off" prior to his firing. NWA Cyberspace's relationship with TNA was supposedly threatened due to difficulties with Jeff Jarrett and Jeremy Borash after booker Derek Gordon

1521-401: A lien on TNA for unpaid taxes. Anthem Sports & Entertainment , parent company of Impact Wrestling ' s Canadian broadcaster, Fight Network , offered to help TNA and repay Corgan for the loans, while also offering additional financial assistance to TNA to help keep them from filing for bankruptcy. On October 31, Corgan lost his injunction that kept TNA from selling the company, but TNA

1638-734: A live house show at MCU Park , which also broke the TNA domestic attendance record at the time and being the most attended live TNA house show in the United States, with a capacity crowd of 5,550. During the May 3, 2011, Impact! television tapings, the show would change its name to Impact Wrestling . On November 7, 2011, TNA revealed that Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) would become TNA's official developmental territory . In December 2011, TNA debuted their new India-based subsidiary promotion Ring Ka King . On May 31, 2012, Impact Wrestling began airing live at

1755-563: A loan to Carter. Then on August 12, Billy Corgan became the promotion's new president, while Carter transitioned from president to the company's new chairwoman and chief strategy officer. It was reported on September 16 by the New York Post that Canada's Fight Network, through its parent company, Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corporation, had taken a stake in TNA. On October 13, Corgan sued TNA due to unpaid debt which Corgan claimed TNA had defaulted on. The State of Tennessee also put

1872-485: A majority stake of TNA, re-organizing TNA's parent company with Aroluxe having 10 percent while Carter retaining a five percent minority stake in the company, but resigned as chairwoman after 14 years with the company, while joining the advisory board of Fight Media Group. The promotion's parent company, TNA Entertainment, was changed firstly to Impact Ventures and then to Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC., with Anthem's Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm becoming President of

1989-746: A master toy license agreement with Toy Biz , with various action figures and playsets releasing between 2005 and 2007. TNA would subsequently discontinue producing weekly pay-per-views in favor of a traditional monthly pay-per-view schedule, beginning with Victory Road in November 2004. TNA's television contract with Fox Sports expired in May 2005. Without television exposure, Impact! would continue to air through webcasts – originally made available via BitTorrent and eventually via RealPlayer  – and replace Xplosion' s timeslot on Urban America Television . On September 11, 2005, TNA held its Unbreakable pay-per-view. Unbreakable

2106-595: A motorboat from ODB. Two months later the following year on March 2 during the tapings of Impact Wrestling , ODB returned to TNA, defeating Laurel Van Ness . On April 6, 2017, during the episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB won a gauntlet match to become number one contender for Rosemary's Knockouts Championship , a match she eventually went on to lose. On November 2, 2019, TNA Wrestling announced that proceeds from their Melrose Ballroom TV tapings would go towards replacing her food truck that burned down in Chicago during

2223-583: A near lengthy revamping of their website, the CSWF began broadcasting full events via its "Shockwave TV" webcast on March 25, 2005. A day later, it held another major show which saw Slyck Wagner Brown defended the NWA CyberSpace Championship against the former champion Ron Killings, Abyss and Mana the Polynesian Warrior in a dog collar match and a match between Triple X and America's Most Wanted. Jarrett would continue to defend his NWA title in

2340-496: A new start time of 8 p.m. EST on Thursday nights. The live schedule would continue throughout 2012. In 2012, Panda Energy divested itself of its stake in TNA. Dixie Carter , the daughter of Panda Energy founder Robert Carter, who had been serving as TNA's president, acquired that stake, making her TNA's majority shareholder. In March 2013, TNA began taping Impact from different venues around the United States and terminated its lease with Universal Studios . On March 14, TNA introduced

2457-505: A new universal HD stage which would be used for all weekly programming. On November 2, TNA ended its relationship with OVW. TNA formed a relationship with Japanese promotion Wrestle-1 beginning in July 2013 with a meeting between TNA founder Jeff Jarrett and Wrestle-1 head Keiji Mutoh . It was arranged for Jarrett to wrestle for W-1 in October 2013. In November, A.J. Styles successfully defended

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2574-559: A non-title mixed tag team match . On the November 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB competed in a battle royal to determine the next contender for Tara's championship, which was won by the returning Mickie James . After a four-month absence, ODB returned to TNA in April 2013, as the new referee for the Knockouts division. On the June 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB and Young were stripped of

2691-580: A number one contender's two out of three falls match on the August 29 episode of Impact Wrestling , which ODB won. On September 12, during the tapings of the September 19 episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB defeated Mickie James to win her fourth TNA Women's Knockout Championship. On October 20 at Bound for Glory , ODB lost her title to Kim in a three-way match, also involving Brooke , after an interference from Lei'D Tapa , ending her reign at 38 days. ODB received

2808-537: A partnership where the streaming service will distribute select non-live shows in most countries except the United States, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa . On May 8, 2023, Impact announced their first ever Australian shows named Down Under Tour , a four-day tour with two marquee wrestling shows that took part on June 30 and July 1 in Wagga Wagga , New South Wales . At the conclusion of Bound for Glory on October 21, 2023, Impact announced that it would revive

2925-515: A position it would hold for most of the 2000s and early 2010s. The promotion was known for featuring former top talent from WCW, WWE, and ECW , such as Raven , Jeff Jarrett , and Sting , free agents that were released from the WWE such as Kurt Angle , Jeff Hardy , and Mr. Kennedy (who wrestled as Mr. Anderson in TNA), as well as more homegrown wrestlers who had not appeared in WWE yet and mainly performed for

3042-548: A promo about letting "one lucky guy spend the night" with her, and at Destination X , she chose Cody Deaner as her date. Subsequently, Deaner became her manager . At Lockdown , ODB won the Queen of the Cage match, which was contested in a steel cage . On August 16 at Hard Justice , ODB and Deaner faced Angelina Love and Velvet Sky in a tag team match with Love's Knockouts Championship on the line. Deaner pinned Sky, which led to ODB becoming

3159-497: A rematch on the October 31 episode of Impact Wrestling , but was once again defeated by Kim. On the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB was helped to get retribution over Lei'D Tapa by the returning Madison Rayne , thus forming her own alliance. ODB and Rayne teamed together for the first time on the December 19 episode of Impact Wrestling , where they defeated Tapa and Kim, after Rayne pinned Kim. ODB defeated Brittany on

3276-547: A report on August 7, TNA filed a new business name of Impact Ventures, LLC. Destination America gained over 41.94 million viewers over the course of 2015's first quarter, making this the channel's best first quarter ever, followed by their best May ever in prime time. In both cases, Discovery Communications touted Impact Wrestling as one of the reasons for the increase in viewers. Despite this success, Discovery Communications dropped Unlocked and Greatest Matches from their programming in May 2015. On November 19, TNA signed

3393-544: A semi-retired Canadian-born wrestler, founded the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation in Staten Island , New York in 2001. His wife Daisy was the principal owner of the promotion while Firehawk took care of the general running of the company. Booking duties and talent scouting went to David Levy, who was also a wrestler on the roster. Firehawk and David Levy put together the foundation & groundwork for what

3510-551: A series presenting the best matches in the company's history. From December 2014 to March 2015, several employees re-signed with TNA, including Kurt Angle , Jeff Hardy, Gail Kim , Mr. Anderson, Abyss and Matt Hardy . Awesome Kong also re-joined the company following several years of absence. During this period, veteran Samoa Joe and commentator Tazz left the company by mutual consent. On April 27, 2015, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan joined TNA as senior producer of creative and talent development. According to

3627-498: A steel cage match to retain the titles. On July 19, ODB and Young became the longest reigning Knockouts Tag Team Champions in history by surpassing The Beautiful People 's reign of 141 days. On the October 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB defeated the newly crowned TNA Knockout Champion Tara in a non-title match. The rivalry between ODB and Tara continued, and the two competed on November 11 at Turning Point , where ODB and Young defeated Tara and her on-screen boyfriend Jesse in

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3744-578: A three-way match, which included Kim, to Kong. At Lockdown , ODB and Kim defeated Kong and Raisha Saeed . The following month at Sacrifice , ODB participated in the first-ever Knockouts "Make Over Battle Royal ", which was also won by Kim. In mid–2008, ODB began feuding with The Beautiful People (Angelina Love, Velvet Sky and Cute Kip ) alongside Rhaka Khan and Rhino . On the October 30 episode of Impact! , ODB joined A.J. Styles , Samoa Joe , Jay Lethal , Consequences Creed , Petey Williams , Eric Young and The Motor City Machineguns to form

3861-504: A tour of England, which would be the last TNA appearances for Kurt Angle . TNA returned to taping Impact Wrestling at the Impact Zone at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, beginning with a live Impact Wrestling on March 15. On March 19, longtime TNA wrestlers Eric Young and Bobby Roode left the promotion after 12 years. On April 22, Velvet Sky , another longtime TNA wrestler, left

3978-781: A working relationship with Mikey Whipwreck 's New York Wrestling Connection. Several of his students wrestled in the promotion Ken Scampi, Mike Spinelli, Mason Raige , Quiet Storm, Tara Charisma and Trinity . The promotion boasted an impressive roster of female wrestlers as well. Among them included Alexis Laree , April Hunter , Tracy Brooks , Cindy Rogers , Jazz , Lacey , Nikki Roxx , O.D.B , Serena , Sumie Sakai , Talia Madison and managers Alere Little Feather and Jade Chung . Jasmin St. Claire , former co-owner of Pro Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW) with then boyfriend The Blue Meanie , also served as its commissioner until its close. Billy Firehawk,

4095-523: Is remembered for the three-way match main event for the TNA X Division Championship , between AJ Styles , Christopher Daniels , and Samoa Joe , which received a rare 5   Star match rating from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer , the first one the company received. Later that year, TNA would secure a television deal with Spike TV ; Impact! debuted on the network on October 1, 2005. The episode saw Team 3D make their TNA debut. TNA would gain attention for

4212-615: The TNA Impact ! video game . On October 23, 2008, TNA began producing its programming in HD . In addition, a new HD set for Impact was introduced, including new lighting, and large high-resolution screens. On June 21, 2009, TNA launched an online video-vault subscription-service where subscribers could watch past pay-per-views by choosing one of three payment options. In October 2009, TNA President Dixie Carter hired Hulk Hogan and former WCW President Eric Bischoff . Hulk Hogan first appeared on

4329-754: The NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Among the number of then current and future stars who spent time in the promotion included Abyss , Amazing Red , A.J. Styles , Michael Shane , Christopher Daniels , C.M. Punk , D'Lo Brown , Julio Dinero , Sonjay Dutt , Kip James , Frankie Kazarian , Jeff Jarrett , Ron Killings , Jay Lethal , Bobby Roode , Shark Boy , Elix Skipper , Petey Williams , America's Most Wanted ( Chris Harris & James Storm ), The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens ) and The S.A.T. (Jose & Joel Maximo). Many former stars from Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling also appeared for

4446-543: The ROH 13th Anniversary Show pay-per-view, ODB gained a measure of revenge by defeating Kanellis in a singles match. On the December 15, 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling dubbed " Total Nonstop Deletion ", ODB made a one-night appearance to TNA to answer Sienna 's #1 contender challenge for the TNA Knockouts Championship in a losing effort. After the match was over "Broken" Matt Hardy 's drone, Vanguard 1, received

4563-581: The TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship , and then beat Sky down with her new partner, Jacqueline . The following week, ODB and Jacqueline defeated Sky and Tessmacher in a tag team match. On the July 7 episode of Impact Wrestling , Sky defeated both ODB and Jacqueline in a two-on-one handicap match , forcing both of them to leave TNA as per stipulation of the match. However, ODB, along with Jacqueline, returned to Impact Wrestling on July 21, once again attacking Sky prior to her match for

4680-564: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship at a Wrestle-1 show in Japan. From the period of 2013 to 2014, many well-known names or veterans of the company left TNA. In October 2013, Hulk Hogan 's contract with TNA expired, ending his time as creative consultant with the company. In December, AJ Styles left TNA after his contract expired. Styles later said that he could not accept TNA's new contract offer, which would see him take

4797-639: The Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville , nicknamed the "TNA Asylum". In October 2002, Panda Energy International purchased a controlling interest (72%) of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from Jerry Jarrett. TNA (which originally traded as "J   Sports and Entertainment") was re-organized as "TNA Entertainment", LLC, in the process. Dixie Carter was appointed president of TNA Entertainment in spring 2003. Xplosion launched on November 27, 2002, as TNA's first regular cable show and featured exclusive matches taped at

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4914-745: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE)'s reality show , WWF Tough Enough . She made the top 25, but missed the final cut. Back home in Minnesota, she began training and was soon wrestling in independent wrestling promotions in the Midwest, facing male wrestlers such as Ken Anderson and Shawn Daivari . Kresa received her first national exposure in early 2003 as ODB , wrestling Trinity in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). She returned to TNA in early 2004 as Poison and

5031-415: The "Impact Zone", at Universal Studios Florida and broadcast on Fox Sports Net (FSN). With the show's première, TNA introduced a six-sided wrestling ring, the implementation of the "Fox Box" displaying competitors and timekeeping for the match and a generally more sports-like style than the sports entertainment style exemplified by WWE. In June 2004, TNA issued a press release stating it had signed

5148-590: The "TNA Asylum". There were a total of 111 weekly pay-per-views. ODB (wrestler) Jessica Nora Kresa (born June 6, 1978) is an American professional wrestler , actress , entrepreneur , and former collegiate ice hockey player, better known as ODB (One Dirty Bitch) . Best known for her time in TNA Wrestling , she is a four-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion , and a one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion . Kresa has an athletic background in ice hockey , which her father encouraged her to pursue. She

5265-406: The $ 2.7   million debt that was owed to him by TNA and, as such, he was considering suing, as well as converting the debt into a 36 percent stake. As the result of a settlement between Corgan and TNA, Anthem Sports & Entertainment acquired the loans Corgan made to Carter in the process. Anthem Sports & Entertainment , a company owned by former Canwest CEO Leonard Asper , purchased

5382-536: The April 29, 2014 episode of TNA Xplosion , in what would turn out to be her final match with TNA. On August 21, 2014, ODB was removed from the Knockouts website and her TNA profile was moved to the alumni section of the roster, therefore announcing her departure from the company. On September 5, 2014, ODB competed in TNA One Night Only: World Cup 2014, which aired on tape delay from April. She competed for Team Eric Young and lost to Angelina Love. In

5499-622: The CSWF & NWA Cyberspace would become. In October 2002, Firehawk began promoting wrestling shows in Central New Jersey and, on October 19, the promotion crowned its first heavyweight champion when Smokey M defeated Danny Doring , Kidd USA and Sinister X in a 4 Way Dance at its at "Halloween Horror '02" show in Flemington, New Jersey ; also appearing on the show were independent wrestlers Brian Fury , Don Montoya , Mike Quackenbush and Gran Akuma . Three months later at "Legendary Breakout",

5616-716: The February 2, 2021 episode of Impact! , where she helped Jazz and Jordynne Grace as they were attacked by Kimber Lee , Susan and the Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo . Aside from being a wrestler, Kresa worked as a bartender at the Courtside Bar & Grill in Anoka, Minnesota . and runs a food truck called ODB's Meat & Greet. In 2011, Kresa starred alongside fellow wrestlers Kurt Angle , James Storm , Matt Morgan , Terry Gerin and Sid Eudy in

5733-546: The GFW rights; the lawsuit was ultimately settled out of court. Don Callis and Scott D'Amore became executive vice presidents in January 2018, taking charge of Impact Wrestling's day-to-day operations. At the first tapings under their tenure, the company reverted to a traditional four-sided ring, and the show also saw the return of former World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries , as well

5850-566: The Impact (abbreviated as BTI ), and Xplosion was canceled after 19 years the following month. During No Surrender Impact announced a new partnership with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Don Callis' time as Impact executive vice president and on-air talent ended in May. Slammiversary 2021 marked the return of in-person spectators for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That month, BTI and Impact! would crossover for

5967-470: The January 4, 2010, episode of Impact! . Both obtained a position behind the scenes; with Bischoff part of creative and Hogan as a consultant. Under their tenure, TNA would see several revamps in 2010. Beginning with Genesis in January, TNA returned to using a four-sided ring. That month, Jakks Pacific announced a five-year agreement to produce TNA action figures. Impact! would also begin airing on Monday nights directly opposite of WWE Raw , marking

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6084-721: The Knights of Columbus Hall in Lodi . The promotion also signed an exclusive contract with the American Legion Hall to tour the Jersey Shore and included holding its inaugural “Beach Blanket Bodyslam” supercard. Havoc defended his heavyweight title on NWA Pro East cards for two months until losing the belt to Papadon in Clifton on June 2, 2007. The match was a 3 Way Dance involving then Internet Champion Josh Daniels and saw Papadon defeat each man in

6201-548: The Knockout's title to Tara. On the December 31 special four-hour, all Knockout edition of Impact! ODB won an eight Knockout Tournament , defeating Traci Brooks and Awesome Kong en route to the finals, where she defeated Hamada , to earn herself a shot at the Knockouts Championship on the January 4 episode of Impact! , where she defeated Tara to regain the Knockouts Championship. Two weeks later at Genesis , ODB lost

6318-445: The Knockouts Championship with Mickie James . They would eventually be attacked by the returning Traci Brooks , before being escorted out of the arena by police officers. On the August 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB and Jacqueline changed their attitudes, abandoning their heelish antics, in order to regain contracts with the promotion. After several weeks of working as fan favorites, ODB and Jacqueline were signed to contracts by

6435-557: The Knockouts Tag Team Championships by Brooke Hogan — the Knockouts Division Commissioner — due to Young being a male, ending their reign at a record-setting 478 days. On the July 25 episode of TNA Impact Wrestling , ODB refereed a Knockouts Championship match between champion Mickie James and Gail Kim , which saw Kim slap ODB after turning a blind eye to a dirty pin and James ultimately retaining

6552-470: The May 19 episode of the newly christened Impact Wrestling by attacking Velvet Sky , claiming that she had gotten fired because of her. In storyline, ODB was not under contract with TNA and had to make her entrances in matches through the crowd with no entrance music. ODB and Sky faced each other in a singles match on the June 9 episode of Impact Wrestling , with Sky emerging victorious. The following week, ODB cost Sky and Ms. Tessmacher their match for

6669-702: The NWA's first national television taping on the East Coast to be held at the Italian-American Family Association in Clifton, New Jersey , on April 28. The show featured Crowbar, Damian Dragon, the Devil's Rejects (Paul E Normus & Sinister X) and NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Champion Havoc. Havoc and NWA Shockwave Internet Champion Pappadon defended their titles a May 5 NWA Pro East-Bodyslam Wrestling Organization show at

6786-493: The November 19 episode. The final episodes of 2014 were Best of TNA clip shows. On January 7, 2015, Impact Wrestling moved to Destination America , with a live debut from The Manhattan Center 's Grand Ballroom in New York City. In addition to Impact Wrestling , which was now airing on Friday nights, two new shows produced were Impact Wrestling: Unlocked , hosted by Mike Tenay , and TNA Wrestling's Greatest Matches ,

6903-583: The Polynesian Warrior were also regulars. Brown has claimed that NWA Cyberspace/Shockwave was his favorite promotion to work for. Upon joining the National Wrestling Alliance in 2005, the promotion became known as NWA: Cyberspace and then NWA Shockwave. It was affiliated with several other regional NWA promotions in the Northeastern United States , specifically NWA New Jersey/New York, NWA North Jersey and NWA Upstate, as well as having

7020-519: The TNA Asylum as well as exclusive interviews with TNA wrestlers and the promotion's original weekly pay-per-view shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee . The last weekly pay-per-view took place on September 8, 2004, with a total of 111 weekly pay-per-views. In May 2004, TNA introduced its second weekly television program, Impact! (stylized as iMPACT! ), produced at Soundstage 21 , nicknamed

7137-544: The TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship. After the match, ODB accepted Young's storyline marriage proposal. ODB and Young made their first title defense two weeks later, when they defeated Mexican America ( Rosita and Sarita ). ODB's and Young's wedding ceremony took place on the April 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , with Rosita and Sarita interfering. This led to a match, three days later at Lockdown , where ODB and Young defeated Rosita and Sarita in

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7254-522: The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) name. From October 26 to 28, Impact held events in Scotland and England , marking their first United Kingdom tour since 2015. In December 2023, the promotion announced it had signed a new toy license with PowerTown, to release its first line of product in August 2024. The name change to TNA took effect in January 2024, with the first event under

7371-495: The Women's Championship as an official title. ODB lost her title to Serena Deeb in a four-way match on September 13, 2006. In the spring of 2007, ODB won the first ever "Miss OVW" crown with help from Victoria Crawford . After Deeb dropped the title to Katie Lea , ODB engaged in an ongoing feud with her which led to a match between the two on June 1, 2007, where ODB regained her title and ended Lea's reign. ODB lost her title for

7488-553: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE ) gaining a monopoly on the industry. While on a fishing trip, Bob Ryder , Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett contemplated their futures in the professional wrestling business under a parent company known as J   Sports & Entertainment, LLC. Ryder suggested a company not reliant on television, but rather one going straight to pay-per-view . In July 2002, Vince Russo joined Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion as

7605-402: The aforementioned "Shockwave TV." Less than six weeks later, Billy Firehawk died on July 17, 2006, due to complications stemming from diabetes. He was 40 years old. Following the death of Firehawk, principle management of the federation was given to Derek Gordon, the former WCW producer and director of operations of NWA Shockwave. Gordon had been usually credited for the content driven plotlines of

7722-483: The belts were discontinued when the promotion when on a brief hiatus starting on December 1, 2006. The Cruiser X and Women's titles were similarly scrapped. On January 13, 2007, Gordon held "NWA Shockwave: A New Beginning" at the sold-out Elks Lodge in Boonton, New Jersey . Serving as a memorial show Firehawk, the show brought back regulars such as Mike Tobin, Bobby Fish, Rob Eckos, Ken Scampi, Cindy Rogers and others. Havok won

7839-469: The company during this period. In April 2017, it was announced on Impact! that the promotion would "merge" with Jarrett's newer Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion. In the lead-up to the Slammiversary ;XV PPV, Anthem officially announced its intent to acquire GFW to formalize the merger. The company subsequently announced that they were re-branding again and taking the GFW name in June;

7956-558: The company in that year, and the contracts of TNA Hall of Famers Bully Ray and Devon reportedly expired in October 2014, with TNA moving them to the alumni section of their roster in January 2015. In late July, the TMZ website reported that Spike TV was not renewing Impact Wrestling beyond October. TNA would refute the report, stating that negotiations were still ongoing. On August 14, Impact Wrestling moved to Wednesday nights. On August 20, TNA signed an extension with Spike TV until

8073-409: The company would create its own World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017. In March of that year, it was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its weekly flagship television show , but returned to the TNA branding in January 2024. From its inception, TNA had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind WWE

8190-427: The company. It was reported near the beginning of 2016 that Aroluxe Marketing, a Brentwood, Tennessee–based marketing agency, had taken a stake in TNA at the start of 2016 in return for providing partial funding, as well as taking over TNA's production operations. It was reported in June 2016 that Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan acquired a minority stake in TNA from Dixie Carter, but he had instead provided

8307-514: The debuts of Karl Anderson and Heath Slater . After the events of AEW Winter Is Coming on December 2, 2020, Impact began a partnership with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), which lasted until Bound for Glory 2021 . AEW-contracted wrestlers Kenny Omega and Christian Cage held the Impact World Championship during this time; this marked Cage's first in-ring return to the promotion since 2008. In February 2021, Impact launched Before

8424-529: The debuts of new wrestlers such as Kiera Hogan , Su Yung , Pentagón Jr. , Fénix and Brian Cage . The company also announced a partnership with live streaming service Twitch to produce content for their platform, starting with Brace for Impact , which was co-promoted with New Jersey–based promotion WrestlePro. Their first live show was Impact vs. Lucha Underground , a co-promoted show with Lucha Underground . Impact! subsequently moved to Pursuit Channel beginning January 11, 2019. Two months later,

8541-512: The end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action ( NWA-TNA ) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. The promotion dropped the "NWA" brand from its name in 2004, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . TNA continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships until this agreement ended in 2007; after which,

8658-433: The end of 2014. In November 2014, TNA announced a new agreement with Discovery Communications to distribute its programming in the United States on Destination America and to selected international markets. Spike's outreach at the time was estimated to be more than 97 million homes while Destination America was estimated to reach 59 million households. Impact Wrestling ceased airing new televised events on Spike after

8775-501: The established veterans. Some would even go on to WWE careers like Matt Striker, Antonio Thomas, Mickie James, and others. During its five-year existence, TNA's Ron Killings , Jeff Jarrett , Chris Harris , Abyss and Bobby Roode would all hold the heavyweight title while America's Most Wanted ( Chris Harris & James Storm ), the United Nations ( Prince Nana & Sonjay Dutt ) and The S.A.T. (Jose & Joel Maximo) held

8892-481: The event, participating in a 10- Knockout gauntlet match to crown the first-ever Knockout Champion . She was eliminated by Roxxi Laveaux , and the match was eventually won by Gail Kim . She was originally booked as a villain in the women's division, but her abilities while "drunken" created positive crowd reactions, resulting in a naturally gradual fan favorite push. On the January 3, 2008 episode of Impact! , ODB won an 8-Knockout gauntlet match to determine

9009-459: The federation over the year. The promotion went on a brief hiatus that summer. Upon its return, it promised new and unique storylines as well as bringing in fresh talent from other NWA affiliates in the United States and the United Kingdom. At the end of the year, The S.A.T.'s left the promotion and took the titles with them to Tod Gordon 's Pro Wrestling Unplugged. Stripped of the championship,

9126-600: The final appearance of Vince Russo, who announced his retirement from the wrestling industry. Jarrett also filled in for Luger in his bout against Ron Killings at "Superbrawl Saturday III" a month later. On that same day, during "Superbrawl Saturday III", Billy Firehawk announced that the promotion had officially joined the National Wrestling Alliance and was being renamed NWA: Cyberspace. The previous year, Firehawk had been approached by NWA President Bill Behrens about becoming an NWA affiliate. Although they ran shows in New Jersey,

9243-602: The first time that two major professional wrestling promotions would go head to head since the launch of WCW Monday Nitro in 1995. The show would permanently move to Mondays on March 8, 2010, Spike would keep the Thursday night slot open for repeats of the Monday night shows. During this time, Ric Flair , Rob Van Dam , Mr. Anderson would make their debuts, while Jeff Hardy would make his return. Impact! would later return to Thursday nights on May 3. On July 2, 2010, TNA hosted

9360-435: The first time, when Josh Alexander faced T. J. Perkins for the X Division Championship in Impact's first-ever 60-minute Iron man match , which began on BTI and concluded in the opening minutes of Impact! . Impact subsequently announced the end of their partnership with Twitch that August and launched a new YouTube membership program called "Impact Wrestling Insiders". In November 2022, Impact and DAZN signed

9477-530: The group. He also threatened to fire Crowbar if he lost his match against Abyss which he did. Lex Luger also wrestled on the show, defeating Danny Jaxx, and later brawled with Ron Killings following his match with Matt Striker. Luger cut a bizarre promo on "Shockwave TV" in which he delivered a rant against both Killings and Firehawk prior to his appearance at the upcoming "Superbrawl Saturday" show. This interview has become widely popular on YouTube and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace . Luger

9594-732: The heavyweight title was unified with the USWF Heavyweight Championship after the New York-based United States Wrestling Federation folded. Firehawk and many other mainstays had previously competed in the USWF during the last decade. Firehawk was able to bring in stars from World Championship Wrestling following its close the previous year, due in part to his friendship with WCW announcer Mike Tenay , as well as from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . David Levy scouted and brought in top indy taent to mix with

9711-465: The main event, ODB managed to eliminate Gail Kim before being eliminated by Robbie E . On January 3, 2015, ODB debuted for Ring of Honor , saving The Briscoe Brothers from an attack of The Kingdom ( Michael Bennett , Matt Taven and Maria Kanellis ). At the January 24 tapings, The Kingdom defeated ODB and the Briscoes after Bennett and Taven attacked ODB, allowing Kanellis to pin her. On March 1 at

9828-596: The many high-profile talent that would join the promotion during the show's run on Spike. From 2005 to 2009, these include Kevin Nash , Rhino , Christian Cage , Sting (who made appearances at previous "Asylum" shows), Scott Steiner , Kurt Angle , Booker T , and Mick Foley . In April 2006, TNA launched a YouTube channel, featuring clips from Impact and exclusive content. Beginning with Bound for Glory in October 2006, TNA began holding select pay-per-view events outside of Orlando, Florida. In January 2007, TNA announced

9945-442: The new Knockouts Champion, but the duo began arguing over who was the true champion. At No Surrender , ODB defeated Deaner to win the championship. After successfully defending her title against Awesome Kong and Tara , she would face both of them in a 3-way match at Bound for Glory , which ODB won. ODB turned heel on December 10 after attacking Tara in a backstage segment. On December 20, 2009, at Final Resolution , ODB lost

10062-514: The new head of the Knockouts division, Karen Jarrett , on the September 1 episode of Impact Wrestling . ODB returned on the November 17 episode of Impact Wrestling , taking part in a gauntlet match, which was won by Mickie James. On the December 22 episode of TNA Impact Wrestling ODB teamed up with Eric Young in the Wild Card Tournament , advancing to the semi-finals after a win over Anarquia and Shannon Moore . The following week,

10179-494: The new parent company. Shortly after Anthem's acquisition of TNA, it was re-branded to Impact Wrestling. On January 5, 2017 Jeff Jarrett was brought back by Anthem to serve as a consultant and later promoted to executive producer and chief creative officer. Anthem re-branded the promotion as Impact Wrestling, after its primary television series two months later. Wrestlers Drew Galloway , Matt Hardy , Jeff Hardy , Jade , Crazzy Steve , Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis left

10296-404: The pandemic, the promotion cancelled its planned TNA: There's No Place Like Home event, and Tessa Blanchard , who became the first woman to win the promotion's World Championship earlier that year at Hard to Kill , was fired and stripped of the championship after a long absence. Slammiversary saw the returns of The Motor City Machine Guns , Eric Young , Doc Gallows and EC3 , as well as

10413-513: The process. After losing to Mae in a tag team match on June 9, ODB finally defeated her in a tag team match on June 16. She then defeated her in a singles match on June 28 to culminate their feud. On July 12, 2006, ODB began declaring herself as the Women's Champion , even though OVW did not recognize a women's champion at the time. She repeatedly cut promos saying that she was the new Women's Champion, and OVW owner Danny Davis conceded and recognized

10530-577: The promotion also began to co-promote events with Mikey Whipwreck 's New York City Wrestling Connection. In March, Bobby Roode won the NWA Cyberspace Internet Championship from Josh Daniels at one of these shows in Deer Park, New York . Several of Whipwreck's students, including Ken Scampi, Mike Spinelli, Mason Raige , Quiet Storm, Tara Charisma and Trinity , had been regulars in the promotion since its early years. On March 26, 2006,

10647-604: The promotion announced that Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) would serve as its developmental territory once again. In May, Impact Plus replaced the Global Wrestling Network as the official streaming app for the promotion. Impact! began airing on Anthem-owned AXS TV after Bound for Glory in October. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Impact would hold events behind closed doors at Skyway Studios in Nashville. During

10764-602: The promotion held its "Disturbing The Peace" supercard at the former home arena of Jersey City Wrestling, the Boys & Girls Club, in Garfield, New Jersey . The May 21st edition of "Shockwave TV" in Flemington saw Tammy Lynn Sytch forced to leave the promotion when Kip James lost a "Loser's Manager Retires" match to Rhino with manager John Shane . NWA Cyberspace changed its name to NWA Shockwave on June 6, 2006, to reflect its Internet show,

10881-599: The promotion later touring in Germany , Scotland and Ireland in 2009, France , Wales and the United Arab Emirates in 2010 and Belgium in 2012. In February 2008, Jakks Pacific announced it had signed a multi-year master toy license agreement with TNA, to release products starting in 2010. In March 2008, Tristar Productions acquired an exclusive license deal to produce and distribute TNA trading cards and memorabilia. On September 9, 2008, Midway Games released

10998-432: The promotion such as AJ Styles and Samoa Joe . (Some of whom would later be signed by WWE during the mid to late 2010s as TNA suffered financial issues). From 2015 to 2017, the promotion was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor ; with the loss of their U.S. television contract with Spike in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, being noted as factors to their decline. By 2019,

11115-414: The promotion was a subject of controversy throughout much of 2005 and early-2006. Many of these originated with Frank Goodman, a rival New Jersey promoter, and his Masked Maniac Hotline. Firehawk's on-screen role in the company was openly criticized as were his promotion's questionable business decisions and practices. Former Women's Champion Talia had criticized the promotion as a guest the previous year, and

11232-591: The promotion was still officially based in New York and were not allowed to join under the organization's rules. Behrens then helped Firehawk acquire the rights to use the NWA New Jersey name from promoter Fred Rubenstein. This caused some controversy with Gino Moore and Joe Panzarino, two other promoters who also claimed ownership of NWA New Jersey, and resulted in Moore suing Rubenstein in court. Rubenstein would eventually join

11349-712: The promotion was viewed to have recovered through its sustained international distribution, and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV ; which subsequently began carrying the promotion's programming. TNA is currently viewed as being the third-largest wrestling promotion in the United States; following the establishment of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019, and its current television deals with Warner Bros. Discovery 's TNT and TBS (both of which are seen in more households than AXS). Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s The concept of TNA originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ended in 2001, with

11466-609: The promotion's women's title over a year later. Firehawk's relationship with TNA allowed the promotion to not only use TNA wrestlers but also have some of its storylines be played out in the CSWF such as the continuation of the feud between Triple X and America's Most Wanted . It also sanctioned title defences of the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . On the July 12th show in Rahway, Mike Tenay and Crowbar were in Ron Killings' corner when he took on Homicide . Tenay would eventually become

11583-646: The promotion, appearing on camera as a referee, and later became its chief operating officer. By this time, the promotion was arguably considered one of the two top promotions in the New Jersey area, the other being Jersey All Pro Wrestling . In March, Josh Daniels defeated Mike Tobin to win the NWA Cyberspace Internet Title in Wayne, New Jersey. Frankie Kazarian wrestled his final match in NWA Cyberspace before going to World Wrestling Entertainment . After

11700-581: The promotion, including "champion vs. champion" bouts against then CSWF Heavyweight Champion Slyk Wagner Brown, until losing the title in TNA to A.J. Styles on April 21. Nine days later, Jarrett defeated Slyk Wagner Brown for the CSWF Heavyweight title at "Retribution" on April 30. Despite losing the title, Brown continued to be one of the top stars in the promotion over the next year. Other stars who wrestled for NWA Cyberspace that year included Mike Kruel, Rodney Mack , Abyss and Petey Williams . However,

11817-675: The promotion; Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch , Danny Doring , Chris Hamrick , E. Z. Money , Jerry Lynn , Rodney Mack and Rhino from ECW and Crowbar , Kanyon , Diamond Dallas Page , Lex Luger and Vince Russo from WCW. Both Tammy Lynn Sytch and Vince Russo " retired " at NWA Cyberspace shows. Several independent wrestlers also competed in the promotion during their early careers such as Gran Akuma , Slyck Wagner Brown , Mike Kruel, The Smoke, "The Alpha Male" Justin Powers , Rob Eckos and Xavier . Chikara 's Mike Quackenbush and World Xtreme Wrestling 's The Hungarian Barbarian and Mana

11934-462: The rankings of the Knockout's division in TNA. On the January 17, 2008 episode of Impact! , she defeated Angelina Love , and then challenged Awesome Kong to a title match at Against All Odds . On the January 24 episode of Impact! , Kong attacked Gail Kim after Kim was named 2007 TNA Knockout of the Year, but was saved by ODB. At Against All Odds, ODB was defeated by Kong. At Destination X , she lost

12051-545: The re-branding was short-lived as they severed ties with Jarrett that October and the deal for Anthem to acquire GFW was never completed. During that time, Anthem launched the Global Wrestling Network , a new streaming service which featured content from to their tape library and other sources. Jarrett subsequently filed a lawsuit against Anthem in the District Court of Tennessee for copyright infringement over

12168-467: The reinstated TNA banner being Hard To Kill . On February 7, Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced that Scott D'Amore's contract with TNA was terminated , with D'Amore being removed from his position as President of TNA, later being replaced by Anthony Cicione. From June 2002 until September 2004, the promotion's original weekly pay-per-view shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee , nicknamed

12285-556: The second time when she dropped it to Milena Roucka in a six-way match on September 19, 2007. During her time in OVW, she gained praise for her matches, but Johnny Ace thought she didn't fit with the WWE Divas division and Triple H encouraged her to sign with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Kresa was contacted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to appear at their annual pay-per-view Bound for Glory . She made her in-ring re-debut at

12402-493: The show when Wayne Ploghofft, an employee of National Wrestling Superstars, was accused of attempting to take away objects he deemed as "weapons" from fans waiting to enter the building and forcibly eject others from attending the show. When Firehawk and other officials heard what was happening, Ploghofft having no authorization to act on behalf of NWA Cyberspace, he left the building with security members to confront Ploghofft but found he had left before their arrival. In early-2006,

12519-911: The small crowds they were bringing in were not enough to justify running highly expensive shows as was Firehawk's tendency to overpay its talent. On April 24, 2004, the CSWF ran against rival promotions Jersey All Pro and Jersey City Wrestling in Wayne, New Jersey . The main event was a rare interpromotional match between TNA's Ron Killings and WWE 's Al Snow for the CSWF Heavyweight Championship as well as appearances by Mike Tenay and Roddy Piper . JAPW's show featured Vader and Mike Awesome while JCW had Kamala , Chris Candido and Bam Bam Bigelow . Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon , both ex-WCW stars, headlined another show in Wayne on August 28. On October 30, 2004, Vince Russo appeared as leader of "Team TNA" and fired Julio Dinero and Miss Michelle from

12636-465: The tag team titles. For many of these wrestlers, it was the first time they would appear in live events in New Jersey. The promotion's skillful utilization of the internet to promote itself soon made the CSWF one of the most visible on the East Coast. In early-2003, the promotion established a women's division and brought in many of the top female wrestlers on the indy circuit at the time. On January 25, Alexis Laree defeated Serena and April Hunter in

12753-482: The team was eliminated from the tournament by Magnus and Samoa Joe . After the loss, ODB would pursue an on-screen relationship with Young, and the two would begin a feud with Angelina Love and Winter , and the duo would defeat Love and Winter in a tag team match on the January 26, 2012 episode of Impact Wrestling . On the March 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , ODB and Young defeated Gail Kim and Madison Rayne to win

12870-428: The title back to Tara in a two out of three falls match . On June 14, 2010, Kresa announced on her Twitter account that she had parted ways with TNA. Despite the announcement of her departure, ODB returned to TNA for one night on the February 24, 2011 episode of Impact! , answering TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne 's open challenge and losing to her in the following match. She made her next appearance in

12987-404: The title, beginning a rivalry between the two. ODB returned to in-ring action the following week, where she fought Kim to double count-out. On August 15 at the special episode of Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice , ODB pinned Kim in a three-way hardcore match , which also included James. The following week, ODB was defeated by Kim in singles competition. ODB and Kim faced off once again in

13104-702: The weekend of Starrcast and AEW All Out . She confirmed that she would be present but didn't comment on whether or not she'd be wrestling at the event. ODB made a surprise appearance at All Out , participating in the Casino Battle Royal. She eliminated Teal Piper before being eliminated by Britt Baker . On December 14, 2019, at Into the Fire , ODB made her National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) debut as Allysin Kay 's mystery tag team partner, defeating Marti Belle and Melina . ODB made her third return to TNA Wrestling on

13221-506: Was alleged to have written storylines conflicting with TNA angles. Jarrett supposedly received a bounced check from Firehawk as well. There were also claims of "scaling back" on big name talent and that the promotion was losing around $ 10,000 a show. In spite of this, the promotion held its most successful show that year when over 400 fans attended "Superbrawl Saturday IV" in Kearny, New Jersey , on January 21, 2006. A minor disturbance occurred at

13338-463: Was placed in a brief feud with Trinity. She appeared again in TNA during October 2004 and defeated Tracy Brooks . On June 5, 2006, Kresa debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) as a villain under the ring name ODB, her gimmick being a woman who was a tough, loud, and crude bargirl, losing to Daisy Mae . Three days later, she lost to Mae in a rematch, beginning a feud between the two in

13455-463: Was required to pay Corgan back by November 1. It was possible that one of the other minority owners could pay Corgan, effectively making them the majority owner of TNA. On November 3, the company revealed that Anthem Sports & Entertainment provided a credit facility to fund operations for TNA and that Corgan was removed as the promotion's president. However, Corgan himself stated that neither TNA nor Anthem Sports & Entertainment had yet repaid

13572-530: Was scheduled wrestle in a 6-man tag team match with The Youngbludz (Matt Striker and Nick Berk) against Ron Killings & America's Most Wanted at CSWF's "Fatal Attraction" on January 8, 2005, however, he suffered a back injury in preparation for his match and was instead replaced by then NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett . Sonjay Dutt won the NWA Cyberspace Cruiser-X Championship from Grim Reefer via forfeit. The event also marked

13689-410: Was the captain of the first girls' team at her high school and played at St. Cloud State University for two years. She began watching professional wrestling as a child, and watching wrestlers such as The Killer Bees . She originally desired to be on the show American Gladiators . She hired a personal trainer in anticipation of her wrestling training. Kresa tried out for the first season of

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