Christy Hemme - TNA Ring Announcer

The counterpart to the lovely Lilian Garcia in the WWE, TNA's Christy Hemme.
Christy started out in the WWE, winning the 2004 WWE Diva Search but she was only there for about a year before she was released and she moved to TNA.

The Punisher Andrew Martin

I'm sure everyone has already heard about the passing of Andrew "Test" Martin this weekend.
While a large part of Test's work was for the WWE, he is also known for the time he spent in TNA.
Of course in TNA he wasnt known as Test, but as "'The Punisher' Andrew Martin".
Test was released from TNA in 2007 due to concerns over his physical size, and TNA being investigated by the United States Congress.
Read into that what you will.
Test officially retired from wrestling that year, stating that he didnt want to be one of those guys that quit, then kept coming back.
Sadly, Test was only four days from his 34th birthday.

Besides wrestling for TNA and WWE, Test appeared in "18 Wheels of Justice","Kim Possible","Fear Factor" and "Grindhouse".

I would like to express my condolences to the fans, friends, family and loved ones of Andrew Martin in this time of distress.

Sonjay Dutt has left TNA

Sonjay Dutt has left TNA and may be headed to the WWE.
Kinda like the Gail Kim situation from what I can see, TNA and Sonjay just couldn't come to terms on a new contract.
So Sonjay left.
Some reports say that his profile has been removed from TNAwrestling.com.
But it's still here:
http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/233/37/
Now whats gonna happen to his on air manager and love interest SoCal Val?
And will the WWE really hire the former X Division wrestler?
I mean the WWE usually goes after the behemoths.
Not normally sized people that can actually wrestle.
And doesn't TNA seem to be losing a lot of talent here lately?

TNA Wrestling News and Rumors

Petey Williams, TNA no more

Is it strange to anyone else that TNA just let Petey Williams, Lance Hoyt and Jimmy Rave go?
Is their current roster that good?

TNA has officially signed Madison Rayne as a new knockout.
Madison wrestles for SHIMMER as Ashley Lane.

TNA Wrestling’s “Lockdown” Pay-Per-View event will be held live at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, on Sunday, April 19.

The Creators of the TNA Impact! game, Midway Games Inc., has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Former WWE/ECW talent Stevie Richards will be joining TNA, maybe starting out as Aybss' therapist.
That looks like a good job for one of the ECW originals.

Former TNA Stars. part six

WWE SmackDown!'s "The Brian Kendrick" had a brief stint in TNA Wrestling in November 2004, when he defeated Kaz, Matt Sydal and Amazing Red, in a four-way match.


Indy wrestler Daizee Haze has had a couple of shots in TNA.
First in 2003, she made several appearances as a wrestler and valet to Matt Sydal.
When wrestling she faced Nurse Veronica (Simply Luscious), Trinity, and MsChif.
She returned to TNA on TNA Impact! in 2008 facing Cheerleader Melissa in a losing effort.


In 2004, Lucha Libre star Abismo Negro, along with Héctor Garza, Juventud Guerrera, Mr. Águila and Heavy Metal, came to TNA Wrestling as part of Team Mexico.


Hulk Hogan was actually supposed to be at Bound for Glory in 2003, he even did a press conference hyping the event and took a guitar shot from Jeff Jarrett.
But he pulled out saying that he had knee problems that would require surgery.


In 2004, another Lucha Libre star La Parka made a few brief appearances in TNA.

Former TNA Stars. part five

Kim Neilson debuted in TNA on December 12, 2002 as Every Man's Desire. She was the valet of Sonny Siaki and she feuded with almost every woman on the TNA roster including Trinity, TNA ring girl Athena, and with backstage interviewer Goldylocks.


Did you know that Eddie Fatu wrestled for TNA? Of course you may know him best as Umaga, but on TNA in 2003 he was known as Ekmo. He was put into a tag team with Sonny Siaki.
Did Sonny do everything back then?


Goldylocks was on the TNA roster as a backstage interviewer back in 2003 and 2004. She moved to managing for awhile and with the gimmick of using Abyss in wrestling matches to claim contracts of defeated opponents, she obtained the contracts of Alex Shelley, D-Ray 3000, Shark Boy and yes....Sonny Siaki!


Teddy Hart, a third generation member of the Hart wrestling family, wrestled for TNA in 2003. He wrestled Jonny Storm, Juventud Guerrera, Mr. Águila but amazingly, I found no account of him wrestling Sonny Siaki.
Teddy was released from TNA after getting into it with CM Punk at a restaurant. Sabu had to pull them apart.
Would YOU want Sabu to have to break up a fight you were in?


Ian Richard Hodgkinson is an unlikely name for a wrestler.
Vampiro works much better. And Vampiro had a short run in TNA in 2003.

Former TNA Stars. part three

ECW, WCW and WWF star Perry Saturn appeared with TNA in March of 2003. He was part of a stable with former ECW stars Sandman and New Jack.

Jaime Lynne, better known as Lollipop, started out as a cage dancer (shades of the WWE!) but later went on to get some wrestling training from Leilani Kai.

Before going to the WWE, Paul London competed in TNA's X-Division. London has said that he viewed his time in TNA as a "stepping stone".

Road Warrior Hawk appeared in TNA in late 2002 and early 2003, but only actually wrestled one match.

Antonio Banks wrestled for TNA in 2003. He was released and he showed up later on the WWE as MVP.

The Insane Clown Posse actually had a fun run on TNA, wrestling matches and hosting and booking TNA's first ever house show in Detroit, Michigan. During their time in TNA, Insane Clown Posse brought the company it's largest paying crowds in history.

Nelson Frazier, Jr.(also known as Mabel, Viscera, Big Daddy V, and King V) made two appearance in TNA back in March of 2003.

More Former TNA Stars

Michael Lee Alfonso, born on January 24, 1965 in Tampa, Florida and better known by his ring name Mike Awesome, made a few appearances in TNA Wrestling in 2003.

Bart Gunn who wrestled in the WWF for six years had a short stint in TNA Wrestling in 2003.

Disgraceland (Luther Biggs) also wrestled for TNA in 2003.

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan actually made a couple of appearances for TNA in 2003. He showed up on the March 12 and the October 29 NWA: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling PPVs.

David Flair, the son of Ric Flair, wrestled for TNA from December 2002 to early 2003.

One man that deserves the title "Extreme", New Jack, made multiple appearances in TNA in 2003.

Big Van Vader appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on February 19, 2003.

Former TNA Stars

A few short lived runs here......

Tony Mamaluke (Charles John Spencer) wrestled for TNA briefly in 2002 before going to the WWE.

Ace Steel (Chris Guy) also wrestled for TNA in 2002, and he also later went to the WWE. In TNA He wrestled as one half of a tag team with his former student, CM Punk, as "Hatebreed".

Alicia Webb (Alicia Nicole Webb) better known as Ryan Shamrock in the WWF was in TNA as "Aleesha" for a short time.

Donna Adamo (ECW's Elektra) only made one appearance for TNA at their first pay per view on June 19, 2002.

Cathy Dingman (WWF's B.B.) appeared in TNA as Taylor Vaughn in 2002. Did you know that Cathy is the ex-wife of Hardcore Holly?

Cynthia Lynch (Bobcat) was in TNA in 2002 as David Young's valet.

Ken Shamrock, "The World's Most Dangerous Man", showed up in TNA in 2002 and 2004. On TNA's first pay-per-view he won the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in a Gauntlet for the Gold match.

TNA: Jasmin St. Claire

Yes Jasmin St. Claire made two appearances for TNA.
Both were in July of 2002, the first of which she did little more than dance.
The second appearance was a week later.
In that one, Jasmine was being interviewed by Goldylocks when Francine attacked her. This lead to a match later that night where Jasmine and Francine squared off. As you can imagine it was pretty much a catfight rather than a wrestling match.
When the Blue Meanie (Jasmine's real life boyfriend) interfered, it caused a disqualification and Francine was taken away on a stretcher. The DQ was because the Blue Meanie gave Francine a DDT.

Matt Morgan

Matthew Thomas "Matt" Morgan was born September 10, 1976, in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is an American professional wrestler, currently working for TNA Wrestling.

Matt originally played college basketball for Monmouth University, and was on the squad which made the 1996 NCAA Tournament, who lost to Marquette in the first round. After a change of coach, Morgan transferred to Chaminade University, from where he graduated. Matt had professional tryouts with the Indiana Pacers, but was eventually cut, and decided to pursue a career in pro wrestling.

Morgan debuted in TNA Wrestling on the August 7, 2007 episode of TNA Today, appearing briefly in the background of a segment featuring Eric Young and Jeremy Borash. On the August 9 episode of TNA Impact!, Matt appeared alongside TNA Management Director Jim Cornette, with TNA later identifying him as Cornette's "backup". Morgan was the Special Enforcer in the Samoa Joe and Christian Cage match at Bound for Glory, preventing Christian's Coalition from interfering as Joe gave Cage his first true defeat in TNA.

Matt had to restrain Tomko and A.J. Styles on the October 18 edition of Impact! when they tried interfering in the main event helping Christian defeat Samoa Joe in a Fight For The Right Qualifying match.

On the April 3, 2008 edition of TNA Impact!, it was revealed that Morgan allowed Team Tomko to add James Storm to their team, giving them a 5-4 advantage heading to Lockdown; however, at the end of the program, it was revealed that Matt himself had joined Team Cage. The next week, Jim Cornette relieved Morgan of his assistant duties to become a full time wrestler. With Matt joining Team Cage he has established himself as a face. Because of his wrestling abilities, Morgan has developed the nickname "The Blueprint". Matt was teamed up with Kip James at Sacrifice as a result of the Deuces Wild Tournament. They failed to win the tag titles as James and Morgan couldn't get along long enough. On July 10 2008, he participated in a 6 man tag team match.
On the July 17 edition of TNA Impact Matt faced and defeated Jimmy Rave in about less than 2 minutes. Then the other member of the Rock and Rave Infection, Lance Hoyt (who had changed his name to Lance Rock) challenged him to a match right there. Morgan accepted, and the ref rung the bell. Matt then defeated him in about the same exact time. On the 31 July episode of iMPACT!, he issued a challenge to Tomko as he harrassed Karen Angle on her TNA talk show, Karen's Angle. He defeated him after a HellEvator (Vertical suplex side slam).



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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Part 3

When TNA was first launched, the on-air authority figure was a representative appointed by the NWA. Notable figures in this position included NWA Vice President Bill Behrens, Ricky Steamboat and Bob Armstrong.

Between July 23, 2003 to date, the on-screen authority figure within TNA was the "Director of Authority".
Erik Watts (July 23, 2003 – January 28, 2004)
Vince Russo (February 18, 2004 – November 7, 2004)
Dusty Rhodes (November 7, 2004 – June 16, 2005)
Jim Cornette (June 18, 2006 – Present)
The position was effectively abandoned after Rhodes resigned from the company.

The NWA Championship Committee was a group of wrestling veterans who acted as arbitrators, determining a winner in the event of a time limit draw.
Dusty Rhodes (founder, original member, November 2004 - June 2005)
Harley Race (original member, November 2004 - ???)
Terry Funk (original member, November 2004 - March 2005, even though he was never seen on-screen in TNA)
Roddy Piper (replacement for Funk, March 2005 - ???)
Larry Zbyszko (original member, November 2004 - 2006)
After Race and Piper left TNA, the Committee essentially ceased to exist as a physical on-screen body, although it is still referenced for purposes of angles.

In October 2005, Larry Zbyszko began repeatedly referencing a faceless authority within TNA known only as "TNA Management". "TNA Management" has in the past been represented by "special referee" Earl Hebner, "consultant" Dave Hebner and "messenger" Christy Hemme. The newest face of "TNA Management" was revealed at Slammiversary 2006 as Jim Cornette, who has been called the "Management Director" in press releases following that pay-per-view.

Today we also have Mick Foley as the Executive Shareholder, Jim Cornette, still the Management Director and Traci Brooks as the Knockouts Division Commissioner.