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 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.

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: Francine Fournier

Francine Fournier, the ECW Queen of Extreme, wrestled for TNA after her stint in ECW.
Actually, she really didn't wrestle for them so much as beat people with leather straps.
On her TNA debut, she got in an argument with Elektra at the lingerie battle royal for the Miss TNA Crown.
This argument lead to Francine being eliminated by Elektra, Shannon and Miss Joni, an action that angered her so much that she began to whip Commentator Ed Ferrara with his own belt. Then Francine got into the ring and began to whip Taylor Vaughn (Cathy Dingman) with Ed Ferrera's belt after she won the match.
This lead to a match the next week between the two ladies in which Francine again produced a leather strap from her belt and began to whip and choke Taylor with it. The ref grabbed the strap from Francine, but Taylor took the strap from the ref and began to return the favor to Francine. The ref tried to stop Taylor, but then Taylor turned on him with it, causing her to be disqualified.
Before it was all over, Ed Ferrara wound up getting whipped again.
I think he liked it.
Then, two weeks later, Francine attacked Jasmine St. Claire during an interview with Goldylocks. This led to a match that night between Francine and Jasmine that saw the Blue Meanie interfere and DDT Francine.
She was taken away on a stretcher and never seen on TNA again.

"Brother Ray"/Mark Lamonica

Mark Lamonica was born on July 14, 1971 in Massapequa, New York.
He is an American pro wrestler, best known for his appearances with ECW as Buh Buh Ray Dudley and the WWE as Bubba Ray Dudley. He currently wrestles for TNA Wrestling under the ring name "Brother Ray".

Along with his storyline half-brother Devon, Lamonica is one-half of Team 3D, a tag team formerly known as the Dudley Boyz. Characterized by their unorthodox ring apparel and usage of tables in their matches, Team 3D are one of the most successful tag teams in the history of professional wrestling, having held eighteen world tag team championships. Team 3D is also the name of a stable featuring Mark, Devon and their kayfabe half-brother, Runt.

Mark is the co-owner of the "Fawnfeather Spa and Salon" outside of Orlando, Florida with his longtime girlfriend Fawnfeather Carr.
Lamonica appeared on the second WWE edition of the game show The Weakest Link, losing in the sudden death final to Kane. He showed himself to be highly intelligent, having been the strongest link in the majority of the rounds.