TNA's roster looks like it may be in for some shaking up in the coming months....

Biggest news....
This fall's Bound for Glory may mark the end of Sting's wrestling career.
Rumor has it that The Icon may be done after that PPV.
He originally planned to leave last year, but TNA officials talked him into giving one more year.
You gotta admit, the thirteen-time world champion, (two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WCW International World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion and former WWA World Heavyweight Champion) has put in a long and colorful career since his debut in 1985.
And he has maintained his integrity over those 24 years, never working for the WWE.

The WWE has released Umaga.
Do I even need to say "I wonder if he'll show up on TNA in 90 days?"
I think Umaga would be a nice fit in TNA.

So far Raven and Shane Douglas have not signed long term contracts with TNA.
They are only in for Impact tapings and the Slammiversary PPV.
They might go forward from there, but it's not a lock.

Canadian Luchadora Sarah Stock (Dark Angel) has had her official TNA wrestling debut bumped back a bit because of Former WWE Diva Victoria (Tara) showing up.
Sarah was originally slated to fill the top TNA Knockout babyface position left open by Gail Kim, but with Tara showing up, that's been pulled for the moment.
Did TNA not know Victoria was signing?

TNA News: Victoria, Raven, Kurt Angle and More

Shane Douglas and Raven are both scheduled to be on this Thursday's TNA Impact.
Former WWE Diva Victoria is also scheduled to appear.
Look for Victoria to be a face. And I think she will be using her real name, Lisa Marie Varon.

UPDATE: Tara?
They're calling her Tara?

The show will also feature Dr. Stevie Richards, AJ Styles, Amazing Red, Eric Young, Beer Money, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, Angelina Love, Sojourner Bolt and Mick Foley.

TNA.com has a page of special appearances by their stars here:
http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/981/84/
See where “The Icon” Sting, Kurt Angle, Mick Foley, Angelina Love & Velvet Sky and Traci Brooks will be showing up in the coming months.

There is also a link on their homepage leading to the TNA YouTube videos.

AND there is also a countdown clock about mid screen that says " TNA Wrestling Delivers A Powerful Shot In:...."

TNA: Raven, part 3

Contrary to internet speculation, Raven did not appear at ECW One Night Stand 2006. Raven is currently signed to a three-year deal with TNA. Most of these rumors surfaced after his official website revealed an updated look, bearing an obscured ECW logo in the top-left corner. Raven has since stated on an interview that he enjoys TNA and has no interest in returning to ECW or WWE at all.

Raven made his TNA in-ring return at Sacrifice against A-1. Larry Zbyszko was in a corner of A-1, however Raven managed to gain a victory.

While Raven was one of the eight King of the Mountain match contenders for TNA Slammiversary 2006, he lost to Jeff Jarrett in their qualifying match on the June 1 episode of iMPACT.

On the June 16, 2006 episode of iMPACT!, Raven was on the losing end of an 8 man tag team main event match teaming with AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Rhino against America's Most Wanted, Monty Brown, and Bobby Roode after Monty Brown pinned Daniels following a Pounce. He was seen limping down the entrance ramp, still feeling the effects of his thyroid condition. He still went on to wrestle the match just as though he wasn't in pain at all.

Raven defeated Larry Zbyszko in a hair vs hair match at TNA Victory Road 2006.

For several weeks, he would watch over Brother Runt's actions against Abyss, being seen sitting on top of a semi-truck that Runt was giving a promo near. Most of these actions were extreme and usually not something Runt would do, especially not while being on the short end of the stick each time, hinting towards the chance of Runt being Raven's next apprentice. Because of this, on the August 25 episode of iMPACT, Abyss' manager James Mitchell speculated that Raven has been telepathically poisoning the mind of Brother Runt.

On the August 31, 2006 episode of iMPACT!, Abyss beat Brother Runt in The Match of 10,000 Tacks. Following this, Abyss attempted to drive Brother Runt though 2 tables with cases of thumbtacks on them. Before he could, however, Raven attacked Abyss, driving him though the tables and tacks, and then performed his signature "Wings of the Raven" pose while holding Brother Runt on his shoulders. This night also saw the debut of Raven's new yellow eye contacts: a small but noticeable addition to his look. On the September 15th edition of iMPACT!, Raven took on Abyss in a Hangman's Horror match, in which Raven lost. Afterwards, Brother Runt took out Abyss, and appeared to help Raven, but instead turned on him with an Acid Drop. Raven took the pinfall in a 3 way No Disqualification match at No Surrender after receiving the Black Hole Slam from Abyss. Raven was featured in the Monster's Ball Match at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV with Samoa Joe (the winner), Abyss & Brother Runt (with Jake "The Snake" Roberts serving as the special guest referee). Raven took the pin from Joe after a DDT from special referee Jake Roberts and a muscle buster from Samoa Joe.

A new version of The Flock formed in 2006, this time dubbed "Serotonin". Matt Bentley, Kazarian and Johnny Devine were the members.

At TNA Turning Point 2006, Serotonin lost to Ron Killings and Lance Hoyt after Killings used the axe kick on Kazarian. After the match Raven would beat Kazarian with a Singapore cane, as he was the one who took the pin. Raven would beat Kazarian with a cane once more, after a Kazarian lost a match to Sting. "Serotonin" won their first match during the TNA Against All Odds 2007 preshow against Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt, but after the match Raven beat all three with the Singapore cane despite winning.

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TNA: Raven, part 2

On June 19, 2005, Raven turned face and fulfilled his self-proclaimed destiny when he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA Slammiversary 2005, defeating A.J. Styles, Abyss, Sean Waltman and Monty Brown in a five way King of the Mountain match. The unique part of this situation was that Raven was previously suspended by Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko for attacking him, and was inserted into the match on the pay per view pre-show when Jarrett was removed for attacking a fan (the fan was really indy wrestler Sal Rinauro).

After successfully defending the title at TNA No Surrender 2005 on July 17, 2005, against Abyss in a brutal Dog Collar Match, he was gored by Rhino, who aligned with Jeff Jarrett in yet another effort to get Jarrett into the title picture. Jarrett would get a title shot if he pinned Raven in a tag-team match at TNA Sacrifice on August 14, where Raven teamed with Sabu and Jarrett teamed with Rhino. Ultimately Rhino got the pin on Raven after goring him through a table, and was given the title shot at TNA Unbreakable on September 11, 2005.

At Unbreakable, Raven made the request of making the match a "Raven's Rules Match", to which Rhino agreed. Raven's Rules means no-disqualification, with Raven pushing a shopping cart to the ring containing various normally-illegal foreign objects. In the match, Rhino got sliced in the face by a pizza cutter, while Raven was split open by a shot from a garbage can and shot in the forehead twice with a staple gun. In the end, after unsuccessful interference by Jeff Jarrett, Rhino suffered the Raven Effect DDT, and Raven retained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once more.

On September 15, 2005 Raven lost the NWA Title to Jeff Jarrett in Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada, at a special event of Border City Wrestling. America's Most Wanted ("Wildcat" Chris Harris and "Cowboy" James Storm) came out and made and interfered on Jarrett's behalf. TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko was immediately contacted by BCW officials, who declared the title change official.[1]

Raven was enraged by this acceptance, and went on the rampage backstage during the weeks leading up to Bound For Glory. As a result, when challenger Kevin Nash went down to illness and forfeited his title shot, Larry Zbyszko refused to grant Raven a rematch. Rhino came out and berated Raven, asking where the sick person that crucified The Sandman in ECW went, and saying Raven now was pathetic.

During this, and a segment with Cassidy Riley on the following episode of iMPACT, it has been hinted that Raven has "gone soft" as a result of his involvement with an as-yet unrevealed woman (This storyline has not been completed and is not expected to be). On the December 3 addition of iMPACT, he lost a "Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match" against The Diamonds in the Rough.

Feuding with Larry Zbyszko, Raven was repeatedly pressured to sign a release form and leave TNA. He steadfastly refused, and Zbyszko brought back some of Raven's past cronies (P.J. Polaco (Justin Credible) and Chris K. (Chris Kanyon)) in an attempt to "punish" him.

Raven was set to face an opponent of Zbyszko's choosing at Final Resolution. If Raven won, he would have gotten a NWA World Heavyweight title match, but if Larry's choice won, Raven would be kicked out of TNA.

Raven's opponent was Sean Waltman. Halfway through the match, the referee was knocked out and Larry Zbyszko became the ref and constantly gave Raven a slow count. However, he would give Sean Waltman the same count, showing some objectivity. It ended when Sean Waltman gave Raven an X-Factor through a table off of a ladder. Sean went for the pin, and Raven got his foot on the rope but Zbyszko counted the fall anyway. Afterwards, Raven ran into Jackie Gayda, who informed him that they had something in common - they were both being screwed by "TNA Management".

TNA: Raven

Ring name(s) Johnny Polo,Raven,Scott Anthony,Scotty the Body,Scotty Flamingo
Billed height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Billed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Born September 8, 1964,Short Hills, New Jersey
Resides Atlanta, Georgia
Billed from The Bowery,
Palm Beach, Florida
Trained by Larry Sharpe,Charlie Fulton,The Sheik,Jake Roberts
Pro Wrestling Debut February 20, 1988

Scott Levy (born September 8, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Raven. He is currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is a former NWA and ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is also the innovator of numerous types of "gimmick" wrestling matches, such as the Clockwork Orange House of Fun match.

Levy's main exposure since leaving the WWE has been for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (then NWA-TNA), and in Europe for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, where he reverted to his original grunge image. He also appeared in Ring of Honor that year, battling CM Punk in one of the company's most famous feuds, which was based around Punk's straight-edge lifestyle as opposed to Raven's years of drug and alcohol abuse during the height of his fame in the late nineties.

Raven debuted in TNA Wrestling on January 22, 2003, two days after his release from WWE, attacking Jeff Jarrett and stealing the NWA World Heavyweight Title from him. Raven proceeded to start a long-running storyline in which he claimed it was his "destiny" to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title. Despite two shots at the belt (versus Jarrett and AJ Styles, respectively), he was unable to capture the gold at the time.

On September 17, 2003, Raven lost his trademark long hair after he was defeated by Shane Douglas in a hair versus hair match. He later regrew it. While in TNA, he formed a stable known as The Gathering, which included Punk, though they would later turn on him. In 2003 Raven feuded with James Mitchell and the Disciples of the New Church. Raven took them all out one by one just like he said, but with help from The Gathering. Raven ended his feud with James Mitchell in a Last Man Standing match, which was won by Raven. In December 2003, Raven began to feud with Abyss and Red Shirt Security. Raven and The Gathering beat the Red Shirts in a Raven's House of Fun match, they then challenged Abyss and the Red Shirts to a steel cage match. Abyss and the Red Shirts would come out victorious when the Gathering turned on Raven.

In 2004 Raven teamed up with The Sandman to go against the Gathering. The Gathering would win due to interference from James Mitchell, who had aligned himself with The Gathering. Raven then teamed with Terry Funk to defeat the Gathering, even though James Mitchell tried to interfere.

In 2004, Raven's old friend Sabu returned to TNA Wrestling. Raven teamed with Sabu to defeat The Gathering one last time. Raven and Sabu would then feud with Abyss and "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown. Abyss and Monty Brown would outnumber Sabu in many occasion, when Raven failed to watch Sabu's back.

Eventually Raven challenged Sabu to an empty arena match to be held on June 9, but Sabu refused to wrestle him, claiming that he had promised his uncle, The Sheik, their trainer, that he would never fight Raven. This caused Raven to wage a campaign against Sabu, disrespecting the memory of his uncle and assaulting Sabu's mouthpiece, Sonjay Dutt, until Sabu finally broke and attacked him on July 23. Raven defeated Sabu in a no holds barred match on August 4, and a scheduled return match on August 18 was cancelled after Sabu (legit) suffered a back injury.