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.

TNA: Xbox Live, Zune and Danny Bonaduce

In the last entry I reported that TNA's wrestling library was now available on iTunes.
Now TNA has added another outlet, and the library will also be available in the Xbox Live Video Marketplace and Zune Marketplace.
"TNA fans can access a variety of TNA multimedia, including 13 TNA Home Video titles available immediately on the Xbox Live video marketplace, each retailing for 800 Microsoft points apiece. All 12 of TNA's 2008 pay-per-view events, including "Lockdown" and "Bound For Glory" are currently available exclusively on Xbox Live."
You can get more info on this at tnawrestling.com here:
http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/357/84/

TNA has canceled their March 20 house show in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

And while the WWE is dancing around with Mickey Rourke at Wrestlemania 25, TNA has scheduled a media star for their Lockdown pay-per-view on April 19.
Danny Bonaduce.
Yes that's right Danny Bonaduce.
Hey, the guy might not be as big a name as Mickey Rourke, but he's always entertaining.
And he can fight.

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.

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.

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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Christian Cage

William Jason (Jay) Reso (born November 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Christian Cage. He is currently performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

He is also very well known for his work in World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment known just as Christian. Reso initially rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his kayfabe brother and real-life longtime friend Edge.

Reso debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at Genesis 2005 pay-per-view under his original ring name, Christian Cage. After teasing an alliance with longtime friend Scott D'Amore and Team Canada, he delivered an Unprettier to D'Amore and helped Team 3D drive Jeff Jarrett through a table.

Cage made his iMPACT! debut on November 19, 2005, engaging in a verbal sparring bout and then brawling with "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown. Cage's in-ring debut for TNA was a win against Team Canada's enforcer Bobby Roode. He defeated Brown at Turning Point to become the number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. At Final Resolution 2006, Cage and the returning Sting defeated Monty Brown and Jeff Jarrett.

On February 12, 2006 at Against All Odds 2006, Cage defeated Jarrett to win his first World title, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

On April 2, Cage entered into a feud with Abyss after a series of kayfabe videos showed Abyss and his manager James Mitchell stalking Cage's wife and entering his house. They feuded until Lockdown 2006 at which Cage successfully retained his title, but Abyss attacked him after the match and took the title belt. They continued against each other until Sacrifice 2006 where Christian regained his belt, and the championship, in a Full Metal Mayhem match.

Cage defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Abyss, Ron "The Truth" Killings, Jeff Jarrett, and Sting in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary 2006. The match was declared unofficial due to the intervening of Larry Zbyszko and referee Earl Hebner at the end of the match when Zbyszko and Hebner snatched the belt and helped Jarrett win. As a result of the finish, the belt was stripped away and declared vacant until Jim Cornette held a "company meeting" on the June 29 iMPACT!, where Cornette awarded the belt back to Jarrett on the condition that he defend it against the winner of a Fatal four way match at Victory Road 2006 involving Christian Cage, Samoa Joe, Scott Steiner, and Sting.

At Hard Justice 2006, Cage watched the Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett match from ringside, supposedly backing his friend Sting. However, at the end of the match, he hit Sting with a guitar, thus turning heel.

Immediately following his actions, Cage would be questioned by Rhino. This would eventually lead to a confrontation between the two, as Cage claimed anger and betrayal at Rhino's questioning of his motives and loyalties, and then gave him the con-chair-to. Christian defeated Rhino at No Surrender 2006 after an Unprettier onto a steel chair. At Bound For Glory 2006, Cage earned another victory over Rhino in an 8 Mile Street Fight.

On the TNA iMPACT! prime time debut, Cage faced off against Rhino in the first-ever Barbed Wire Six Sides of Steel match (a conventional Six Sides of Steel match, only with barbed wire bordering the top of the cage). Christian Cage won when Rhino gored Cage with so much momentum, it sent Cage through the side of the cage and onto the floor. Christian then went on to defeat A.J. Styles at Genesis 2006. The next week on iMPACT!, Christian was reunited with his old 'Problem Solver' from WWE, Tomko, who made his debut in TNA attacking Sting during Christian and Sting's match.

At Final Resolution 2007, Cage captured his second NWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Abyss (c) and Sting in a Three Way Elimination Match.

Brother Runt

Ring name(s) Runt,Brother Runt,Matt Hyson,Spike Dudley,Little Spike Dudley
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Billed weight 135 lb (61 kg)
Born August 13, 1970,Providence, Rhode Island
Billed from Dudleyville,,New York City
Trained by Ric Thompson
(APW Boot Camp)
Pro Wrestling Debut 1994

Matthew Johnathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his performances in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name "Spike Dudley". Hyson currently wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name "Brother Runt".