Pro Wrestling Syndicate presents VENDETTA on Saturday night May 8 @ Stepinac High School located at 950 Mamaroneck Ave in White Plains NY (less than 30 min from NYC, NJ, and CT).

The Best Of Five Series between Teddy Hart and Jack Evans continues with Match #3 which is a special “TNA Dream Partner Tag Team Match” and will feature Teddy Hart teaming with The Amazing Red as they take on Jack Evans and Desmond Wolfe!

Recently released WWE Superstar Paul Birchill will be competing in his first post WWE wrestling match, and will be doing so against The TNA Heavyweight Champion “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles!

PWS Heavyweight Champion Butterbean will defend his Title against Reality Check’s Kevin Matthews whom will have the returning Alexa Thatcher in his corner.

International star Vampiro will be making a rare US appearance and he goes head to head with former ECW Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lynn in a First Time Ever Match. Vampiro will have the lovely Shelly Martinez by his side!

Also in First Time Ever Matches, fans will get to see WWE Legend Hacksaw Jim Duggan take on (The Original) Doink The Evil Clown , as well as First Time Ever Singles Action between top TNA star “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero and “The Assassin” Dan Maff!

PWS is introducing a brand new Title , and five of our top stars will be competing to become the first ever PWS NY State Champion. This action packed match will feature “The Dynamic Sensation” August Wright, Grim Reefer, Fala (whom will be managed by Wrestling Legend Ox Baker), Danny Demanto, and former PWS Champion Trent Acid!

PWS Tag Titles will be on the line as the Champion Urban Legends (managed by Sony Records hip hop star Poison Pen) enter a 3 Team Street Fight with The Cowboys From Hell and The Buckout Road Ballers!

Pro Wrestling Syndicate is also very happy to present a live WRESTLICIOUS MATCH! That’s right folks, with the permission of Wrestlicious owner Mr Jay Vargas, PWS will be the very independent wrestling company to host a live Wresticious Match, which will feature Thorn The 80s Rocker and “Ice Princess” Autumn Frost.

And if that’s not enough ladies for you … PWS will also be running our very first BIKINI CONTEST which will feature some of the hottest women in Pro Wrestling!

For more info and tickets please check out www.ProWrestlingSyndicate.com

But that’s not all…

Earlier that very same day .. in the same exact venue, PWS will be running Pro Wrestling Fan Fest from 11am – 5pm , where fans can get to meet some of their favorite wrestling stars. The 9 for $99 Super Ticket (includes admission, 1 autograph of each guest, and 1 photo-opp with each guest) includes Paul Birchill, Vampiro, Butterbean, AJ Styles, The Godfather, The Pope, Leticia Cline, Shelly Martinez, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan (replacing Sabu).

Vendor guests include Damian Demento, Manny Fernandez, Alexa Jade, Tito Santana, Gillberg, Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine, Nunzio, Dick Kroll, Matt Borne, Jerry Lynn, Desmond Wolfe, Ox Baker, Amazing Red, Relik, Scotty Goldman, Autumn Frost, Thorn, Smashley, Angelina Love, Traci Brooks, former NY Giants star “The Touchdown Maker” Stephen Baker, and more!

For more information and tickets for Pro Wrestling Fan Fest please head over to www.ProWrestlingFanFest.com

-Dixie Carter posted the following on her twitter:

Tomorrow on Monday night iMPACT! A dream match with Jeff Hardy v. AJ Styles. This is why we are ALL wrestling fans.

-TNA Knockout Tara is selling off an Apple Bottom leather jacket she wore when she was Victoria in WWE in 2007. Bid on the jacket at this link.

-WWE Decade Diva Lilian Garcia is selling off various items at her Ebay store.

TNA Pittsburgh house show was solid. Great, hot, crowd with tight matches. IF TNA can capture the feel of this show and execution of these matches on Monday nights – it can truly give WWE a run for its money. Onto the review….

This is the first time that TNA has come to Pittsburgh and the Ches-a-rena has a bit of a cave feel to it – kind of retro-cool. As we enter, Don West is at the merchandising booth on our left , while Kurt Angle is signing stuff over to our right. The venue is small, but it is sold out and packed. Hard to estimate the crowd – maybe at 1500 or 2000. There are no risers, only floor seats, but all the seats are good. We are sitting on the entrance side near the announcers table – five rows back of what will be the heel corner for tag matches – pretty much looking straight at the ring post..

Jeremy Borash steps into the center of the ring and sets up the show and the main event with the offer of back stage passes. Seems AJ Styles says “no passes, I want my privacy” while hometown hero Kurt Angle has said, “I want the fans to come visit me in the back. He plugs Pittsburgh’s reputation as a “wrestling town” to a big pop.

First match is X-Division #1 Contenders match – Amazing Red vs Kazarian. Respectful handshake at beginning and Kaz dominates with power. MId-match – Red makes a nice comeback with superior speed and gets a near fall. Match goes back and forth with near falls both ways and the crowd was really into it. Give the split crowd edge to Red on a 60-40 basis. Kaz wins with a slightly botched suplex – splash off the top rope. Basically, Kaz suplexed Red, but rather than release it, he followed it on over with his own body with the intention of having Red land on the bottom with Kaz on top- ala a big splash. However, it looked like Red slipped out as he fell and instead of landing flat – he landed awkwardly on his side, taking all of Kaz’s weight on top of him. Kaz took the pin but Red was down for a long time afterwards. He got up – Kaz showed respect with another handshake and posed in the ring while the ref helped Red to the back as Red held his ribs. This was an exciting first match and showed why the X-Division is a strength of TNA

Next up Dr. Stevie vs Rhino. Stevie came in to crowd’s boos and fan fave Rhino rushed the ring following his entrance. Stevie bailed allowing Rhino to pose for the fans. The ref backed up Rhino to let Stevie back in the ring but Stevie jumped Rhino for an early heel advantage as the ref called for the bell. Stevie beat up Rhino with a few near falls until Rhino delivered a big clothesline mid-match to turn the tide. Rhino continued to show offense, but Stevie kept negating it and avoided a Rhino “gore”. Rhino delivered some more power moves including a corner splash and big clothesline to set up the “gore” for the win. A lot of ECW chants during this match.

Earl Hebner came out to ref the TNA knockouts bout – but only got a smattering of disorganized “you screwed Bret” chants. Finally, enough of the chants became prevalent to where he pulled of his regular ref shirt to reveal a ref T-shirt with the words “Damn right I did” on it. You were left with the impression he would heel out the match – but he called it straight.

Sarita and Taylor Wilde out first to crowd pops. Both looked good. Beautiful People – Madison Rayne and Velvet Skye came out next and interacted with crowd – holding their noses, spraying perfume. These girls CAN wrestle and it was a back and forth match with standard heel double teams, hot tags by the faces, and ref distractions. In one series of events, Velvet Sky (I believe) ended falling into the arms of Earl Hebner – like when a male dancer dips his female partner. Earl paused – looked at the crowed – and kissed her. She woke up out of her stupor, spitting, and gagging! Madison Rayne also did a move on Taylor Wilde that was both incredibly sexy and painful at the same time. She somehow got Wilde’s head between her legs and she did series of thrusts that shoved Wilde’s head into the canvas. Eventually, after some near falls the knockout champs retained the titles. Did I mention we were sitting in the heel corner? That means we came to really appreciate the Beautiful People who lived up to their name.

Doug Williams X-Division champ defended against Abyss and the power of the Hogan ring. Williams jumps Abyss who no-sells. Finally, Williams gets in some offense and is effective. Williams uses speed to avoid the majority of Abyss power moves. Williams did a good job in this match and used his heel tactics to keep Abyss at bay. Eventually, Williams uses the title to hit Abyss and tries for a cover. Abyss kicks out and Hulks up. Abyss goes on the offensive with most of Williams efforts now being ineffective. Black Hole slam for the Abyss win and he does Hogan poses and crowd calls to the joy of all in attendance. Williams did a great job of not looking weak in this match and Abyss showed real charisma with his Hogan-esque performance.

We go to intermission.

After intermission Brutus Magnus comes out to sing God Save the Queen and is interrupted by fellow Brit – Rob Terry. Brutus does his best to attack Rob as he is entering the ring – but a clothesline from hell to set the tone and then a power move (which I forgot) and its lights out for Brutus. Rob Terry wins in a squash.

Beer Money vs. Pope Jarrett. BM comes out and works the microphone and the crowds offering more back stage passes. They play up to the crowd until eventually a Steelers chant starts going. At that point, Beer Money indicates they are Cleveland Browns fans – heeling out to the crowd – and tearing up the passes. Jeff Jarrett enters and gets a “thank you Jeff” which he acknowledges with sincerity. Pope comes in to “pimp” and the crowd loves it. Standard tag team match – but Beer Money is so smooth – nothing looks standard about it. Heel antics, double teams, hot tags, lots of near falls, Jarrett struts and strokes, Pope pimps, and best of all – Beer Money played a bit of a comedy routine. Storm got pantsed – maybe more than anyone bargained for – because his butt was hanging out for a full moon and then some. They also did some “accidental” gay stuff – falling into each other’s crotches – which led them both to the water bottles to get the taste out of their mouths and Jarrett and Pope to bring them back into the ring the hard way. Jarrett did most of the heavy work for his team and did it well – in the end, Beer Money takes the loss.

It’s time for the main event and AJ styles makes his way to the ring – for some sass on the microphone – telling Angle “that he might make the rules in regards to back stage passes, but AJ makes the rules regarding the title and this will be a NON-title match.” Angle makes his appearance and they get down to business. Angle has control until a low blow by AJ and then he blasts Angle’s leg – which sets up the rest of the match with AJ working on Angle’s leg. Kurt tries for his signature moves but AJ manages to avoid them. Figure four by AJ, but Angle makes it to the ropes. Exploding clothesline by Angle and series of suplexes by Angle – near falls galore – Angle ankle lock but AJ escapes – eventually an Angle Slam and the pin. A disgusted AJ says he doesn’t like Pittsburgh or Angle, but that he respects Angle.

Angle stays in ring to say thanks to fans. Invites his own kids to the ring – for a big pop. And then stays behind to take pictures with folks in the center of the ring. JB gets on microphone and says “thanks to Kurt Angle everyone gets to go backstage, because we’re bringing back stage out to you!” The faces come out for autographs – Taylor Wilde, Sarita, Kaz, Abyss, Rhino, Pope, Jarrett, all hang out with fans along the rails signing autographs.

JB tells the fans that this was a great show, crowd was great, “thanks for the sell out”, and TNA will come back to Pittsburgh with a PPV! Big pop from crowd and that’s the show.

Don West is hawking Angle T-shirt and 4 DVD pack for $20 as we go. Earl Hebner is selling his T-shirts – autographed for $10. And Jeff Jarrett is signing autographs at the location where Kurt Angle was earlier in the night. Angle is still in the ring taking pictures with folks in the center of ring.

Vince Russo posted an excerpt from his book Vince Russo: Rope Opera

Chapter 22: Why Does Bill Goldberg Want To Kill Me?”

By some means, we needed to humanize this animal. We needed fans to see a different side of Goldberg – that he was human, flesh and bone just like everyone else. The only way that was going to be accomplished was by him losing. In order for us to take the character to the next level, we had to see how he would deal with adversity. And I’m not talking about Goldberg losing to some slouch, or being upset — my choice of the man to defeat Goldberg was “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner.

Goldberg hated it from the get-go. And not only that, he resented me for even coming up with the idea…When I then flat out asked him what the problem was, Goldberg looked at me and said, “If this were real, Scottie would never beat me.”

…Whereas Bill was a stand-out football player at University of Georgia, Scott was a legitimate wrestling machine at Michigan. He was the real deal. Taking nothing away from Goldberg, I think Steiner would have killed him in a shoot.

…

“Vince, Vince,” [Johnny 'Ace' Laurenaitis] said, “you’ve got to go in there” — pointing to Bill Goldberg’s locker room. “It’s Goldberg… he doesn’t want to do the job.”

You know what? At that point I wasn’t scared, I wasn’t intimidated, I wasn’t panicked — I was just flat fed up…

Genuinely pissed off at this point, I went into Goldberg’s locker room without hesitation. I immediately saw Bill sitting in a chair backwards, staring into space, and breathing heavy — real heavy. To this day, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone that mad. Suddenly he started this rocking motion, coming across like a coiled cobra just moments before he was about to strike. I remember looking at him, and not being scared at all. Why? Because I just couldn’t believe how ridiculous this all was. We’re talking about a grown man losing a fake match. At that point I grabbed another chair that was in the room, turn it around just like Bill’s was, and sat face-to-face with the breathing, snorting, coiled dragon.

I remember asking Bill what the problem was and his answer was deafening silence. He just began to snort louder and rock faster. Where these words came from I have no idea — I’m not that brave, or that stupid. Without hesitation I blurted out, “You’re not intimidating me, so if you’re gonna hit me, hit me — and let’s get this thing over with.”

To read what happens next, buy the book! You can purchase it at Amazon here:

Rope Opera: How WCW Killed Vince Russo

-TNA President Dixie Carter posted the following on her twitter.

We have confirmed RVD for his first TNA house shows on April 22 & 23 in Macon, GA and Albany, GA. Tickets went on sale yesterday.

-TNA Wrestling results from Erie, PA

TNA X Division Champion Doug Williams beat Amazing Red & Kazarian in a 3-Way

Rhino beat Dr. Stevie

TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions The Beautiful People beat Taylor Wilde & Sarita

Abyss beat TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles by DQ

TNA Global Champion Rob Terry beat Brutus Magnus

D’Angelo Dinero beat Desmond Wolfe

Kurt Angle & Jeff Jarrett beat Beer Money

-Sunday March 14th in Wheeling, West Virginia:

*Kurt Angle & Jeff Jarrett vs. Beer Money
*AJ Styles vs. Abyss for the TNA Championship
*D’Angelo Dinero vs. Desmond Wolfe
*The Beautiful People vs. Taylor Wilde & Sarita for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship
*Doug Williams vs. Kazarian vs. Amazing Red for the TNA X Division Championship
*Rob Terry vs. Magnus for the TNA Global Championship
*Appearances by Rhino & Dr. Stevie

Source:PWinsider

-In the latest edition of his Q and A at his www.JRsBarBQ.com website, Jim Ross was asked “what are the chances of you and the King ever being paired together again on Raw?” Here is his reply.

I don’t think that WWE is interested in putting me back on weekly TV and all the travel that comes along with it at this time. Would I love to work with King again? Certainly. Is this my call? Nope. Do I think that I will ever be paired with Lawler again on a regular basis? Highly unlikely.

Read his complete blog and excellent BBQ products, click here.

-Former WWE diva Maria is working on an new song titled “Sevin Sins”, which she posted on her twitter account.

-Photos have surfaced online of Jeff Jarrett and Karen Angle are together, which you can see below courtesy of PWPix:

PREVIEW TUESDAY’S NEW EDITION OF TNA WRESTLING EPICS ON SPIKE TV

The new edition of TNA Wrestling Epics (originally set for Monday following “iMPACT!”) will now air instead on Tuesday night, March 16 (the next day) at 11pm on SpikeTV.

This month’s broadcast spotlights the X Division, with the following bouts featured (never before seen on free television!) -

Unbreakable 2005: AJ Styles vs. Daniels vs. Samoa Joe for the X Division Championship (Regarded as perhaps the greatest TNA Wrestling match of all time!)

Sacrifice 2008: Steel Asylum Match with Kaz vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Johnny Devine, vs. Shark Boy vs. Curry Man vs. Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley vs. Consequences Creed

Bound For Glory 2009: The Ultimate X Match with Amazing Red vs. Suicide vs. Daniels vs. Homicide vs. Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley

TNA Wrestling Epics is hosted by the hardcore legend and multi-time World Champion, Mick Foley!

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from TNAWrestling.com:

BOB CARTER PRESENTED 2010 T. BOONE PICKENS LIFETIME SPORTSMAN AWARD

Bob Carter, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for Panda Energy (the parent company of TNA Wrestling) was presented the 2010 T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award in Dallas.

This award recognizes sportsmen who have distinguished themselves by living a life of adventure, love of the outdoors, respect for natural resources and most of all demonstrate a spirit of giving back and making it possible for others to enjoy the sporting life.

TNA Wrestling Today, featuring an interview with Kaz

Webmatch: Rhino vs. Jay Lethal