TNA Impact Wrestling Results - Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love

On TNA Impact Wrestling this week we got Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love.
Really this was a brawl more than a wrestling match...but we thought it would be didn't we?
Lots of forearms, elbows, punches, kicks, while Velvet Sky watched from outside.

Angelina got dropkicked out of the ring and she argues with Velvet evidently for not helping her.
Then Madison nails Angelina with a baseball slide.
She starts wailing on Angelina, the ref pulls her off, she says something to Velvet and while the ref is helping Angelina back into the ring, Velvet nails Madison with a DDT.

Velvet rolls Madison back into the ring and Angelina gets the pin. 

And then of course the newly reformed Beautiful People celebrate in the ring.

The Impact Wrestling Knockouts Roster

I haven't done a rundown of the female TNA wrestlers, the TNA Knockouts, roster in awhile so here is the up to date listing....

The current TNA Knockout Roster:
Mickie James (The current TNA Knockouts Champion)
Gail Kim
The Blossom Twins (Hannah Blossom and Holly Blossom)
Lei'D Tapa
Madison Rayne (Maternity leave)
Miss Tessmacher (Hasn't appeared in over 30 days)
ODB
Taeler Hendrix
Tara
Taryn Terrell
Velvet Sky

And if you add in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in (as I always do with the WWE and NXT) you can add:
Trina Thompson (The current OVW Women's Champion)
Epiphany
Heidi Lovelace
Jessie Belle
Josette Bynum
Lovely Lylah   
Nikki St. John

I am really wondering why you are not hearing more about the incredible Trina Thompson.
If I were TNA, this lady would be headed for the "Big Leagues" with the other TNA Superstars post-haste

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Taryn Terrell and Velvet Sky?

As you probably know, on March 21st on Impact, Brooke Hogan released Taryn Terrell from her position as Knockouts referee.

But then she said Taryn was officially on the Knockout Roster...so she can get her hands on Gail Kim (or whoever she wants on the TNA roster) legally now.

It seems Velvet Sky has decided to become her new BFF so I imagine you can start looking forward to Velvet/Taryn tag team matches, especially since she saved her from a two on one beatdown courtesy of Gail and Tara....

BTW...I again have to thank TNA / Impact Wrestling who post these clips to YouTube for everyone's enjoyment as opposed to that other wrestling promotion that seems to freak out constantly when people post videos. Be sure to go by and check out the TNA Official Website.
http://www.impactwrestling.com/

Velvet Sky Wins The Gauntlet Match

At Genesis, Velvet Sky became the number one contender to the TNA Knockouts Championship by winning a 5 woman gauntlet match.

http://www.impactwrestling.com/

Velvet Sky Comes Back To The TNA Knockouts

Well guess who's back in TNA?

Okay....Mickie James is....

But the big surprise is that Velvet Sky is back!

In Case you missed it....

After nearly five months away (has it been that long?) Velvet came back and said that 2013 would be "the year of Velvet Sky as Knockouts champion."
So now the TNA Knockout roster is ....
Gail Kim
Madison Rayne
Mickie James
Miss Tessmacher
ODB
Rosita (Yes...technically both she and Sarita are still there)
Sarita
Taeler Hendrix
Tara
Velvet Sky

Now....what are they gonna do with everybody?

Is The TNA Knockout Roster Failing?

You know I was looking at the TNA Knockout roster the other day since Angelina Love and Velvet Sky left.....and it's kinda messed up.

Of course we have the champion Miss Tessmacher....

Then we have Gail Kim, Madison Rayne, Mickie James, ODB, Tara and Taeler Hendrix.
Christy Hemme, SoCal Val and Taci Brooks don't wrestle.

Rosita, Sarita and Winter haven't even been on Impact in over 30 days.

Winter and Rosita have been showing up in Family Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) where Winter has held the FWE Women's Championship and Sarita has been wrestling in CMLL in Mexico...and I have heard she was headed for Japan.

So that gives TNA roughly seven active Knockouts.

Now compare this to the WWE that has eight active Divas and eight in development (plus a couple they dont know what to do with yet).

TNA is lagging behind the WWE in their female talent.
Of course the argument can be made that 8 TNA Knockouts have more talent than 16 WWE Divas, but if they dont watch out, the WWE may catch them in that territory too.
The WWE seems to be looking at the Indy promotions more and more, like TNA used to.

Velvet Sky Leaves TNA...For The WWE Maybe?

Wow...first Angelina Love...now Velvet Sky?

Yep, TNA's most popular female wrestler Velvet Sky has been released.
She confirmed her release on Twitter on June 26th....

"I have been granted my release by TNA at this time. It's what's best for me right now and I wanted to thank TNA and I also want to thank Vince Russo for creating and believing in the team of The Beautiful People. We had a great run!"

The big rumor at the moment is that Velvet is headed to the WWE.
They could really use her, but what they could use more is Velvet and Angelina Love reforming "The Beautiful People" in the WWE.
Can you imagine The Beautiful People with Eve as their manager?

Yes please.

Velvet Sky - TNA Knockout Jobber?

I'm beginning to think that TNA has turned Velvet Sky into the ultimate Jobber.
Not that she's a bad wrestler in any way, I mean she started out at the House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo back around 2003.
And she has been with TNA since 2007.
But in her five years with the company, and despite how incredibly popular she is, she has held the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship once and the TNA Women's Knockout Championship once.
Gail Kim has held it twice, Angelina Love has held it five times, Tara has held it four times, ODB three times, Madison Rayne three times, Mickie James twice and Winter twice.
Does Vel just not want the title?
Or do the writers just not want to give it to her for any length of time?
She only held it 28 days and lost it to...surprise..Gail Kim...

    Photo Credits: http://www.impactwrestling.com/

Updates - Velvet Sky, Maryse and Melina

Is TNA Knockout Velvet Sky going to be on Dancing With The Stars?

Well she will be if TNA can do anything about it.
Over at ImpactWrestling.com they have a link to click to vote for Velvet to be on DWTS.
http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/2980-Vote-For-Velvet-Sky-For-The-Next-Season-Of-Dancing-With-The-Stars
Why not?
Stacy Keibler and Jericho have both done it.
It would be great PR for TNA.

Maryse is healing up from her hernia surgery and posted this over at FrenchKissMaryse.com:

Hey planet sexy,


I met with my surgeon today and she said everything is perfect. There’s a little bit of fluid inside by the incision and where the repairs were done, but its totally normal apparently. The scar healed really good and there is no infection. So the surgery was a total success. I’m sooooooo happy!!!


Be Sexy!!!

And finally, I mentioned over at Beautiful Women of Wrestling that former WWE Diva will be taking on another former WWE Diva Serena Deeb, on November 19th at the Womens' Superstars Unleashed iPPV at the ACE Arena in Union City, NJ.

Well right after that (and I mean RIGHT after that) Melina and Serena (along with another ex-WWE Diva Jillian Hall) will be appearing on the WASP (Wrestling All Star Pros) tour in Mexico on November 20th.
You can see more about that here:
http://artimex.tv/index.php?option=com_artistas&action=showartist&aid=209&Itemid=5

Happy Birthday April Hunter!

Since her birthday is in a couple of days (September 24th), here is April Hunter.
April has to be one of the (if not the) most popular Indy wrestlers of all time.
She has not only worked the Indy wrestling promotions, but you may recall that she was at one time with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a member of the nWo girls along with Tylene Buck, Kim Kanner (Shakira), Midajah and Pamela Paulshock.

April isn't just another pretty face (and everything else), she was trained by the late Wladek (Walter) "Killer" Kowalski, one of the great wrestlers and trainers of all time.
And April has wrestled with more Indy promotions than you can shake a stick at including Women's Extreme Wrestling, USA Pro Wrestling, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Queens of Chaos and German Stampede Wrestling.


Besides the Indy circuit and WCW, April has appeared on TNA a couple of times, the most recent being on the December 31, 2009, episode of TNA Impact!
She and Lorelei Lee (Wrestlicious' Tyler Texas) tag-teamed against the TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions Sarita and Taylor Wilde, but lost.

Sarita & Taylor Wilde vs April Hunter & Lorelei Lee (TNA)
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By the way, April and Knockout Velvet Sky (as Talia Madison) used to tag-team as TnA.



April is now competing in Figure and Fitness competitions and looks amazing.

You can follow April on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/aprilhunter

MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/aprilhunterofficial

And Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/therealaprilhunter


Happy Birthday April Hunter!, posted to http://beautifulwrestling2.blogspot.com/ on September 21st, 2010

Female Wrestling - Lita, Christy Hemme, Maria Kanellis and More

On Hermie's Hotseat, NASCAR's Hermie Sadler interviews the beautiful Velvet Sky...

PWPIX.net is reporting that Christy Hemme has signed a three-year deal with TNA worth $175,000 per year.
I wonder how the other TNA Knockouts feel about that?


And...Desmond Wolf's valet Alison Skipper has signed a long term contract with TNA.

At WWE.com, there is a videp posted of new Divas Champion Eve Torres training with Rener Gracie.
If you know anything about BJJ or MMA you know the Gracie name.
Of course the WWE is not as nice about letting people embed videos to promote the brand as TNA is, so you can see the video here at the WWE site.
http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/overtheropes/2010/april15-21/14160398

And speaking of Eve, WWE Diva Melina doesn't seem too happy about Eve getting the belt if you go by her Tweets on Twitter.
Melina said among other things....
"I still stand by what I say. Back in the Trish/Lita/Jazz era, the women earned the title and fought for it. It meant so much. Women looked at them and wanted to be as great as them. It shouldn't be about taking turns on who gets to put in on this week. It should be about who earned it and who brings credibility to it. I still wish it could have been Jillian, Katie or Gail to have that opportunity. All I wanted was to start a new era. To make those women proud to see we were keeping it alive."
I pretty much have to agree with Melina on all those points.

You can get Maria Kanellis' debut album, Seven Sins at iTunes for $3.99.
The album made it up to 120, but has now fallen off the Top 200 list altogether now.
You can get the album here:
http://maria-kanellis.org/2010/04/12/sevin-sins-is-now-available-download-on-itunes/

Amy "Lita" Dumas had a birthday on the 14th and I missed it, so ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITA!
I mean AMY!
Old habit...sorry.

Velvet Sky "Wrestling's Sexiest Woman"?

Well I said in the last entry that the last minute add on women's wrestling match at Wrestlemania 26 would probably be Kelly Kelly, Eve and Gail Kim taking on Michelle McCool, Layla and Maryse.
I wasn't far off.
It was Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox and Vickie Guerrero taking on Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim and Beth Phoenix.
See?
The WWE isn't predictable at all.

Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox and Vickie Guerrero won at Wrestlemania, so they turned around and repeated the same wrestling match the next night on Raw.
This time the winners were Eve Torres, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix, and Gail Kim.

BTW...the WWE has some new Divas Wrestlemania pics up at their website here:
http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/photos/wrestlemaniadivasphotos/

They also have a gallery of the WWE Divas in their gowns at Saturday's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony that you can see here:
http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/photos/halloffamedivasphotos/

And the WWE has signed yet another model, but at least this time they are going to use her as a ring announcer.
Florida model Brittney Beede has been signed to a developmental deal and she is using the name Jamie Keyes.
You may remember her as the winner of Kevin Nash's search for a new valet on TNA last year.


And speaking of TNA, remember what I said about TNA with Tara and Daffney?
Well they didn't go all the way with that, BUT, on the last TNA Impact, they did have Tara face Daffney in a First Blood Match for the TNA Knockouts Championship.


And in more TNA Knockout news, in the annual "PWI Poll" issue, Pro-Wrestling Illustrated named Velvet Sky "Wrestling's Sexiest Woman".
The list went like this....

Velvet Sky (TNA) - 14%
Maryse (WWE) - 12%
Melina (WWE) - 9%
Lacey von Erich (TNA) -7%
Kelly Kelly (WWE) - 6%
Cheerleader Melissa (Was TNA but now Indy) - 5%
Madison Rayne (TNA) - 3%
Others- 39%

So out of seven named women, four were TNA.
Are the Divas losing their edge?

Wrestling News and Rumors, Velvet Sky, Trish Stratus and More.....

Today's edition has lot's of female wrestling news and rumors, including Velvet Sky and her bikini, Info on the Final Resolution TNA PPV, Former WWE Diva Trish Stratus having a birthday, a couple of wrestling results and of course, some female wrestling pics.

First up, a belated Happy Birthday to former WWE Diva and WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus, who turned 34 on December 18th.

I mentioned another former WWE Diva, Ashley Massaro hinting at a possible return to the ring on one of my other blogs....

Well the rumors continue (fueled by Ashley on her Twitter account) and we can add these tidbits....
"Thanks for asking my tattos are all good now and healed yay! And to answer ur ques i do plan on comin back to the ring...after traininwoohoo"
"watchin tna this evening aswell..."
"I'd love to host Raw one day, you never know? Always been fond of hosting, as long as I can be mysel.you guys know me, so i thinkyanowhatimn"
I said before I think she would be a perfect fit at TNA.....

Since Lauren Brooke is leaving TNA, Christy Hemme may be taking over as the backstage interviewer.

At the TNA PPV Final Resolution, ODB will be taking on Tara for the TNA Knockouts Championship.

And speaking of Tara, she is currently pitching a reality show featuring herself, spotlighting her attempt to cross over from pro wrestling to mixed martial arts.

And speaking of ODB, she was beaten on TNA Impact! by the returning Nicole Raczynski, better known as just Roxxi.

Another TNA Knockout Madison Rayne, has a Wish List up on Amazon.com.
You can check out the list here.


And finally, TNA Knockout Velvet Sky auctioned off the bikini that she wore on the Victory Road TNA PPV DVD cover.
The bikini finally went for $830.00 on e-Bay.
Pretty impressive.

TNA's No Surrender Tonight - The Knockouts

On TNA's No Surrender PPV Tonight there will be two Knockout matches.

Well kinda.

First, ODB will be taking on Cody Deaner in a match for the TNA Knockouts Championship.
::sigh::
TNA, please don't let me down and further disrespect ODB.
Don't turn the TNA Knockouts Championship into a farce.
In case you hadn't guessed, I am one of the people not amused with the Cody Deaner antics.
I would hate to see TNA turn the widely praised and well regarded Knockouts division into a sideshow.

The second bout is The Beautiful People (Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne) going up against Taylor Wilde and Sarita.
See?
I praised you for bringing in the Womens Tag Team titles.
I'm gonna have to go with Taylor Wilde and Sarita for the win, and that would allow TNA to rebuild The Beautiful People's rep.

Speaking of The Beautiful People, I reported on my other blog that Angelina Love would be wrestling Brooke Carter at the Live Pro Wrestling event on Sunday, October 25th.
This isn't gonna happen.
Instead, TNA Knockout Velvet Sky will be stepping in to replace Angelina.

Female Wrestling - WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Updates

As I noted on my other blog, former WWE Diva Trish Stratus will be guest hosting WWE Monday Night Raw Toronto in a couple of weeks.
BTW, Trish and Stacy Keibler are both on the cover of "J. R.'s Cookbook : True Ringside Tales, BBQ, and Down-Home Recipies"
You can get it through the online store at JR's blog.
http://www.jrsbarbq.com/

It looks like Playboy has decided to dump Traci Brooks cover shot.
Her photos will be released online to members.
I wonder how this will affect their future relations with TNA?
Probably badly because now Playboy wants to distance itself from pro wrestling.

This week on WWE SmackDown!, Layla and Natalya will be taking on Maria and Eve.

Okay TNA, for the last time....Cody Deaner is a MALE wrestler.
Get him out of the female division.
He should not be wrestling Tara or Alissa Flash.
I appreciate that you give the Knockouts WAY more air time than WWE gives the Divas, I really do.
Now just do this one thing for me okay?

AJ Styles, TNA Knockouts The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) and Taylor Wilde will be appearing on MTV's "Made" this Sunday.
More info here:
http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1667/84/

And speaking of the Beautiful People, you can watch a tag team match between Hamada and Sarita (my TNA dream team) and Angelina Love and Velvet Sky that took place at TNA's live event at the San Angelo Coliseum in San Antonio on YouTube.
It's a really good quality video.
You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT5c6qoUEzs&e

WWE Diva News and Lots of Knockout Stuff

WWE Raw Divas Brie and Nikki Bella are up against MTV’s the Ikki twins in the category of Hottest Twins in Spike TV’s “Guy Awards”.
I saw the pics and really it's no contest for me.
If you wanna go vote, you can do it here:
http://www.spike.com/event/guyschoice/page/vote/category/31596

TNA will be bringing back Rhaka Khan after she gets some more training.
Rhaka (Trenesha Biggers) hasn't had a singles match on TNA yet.
And that's a shame because before TNA, this young lady wrestled for the WWE's Deep South Wrestling (DSW), Japan's Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX, Full Impact Pro, Women's Extreme Wrestling and the Professional Girl Wrestling Association.
I think she has a lot of potential.
But a major draw back here is that according to reports, not a lot of the Knockouts care for Rhaka.

At the TNA pay per view, Sacrifice, the TNA Knockout Championship match will most likely be Angelina Love against Awesome Kong in a stretcher match.
Kong has already beaten "Beautiful People" members Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne in stretcher matches.

You may also see TNA Knockout Jacqueline back on TV in the not too far future.

TNA Knockout Updates

O-D-B

A couple of TNA updates today....

There's a webmatch between ODB and Velvet Sky posted on YouTube....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1aLWUvj1LY

It appears that TNA Knockout Roxxi has been released from the company.
At least her profile is gone from the TNA website.
Roxxi and Rhaka Khan have been serving a 60-day suspension as punishment for a backstage altercation several weeks ago at iMPACT!
For the moment Rhaka seems to be safe since her profile is still up.

TNA iMPACT!: No Knockouts?

The TNA iMPACT! Video Game is out and I noticed one glaring error.
Well glaring to me at least.
Christy Hemme is the only Knockout in the game!
Okay I know this is the first TNA game, but not to include the Knockout Division?
They have a wide range of talented female wrestlers and think about what their " Legends" division could have.
If you went all the way back to the beginning of their roster back in 2002, you could have Francine Fournier (WWE probably has her rights tied up though), Shannon Spruill, Mickie James/ Alexis Laree (okay I KNOW WWE has her rights), April Hunter, MsChif, Malia Hosaka, Kim Neilson (Desire), Daizee Haze, Stephanie Finochio (Trinity), Gail Kim (I have no idea who has her rights now) and Salinas!
It would almost be like " SHIMMER: The Video Game"!
But no, TNA basically overlooked one of their most popular divisions when creating this.
Maybe next time.
I know the reviews of the game weren't exactly glowing, but that's never stopped the WWE.
I'll just hold out for my dream game, " WWE Divas versus TNA Knockouts".
Why not?
We've had Marvel vs Capcom.

Taylor Wilde versus Velvet Sky

Taylor Wilde defeated Velvet Sky by disqualification last night, retaining the TNA Knockout Title.
Of course after this, The Beautiful People jumped Taylor, till ODB and Gail Kim ran in for the save.
Watching this made me realize something...
Several years ago, when the WWE was having such trouble with their Diva division, I thought " Why dont they just get some of the hard working Indy ladies and use them?"
TNA pretty much did that.
As I have said before, these ladies work like the wrestlers of the 60's and 70's, some working full time jobs, getting off work and hitting the road to make that nights show. You have to LOVE wrestling to do that.

Last night on TNA iMPACT, Gail Kim and Velvet Sky

Last night on TNA iMPACT, Gail Kim defeated Velvet Sky.
The match wasn't bad, I think they needed more time to work out their wrestling moves but it was still as good as any WWE match.
After the match, Angelina Love, who was at ringside, attacked Gail until TNA Women’s Wrestling Champion Awesome Kong came out and really gave Gail a beatdown.
Gail was finally rescued by a run in from ODB.
ODB and Gail Kim as a team........
Amazing.




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