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Dixie Carter Post-Table Spot Update, Spike TV Officials At Impact, More

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– Dixie Carter going through the table on last night’s Impact Wrestling episode was designed as her exit from the storylines. Above is footage from after the segment.

– Spike TV President Kevin Kay was in attendance for Thursday night’s TNA tapings in New York City and Spike’s Scott Fishman was there on Wednesday night. They probably weren’t pleased with the “change the channel” chant during a Rockstar Spud vs. Crazzy Steve match.

– It’s being reported that this week’s TNA tapings were sold out but both of our correspondents reported seeing security fill seats in and our correspondent at Thursday night’s tapings noted that despite what was said by TNA workers at the tapings, plenty of tickets were available on Ticketmaster right before the tapings began.

Spoilers: TNA ‘No Surrender’ Results for 9/25/14

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Thanks to Nate Da Gr8 for the following TNA No Surrender spoilers from tonight’s tapings in New York City. These should air on Thursday, September 25th as another themed episode of Impact on Spike.

* MVP kicks off the show with Kenny King and Bobby Lashley. He cuts a promo and calls out Chris Melendez to join their group as their bag boy. He turned the offer down and King cut a promo on him, making fun of his prosthetic leg.

* Chris Melendez defeated Kenny King but got beat down after the quick match. Mr. Anderson made the save.

* A Knockouts Battle Royal with Jessicka Havok, Madison Rayne, Rebel, Taryn Terrell, Brittany, Velvet Sky and Angelina Love is up first. Havok dominated and won after last eliminating Velvet Sky. Havok is over already.

* Bobby Roode vs. Bobby Lashley for the World Heavyweight Title is next. Lashley gets the win in a decent match. MVP was ordered to the back after interfering at one point.

* Abyss defeated Samuel Shaw.

* Samoa Joe defeated Homicide with the X Division Title on the line. After the match, James Storm, Sanada and Manik attacked. Manik has new gear and a new mask after he was taken away by Storm and Sanada last week. Storm & friends triple team and destroy them.

* Magnus defeated The Freak in a match for Xplosion.

* Tajiri vs. MVP vs. Austin Aries vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Abyss in a random match is next. Aries got the win.

* Low Ki defeated DJ Zema Ion.

Rousey On Carano Being Her Toughest Challenge, Hendo Responds To Wanderlei, More

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– Former UFC champion BJ Penn has fought for the last time. At least, as of now, according to “The Prodigy.” In a recent interview with his own personal website, Penn disclosed his retirement decision.

“I think I should stay retired,” he said. “One thing I know is that I put a lot of effort, a lot of energy into this camp. I trained for the last year to do this camp, to do this fight. After the last few fights, I’m kind of getting tired (of training).”

Penn returned earlier this year, moving down to featherweight for the first time in his career. He suffered a third loss to Frankie Edgar, the same fighter who took the lightweight title from him in 2010. The Hawaiian will turn 36 in December.

– UFC female bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey isn’t just blowing smoke when she says Gina Carano would be her biggest challenge. Despite not fighting for several years, Rousey feels Carano can step in and give her a run for her money.

“I really do believe that she’s the hardest competitor I could ever find to fight,” said Rousey, during a recent interview with ESPN. “Even if you don’t believe that, even if you think she took too much time off and it’d be a quick fight, to be honest, that fight would be too hot not to watch. It doesn’t really matter if it’ll be competitive or not. And if you do what it, you’re going to be surprised: It’ll be one of the greatest fights to ever happen in the history of women’s MMA.”

Rousey (10-0) has stated a desire to fight on the year-end card, as she did last year. Carano (7-1) remains unsigned, but UFC president Dana White has reached out numerous times to her representatives.

– Despite possibly facing a lengthy suspension for his decision to not take a drug test earlier this year, Wanderlei Silva remains hopeful for a fight to be made. And he has his sights set on Dan Henderson.

Henderson, looking to get back in the Octagon later this year, responded via Twitter to the fight proposal by “The Axe Murderer.” Henderson and Silva have squared off twice, with the Brazilian winning the first via decision in 2000 and the American avenging the loss in 2007 via third round knockout.

Notes On Alberto Del Rio’s WWE Departure, His Last TV Match And Contract

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It’s worth noting that Albert Del Rio’s release is the top story on the front page of WWE’s website right now. Usually when WWE announces talent departures they use their real name but Del Rio’s real name was not used in today’s announcement.

If Del Rio really is gone from the company, his last match would have been a loss to Jack Swagger on this week’s Main Event. He did not work the SmackDown taping and did not work today’s live event in Melbourne, Australia.

It was recently reported that Del Rio’s contract was expiring soon.

Complete TNA Impact Results for 8/7/14

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Thanks to Michaela R. for the following spoilers:

* Knux and The Freak of The Menagerie vs. Robbie E and Jessie Godderz is up first. The Menagerie gets the win in a long boring tag match, according to our correspondent.

* Dixie Carter and King Mo take a seat on the balcony to watch the next match.

* The eight-man “hardcore war” is next. Tommy Dreamer and Ethan Carter III are the first two out for their teams and they start the match off. Two new wrestlers come in every 2 minutes with a weapon. Devon and Rhino are out next. Snitsky and Bully Ray are out next. Ezekiel Jackson and Al Snow are out next. Snow gets a big pop and a “we want head” chant from the crowd. TNA actually passed out “Heads” to people in the crowd before Snow came out, essentially spoiling it for people in the crowd. Snow actually did a moonsault out of the ring. Team 3D got the win for their team after hitting a 3D on Rhino.

* Bully Ray wants to put Dixie Carter through a table but she won’t come down from the balcony. Fans want to see this too. They tease a fight between Bully and King Mo. Bully promises that he will put Dixie through a table “tonight” on the episode. The ring is cleared and they get ready for another segment.

* King Mo escorts Dixie to the ring. Rhino, Rockstar Spud and EC3 are also there. Apparently Dixie has fired Snitsky and Ezekiel already. They’re interrupted by Dreamer and Team 3D, who bring a table out. A big brawl breaks out but Dixie escapes. The TNA locker room empties out and blocks her from running to the back. They toss her back in the ring and Bully puts her through a table with a Bully Bomb. The crowd popped big time for this. The roster surrounds the six-sided ring on the apron and applauds while Dreamer and 3D are in the ring and Dixie is laid out on the table. Dixie gets stretchered out to end the taping.

The rest of the 8/7 TNA Impact was taped on Friday, June 27. Below are the rest of the results for the 8/7 event.

* A hardcore match between Abyss and Bram kicks off the show. Before the match, crew members filled the ring and ringside area with weapons. Bram took a big chokeslam on thumbtacks at one point. Abyss gets the win.

* They had to clean blood up off the ring before the next segment.

* MVP, Bobby Lashley and Kenny King come out with four women on their sides. MVP speaks but is interrupted by Bobby Roode. Roode has words with Lashley until they beat him down. Austin Aries and Eric Young run down and make the save, clearing the ring.

* Samuel Shaw, Mr. Anderson and Gunner vs. Robbie E, Jessie Godderz and DJ Zema Ion is next. The babyfaces get the win.

* In-ring segment with Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell going at it with Angelina Love and Velvet Sky.

* Sanada vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe for the vacant X Division Title is up next. Joe gets the win after making Sanada tap out. The crowd popped huge for Joe and everyone sang “Joe’s gonna kill you” for a big moment.

WWE NXT Results for 8/7/14

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Thanks to Gary for the following WWE NXT spoiler from tonight’s tapings at Full Sail University:

NXT Results for August 7th, 2014 Episode:

* Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger vs. Enzo Amore and Big Cass in a tournament match is up first. Enzo and Cass get the win to advance. They were over big time.

* CJ Parker defeated Xavier Woods.

* Bayley defeated Eva Marie. Eva was met with huge heat from the crowd, a really bad experience for her apparently. Bayley got the win with her suplex.

* Sami Zayn and Adam Rose vs. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel is next for a tournament match. Zayn and Rose win after a running Yakuza kick in the corner.

Alberto Del Rio And Others Released From WWE Today, More Coming

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WWE announced the following today:

“WWE announced the release of Alberto Del Rio due to unprofessional conduct and an altercation with an employee.”

Seems like WWE was just waiting for a reason.

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Source: F4WOnline
WWE has released longtime employee Mark Yeaton, who has been WWE’s ringside timekeeper and bell ringer for decades.
Yeaton was one of the people released due to ongoing cuts this week.

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Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

WWE’s Senior Vice President of Creative Eddie Feldmann was let go this past week due to the ongoing budget cuts. Other people from WWE creative were also reportedly released last week due to the cuts.

Due to WWE cutting 7% of their staff last week, they will face additional losses of $5.4 million in the third quarter due to severance packages and other costs that come with the termination of employees.

We noted before that WWE has talked about bringing back combined RAW and SmackDown tapings. Another idea discussed as a way to cut live event costs is to run less expensive arenas.

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WWE Superstars Results for 8/7/14

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WWE Superstars Results from Frank Erwin Events Center in Austin, Texas for 8/7/14
(Taped: 8/4/14)

* Cameron defeated Emma.

* WWE United States Champion Sheamus defeated Titus O’Neil in a non-title match.

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