“King Mo is the perfect athlete for this type of alliance.  He is the real deal in MMA, and his bold personality and world class wrestling accomplishments are unparalleled.  I’m confident he will have a major impact in both sports,” stated Carter.

Lawal (10-1-1) launched his mixed martial arts career in 2008, and after four straight wins, he faced off against his toughest challenge, renowned fighter Mark Kerr. King Mo knocked out Kerr in the first round, and eight months later he defeated Gegard Mousasi in a Light Heavyweight world title fight. Lawal also holds an impressive KO victory against multiple-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Roger Gracie in September 2011.

“This deal is a dream come true for me,” Lawal said. “Bjorn and Dixie have given me the opportunity to engage in my two great loves, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling, at the same time.  And, to have it all on Spike TV is really Buttercream icing on a big ole cake – not that whipped cream stuff either!”

King Mo rose to grappling acclaim as a NCAA Division I All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State University in 2003 and a three-time U.S. National Champion (2005, 2006, and 2008) in the 84 kilogram division.  In 2007, as a member of the U.S. National team, he brought home a gold medal at the Pan American Games and a silver medal at the World Cup.

A native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Lawal lives in San Jose, Calif. and trains with the prominent American Kickboxing Academy.

—Bellator/TNA press release—

“Lockdown 2012” is promised to be the most brutal pay-per-view event of the year featuring every match contested inside a 15-foot reinforced steel cage, making it the only all-steel cage Pay-Per-View event in professional wrestling. The TNA World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line and two teams will compete in a “Lethal Lockdown” match for an unforgettable night of action. TNA Wrestling began in Nashville in the summer of 2002 and this June marks the tenth year anniversary.  Fans can celebrate 10 years of body-slams with TNA’s weekly flagship show, IMPACT WRESTLING airing every Thursday night on Spike.

The reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Roode, leads the invasion of IMPACT WRESTLING stars including Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair along with Tennessee native “Cowboy” James Storm, Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy, “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, the lovely and lethal Knockouts and more.

“TNA Entertainment couldn’t be more pleased to announce one of our most exciting events of the year “Lockdown” will be live from Nashville on April 15th.  To be able to offer the fans of our hometown such a powerful night of explosive action is thrilling,” said TNA President Dixie Carter.  “We are going to celebrate 10 years in Nashville with one of our biggest pay-per-view events to date.”

“As the presenting sponsor for ‘Lockdown 2012,’ we’re thrilled about the return of TNA to the Nashville market,” stated Direct Auto Insurance Senior Vice President of Marketing Peter Tahinos.“Our corporate headquarters is located here in Nashville as are many long standing Direct Auto customers who are also loyal wrestling fans.”

Tickets for “TNA Lockdown 2012” go on sale Friday, January 27 at 10am, at all TicketMaster locations, www.TicketMaster.com <http://www.ticketmaster.com/> , the Nashville Municipal Auditorium box office or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000

“TNA Lockdown Fan InterAction” will be taking place on Saturday, April 14th with details to be announced soon.  “Fan InterAction” is a popular fan friendly event giving fans a chance to meet many of the stars of TNA IMPACT WRESTING.

TNA will also be offering a limited number of travel packages that will include lodging and tickets to Lockdown.  Full details of the travel package offers are available at www.shoptna.com <http://www.shoptna.com>

(For more information visit www.IMPACTWRESTLING.com <http://www.impactwrestling.com/> .)

source: impactwrestling.com

source: tnawrestling.com

The show will air just one day after the U.S. broadcast to ensure continuity with TNA payper- view events which will be broadcast LIVE on SKY ARENA. IMPACT WRESTLING continues its strong growth in Australia. Fuel TV, Australia’s only dedicated 24-hour action sports channel have acquired new programming to complement the weekly screening of IMPACT WRESTLING Saturday Nights at 8:30pm. “Xplosion” and “Greatest Matches” will join the line-up of weekly shows broadcast on Fuel TV. “Xplosion” will air every Saturday Night at 7:30pm AEDT starting January 14th with a special catch up episode airing at 6:30pm AEDT on January 14th.

“Xplosion” features exclusive interviews and matches with your favourite Superstars. Get caught up with all the news, results and upcoming matches on IMPACT WRESTLING and monthly pay-per-views events. TNA’s GREATEST MATCHES will feature the very best matches from all the TNA Pay-Per-Views over the last two years and is set to start in February on Fuel TV!

For more information, visit www.impactwrestling.com or facebook.com/impactwrestlingaus

Starting from Hogan’s announcement at Madison Square Garden that he was coming to TNA and ending with the dethroning of Jeff Hardy by Sting, Hogan along with his Immortals explains why he had to take over TNA in interviews shot in the same style as the ones on Impact Wrestling. Dixie Carter along with AJ Styles, Beer Money and Kazarian give their side of Hogan’s evil takeover. While Styles puts down Hogan all the time, the others do give Hogan his dues and explain how they went along with Hogan for a while.

This DVD set also takes you back to particular moments that stood out when TNA was on Mondays. The entire feud and matches Hogan had with Ric Flair are all shown along with the complete 2010 Lethal Lockdown match featuring Team Hogan against Team Flair. Hogan explains his problems with Sting that led to Sting completely destroying Jeff Jarrett and a future suspension. Unfortunately, matches like RVD VS. Abyss from Bound for Glory 2010 and Jeff Hardy against Mr. Anderson in a ladder match for the TNA World Title from Against All Odds 2011 are shown already in progress.

Despite a few times when the story gets sidetracked with Hogan-Flair and the introduction of EV2, the biography is mostly in chronological order. As much as this is a DVD about the Hogan-Bischoff regime it is also a DVD documenting Sting’s achievements in TNA and why he decided to stay for the last two years to battle the Hulkster. Despite Sting winning the World Title Hogan does get the final say at the end of both discs.

Hogan seems genuinely upset over Carter’s comments about EV2 being the 90′s equivalent to Hulk in the 80′s. Hogan goes on a decently long rant about how the guys in EV2 do not even compare to what he did. Hogan also seems genuine when he talks about how guys need to step up now that wrestling matters. He criticizes the TNA originals for having five-star matches that no one cares about because they are not following his guidance.

TNA could have also called this TNA: 2010-2011 Greatest Moments, as it feels a bit like a follow-up to last year’s Greatest Moments DVD. Considering you’re getting over six hours of storytelling and matches you definitely get your money’s worth for the low price this DVD goes for. The addition of complete matches to a DVD set like this makes it a lot more desirable than last year’s. Surprisingly the best wrestler in TNA, Kurt Angle, is rarely featured although his Bound For Glory match against Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy is shown.

TNA: Immortal Forever?

Rated PG-14

Distributed by Navarre

Run time of about six hours

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DVD listing–

Disc 1

The Beginning

10-27-2009 – Madison Square Garden

Hulk Hogan press conference (Impact – Oct. 27, 2009)

TNA Staff Meeting (Impact – Nov. 4, 2009)

1-4-2010

Hulk Hogan’s Impact Debut (Impact – Jan. 4, 2010)

Jeff Hardy’s TNA Re-Debut (Impact – Jan. 4, 2010) 

Ric Flair’s TNA Debut (Impact – Jan. 4, 2010)

Jeff Jarrett’s promo with Hogan (Impact – Jan. 4, 2010)

Factions and Friction

The Squared Circle?

Hogan/Bischoff promo from Genesis 2010

Mr. Anderson vs. Abyss from Genesis 2010

Stars Align

TNA Makes the Move

Abyss & Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair & AJ Styles (Impact – Mar. 8, 2010)

RVD’s debut (Impact – Mar. 8, 2010)

Team Hogan vs. Team Flair

Lethal Lockdown: Team Hogan vs. Team Flair (Lockdown 2010)

The formation of Fortune (Impact – Jun. 17, 2010)

Sting Takes a Stand

Hogan and Sting Face off (Impact – May 3, 2010)

Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett (Sacrifice 2010)

“They” Are Coming

The End of Sting?

The Road to 10.10.10

Falls Count Anywhere Match- Rhino vs. Abyss (No Surrender 2010)

DISC 2

EV2 Invasion

Fortune annihilation of EV2 and the Abyss/‘Janice’ attack on RVD (Impact: Whole F’N Show – Aug. 12, 2010)

Monsters Ball: Abyss vs. RVD (Bound for Glory 2010) (already in progress)

Bound for Glory

TNA World Championship Three Way Match: Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy (Bound for Glory 2010)

The Alliance

#1 Contenders Match: Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson (Genesis 2011) (already in progress)

TNA World Championship Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson (Genesis 2011) 

“They” Are Here

Champions

TNA World Championship Ladder Match: Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy (Against All Odds 2011) (already in progress)

Jeff Hardy vs. Sting

TNA World Championship Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Sting (Impact – Mar. 3, 2011)

Angle, looking to outdo his incredible steel cage matches of the past, attempted a few new maneuvers that did not go exactly as he hoped, but the end result gave fans an amazing show. Angle looked like he broke his neck once again when he attempted to reverse Jeff Jarrett’s powerbomb from the top rope. Jarrett looked like he lost all his wind when Angle landed on him after an attempted belly-to-belly suplex from the top rope. Although not the main event of the show, Angle-Jarrett was clearly the match of the night.

Lockdown started off strong with a No.1 Contender X-Division XScape Match which ended up as the last match for Jay Lethal in TNA. Lethal and Amazing Red had a nice exchange, but the match was mainly highlighted by former TNA talents Generation Me having problems working together. Sting defending the TNA Heavyweight Championship against Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam was an even back-and-forth bout until Hulk Hogan interfered and got involved in the match.

The Lethal Lockdown match was a contrast compared to last year where you had Fortune and Sting as the villains against Hogan’s heroes. This year Fortune are now the heroes against Hogan’s Immortals which consisted of Nature Boy Ric Flair, Matt Hardy, Bully Ray and Abyss. Both teams start off at ringside unlike everyone having their own entrance. The bloody destruction of Flair by Fortune is truly one fans of hardcore wrestling will love, but fans of the Nature Boy will be disgusted with Flair getting butchered in the ring and forced to tap out.

TNA stays ahead of WWE when it comes to giving wrestling fans a little extra on their DVDs. Not only do you get the entire Lockdown event, but TNA provides a bonus disc that includes the entire pre-show for Lockdown, post match interviews, a music video recap, and interviews from Lockdown’s fan interaction. Jarrett looks like he is completely out of it while doing his post match interview and Angle is sporting a huge ice pack on his neck in his. The Lockdown Fan Interaction is a different look at TNA stars as they interact with their fans and give their thoughts on their matches. Mickie James and RVD come across as two who are very approachable at the event.

TNA: Lockdown 2011

Rated PG-14

Distributed by Navarre

Released on Jun. 21, 2011

Run time of about six hours

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Match listing–

X-Division XScape Match

Max Buck VS. Jeremy Buck VS. Suicide VS. Robbie E VS. Chris Sabin VS. Amazing Red VS. Brian Kendrick VS. Jay Lethal

Crimson & Scott Steiner VS. Ink Inc. VS. The British Invasion VS. Eric Young and Orlando Jordan

TNA Knockouts Championship VS. Mickie’s hair -Mickie James VS. Madison Rayne

Samoa Joe VS. The Pope D’Angelo Dinero

Matt Morgan VS. Hernandez

Kurt Angle VS. Jeff Jarrett

TNA World Title Match – Sting VS. Mr. Anderson VS. RVD

Lethal Lockdown – Fortune VS. Immortal

Click here to listen to Wrestling Uncensored 43. Original air date: July 16, 2011. Hosted by Dave Simon and Jeremy Prophet.

Simon and Prophet reviewed TNA’s Destination X pay-per-view and discussed Sting defeating Mr. Anderson to once again become TNA heavyweight champion.

Simon and Prophet previewed WWE’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view including CM Punk challenging John Cena for the WWE title, Big Show v. Mark Henry, two money in the bank ladder matches and the rest of the show.

All this and more pro wrestling talk on this 1-hour episode of Wrestling Uncensored.

The match will be a fatal four-way match pitting Steen against Red against local Quebec talents Mike Bailey and Mitch Thompson. Also announced for the show is Scott Steiner VS. local giant Darkko and Sylvain Grenier will battle Franky The Mobster to crown the first ever ToW Heavyweight Champion.

ToW 8 starts at 8 p.m. at the Centre Le Roi Du Camion on 120B Dubois St. in St-Eustache. Tickets can be ordered at https://secure.ticketpro.ca/achat_CRC03FS11.html?lang=en or by calling 1-866-908-9090.

ToW 8 partial card

Sylvain Greiner VS. Franky The Mobster for the ToW title

Scott Steiner VS. Darkko

Amazing Red VS. Kevin Steen VS. Mike Bailey VS. Mitch Thompson

For the past three years, ToW has put on some of the most spectacular entertainment shows in all of Quebec. Grenier, a four-time WWE World Tag Team Champion has been the headline for the majority of those galas. Grenier has feuded with his opponent before in ToW and they have had a number of bouts around Quebec. It will be a war when the two most impressive specimens in Quebec face off.

ToW has also announced that Total Nonstop Action superstar Amazing Red will also be in action at ToW 8. WWE legend Brutus the Barber Beefcake is scheduled to not only be competing, but will also be cutting some hair in St-Eustache. Local talent Jeremy Prophet, Sexxxy Eddy, Darkko, Green Phantom, Dru Onyx, and much more are scheduled to appear.

Tickets can be purchased at https://secure.ticketpro.ca/achat_CRC03FS11.html?lang=encheck or by calling 1-866-908-9090. More information can be found at www.towlutte.com

Partial ToW 8 card

Sylvain Grenier VS. Franky The Mobster for the ToW Heavyweight Championship

Scott Steiner VS. Darkko

Starting from Foley making his debut in TNA is where the DVD starts off and ends with Foley looking back on his current life. Foley retells eight of the biggest matches he had in TNA. Unlike many compilation DVDs, Foley gives you personal insight into each match. Foley tells you what made them special and gives the viewer the idea behind the match.

With TNA announcer Jeremy Borash Foley delivers his usual comedy antics, but you also see the caring side of the hardcore warrior. Foley spending time building schools in Africa and then putting a scrapbook together with one of his sons shows another side of Foley that sometimes gets forgotten when he is a bloody mess. A decent amount of time is spent on his latest autobiography Countdown to Lockdown, which his peers also give their two cents on his writing skills and intriguing passages.

The documentary portion on Foley unfortunately only lasts for about half an hour. While short, Foley has lived an amazing life and every segment is well worth the price of the DVD. Two discs to make the documentary longer would have also helped with showing all the matches in their entirely. On a separate disc Foley could still provide extra commentary for them. Foley did comment on his future endeavours giving the DVD a true ending compare to most.

Foley fans that have missed out on his TNA adventures definitely need to check out this DVD. If you have not seen his matches you’ve missed on Foley once again reinventing himself. With a body that is in constant pain from years of punishment it is unbelievable how Foley was still able to compete at a top level. Not only did Foley have to work around his own setbacks, Foley worked with superstars like Sting and Kurt Angle who had their own share of injuries. Regardless, those bouts became some of the greatest matches in TNA history. The TNA Heavyweight Championship match against Angle might be Foley’s last great wrestling match.

Foley versus Flair in TNA last year was the most entertaining feud last year. Their promo against each other was so intense and emotional that most promos today pale in comparison. Foley will always be remembered as one of the greatest entertainers thanks to his books and DVD releases like this.

TNA: Mick Foley Hardcore Legend

Navarre Entertainment

Rated: PG-14

Releases today Apr. 19, 2011

$19.98

TNA: Mick Foley Hardcore Legend listing

Mick Foley’s TNA Wrestling debut in September 2008 on iMPACT

Genesis 2009: Mick Foley, AJ Styles and Devon vs. Booker T, Scott Steiner and Kip James

Sting and Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett and Mick Foley

Mick Foley Interviews Cactus Jack

Lockdown 2009: Sting vs. Mick Foley for the World Title

Victory Road 2009: Kurt Angle vs. Mick Foley for the World Title

Bound For Glory 2009: Abyss vs. Mick Foley in Monster’s Ball

Final Resolution 2009: Abyss and Mick Foley vs. Raven and Stevie Richards

iMPACT: Jeff Jarrett vs Mick Foley

iMPACT: Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley