BoboBrazil

Speaking of contracts, I have heard from quite a few people that WWE has started talks with Rob Van Dam about signing a contract extension but thus far, it hasn’t gone anywhere. Whether that is why, after months of being used poorly, RVD was finally given the Intercontinental Title is a matter of conjecture. 1wrestling.com

Here is the recap from Dave Meltzer: by Dave Meltzer [email protected] We're looking for your thoughts on tonight's show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected] NWA TNA PPV report for 10/15 This was mostly a setup show for next week, as well as the introduction of the Hulk Hogan angle. Wrestling was a very distant second. Show opened with Raven having a dog collar around Jim Mitchell and choking him. Mitchell was foaming at the mouth. Eventually Slash and Vampiro saved Mitchell as Sinn was gone this week selling an injury form last week. Slash did an elbow drop off the balcony with the chain wrapped around his elbow, through a table. C.M. Punk & Julio Dinero made the save. Raven was injured so he couldn't wrestle against Slash later in the show. Vince Russo simply said he wasn't wrestling in the six-man. It was his last night anyway, so he might as well get beaten up by Jarrett as opposed to Dusty. 1. Dusty Rhodes & Chris Harris & James Storm beat Sonny Siaki & Ekmo & Joe Legend in 8:41 when Storm pinned Legend after the death sentence. Storm did an overhead belly-to-belly on Siaki. Nobody mentioned that would be worthy of a fine in the WWE. Better than the brawl last week indicated it would be. Shane Douglas is looking to establish a new group. He was staring at two headless women. It appeared the one on the right was probably used to nobody looking at her face. 2. Michael Shane pinned Christopher Daniels to retain the X title in 9:56. Even though last week Daniels said he was dumping his minions, they were still there. Crowd wasn't into it other than chanting "Fallen Angel" at Daniels, but the work was fine. Douglas was scouting these guys with a note pad. One of Daniels guys held up the belt, but Daniels ended up collided with the guy and the belt, and was pinned after a superkick. Chris Sabin ran in after the match to attack Shane. They showed the Tokyo Dome footage from Monday of Hogan beating Masahiro Chono and Jeff Jarrett's guitar shot backstage. It was exactly what you would picture. Jarrett did an interview, coming out to little reaction again, although there were chants of "Hogan" at him. He said he's learned that to be an icon in wrestling you have to be a self-serving SOB and the most self-serving of all is Hogan. Sometimes there is truth in interviews. Mike Tenay brought up Daytona Beach (Bash at the Beach 2000 angle) and Jarrett said he never wanted it brought up. Vince Russo came out and speared Jarrett out of the ring. Then he speared him over the guard rail. This was so funny in its stupidity. But Jarrett recovered and destroyed Russo with a million weak chair shots to the back. I've never seen someone so protected as they were selling a vicious beating. Jarrett tied Russo to a fence and kept hitting his back with chair shots. End result was Russo going out in an ambulance. 3. Kevin Northcutt pinned Erik Watts in 4:28 after hitting him with handcuffs. Watts had Rick Santel & Chris Vaughn in his corner. Not much of a match, more due to Watts than Northcutt. Northcutt handcuffed Watts after the match while Ryan Wilson took care of all the impotent black shirted security guys. Finally, Don Harris came out with a black shirt and cleaned house. You really can't visualize how big Wilson is until you see him tower over Don Harris. Goldylocks, with a new hairstyle and new chest showed up, leaving with Watts. 4. Sonjay Dutt & Eric Young beat El Fuego & Jerrel Clark in 7:02. This was a collection of really good acrobatic moves. Crowd wasn't into the match, but they really wouldn't have known any of the four, but popped for a lot of the moves. Dutt is really impressive. Only comedy was Jeremy Borash announcing Fuego as being from Mexico City and then Mike Tenay coming back with him training at the famed Sully's gym with those famed luchadores Edge & Christian. Young put Fuego and Clark both on his shoulders at the same time and did a death valley driver, which really woke the crowd up. They did the repeated dive spots capped off by Dutt's corkscrew plancha. Clark showed his 630, which is a 450 with another rotation into a senton. Finish was Dutt pinning Fuego with the Hindu press, which is like a sky twister. 5. Danny Doring & Roadkill beat Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger in a non-title match in 6:12. Doring worked most of the way and didn't look good. Roadkill's spots got over as a fat high flying guy. Crowd was into this more because AMW were watching and cheer leading for Doring & Roadkill. AMW stopped Glenn Gilberti from interfering and Doring pinned Swinger with a front rolling cradle. 6. Abyss pinned Kid Kash in 5:37 with a side slam, called the black hole slam. Kash is a really good heel, but he got far too much offense in. After the match, Kash threw powder at Abyss and went back to work on him, including a low blow until Abyss put Kash up in the torture rack and dropped down. Gilberti did an interview saying Doring & Roadkill put ECW out of business and they'd better stop them before they put this place out. 7. Vampiro & Slash beat C.M. Punk & Julio Dinero in 4:18 when Vampiro blew something in Dinero's eyes and gave him a Michinoku driver. Punk was bloodied up from the beginning. This was all a set up for Raven to come out and clean house. Jimmy Hart did a phone-in interview promising Hogan would be coming. Jarrett came out saying he'd be ready. Show ended about 8 minutes early with Jarrett and Styles doing a pull-apart. Next week: Styles vs. Jarrett for NWA title Diamond & Swinger vs. Doring & Roadkill for tag titles AMW vs. Gilberti's mystery team Shane vs. Sabin vs. Daniels for the X title Raven vs. Slash

I've visited a few different forums after the show and the response to it seems overwhelmingly positive.

They announced next week Diamond/Swinger vs Roadkill/Doring for the tag titles.

Doring/Roadkill didn't win the tag titles. It was non-title.

It does if they are going to start feuding with each other.

Doring/Roadkill just beat Swinger/Diamond.

Doring and Roadkill are the mystery opponents for Diamond and Swinger.

TNA is turning to shit. Give Russo booking power again please.

Ugh Don Harris is back. Goldylocks is as well..

Once Russo lost all of the booking power people stopped posting in TNA threads. Coincidence?

Daniels already has his match and lost due to the followers.

Blame the totalnonstop.com message board. They visit that board and everyone there for the most part has the shittiest ideas. They actually want Legend, Road Kill, and other horrible wrestlers on.

I doubt it. TNA's merchandise is shit. They actually sold the music cds on cdrs.

Russo announced he wasn't wrestling. Legend is taking his place. I've heard tonight is Russo's last show until after the 11/30 ppv at the earliest.

I'm not watching the show live, so post your comments in here.

Vince screwed over Inoki when Inoki lent him money for the first Wrestlemania. Vince quickly paid him back then cut off all ties with him. Inoki wants to support Vince's competition and take him out. This is all in the other article I posted, which is a good read so go read it.

(Hogan) You've heard the reports of Jimmy Hart opening his own wrestling promotion with his main promoter (his version of Zane Bresloff) being Murad Muhammad, the boxing promoter of Roy Jones Jr. Jimmy Hart is a very smart man and Muhammad is famous in boxing circles, but I give that deal about as much chance as the XWF. I suspect that Jimmy Hart knows that his best shot is with NWA-TNA and that the 'threat' of Hart forming his group is just for leverage at the bargaining table with Jerry Jarrett. I can say with confidence (as I reported down below) that there are indications from New Japan's side that they are willing to pour cash into NWA-TNA if they can acquire Bill Goldberg, Kurt Angle, or Brock Lesnar and have the rights to book the mentioned workers in Japan. Kurt Angle is their dream choice. -puroresupower.com

The move by both Masa Chono & NWA-TNA management to bring Hulk Hogan into the fold for their respective companies is producing an enormous earthquake in the wrestling business - an earthquake that few people on the surface truly realize is happening. You have seen all the reporting on the Internet on Hogan's deal with New Japan, but none of the pieces of the puzzle have been put together yet. I will do that in this article, and hopefully give you a perspective from the Japanese as to what is happening. Hulk Hogan's split from Vince McMahon has led to incredible bitterness on the part of both men. Hogan desparately wants to become the leader of the second big American wrestling company and wants to become Vince's top rival. McMahon is always keeping his eye out on Hogan and figuring out what moves to plot next. Hogan wants to compete with McMahon but do it with a project that he knows there is a chance of success and a business proposition where he can control his own deal and not spend a dime in the process. For Antonio Inoki, Inoki has always been both jealous and angry at McMahon since Inoki made a loan to McMahon of $1 million dollars in 1985 for McMahon to create Wrestlemania. When Wrestlemania was a huge success at MSG, McMahon immediately paid Inoki off and cut ties for good. Inoki was furious and has been looking at ways for revenge. This led to the wars of 1991, where New Japan tied with WCW and SWS tied with WWF. When the New Japan/WCW relationship got stronger under the watch of Eric Bischoff, New Japan paid up to $750,000 a year for the rights to the "nWo" gimmick which was used for nWo Japan. Chono & Mutoh were the two big names in that heel group. Mutoh left New Japan when Inoki continued to exert his influence, while Chono stayed behind due to his huge payday that he gets from the company. Facing more and more pressure from Inoki to produce a shoot-style product, Chono pulled the ultimate power play - he started negotiating with Hulk Hogan. The move by Chono to bring in Hogan wasn't by design, initially. Chono had talked with Don Muraco about establishing a deal with Muraco's HCW (Hawaii Championship Wrestling). However, after one show (in late July), Chono was so disappointed that he immediately turned his eyes to Hogan. Hogan was the biggest free agent in the American wrestling business, and he (Hogan) had already received big money offers from Japan, including one from DSE (PRIDE). With Jimmy Hart managing talks, Hogan did what he does best - he played both sides to get the best deal possible. While negotiations continued between New Japan & Hogan's camp (with Brad Rheingans), Hogan was also talking with NWA-TNA. There were rumors of Hogan vs. Jeff Jarrett for a big PPV on 11/30. Once the rumors became more substantiated, New Japan became more interested. If they brought in Hogan to work for them, Hogan in turn could be their bridge to hook them up with NWA-TNA and get on American PPV/TV. And in the process, Hogan could politically control his career while making $3-5 million dollars if he plays his cards right. For both Chono & NWA-TNA, the idea of bringing Hogan into the fold benefits them both - but for very different reasons. For Masa Chono, the idea of bringing in Hulk Hogan was relatively easy. The risk was low (he had marks in Japan flocking to finance the deal because Hogan to many people is 'wrestling' no matter what), and if the deal paid off at the 10/13 Tokyo Dome show, Chono immediately gained power and Inoki would lose it. The end result saw Hogan vs. Chono as the one bright spot with fans who saw the event. Hogan got over, and in the process Chono went over Inoki politically. Inoki's continuing vision of the shoot matches, of the shoot-style never caught fire in Japan. However, Hogan got a reaction. He got over. The shoot matches did not. In the process, Chono has managed to do something over Inoki that he hasn't been able to for a long time - change the direction of the company. It wasn't the vale tudo matches you saw in the press getting coverage, it was Hogan vs. Chono getting attention. It was pro-wrestling getting the spotlight from the vale tudo fights. Chono's gamble was simple - if Hogan got over, it would bring attention back to pro-wrestling in Japan. It would perhaps lead to a change in direction, and in a scary theory, Hogan could help revive the Japanese scene back to its roots. Chono's theory didn't need much time to be tested - it worked. The day after the Tokyo Dome show, Antonio Inoki blasted the show. Inoki said that he was not happy with the attendance, he was not happy with what he saw, and he bashed the nostalgia of the wrestling matches (Hogan/Chono and the elimination match, which was a takeoff of the early 80s elimination matches). Inoki tipped his hand to the press - he was not happy with Hogan's involvement dominating the show. It took away from the vision he's been trying to promote. Inoki further came out and said that if the 11/3 Yokohama Arena show (with a lot of shoot/kickboxing fights and no Hogan) doesn't go according to his plan, he's going to fire a lot of people. That condemnation of his own company and vision didn't go over the heads of the average Japanese fan - they know what the deal really is. For Chono, it was a brilliant power-play. For Inoki, he's finding himself in the losing end of the stick with the attention being taken off of him. For Inoki, the only positive spin he can give on the matter is PR-wise in Japan. If the NJ/NWA-TNA relationship goes well and causes Vince McMahon problems, Inoki will be the very first person you see in the press proclaiming victory for his company teaming up with an ally to chip away at WWE. For Hulk Hogan, working back in Japan is icing on the cake. He gets paid $250,000+ a match, Jimmy Hart gets a cut of the deal, he controls his own match politics (hence Chono using the 'matchmaker' gimmick in public), and he can make money by bridging NWA-TNA together with New Japan. However, Hogan made an even smarter move by associating with NWA-TNA. He knows that they are going to meet his price tag, and he knows that they will give him what he wants. He's given NWA-TNA the ultimate "sleep with the devil" proposition - if they go along with what he wants to do, he'll bring the power of name recognition to the table. He'll help NWA-TNA with getting the attention of American TV executives, and ultimate it will lead to a national TV deal for the promotion - something they need for survival. USA Networks, FOX, ABC, HBO, you name a network without wrestling on it - and you will find that there a lot of TV executives who suddenly become very interested in wrestling programming once the name of Hulk Hogan is mentioned. In the end, NWA-TNA will benefit short-term - in the long-term, Hulk Hogan benefits. It's always been that way, and always will be that. At age 50, Hogan is proving that he is still (far and away) the smartest man in the wrestling business. Hogan's ties with NWA-TNA puts Vince McMahon in a very tough position. McMahon's company is free-falling, no momentum is being gained, and now his main opposition on PPV just got the biggest free agent with huge name recognition. The quandry Vince McMahon is in is simple - if he starts attacking Hogan and NWA-TNA publicly, all he does is legitimatize them. Doing that, he would elevate both parties which is completely against what he wants to do. However, McMahon is desparate and a war will definitely break out. If Hogan is successful in NWA-TNA, it may spark what the American business has needed since WCW's demise - competition. For NWA-TNA, bringing Hogan into the fold is brilliant for international relations. More specifically, with the Japanese. New Japan will be willing to pay big bucks to start a talent exchange program where NJ will send midcard and low-card guys to work NWA-TNA PPVs in exchange for NWA-TNA guys being sent to Japan. For NWA-TNA, if they can send guys to Japan, it will give them major leverage in booking talent and bringing in top wrestlers. It will also give them the chance to book wrestlers and not have to pay for their salaries. That right there is the sweetheart portion of this equation. Hulk Hogan sealed his fate with Vince McMahon when he told the Japanese press the day before the 10/13/03 Tokyo Dome show that he was not going to show up at Wrestlemania 20 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Hogan's words of "I'm bored with Vince. No more WWE. No more Vince." sealed his fate into the position he is in. For Hogan, he will be able to command what he wants, remain in the spotlight, and make millions of dollars doing it at age 50. For NWA-TNA, bringing in Hogan will ultimately land them what they desparately need for survival - money and a TV deal. For New Japan, bringing in Hogan will help Chono the booker steer the company away from press attention on the shoots. For Antonio Inoki, he may own his company but he just lost a lot of power in the process. His own positive spin is if his 'boy' Hogan ends up hurting Vince McMahon in the United States. If Inoki cannot regain the focus of his company towards shootfighting, he will create his own promotion and stay away from New Japan - which for true pro-wrestling fans is what they want.. -Zach Arnold

WWE is working on Mick Foley and Kurt Angle multi disc sets as well as one on hte Monday Night Wars according to Bryan Alvarez.

Meltzer says matches will be worse in the short run, but the wrestlers will become better because of it as time goes on, but he says some just have better matches when they are scripted out like DDP and it shouldn't matter how you do it as long as you entertain the fans.

http://www.nwatna.com/merchandise/dvd/dvd.shtml Only taking paypal is shit in my opinion. That will limit their sales alot I bet.

Hogan should get the belt. People are going to be tuning in wanting to see him win it and Jarrett keeping it would not be good for the company.

More in-depth spoilers: WWE Smackdown/Velocity Tapings from US Bank Arena in Cincinnati. Crowd was lively for most of the night, save one segment (guess now who was involved!). I'd say the Arena was about 70% full, if that. I hope I remember everything, and have the right order. Dark Matches: World's Greatest Tag Team beat Matt Cappotelli and John Hennigan, when Benjamin pinned Hennigan after a a double team power bomb/springboard clothesline. The Tough Enough III team looked green, but Matt was clearly more polished. His dropkicks weren't what they need to be though. Hennigan hit his standing shooting star, which got a nice pop. Crowd didn't seem to recognize the TEIII guys. Sean O'Haire and Matt Morgan beat Mike "Don't call me Nova" Bucci & Carly Colon. Morgan has the look, that's for sure. He's also got charisma and that "it" factor. Another year or two and he will be a major force. Colon took the heat for the match and made a hot tag to Bucci, who ended up getting pinned with O'Haire's widowmaker. Bucci was legit knocked silly (looked like a concussion, although he may have just had the wind knocked out of him). He was attended to by several officials and trainers (yes they threw up the "X" sign, so it was legit). Eventually he left under his own power. It should be noted that virtually no one recognized him as the former Nova, as his look has completely changed. Velocity: APA beat Nunzio & Chuck Palumbo. This was basically a handicap match as Palumbo was taken out before the bout. APA toyed with Nunzio before Bradshaw pinned him after a Clothesline from Hell. After the match, Bradshaw warned the Bashems to watch their backs (he made mention of an altercation during a card game in the back, dunno if this was a pre-tape for tonight that just didn't air or if he was referring to an incident from weeks ago). A-Train beat Orlando Jordan. Same match these two have had about 20 times now. A-Train got the win with the Derailer. Ultimo Dragon beat Joey Matthews. Best match of the show up until this point. Dragon got a huge reaction coming out. Matthews got in a solid amount of offense, but Dragon ended up picking up the win with the Asai reverse flip over neckbreaker thingy or whatever it's called. Matt Hardy (w/Shannon Moore) beat Funaki. Not a bad match here either. Hardy was over huge. He picked up the win with the Twist of Fate. SMACKDOWN Taping The show opened with a "preview" of a Stephanie McMahon interview that would be shown in its entirety (and I do mean ENTIRETY) later in the show. The show opened with John Cena's music hitting, and Kurt Angle coming to the ring dressed as Cena (complete with homeboy visor and Jacksonville Jaguars jersey). Angle "rapped" about how he (calling himself Cena) was so tough. This was entertaining and I won't spoil all the good lines he had. Then Kurt Angle's music hit, and a midget dressed as Angle came out. Some funny back and forth between the two took place. The midget scared off "Cena" eventually, then "Cena" tried to attack him, but was taken down. The midget then put "Cena" in the ankle lock, which made him tap out immediately. This brought out the real John Cena, and he and Angle exchanged words briefly before the midget Angle gave Cena a low blow. Some more back and forth, and finally officials separated the two men. Chris Benoit beat Doug Bashem by submission. Decent enough match. Benoit was over pretty strongly. At one point, the Bashems pulled the switch as Benoit went for a headbutt, and he crashed, allowing Danny to get a good near fall. Benoit came back on Danny though, and Doug ran in, only to get taken down in a crossface. He submitted. A-Train then hit the ring and attacked Benoit, leading to a pull apart. After you watch this match Thursday night, might I suggest running a few errands, perhaps doing some laundry, or maybe taking a nap. The next segment was beyond atrocious. Stephanie McMahon appeared on the big screen doing a sit down interview with Michael Cole from "earlier today." Stephanie informed us that she was "banned from the building" tonight by her father. Too bad he didn't ban her from TV period. Honestly, this PRE-TAPED interview went a solid 20 minutes and had the crowd booing it unmercifully after about 5. Just awful stuff. Stephanie cried (literally) over what her father has done to her, then said she hated him, and later said she loved him, then talked about how she would never forgive him and wouldn't let him walk her down the aisle should she ever get married "again," would never allow him to see any future grandkids, etc. Just awful stuff that went on WAY WAY WAY too long. Backstage, Jamie Noble and Nidia were talking about Vince. Tajiri was hiding in the background. Noble said he thinks the WWE will be a better place is Vince is forced to quit. Tajiri runs and tells Vince this, who quickly signs a match between Tajiri and Noble. In a non-title match, WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri and Jamie Noble went to a no contest. Decent little match, with Tajiri working on Nobles leg for most of the bout. The finish came with Tajiri going to use the title belt on Noble, but Nidia ran in the ring and tried to take it from him. They had a tug of war before Tajiri blew the green mist in her face. Noble ran out of the ring to check on Nidia, who was rolling around on the floor. Tajiri just laughed, before leaving the ring. Back from commercial, trainers were attending to Nidia. Noble was furious and ended up going back to the ring. He called out Tajiri, saying if Nidia doesn't recover, Noble will make Tajiri pay. Tajiri never came out, so Noble headed to the back to get him. Unfortunately for him, he ran into Brock Lesnar just as he was about to walk through the curtain. Lesnar tossed Noble all around the entrance way, before tossing him into the ringpost and giving him an F5 on the floor. Mr. McMahon music then hit, and he headed to the ring with Sable for an interview segment. Vince gave another one of those great interviews that made me really want to see him get his; then I remembered who he was facing at the PPV and it killed it. The segment ended with Sable and Vince playing tonsil hockey. WWE US Champion Eddy Guerrero defeated Rhyno. This was the longest match of the night, going through a commercial break. Pretty good action too. Some nice spots from both men, as they really seem to work well together. Guerrero grabbed the timekeepers hammer late in the match, then tossed it to Rhyno while the ref was distracted. Eddy played dead and the ref caught Rhyno with the hammer. As taking it away, Guerrero nailed Rhyno with the US title behind the refs back and got the pin. Eddy was leaving in his lowrider truck, when the Big Show came out and attacked him. Show tossed Guerrero around and worked him over with a stick. Show then smashed the truck, breaking the windows, lights, and putting a nice dent in the side. Show then picked up Eddy (who was bleeding badly from the back thanks to broken glass) and powerbombed him on the hood of the truck. Then, Show pulled Eddy on top of the truck and gave him a chokeslam on the roof. This got over big time with the live crowd, and Guerrero being so bloody really added to the angle. Eddy made his way out during the commercial break, but his back looked like hamburger. It was announced at this point that there would be a special Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker match for our eyes only. Rey Mysterio pinned Johnny Stamboli (w/Nunzio & Chuck Palumbo). Typical big man little man match. Stamboli did his power moves and Mysterio used his quickness. Stamboli actually blocked a 619 and tried to turn it into a slam, but Mysterio reversed out of it into a huracanrana and picked up the win. Undertaker did an interview backstage, talking to Michael Cole and Tazz. 'Taker talked about being in the best shape of his life, yadda yadda. He explained the rules of the Biker Chain match, saying the chain would be suspended "somehow" above the ring and the first man to get it could use it. Brock attacked 'Taker during the interview, and wrapped the chain around his throat. He then drug him off, as the show went to commercial. Back from commercial, Brock was dragging 'Taker down to the ring. Taker had a few hope spots, but was basically choked out with the chain by Brock. Brock even hung Taker on the ring post with the chain. Of course, Taker eventually made the comeback and gave Brock a big chokeslam, which I believe was at the end of the TV show. AFTER THE SHOW Undertaker beat WWE Champion Brock Lesnar by countout. Brock went to the back, but 'Taker took the mic and said it wasn't over. Brock came back out very slowly for the "special" match between the two. Brock stalled a lot and did the classic Memphis style powdering out spots to begin the match. They went back and forth for about 5 minutes before 'Taker finally caught Lesnar for a chokeslam. Lesnar dropped down before taking it though, and fled the ring. He was counted out. Taker celebrated and posed, and that was that.

-If Russo is around for the Hogan angle, he's likely only going to be talent. While Russo did write the first draft of the 10/1 show, Dutch Mantel was far more hands on that week. Internally the word going around is that Dutch Mantel will be the main writer of the show, basically doing what had been Russo's job of preparing scripts for the Jarretts and Russo will be largely out of the process within a few weeks. -AJ Styles was telling people that he and others at the 9/27 Finland show, after seeing what happened to Alan Funk, had decided to quit wrestling because the risks weren't worth it. The shock wore off eventually. -Jerry Lynn looks to be turning heel doing a frustrated bitter older wrestler gimmick. -After being presented to the crowd Antonio Pena did commentary with Armando Quintero and Konnan. Jerry Jarrett was concerned about the two working together because of their past heat. It was the first time the two had spoken to each other in 7 years. Pena and Konnan together is like Vince McMahon doing commentary with Bret Hart, because the two are legendy enemies in Mexico after a long association, when Konnan quit and took most of the top talent with him, after the two were the key players in building AAA together. Konnan looked the best he had in the ring, because Pena was watching and he was hoping to get work in Mexico again after being blacklisted. -When Paco Alonso was given word that Pena came and was seriously negotiating a talent exchange, he gave word to TNA that he wants to come in a few weeks(tentalively scheduled for October 15th) and work something out. Meltzer believes TNA would rather do business with Paco, since he's got a more stable promotion and better talent. -Hogan's side is banking on the idea that TNA will do major advertising, and on their side they will attempt to call in some favors and use celebrity friends of Hogan's to appear live, with George Forman's name being bandied about, and attempt to get placed on mainstream talkshows the week of the event.