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There is talk about bringing in a special referee for the main event of the May PPV. I was told that TNA management was tossing around names yesterday about who they could bring in. The main event for that show will be NWA champion Jeff Jarrett vs. the winner of this weekend's AJ Styles vs. Abyss bout.

 

TNA's website posted the name of their July PPV will be "No Surrender" but haven't confirmed an official date publicly for the show.

 

3 Live Kru vs. The Naturals & Chris Candido vs. Buck Quartermain & Lex Lovett & David Young has been added to the live pre-show for the Lockdown PPV. They are also going to "construct" the Six Sides of Steel live on the pre-show.

 

TNAWrestling.com has posted a highlight video of Jeff Jarrett, America's Most Wanted, and other TNA stars appearing at IWA Puerto Rico last weekend.

 

Kevin Nash missed his appearance with Border City Wrestling last Friday due to a film opportunity. Sean Waltman went in his place and the promotion announced Nash would have a makeup appearance down the line. Petey Williams also worked the event. Border City also ran on 4/19, headlined by the first reunion of the New Age Outlaws (BG Jammes and Billy Gunn/Outlaw) as they defeated Tryton and A-1 in Belleville, Michigan. Petey Williams defeated Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley in a Three-Way, while Monty Brown pinned Waltman and TNA Gutcheck winner Jamie D also worked the undercard. Whatever happened to her winning a chance to wrestle on TV?

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I'm assuming the Hard Justice main event will be Styles/Jarrett, and I guess this is TNA's way of spicing up this over done match-up, but I have no idea who they could get. The only way it'd make a different in the buyrate is if its a name, but I don't know who would come in or who would make sense. I guess if they can convince Sting it would make sense since his primary TNA feud was with Jarrett, or maybe Shamrock will come back, but him and Jarrett didn't really interact much during Shamrock's run.

 

Glad to see they've listed a PPV for July, but I wonder if the reason they haven't had a date is because they are not renewing their deal with Universal and they are looking for a venue right now. They could always go back to Nashville, but they will probably get crapped on for the way they left town. I could see them doing somewhere else in the south (esp the Carolinas and Georgia), but I think this could be a good time to test the waters in the mid-west (Chicago would be great) or the northeast (not NYC, but maybe Buffalo or Pittsburgh).

 

A 3-way six man seems like too many guys in one match, but I guess it doesn't matter since it's the pre-show and everyone will be more concerned with the hype and the cage "construction."

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I can't think of anyone who would make sense as special ref for that match.

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Vince Russo, maybe.

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Monte Brown should be special ref for that match, leading to Jarrett retaining and then you build to Brown v. Jarrett at the Anniversary ppv. It just makes sense, do the face turn in the post-match or something.

 

July ppv would obviously be the perfect time to debut not just Hardy but Rhino as well. I think its legal but couldnt TNA advertise a Hardy Boys reunion against some tag team at the July ppv even if Matt cant start til July 11 or whatever the date is? Rhino would be best as doing a run-in after Brown would defeat Jarrett in a rematch from the June ppv (which Brown would win the title).

 

That three way six man on the preshow sounds like they should have taken out the jobber team and had that six man in the cage instead of f'n Hoyt v. Apolo, those matches should have been flip flopped.

 

Who the fuck is Jamie D?!!

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Monte Brown should be special ref for that match, leading to Jarrett retaining and then you build to Brown v. Jarrett at the Anniversary ppv. It just makes sense, do the face turn in the post-match or something.

 

I hadn't thought about Monty being the referee, but I kinda like the idea. I do think Jarrett/Brown is about the best one-on-one match-up they can deliver for their first "big" PPV, but they'd have to put Brown over cleanly here. He couldn't possibly recover from 3 big jobs to Jarrett within six months.

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Well as an update, they've listed July 17 as the No Surrender date, and of course, they're staying in Orlando for the show. I guess it's good because the TNA is dying crowd pegged Slammiversary as the last show (of course, once upon a time, Final Resolution or Against All Odds were the end), but I really wanted to see them try another market.

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Well at least July 17 will allow both Rhino and Hardy to appear on that show, but I wish it wasnt in f'n Orlando still. How can they guarantee that if they have not yet made a new deal with Universal though? In fact how can they even guarantee the June ppv being there if their lease expires early June?

 

If they were smart, they would try North/South Carolina for the TNA July ppv with a Hardy Boys reunion on the show. That might very well draw a good PAID crowd.

 

Another spot TNA should consider trying out in Canada for a ppv. I think they might get a decent turnout up there and the whole Team Canada faction would probably be a major hit.

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If they were smart, they would try North/South Carolina for the TNA July ppv with a Hardy Boys reunion on the show. That might very well draw a good PAID crowd.

 

Yeah, if they did a show in NC with the Hardys/NAO as the semi-main event, I think they could draw well, and then use that show to hopefully expose enough people to the product for a feasible return that wouldn't require a hot shot Hardy reunion to draw.

 

Another spot TNA should consider trying out in Canada for a ppv. I think they might get a decent turnout up there and the whole Team Canada faction would probably be a major hit.

 

I was thinking that they should consider that too. Maybe do a PPV in one of the venue that's D'Amore's promotion runs, let him handle local promotion and put Team Canada in a prominent role on the show.

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Honestly, I'm from small-town NC and crappy indies here regularly draw 500-1000 paying customers. I'm sure even a regular TNA show would draw that here. A Hardy's reunion could draw a couple times that.

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Honestly, I'm from small-town NC and crappy indies here regularly draw 500-1000 paying customers. I'm sure even a regular TNA show would draw that here. A Hardy's reunion could draw a couple times that.

 

I think they could beat the attendance they drew for Jarrett/Raven, which I believe was 1500, though no one really knows how much of was paid, and it wouldn't even require that much a storyline swift. If they complete the teased James turn, the Outlaws can start talkin shit to Hardy about bein the best team ever, and he can remind them about the Hardy Boyz. They can then not have Hardy appear til the PPV, but sign the match, so they get the curoisity PPV buy and the homecoming gate. It's almost too smart for TNA to think of it. They'll probably bring Hardy in and have him be Jarrett's new flunky or the next person to eat a Stroke.

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Yeah the Hardys v. NAO, Outsiders, hell even Team Canada or a heel AMW would probably draw if done in NC. These are things about TNA that baffle me in that they dont take a chance and go somewhere beyond Orlando - I dont know if they pay rent for the building or what in Orlando but isnt taking a chance and going somewhere else, even if you only draw 500-1000 a plus and adds revenue v. running FREE ppvs for the fans in Orlando? Or at least run an actual arena in Florida, like Ft Lauderdale (ECW and MLW used to run shows there) and hope that from the people who saw TNA live in Orlando that you could draw a suitable crowd (which I truly believe they could do)?

 

Wasnt Shane Douglas going to promote a TNA show in Pittsburgh? That might work too if they did an angle that got Shane back wrestling in a TNA ring for a one shot deal, against a guy like Jarrett maybe - I never have gotten why they never followed up with a face Jarrett v. a heel Douglas for the NWA title, this was the same title that Douglas threw down and formed the ECW extreme days from.

 

But yeah it baffles me why TNA wont take a chance in expanding their live events to different areas. They might be surprised at the turnout in some instances, that is if shows out of Orlando were promoted properly.

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Yeah the Hardys v. NAO, Outsiders, hell even Team Canada or a heel AMW would probably draw if done in NC. These are things about TNA that baffle me in that they dont take a chance and go somewhere beyond Orlando - I dont know if they pay rent for the building or what in Orlando but isnt taking a chance and going somewhere else, even if you only draw 500-1000 a plus and adds revenue v. running FREE ppvs for the fans in Orlando? Or at least run an actual arena in Florida, like Ft Lauderdale (ECW and MLW used to run shows there) and hope that from the people who saw TNA live in Orlando that you could draw a suitable crowd (which I truly believe they could do)?

 

Wasnt Shane Douglas going to promote a TNA show in Pittsburgh? That might work too if they did an angle that got Shane back wrestling in a TNA ring for a one shot deal, against a guy like Jarrett maybe - I never have gotten why they never followed up with a face Jarrett v. a heel Douglas for the NWA title, this was the same title that Douglas threw down and formed the ECW extreme days from.

 

But yeah it baffles me why TNA wont take a chance in expanding their live events to different areas. They might be surprised at the turnout in some instances, that is if shows out of Orlando were promoted properly.

 

I don't know why they wouldn't at least travel with the PPVs if they are going to do Impact for free. I remember reading that they drew a pretty good paid attendance to Victory Road, but then turned around and had the next PPV be free. I don't know who makes that kind of decision.