Impact Wrestling 7/5:BFG Series Continues, Countdown To Destination X, & More

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Preview Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast LIVE on SpikeTV at 8/7c

(Remember - IMPACT starts an hour earlier on Thursdays at 8/7c)

-The "Bound For Glory Series" continues, with "Cowboy" James Storm vs Jeff Hardy battling in the huge main event on the broadcast!

-Plus, how will "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles react after the bombshell accusation that Christopher Daniels dropped regarding Claire at the end of Impact?

-IMPACT will also feature the final showdown between Austin Aries and Bobby Roode before their big World Heavyweight Championship match at "Destination X" on Sunday, July 8

-In addition, qualifying continues this Thursday on SpikeTV for the X Division Championship Tournament scheduled for "Destination X", with four new competitors fighting this week!

- The TNA Knockouts will be in action as well.

All this and much more on Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast LIVE at 8/7c on SpikeTV

 

[Swiggy]

AJ breathing life into The E.

TNA coming into form.

The biz is on it's way back

 

[I-Hate-You]

 

[Shadow]

Yeah I'm ready for tonight,

The react from last Thursday:


Change to the KO match:

During last week’s Impact Live, Executive in Charge of the Knockouts Brooke Hogan informed Gail Kim that her rematch for the Knockout Championship against Miss Tessmacher would be on the 7/5 edition of Impact Live! Gail Kim lodged a protest through her lawyer and upon further review of the contract, a clause was found preventing the title match from happening tonight! Gail’s lawyer had a clause hidden in the contract that required the former champion 8 days notice of her rematch. A compromise has been made and the new date of the championship match is the 7/12 edition of IMPACT LIVE on Spike TV

This power struggle was the latest run in between these two strong-headed women. After losing the championship at Slammiversary, Gail Kim was given a vacation by Brooke Hogan after a backstage confrontation. Kim believes she’s is the most important woman in Impact Wrestling and has butted heads with Brooke at every turn. These legal maneuverings are not preventing Kim from wrestling on tonight’s IMPACT LIVE. Brooke Hogan has announced a replacement match for tonight - Gail Kim will team with Madison Rayne to face the Knockout Champion Miss Tessmacher and Tara!

Tune in at 8pm/7c to Spike TV to see all the action!

 

[The Great One]

Live Impact

 

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Dakota Darsow ‏watching fireworks with my boys @heathslateromrb @TNASorensen, also a few cool dames @meanstephiejean @KeelyBigelow & @JennComeau23

I saw this last night and it made me chuckle, so I figured I'd share. The thought of Heath Slater and Jesse Sorensen hanging out is just hilarious to me for some reason.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Spoiler

TOP ROH NAME BACKSTAGE AT IMPACT
by Mike Johnson @ 5:02 PM on 7/5/2012


ROH Tag Team champion Kenny King is backstage at Impact dressed to wrestle and is taking part in a pre-show workout led by D'Lo Brown with a number of other wrestlers.

The word making the rounds at Impact is that while King is still with ROH, his contract has expired so he's free to pop up anywhere he wants.

King was aligned with TNA's Austin Aries in ROH. Aries listed King as a talent he'd like to see in TNA during a media conference call last we

 

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There's a reason we have spoiler tags

Edit: Thanks man

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

No problem, my bad.

 

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On if there was any thought to dropping the storyline with Dixie Carter after the appearance of Claire: "Absolutely. I thought, 'This did not go as planned and didn’t come out the way we wanted it to.' But there’s a backstory to it. It’s almost a blessing in disguise, and I wish I could tell you what hopefully is going to happen, and you’ll be a lot more excited about it because it’s more than you know. There’s so many unexpected things that are about to happen that you never would’ve thought AJ Styles may have done."

On the storyline in general: "People can say what they want like, 'Oh this storyline sucked.' You watched it. And the thing is, trust me, there’s been a lot worse storylines than this one. At least these guys who are in it, and the women that are in it, are really into it. We believe it."

On Claire: "Here’s the problem: Nobody knows who Claire is. She’s not important to anybody. We’ve invested zero time in her, but that’s going to change. You will get to know her, as you should. Like I said, there’s a backstory to everything that’s going to happen and has happened. We’re not going to leave any holes. The only hole that I need to address is Serg punching me in the face, which is fine because he punches like a little girl, so I’m OK with that. We never did address that, the fact that it came out and I still haven’t received an apology from him on the phone, text, or anything like that. But like I’ve said, he might as well have hit me with a cotton ball."

On storylines having holes: "I think that was TNA’s biggest problem in the past; that we always left holes, we left doors wide open. Whatever happened to Samoa Joe and the abduction? There’s a lot of stuff like that that was left open, and that’s unacceptable. I think we’ve done things now to change that. That’s what’s so great about storylines. When you tell them the whole story and you leave nothing out, when it finally comes together at the end, it’s perfect. At least you have the answers to the questions."

On going live this summer: "Live has made a huge difference. When you go in to the Impact Zone, yeah it’s still the same Impact Zone, but it’s different. That’s what we needed. Honestly, I was getting to where I hated the Impact Zone because it was the same people who were coming who weren’t enjoying it. Or the fact that so many fans who didn’t know about Impact were just there on vacation and were like, 'Oh, I know Jeff Hardy.' There was no time invested in the characters that we’ve put so much time into and who’ve been here since the beginning. But now, it’s different."

On the biggest difference in TNA besides going live: "The communication between the higher-ups and the wrestlers has changed. There was a big deal between Hogan and I, and even Bischoff and I, but that’s all been squashed. That’s in the past. I am so grateful that I get to work with these guys now and understand where they’re coming from and can see this vision. It was just a growing process and getting to know each other and being able to talk to each other about what’s going on and what’s important. It’s a good relationship."

On resolving his conflict with Hulk Hogan: "We talked about it like men. We got it out of the way. At some point you have to grow up and say, 'Listen, we have to talk about this,' instead of avoiding each other, which did happen. A business can’t grow when there’s animosity and friction. We just went out there and worked and tried to make TNA what it is right now, a better company. I think it was a growing process. Did he know A.J. Styles very well? Probably not. And I think that had a lot to do with the problems that we were having in the beginning, because he didn’t know the talent very well. That’s all changed. I don’t want to say something now that will make Hogan think, 'Oh come on Styles.' I don’t want to do that. We have a great relationship right now, and I don’t want to do anything to ruin that. It’s a good thing right now."

On his tag team title match at Slammiversary: "With the talent in the ring at Slammiversary, you can’t go wrong. Kurt Angle suplexing everybody, I’m surprised he didn’t suplex me just for the fun of it! It was amazing, everybody was busting out stuff they haven’t done in a long time, including myself with the shooting star press. I haven’t done that in years, but that was the time to do it. I’m lucky I didn’t kill myself. It was such an awesome match.

"For the first time in a long time, when we were walking to the back, there were people standing up clapping. To get the respect from your peers and the people that you work with, it doesn’t get much better than that. I really enjoyed that match, it’s one of those matches where you’re involved in it, and it’s magic."

On if we could see him and Daniels back in the X Division vying for the title: "To tell you the truth, nope. I’m not saying it’s a lesser title, but it’s doubtful that you’ll see guys like that in the X Division. I hate to put these guys over, but it’s almost our Intercontinental Championship. A lot of the guys who are really great would wrestle with this belt and make it what it is, but then they’d move on to the heavyweight division and that’s where they’d stay. But I’m not saying it’s not an important title, because it will always be important to me. Being the first guy to win the X Division title, I take pride in that belt."

On Bobby Roode: "Bobby Roode is probably the best champion we’ve ever had. I think he looks the part, he acts the part, and he’s very good in the ring. He’s got everything you need to be a great champion, and he should be the longest-reigning world heavyweight champion. He does it well, and that belt is bigger than it has ever been because of Bobby Roode. That’s just my opinion, but I think he’s definitely the best world champion we’ve ever had. And don’t get me wrong, I was a world heavyweight champion; he’s good."

On how much longer he’ll be wrestling: "I would love to give you a specific date, but if I can make it five more years, I’ll be a happy man. I don’t know. My body’s really starting to feel it now. All those bumps and the bumps that I’m going to continue to take are taking their toll on me. Everybody talks about a 'bump card.' I’m getting close to the end of my 'bump card' but hopefully, I can keep it up for a little bit longer."

I guess we now know why AJ has been getting a push

:happyIHY:

 

[I-Hate-You]

Hulk is a rational man...as long as you take that midcard spot and kiss that orange ass. Good going, Allen.

I saw that 'spoiler' too...because GILF Carter Tweeted it. Good shyt!

 

[ecks12]

Spoiler

Per PWInsider.com
Backstage at Impact are former WWE developmental talent Dakota Darsow (the son of Barry Darsow), California independent talent Johnny Yuma and Flip Kendrick, who has wrestled for CHIKARA, EVOLVE and FIP, among other companies.

Also, ROH Tag Team champion Kenny King is backstage at Impact dressed to wrestle and is taking part in a pre-show workout led by D'Lo Brown with a number of other wrestlers.
The word making the rounds at Impact is that while King is still with ROH, his contract has expired so he's free to pop up anywhere he wants.
King was aligned with TNA's Austin Aries in ROH. Aries listed King as a talent he'd like to see in TNA during a media conference call last week.

 

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Spoiler

Kenny King is trending worldwide

ROH lost, how are you not going to have one half of your tag team champions signed to a contract. Hopefully Bischoff gives him an extra $50 to throw the belt in the bushes

 

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Spoiler

Rhett Titus ‏@RhettTitusANX
Sometimes you just have to stand back and watch as shyt hits the fan... #WashinMyHandsClean

Kenny King ‏@KennyKingpinAnX
Watch the skies...... Change, she is a coming.

Kenny King ‏@KennyKingpinAnX
And heeeeeeeere we go.....

1.5 tonight

 

[R=G]

Spoiler

Kenny King is trending worldwide

ROH lost, how are you not going to have one half of your tag team champions signed to a contract. Hopefully Bischoff gives him an extra $50 to throw the belt in the bushes