Christopher Daniels made the following comments on Hulk Hogan on the “Busted Open” radio show:

Honestly, right now it’s just sort of a wait and see situation for me personally.  I know that the name Hulk Hogan has been synonymous with wrestling for forever. So many of us have grown up watching him and knowing what he brought to the wrestling business. Now for him to be here at TNA, you have to wait and see what’s going to happen.

I’m not really sure what his status is going to be and what his position is going to be here, but you can just look at all the talk that has happened since he signed. It’s become almost a monster in the sense that that’s all everyone is talking about. ‘What’s Hogan going to do with TNA? What’s going to happen to TNA now that Hogan is there?’ So it’s bringing attention to our product. It’s bringing attention to TNA.

Source: ProWrestling.net

Another round of drug tests were issued to the TNA wrestlers last week at the iMPACT! tapings. The entire TNA roster, even top names, were tested.

The current creative plans in TNA call for Tomko to be revealed as AJ Styles’ mystery attacker. AJ should be facing Tomko at either the January of February PPV.

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It’s multi-man madness time again as we step into the Impact Zone for Total Non-Stop Action’s latest offering, Turning Point, headlined by A.J. Styles defending his World title against long-time rivals Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels, and shown on a three day delay here in Britain on Bravo 2. As usual, Taz and Mike Tenay are handling commentary duties.

The show began with Don West’s number one guy, Amazing Red, defending the X Division title against Homicide. Yep, that’s right, we’ve got an X Division match on pay-per-view that only involves two men. I couldn’t believe it at first either. But anyway, as far as show openers go, it’s very good, with Red and Homicide showing some great chemistry in the ring, and West annoying the hell out of me with his constant shouting, sounding even louder than he did when he was on commentary. This nice little romp came to an end after Red took Homicide out with the code red. Very enjoyable.

The title action continued with The Beautiful People taking on ODB, Taylor Wilde and Sarita, with ODB’s Knockouts and Wilde & Sarita’s Knockouts Tag Team titles on the line. This was another example of just how much this division is missing Angelina Love. While Madison Rayne and Velvet Skye looked good as a team, Love’s replacement Lacey Von Erich didn’t really do anything. The match action was okay, but it wasn’t exactly awe inspiring. No title changes here, as ODB got the pin on Rayne after a big slam.

Sadly, I’m unable to review the next match, which sees the British Invasion defending the Tag Team Championship against Beer Money and the Motor City Machine Guns. Long time readers will know that this is because Nick Aldis, the man behind the Brutus Magnus gimmick, has threatened me with legal action if I say anything against him on the internet, which means that I can’t give any of his matches a truthful review. As I’ve said before, I’m not going to go crawling to the man begging him to withdraw his threat, but if anyone reading this wants me to start reviewing his matches, then just Google him and you’ll find out how to contact him.

Normal service is resumed then with Awesome Kong facing Tara in a cage match. This was a whole lot better than the other Knockouts match on this show. Kong and Tara are definitely the best thing about TNA’s women’s division at the moment, and it showed in this match. Great action throughout as we were treated to the great sight of Tara power bombing Kong off the ropes. The end came when Tara dived off the top off the cage and pinned Kong after what looked like a Lou Thesz press, although Tenay said it was a cross body block.

Six man action followed with Rhino and Team 3D going up against the team of D’Angelo Dinero, Hernandez and Matt Morgan. So when did Team 3D turn heel again? And when did the Pope turn face? You can tell I’m not a regular Impact viewer, can’t you? This one had a good storyline as Dinero tried his best to prove to Morgan and Hernandez that he was a good guy, even taking the bullet for Hernandez by taking 3D’s back suplex/neck breaker combo. This one saw Rhino getting the win after taking Hernandez down with the gore, ending an enjoyable match.

Falls count anywhere, no disqualification action followed with Scott Steiner and Bobby Lashley. This was another of those matches that left me scratching my head a little. From what I saw in the pre-match video package, Lashley had a damn good reason to hate Steiner, which was why the stipulations for this one were added at the last minute. Sadly, this apparent grudge match wasn’t actually that intense. The action was okay, but it was nothing special. There was a nice bit of brawling outside the ring, but if ever a match needed the obligatory brawl through the crowd then it was this one. Steiner took home the win here, pinning Lashley after clobbering him with a metal pipe he’d pulled off the scaffolding near the Spanish announcer’s table.

The match I was really looking forward to was next, as the artist formerly known as Nigel McGuinness, Desmond Wolfe, took on Kurt Angle. My fellow Brit and former ROH Champion put on a great display here as both men played their part in putting on a technical classic, the kind of match we hardly seem to get on pay-per-view these days. The fans were right about this one, this was awesome, and I really can’t speak too highly about it, as Angle got the win after Wolfe tapped out to an arm triangle. Great work guys.

The main event saw A.J. Styles defending the World title against Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels. If anything this was even better than the previous match, with all three reminding us just how great their matches against each other were four years ago when the X Division title was on the line. Tremendous action throughout, with all three men showing just why they’re so damn great. The end came when Daniels took Joe out with the BME, only for Styles to come out with a 450 splash to break up the pin and take the glory for himself. This was definitely one of the best TNA pay-per-view matches of the year.

In conclusion – well, this year’s edition of Turning Point had it’s good and bad moment. The Knockout titles match and the Steiner/Lashley match did leave a bit to be desired, but thankfully those matches I was allowed to review without the threat of legal action delivered, with the Wolfe/Angle and Styles/Joe/Daniels matches delivering in spades. So in all a good and enjoyable outing from TNA here.

Partial source: Wrestling Observer

- Sheamus will be doing a live chat on WWE’s website this Sunday before the Survivor Series pay-per-view.

- No word yet on when he will actually debut, but former ROH star Bryan Danielson has signed his WWE contract and is on the payroll.

- Evan Bourne vs. Paul Burchill is advertised for the RAW live event in Charlottesville, Virginia on November 29th. It looks like Paul and Katie Lea are headed to the RAW brand after leaving ECW this past week.

WWE Title Spoiler + Hot Katie Lea!

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- WWE will not be increasing pay-per-view prices in the UK as they are here in the States. WWE’s contract with Sky Sports expires soon but it doesn’t look like either side will be changing anything in their two decade relationship.

- Maryse has been in Tampa working out for her return and is scheduled to return on one of the next two episodes of RAW.

- As noted before, a segment was filmed for ECW this week that saw Tommy Dreamer, Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu get a cheesesteak from Tony Luke’s in Philadelphia but it didn’t air on TV. It’s interesting to note that controversial RF Video owner Rob Feinstein was in the video. The segment didn’t air because the matches went long and they wanted to air the MSG video package again.

Rare Candids of MICKIE JAMES Uncensored + Plans for a SmackDown Storyline…

Partial source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- Here’s the iNDemand preview for WWE’s Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. Don’t miss the rush of WWE’s most adrenaline packed PPV of the year featuring John Cena, Batista, The Undertaker, Degeneration-X, Rey Mysterio, and all your favorite Superstars on Sunday, December 13 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, only on pay-per-view.

- WWE’s recent tour of Europe had 22 dates with 170,000 fans and a gross of about $12 million.

- Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones and Robert Patrick, who were all involved with WWE movie projects, will be making feature appearances in the third season of NBC’s Chuck.

- As noted before, WWE has former developmental star Mikey Batts to work as a referee. His hiring came at the recommendation of FCW trainer Billy Kidman. WWE was looking for a smaller referee who knows how to bump and Batts is barely 5 feet tall. He has little experience as a referee but was practicing this past weekend at some indy shows in the northeast.

Big WWE PPV Spoiler, Amazing Maryse Candids, Cena/DX News and More

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- Hulk Hogan got engaged to be married to his girlfriend Jennifer McDaniel before leaving to Australia for the Hulkamania tour.

- Konnan has announced that he’s writing an autobiography. Former TNA writer Dutch Mantel is also writing a book about his experiences in pro wrestling.

- Eric Bischoff was visiting the TNA offices in Nashville last week.

- TNA recently dropped former WWE star Trevor Murdoch, who was using the name Jethro Holliday. He was working on a per-event basis with TNA and is now running a bar in Eldon, MO called “T. Murdoch’s Bar & Grill.”

Details on Hulk Hogan’s Big TNA Debut + The Beautiful People Uncensored!

Source: PWInsider

- Former WWE Superstar Robbie McAlister of The Highlanders was backstage at the TNA tapings earlier this week.

- Kevin Nash wrote the following on Twitter early yesterday: “not bad. it only took me 1 hour to get out of bed. usual suspects neck and right knee are killing me. todays mystery pain is right hip.”

- Mick Foley, wearing a TNA t-shirt, appeared on The Daily Show on Comedy Central last night in a comedy segment. The episode will be replaying several times over the next day.

- TNA star Chris Sabin “tweaked” his neck again at the iMPACT tapings this past week, according to a Pro Wrestling Guerrilla press release. TNA sources say Sabin will be taking a few weeks off in order to let the injury heal.

Must See Bikini Pix of Velvet Sky, Spoilers on Sting’s Return….

- This week’s edition of ECW on SyFy scored a 1.1 cable rating.

- The November 6th edition of Friday Night SmackDown scored a 2.0 rating.

- WWE has hired Minnesota bakery The Gingerbread House to create a wrestling ring and wrestlers made out of gingerbread to use in the company’s annual Christmas card. FedEx couldn’t insure the work so the bakery owner and his wife drove it to WWE headquarters in Stamford this week.

Here’s one of the photos:

Spoiler on a Major WWE Return + New Pix of Maryse UNCENSORED~!

The following story was reported by ExpressNightOut.com:

WWE wrestler Chris Jericho says he hopes Hulk Hogan helps TNA become a bigger company to give the WWE competition in the marketplace. Jericho says a stronger TNA would help WWE become better. “Anything that makes that company bigger is better for us,” Jericho told expressnightout.com. “Competition is what we thrive on, so good luck to them. I hope they get a real big boost from it.” Jericho has said in interviews recently that he feels WWE is at a “crisis point” when it comes to a lack of new stars. A strong argument could be made that WWE doesn’t have a sense of urgency to create new stars due to a lack of true competition. If TNA were to begin making a dent in WWE’s business, it could lead to a sense of urgency that has been missing from WWE’s business model for promoting and elevating new stars.

Jericho says he might consider taking time off early next year to tour with his band “Fozzy” after the release of their next album in January. “We did a lot of touring overseas: U.K., Ireland, Australia, Scotland — we did really good in those markets. I would be really interested in doing that again, but it all depends on what kind of timeline I have,” Jericho told Express Night Out. “You can’t spread yourself too thin because that’s when you really start losing it. That’s what I did last time: I just had so much going on that I started losing my mind.” Jericho took a hiatus from WWE in 2005 and returned in November 2007 after what he called mental burnout. “I wasn’t really mentally there, and if you’re not mentally there in this job you might as well just quit because you get hurt or you hurt somebody else,” Jericho said.

Jericho took time to write his autobiography during his hiatus and is currently working a second book detailing his WWE career. He says he is delegating some of the book-writing to others after writing “every word” himself in the first book. “The first one, I was a complete control freak,” Jericho said. “Everything was under my control. This time, I’m delegating a little bit of the responsibility just so it can get done. If not, it probably wouldn’t get done at all because I just don’t have the time for it right now.”