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10 unusual facts about Total Nonstop Action Wrestling


Crete Civic Center

More recently, the Crete has hosted several professional wrestling events that have been put on by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Disposable Teens

Professional wrestler Christopher Daniels has used the song as his theme in Ring of Honor and several independent promotions, as well as an instrumental remix for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling made by TNA's official music composer Dale Oliver.

Jack Meléndez

He is known in the United States as the Spanish play-by-play announcer for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the personal ring announcer for The Latin American Xchange, a stable in TNA.

Kevin Northcutt

During his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as part of the Red Shirt Security, he won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Joe E. Legend & held the belts from January 28, 2004 until February 4 of the same year.

Off the Hook: Extreme Catches

It's hosted by TNA superstar Eric Young, as he journey's out to meet and fish with the most unique fishermen he can find.

Panda Energy International

In October 2002, Panda Energy purchased a controlling interest (72%) of the Nashville, Tennessee-based professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from founder and CEO Jerry Jarrett.

Penalty box

In professional wrestling the promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling has used a penalty box in the King of the Mountain match, where instead of retrieving an object hanging above the ring, the winner is the first person to use a ladder to hang a championship belt above the ring — after having scored a pinfall or submission (pinfalls count anywhere) to earn the right to try.

Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

These include commentator and journalist Rex Murphy (born in Carbonear but raised in the area), poet and playwright Agnes Walsh, lyric poet and influential Confederate Greg Power, Newfoundland's first professional bodybuilder, Frank McGrath,professional wrestler and Alastair Ralphs (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling).

Stephanie Bellars

She has worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) under the names Gorgeous George, George Frankenstein, and simply George.

TNA Entertainment, LLC v. Wittenstein and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

was a lawsuit filed on May 23, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee by TNA Entertainment, LLC., against former employee Brian Wittenstein and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as WWE, Inc.).


2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

The third annual Pennzoil Ultra Victory Challenge – judged by former driver Jimmy Spencer, TNA wrestler Jeff Hardy, Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith along with Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti from the rock group Creed – was held prior to the All-Star Race.

Akitoshi Saito

On July 22, he and Akiyama lost the titles to TNA's Samoa Joe and Magnus, ending their reign at exactly seven months to the day.

Betsy Ruth

On April 20, 2010, Duignan wrestled a tryout dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Miss Betsy, during which she accidentally injured her opponent, Daffney.

Jessie Ward

While in school, Jessie briefly worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as an assistant director in September 2004 and returned to TNA on a full-time basis in July 2005 when she began working under head director David Sahadi.

JWoww

She has also made several appearances on other shows, such as TNA Impact! and Disaster Date.

Leticia Cline

On October 23, 2006, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling producer Jessie Ward recruited Cline to TNA as an interviewer, complementing Jeremy Borash.

Luther Biggs

Luther Biggs is an American professional wrestler, who has competed in North American independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and had a short stint in World Championship Wrestling during the late 1990s, most notably as one half of the tag team Hard Knox with Killer Kyle and manager Coach Buzz Stern.

Main Event Championship Wrestling

The first main event match consisted of former TNA Tag Team Champion, "Natural" Chase Stevens vs TNA Founder, Jeff Jarrett.

Phil Heath

On October 20, 2013, during the Countdown to Bound for Glory pre-show "Mr. Olympia" Phil Heath made his TNA debut, accompanying The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) to the ring for their tag team gauntlet match, which they won and later on in the night, accompanied them to their TNA World Tag Team Championship match against Gunner and James Storm.

Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

A more positive outlet of publicity for British Wrestling was TNA's spin–off show British Bootcamp which saw local stars Marty Scurll, twins Hannah and Holly Blossom and former British Welterweight Champion Rockstar Spud vying for an opportunity with the company, which Spud went on to win.

Other major US promotions, however, opted to use wrestlers from the traditional promotions such as the Team UK in TNA's 2004 X Cup which featured All Star Wrestling wrestlers James Mason, Dean Allmark, Robbie Dynamite and Frankie Sloan.

Road Warrior Hawk

They also appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in late 2002 and early 2003 as part of a group that opposed Vince Russo’s faction Sports Entertainment Xtreme but only wrestled one actual match for the federation.

Scorpio Sky

On June 28, 2012, Andrews, working under the ring name Mason Andrews, made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), losing to Rashad Cameron in a TNA X Division Championship tournament qualifying match on Impact Wrestling.

Sean Wheelock

On July 19, 2012, Wheelock appeared as a guest announcer on TNA Impact Wrestling.

Tha Trademarc

In August 2007, Trademarc appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) Hard Justice pay-per-view as the "new boyfriend" of Karen Angle, later revealed to be a ruse when Karen and Trademarc helped Karen's "estranged" husband Kurt Angle win the match.

The Blue Meanie

On August 8, 2010, Heffron was slated to appear at the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling PPV Hardcore Justice, however, he could not attend the event and was replaced by a fake Blue Meanie named The Blue Tilly.

The Dudley Brothers

In early 2007, actor Steve Schirripa appeared alongside Bubba Ray (renamed "Brother Ray") and D-Von (renamed "Brother Devon") in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was depicted as a distant relative of the Dudley family.

The Search for the Next Elvira

Shelly Martinez, a former ECW wrestler who performed under the stage name, Ariel, and former TNA Knockout.

TNA Genesis

Genesis (2014) is a professional wrestling television special produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which will take place on January 16, 2014 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama.