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Turning Point (2019 Wrestling)
The 2019 Turning Point was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling in conjunction with Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling. The event was streamed live on Impact Plus and took place on November 9, 2019 at the Holy Family Academy in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. It was the 13th event in the Impact Wrestling Turning Point, Turning Point chronology and the first to be held as an Impact Plus Monthly Specials, Impact Plus Monthly Special Ten matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Sami Callihan successfully defended the Impact World Championship against Brian Cage. In other prominent matches, Ace Austin defeated Jake Crist to retain the Impact X Division Championship, Eddie Edwards (wrestler), Eddie Edwards defeated Mahabali Shera to retain his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy, and The North (professional wrestling), The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) defeated Rich Swann and Willie Mack to retain the Impact World Tag Team Championship. Production Backgroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by businessman Leonard Asper. Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following the end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. The promotion dropped the "NWA" brand from its name in 2004, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships until this agreement ended in 2007; after which, the company would create its own World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017. In March of that year, it was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its weekly fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahabali Shera
Amanpreet Singh Randhawa (born 2 May 1990) is an Indian professional wrestler signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Ohio Valley Wrestling where he performs under the ring name Mahabali Shera or simply Shera. He also had a brief stint under contract with WWE in 2018. Professional wrestling career Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling (2011-2017) Ring Ka King (2011–2012) In December 2011, under the ring name Mahabali Veera, he took part in the India project Ring Ka King, backed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He competed in the RKK World Heavyweight Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champion, and he defeated Dr. Nicholas Dinsmore in the quarterfinals of the tournament before being defeated by Scott Steiner in the semifinals. During the final week of tapings, on 21 April 2012, Veera defeated Sir Brutus Magnus to become the final RKK World Heavyweight Champion. The Revolution (2014–2015) On 22 September 2014, it was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact! (TV Series)
''TNA Impact!'' (stylized as ''TNA iMPACT!'') is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that debuted on June 4, 2004. It also features wrestlers from WWE's NXT brand due to the working relationship between the two companies. The series currently airs on AXS TV as well as streaming on TNA+ in the United States, owned by parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment. History Fox Sports Net and Webcasts (2004–2005) In May 2004, TNA sealed a television deal with Fox Sports Net (FSN) where they would get a one-hour timeslot on Fridays in most markets, putting TNA on unrestricted cable and satellite for the first time. TNA began taping a new weekly series that month, ''TNA Impact!'', with the first episode premiering on June 4, 2004. After 51 shows TNA's contract with FSN expired in May 2005 and was not renegotiated, with the last FSN episode of ''Impact!'' airing on May 27, 2005. ''Impa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleacher Report
''Bleacher Report'' (often abbreviated as B/R) is a website that focuses on sports and sports culture. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London. ''Bleacher Report'' was acquired by Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System in August 2012 for $175 million. In March 2018, ''Bleacher Report'' and Turner Sports launched B/R Live, a subscription video streaming service featuring live broadcasts of several major sports events, although the service was discontinued in 2021 and merged with the company's mobile app. ''Bleacher Report'' owns multi-media social network House of Highlights, and its branding was used for Max's sports coverage prior to 2025. History Founding: 2005–2011 ''Bleacher Report'' was formed in 2005 by Sam Erez, Harry Ryan, Bryan Goldberg, and Dave Nemetz—four friends and sports fans who were high school classmates at Menlo School in Atherton, California. Inspired by Ken Griffey Jr., they wanted to start writing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Match Types
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades-long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. One of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Blindfold match In a blindfold match, the two participants must wear a blindfold over their eyes for the entire duration of the match. A well-known example of this match is the WrestleMania VII match between Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Rick Martel. No count-out match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bound For Glory (2019)
The 2019 Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 20, 2019, in Villa Park, Illinois. It was the 15th event under the Bound for Glory chronology. Wrestlers from Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Japan's Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), with which Impact Wrestling has partnerships, also appeared on the card. Production Background At Slammiversary XVII, Impact Wrestling announced the date for Bound for Glory, with the Odeum Expo Center later announced as the event's venue. Storylines The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Reception Bound for Glory received mixed reviews. Nolan Howell of Canoe.ca declared that "There were some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TNA Turning Point
Turning Point is a professional wrestling TNA+ TNA+ Monthly Specials, event, produced by American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The event was created in 2004 and was originally held annually in December, until the 2008 event where TNA changed its scheduled date to November. The 2004 event was the second TNA PPV to be produced annually. Since its inception, the event has been held exclusively in an Arena, indoor arena in Orlando, Florida, with all events taking place in the Impact Zone until 2019. Each event features List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees, talent from TNA competing in various professional wrestling match types. Since the inaugural event, eight Championship (professional wrestling), championship matches have taken place in the Card (sports), main event. TNA discontinued the majority of the monthly pay-per-views in 2013 in favor of new pre-recorded Impact One Night Only, One Night Only events. Turning Point was held as a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact One Night Only
''One Night Only'' was a series of professional wrestling events held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) launched in April 2013. The concept was announced on January 11, 2013 by then-Total Nonstop Action (TNA) President Dixie Carter as a part of a change to their pay-per-view programming. Prior to the change, the company held live pay-per-view events monthly. The series consists of events that are taped and released later periodically on pay-per-view, typically on the first Friday of every month, except for the months that featured one of the company's main pay-per-view events. Promoted as individual "specials", the One Night Only series — unlike the live pay-per-view events — were not initially connected to the storylines featured on Impact's flagship television show, nor to each other or the mainline pay-per-view events. From 2015, storylines from ''Impact!'' would be incorporated into future One Night Only events. In 2018, the events began streaming exclusively on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact World Tag Team Championship
The TNA World Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship which is owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. The current champions are The Nemeth Brothers ( Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth), who are in their first reign as a team and individually. The TNA World Tag Team Championship was created and debuted on May 14, 2007, at the taping of TNA's primary television program, ''TNA Impact!''. It was officially introduced worldwide on the May 17, 2007, edition of TNA's online podcast '' TNA Today''. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a pre-determined match. History The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion formed in May 2002. Later that same year, TNA were granted control over the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body, subsequently becoming an official NWA territory as NWA–TNA. On June 19, 2002, NWA–TNA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Mack
Willie McClinton Jr. (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Willie Mack, currently appearing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Ring of Honor (ROH). He is best known for his tenure with Impact Wrestling, where he is a former Impact X Division Champion. Mack spent the first years of his career working in the independent circuit, usually in California-based promotions like Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. He had his first national exposure in 2015, when he signed with the El Rey Network show Lucha Underground, a pro wrestling series created by Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He worked until 2018 as The Mack and won the Lucha Underground Trios Championship two times. After Lucha Underground ended, he worked in the National Wrestling Alliance, where he is a former NWA National Heavyweight Champion, but h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Swann
Richard Anthony Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. he is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2020–2021), TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Impact X Division Champion, and Impact Digital Media Championship, Impact Digital Media Champion. He also wrestles for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Championship, CZW World Heavyweight Champion and currently working for other promotions. Swann is also known for his time in WWE, where he was a former NXT Cruiserweight Championship, WWE Cruiserweight Champion. Additionally, Swann has competed for promotions such as Full Impact Pro, Evolve (professional wrestling), Evolve, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate and Major League Wrestling (MLW). He is a former RPW Undispu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Alexander
Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes appearances for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), where he is the reigning and inaugural Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling#Championships, MLP Canadian Champion. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2019 to 2025, where he is a former List of Impact World Champions, two-time TNA World Championship, TNA World Champion, with his second reign being the longest in the company's history at 335 days, and a one-time TNA X Division Championship, TNA X Division Champion. His singles accomplishments outside of TNA, AAW Wrestling include being where a two-time AAW Heavyweight Championship, AAW Heavyweight Champion and singles winner Jim Lynam Invitational Tournament (2019). A tag-team specialist, Alexander has won several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
