TNA: Total Nonstop Action--iMPACT and XPlosion

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[COLOR="black"][B] As TNA went National it became more and more evident that another hour was needed to feature its stars, and the promotion as a whole. As Spike TV was fairly unhappy about the ratings already for iMPACT, TNA was never granted the second hour. After a month of lackluster ratings Spike TV cancelled the show and TNA was sent searching for another place to put iMPACT. After a week of negotiating TNA had a new time and place for Impact, it now was to air on MTV2 at 10:00PM. TNA was hitting a bit of a wall with Vince Russo at its helm, which was fairly evident with the iMPACT ratings and Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View, which was seen as a huge disappointment. So TNA and Dixie Carter decided it was time for a change, subsequently she went out with the help from Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette, and a few others to find a suitable replacement. After weeks of searching Dixie had found not one but two replacements in up and coming writers from the WWE, Donnie Denton and Tommy Walker. Denton and Walker left WWE after not being able to show off their ideas as they were seen, as Stephanie McMahon told them, as non-WWE programming material. Denton and Walker came in to a bunch of skepticism from the TNA roster as they were seen as the same-old, same-old WWE guys; that immediately changed at the TNA Genesis Pay-Per-View where not only was the NWA World Heavyweight title changing hands from Sting to Christian Cage, a brand split between iMPACT and XPlosion was announced, XPlosion was to air on Sun Sports starting at 10:00 PM on Fridays, but finally the announcement that Kurt Angle was joining the TNA roster made everyone see that things were finally changing for the better, and that Denton and Walker were finally the fresh air needed to bring TNA to the next level.[/COLOR][/B]

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Nice banner. :D I'm not crazy about the brand split idea, it reeks of stale WWE, but it should give you something to seperate yourself from the other solid TNA diarys already on here.

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TNA Roster The roster is made up wrestlers that were assigned to each brands by Jim Cornette and the rest of TNA managment. Each were picked for specific reasons to each brands. [COLOR="Blue"][B]Blue[/B][/COLOR] is for NWA World Heavyweight Champion [COLOR="Lime"][B]Green[/B][/COLOR] is for TNA X-Division Champion [COLOR="Silver"][B]Silver[/B][/COLOR] is for NWA World Tag Team Champions [COLOR="Red"][B]TNA iMPACT Roster:[/B] AJ Styles Alex Shelley Bobby Roode Chris Harris Chris Nowinski[/COLOR] [COLOR="Lime"][B]Chris Sabin[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"][B]Christian Cage[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]Christopher Daniels CM Punk Eric Young[/COLOR] [COLOR="Silver"][B]Hernandez[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="Silver"][B]Homicide[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]James Storm Jay Briscoe Jeff Jarrett Johnny Kashmere Kevin Nash Konnan Kurt Angle Mark Briscoe Matt Bentley Ricky Morton Robert Gibson Samoa Joe Sting Tomko Trent Acid[/COLOR] [COLOR="Magenta"][B]TNA iMPACT Knockouts:[/B] Gail Kim Torrie Wilson Traci[/COLOR] [COLOR="red"][B]TNA iMPACT Tag Teams:[/B] AMW: Chris Harris and James Storm L.A.X.: Hernandez and Homicide The Briscoe Brothers: Jay and Mark Briscoe The Backseat Boyz: Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid Rock N' Roll Express: Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson Christian Cage and Tomko[/COLOR] [B]TNA iMPACT Stables:[/B] L.A.X.: Konnan(Leader), Hernandez, Homicide Paparazzi Productions: Kevin Nash(Leader), Alex Shelley, CM Punk [B]TNA iMPACT Referees:[/B] Earl Hebner(Lead Official) Andrew Thomas [COLOR="DarkRed"][B]Dark Red[/B][/COLOR] is for Extreme Television Champion [COLOR="Orange"][B]TNA XPlosion Roster:[/B] Abyss Andy Douglas Austin Starr Balls Mahoney BG James Brother Devon Brother Ray Brother Runt Chase Stevens Jay Lethal John Heidenreich Kazarian Kevin Thorn Kid Kash Kip James Lance Hoyt Petey Williams Primetime Elix Skipper[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkRed"][B]Raven[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="Orange"]Rhino Scott Steiner Senshi Shane Douglas Sid Vicious Sonjay Dutt Yoshirio Tajiri[/COLOR] [B][COLOR="Magenta"]TNA XPlosion Knockouts:[/B] Jackie Gayda So Cal Val[/COLOR] [B][COLOR="Orange"]TNA XPlosion Tag Teams:[/B] Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt Team 3-D: Brother Devon and Brother Ray The Naturals: Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens VDK: BG James and Kip James [/COLOR] [B]TNA XPlosion Stables:[/B] New Church: James Mitchell(Leader), Abyss, Kevin Thorn, So Cal Val [B]TNA XPlosion Referees:[/B] Mark Johnson Rudy Charles(Head Official)

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After the brand split TNA iMPACT recieved the NWA world Heavyweight title when Christian Cage beat Abyss and Sting after Jim Cornette order that each brand should have a chance to have the champ on their respective side. TNA iMPACT recieved the TNA X-Division title when Christopher Daniels defeated "Primetime" Elix Skipper and Senshi after Jim Cornette order that each brand should have a chance to have the champ on their respective side. But later that month lost the title to Chris Sabin on a recent iMPACT taping. TNA iMPACT also recieved the NWA World Tag Team titles when L.A.X. defeated AMW, VKM, and Team 3-D in a four-way tag team match after Jim Cornette order that each brand should have a chance to have the champ on their respective side. With no titles for TNA XPlosion, Rhino brought in the ECW Television title and renamed it the Extreme Television title, which was consequently lost by Rhino in a Monster's Ball match between Rhino, eventual winner Raven, Brother Runt, and Scott Steiner. [SIZE="2"][B]TNA Champions:[/B][/SIZE] [COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="2"][B]NWA World Heavyweight Champion-[/SIZE] Christian Cage[/COLOR] [COLOR="Silver"][SIZE="2"]NWA World Tag Team Champions-[/SIZE] L.A.X.(Hernandez and Homicide)[/COLOR] [COLOR="Lime"][SIZE="2"]TNA X-Division Champion-[/SIZE] Chris Sabin[/COLOR] [SIZE="2"][COLOR="DarkRed"]Extreme Television Champion-[/SIZE] Raven[/COLOR][/B]

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TNA News [COLOR="RED"] [B]*Jim Cornette announces to the TNAwrestling.com website that TNA iMPACT! has traded up-and-comer Austin Starr to XPlosion for veteran and TNA X-Division pioneer Jerry Lynn.[/B] [B]*TNA will also be coming out with a TNA video game in the 1st or 2nd quarter of next year. Also announced is a new magazine to debut in January of 2007.[/B][/COLOR]