Network Refuses to carry TNA?

As noted a few days ago, the news got worse for TNA as they lost their deal in the UK. Challenge announced that TNA would no longer be airing on their station beginning on 1/1/17. It’s a big blow for TNA because they rely on their UK and India TV deals as their only source of major revenue.

The Challenge deal was worth somewhere between $1 million and $1.5 million per year. So, they are down to the Sony Six deal in India that pays them $5 million per year. They also have a deal with Super Sport in Africa but that deal brings them less money than the Challenge deal. The declining ratings and the person that was the main backer of the Impact Wrestling show left the station so that is why they chose not to renew them. If their ratings did not drop so much in the last couple of years then it’s likely that they would have been renewed in 2017.

TNA apparently had known for months that the Challenge deal was in trouble because they were looking to talk with other networks. They had a meeting a couple of months ago with Premier Sports (a pay channel) but the station looked into their situation and declined their offer to put TNA on their channel. One of the things they saw was how TNA management handled the cancellations from Spike TV and Destination America. The declining UK ratings also played a factor in their decision but the people at Premier Sports were told a while ago by TNA that the show would be available in January and they’d be off Challenge. Things could always change but it doesn’t look like they’ll be on that channel and there’s no word on where they will land, if they get picked up at all.

Their deal on Sony Six in India can be canceled at any time since the terms of the deal call for TNA to tour India at least once a year. They canceled last year’s tour and they have not toured there this year. I’m interested in finding out Pop TV’s reaction to seeing the legal situation between Billy Corgan and TNA. The Pop TV deal is a barter deal so it’s low risk for Pop but the ratings are far below expectations

How RAW Can Save Itself after Clash of Champions

Hello everyone, It's the sleeper hold member of the RestHoldParty, Bowen Holder, back with another little blog explaining how RAW can book the wrestlers that were at Clash of Champions without murdering their credibility, so let's start!

Alicia Fox

well, to be honest there isn't much they can do with her. Maybe just have her lay low and develop an actual character before investing more time into her. She's being used now to put Nia Jax over, and I'm okay with that. Nia Jax is the next Kharma, but not as scary and probably just as nice off screen. Anyways, Alicia Fox needs to get some decisive wins and challenge for the womens title once before maybe getting traded to SmackDown in favor of someone from NXT or Becky Lynch. There really isn't much she can do that could put her back on track for the Women's title on either brand.

Nia Jax

Nia Jax has been on a roll as of late and I think she needs to get a victory over Sasha or Bayley and contend for the women's title soon. Sasha, Bayley, and Charlotte contedning for the belt is getting boring, and it seems that the WWE doesn't want to put that much time into her. I'd say let her have a match with someone who isn't Alicia or a jobber and beat them, grab a mic, and say it how it is. It's time someone new got their hands on that - gold? - Red? - um... you know what I mean.

Sheamus and Cesaro

These two put on one of the best matches on the card, and proved that they are a threat to the new United States Champion, Roman Reigns, by putting on a clinic in what I would say is my favorite mid card match so far this year. I personally see Sheamus getting really pissed at Cesaro and just tearing him apart and having a really meaningful rivalry out of this, and I think it could work out if done correctly. Both men are former United States champions, and I think this rivalry could put them both in the line for that title. Sheamus won the WWE Championship almost a year ago, and ever since then has been booked pretty leniently. Cesaro has had a bumpy road in the WWE his entire career, and I hope he can get to the top of the WWE soon.

TJ Perkins and The Brian Kendrick 

These two might not have chemistry just yet, but I believe if the WWE keeps this rivalry going, we can see a new heel cruiser-weight emerge and come to Kendrick's aid. Whether this be a jealous Rich Swann or a game Sin Cara, who has been hinting a heel turn ever since the Lucha Dragons just up and broke up outta nowhere. Speaking of the Lucha Dragons... where's Kalisto at?

"The Big Dawg" Roman Reigns

I like how the WWE drooped Roman down the the midcard, as it seems he has gained a few fans with this part of his career. I think Roman should continue with Rusev until maybe Sami Zayn or one of the BO7 Series guys pops into the #1 contender spot. I do believe that Roman could turn heel tonight on RAW, belittling the US title and attacking a Face towards the top of the midcard, maybe attacking Mick Foley or someone else with authority could make that transition to heel work out.

Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins

Kevin Owens is doing very well with the Universal Championship, and his reign is already better than Finn Balor's (hehehe). I see Kevin feuding with Chris Jericho because Jericho made Owens look like he needed him, or maybe feuding with Sami for the belt because it's Sami freaking Zayn and we need to see Sami win the belt from Owens eventually. Rollins might need to just have matches away from that title for now, and give other people a chance with it. I do see WWE eventually having their big 3 be Owens, Rollins, and Balor on Raw, and Styles, Cena, and ???? on SmackDown Live.

anyways, that was a little blog for you guys. Remember to check out all the other blogs on the site, and check out our amino page for exclusive stuff there. I hope you all enjoyed, and yeah, stay cool I guess...

WWE RAW Review: 9/19/16

I'm not a good guy, I'm not a bad guy, I'm a review guy! Hello, I am Cameron Mcdonley, and yes, when you see my name on this screen, it's time for another review, filled with my incessant rants, ratings and overall thoughts. Since there is a lot, positive and negative to discuss, let's skip the unnecessary talking and get straight to the walking! Grab your blankets, this is gonna be a sleepy ride.

Roman Reigns comes down to the ring as the crowd unleashes their hate on him to start the show. He was about to talk until Stephanie McMahon interrupted him (That's gonna be a recurring theme on this episode, way too many people in one segment) before she got cut off by Mick Foley who got cut off by Kevin Owens. Long story short, this 30 minute promo was to announce the steel cage main event between KO and Reigns. Not much to talk about here, just honestly one of many cringe-worthy, pointless segments on this show.
Rating: 2/5 

As if one boring promo wasn't enough, Rusev does the usual "I'm a heel, let's moan and complain about grievances" concept we get in this company before Mick Foley announces that Rusev vs Seth Rollins is next.

The match itself was not bad at all, albeit, if there was no commentary, I would've enjoyed it... Anyhow, the two had a great match with one another here, highly competitive, but the spot that definitely left its mark on me was the leap of faith from the announce table off the stage by Rollins. For the most part, enjoyable. I wish I had more to say about it but it seems like they were fighting for no reason.
Rating: 3.5/5 

We cut to the backstage area for you guessed it, another pointless segment. There might've been some thought put into it given the "tension" between Charlotte and Dana Brooke, but honestly I don't even understand the objective of that. Usually the ignorant protege/frustrated mentor is an entertaining dynamic, but just like with Maria and Allie last week on TNA Impact, this was just God-Awful. I hope they cut this angle off soon.
Rating: 1.5/5 

After a much forgettable conversation between Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens, we get a match between Braun Strowman and Sin Cara. It was per usual with Strowman, absolute domination and no reprieve for his opponent. I enjoy the squash matches, takes me back to old 90s WWF Superstars. I seriously hope he gets bigger confrontations and an an actual feud soon, because that's gonna be an interesting test for this young behemoth of a man. Plus, his theme song is hilarious!
Rating: 3/5 

At this point, I don't know whether or not I'm watching RAW, or playing Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth for the PS2, because there is an over-abundance of small conversations that repeat themselves and segments that are lackluster. Case and point, the unneeded banter between Sasha Banks and Bayley. However, we get an enjoyable tag match out of it between Sasha, Bayley and the dysfunctional, horrible heels known as Charlotte and Dana Brooke. Charlotte wins because why not have the most idiotic heel in history win a match, just why not? Other than that, nothing too amazing, just pretty good.
Rating: 3/5 

Once we are through with Stephanie trying to sound less stupid and endorsing Kevin Owens although we all know she doesn't know jack about wrestling, we transition to a much more interesting jobber matches than the Strowman match, as Bo Dallas (who seems to be portraying a depressed character) faced a local competitor named Gary Graham. Aggression was very present in this match, and was the only non-frustrating thing about this entire show. With that said, I'm glad he's given more of a push now.
Rating: 3/5 

Finally, for the first time tonight, no backstage segments after commercial break, just getting into the next match, as Sheamus faces Cesaro in another match of this Best of Seven Series. I feel like I'm not the only one completely hating on the idea, as it takes me back to the amazing Best of Seven Series Booker T and Chris Benoit had back in the day on Nitro. However, I sadly know others do not feel the same, so a lot of people are gonna call for this to end sooner rather than later. Regardless. great match, and I won't bash this idea as long as Cesaro goes over at the end of this all, because he needs it for the love of God.
Rating: 3.5/5 

I legitimately thought it was impossible to have a good segment on this show, until the List of Jericho gave me a glimmer of hope. Sadly, not even that can be done right by this ignorant promotion, as it turned into a massive cluster of tag teams fighting while Jericho exclaims his "Stupid Idiot" catchphrase as if his life depended on it. I know it seems I'm too negative on this episode, but seriously, Vince should wake up and realize that his programming is declining in ratings because of idiocy like this every week. TNA is already dead, we don't need WWE to dig their own grave.
Rating: 2.5/5

The eight man tag between the heels and faces that followed was surprisingly decent. All eight of them worked very well and the faces won, applying any final build-up for Clash Of The Champions that they can. Everybody got their spots in, the heels had their momentary heat, overall a major success if you look at it in those terms.
Rating: 3/5 

It seems like we've waited forever, and we finally have it, the Cruiserweight Division! I am a bit frustrated at WWE re-writing history yet again and Mick stumbling on his words, but those were minute nitpicks as this was the best part of the show by far. The match between Brian Kendrick, Gran Metalik, Rich Swann and Cedric Alexander was one to remember, as the new generation of wrestling fans had their first taste of the Cruiserweights, and the older fans had a flashback to the Monday Night Wars and the 2002-2004 era of SmackDown with this great match. Honestly, I hope WWE doesn't mess this up like they mess everything up, but if they do,at least we have this contest to grasp on to.
Rating; 4.5/5 

You know what, I'm gonna make this short and sweet, the main event was hot garbage. The match could've been better given how good these two are in the ring, but these two far from connected last night. Depressingly enough, this crowd was dead to add insult to injury, and the commentary was dreadful as per usual. Maybe if the champion won for a change it would've been better, but the aging imbecile known as Vince McMahon just has to appeal to the muscle-bound troglodytes that infest this company with their stupid mannerisms and inability to connect to an audience.
Rating: 1.5/5 


Overall Show rating: 3/5 


Better show than usual, but still destructively terrible and outright horrible. Again, not much to attest to or speak about, I just seriously hate this company. Anyway, this is Cameron Mcdonley signing off and goodbye everybody!

Wrestling Couple Tie The Knot

Earlier this week, wrestling couple, Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae got married at a Disney resort hotel.

Other wrestlers were in attendance such as Joey Ryan and Gargano's tag team partner in NXT Tommaso Ciampa, who from the photos we can safely assume was Gargano's best man.

Gargano and LeRae had become something of a 'famous' wrestling couple before hand, and now they have tied the knot, it looks like that will be the same for many years to come.

As noted by other sources, Gargano will be working his last independent match on September 23rd, before he makes the switch to the corporate giants that are the WWE, and who is his opponent you ask? Well, her name is Candice LeRae.

WWE's Cruiserweights: Seven men chosen to take center stage in Vince McMahon's promotion.

Hello, this is Cameron Mcdonley here with some important news regarding the WWE Cruiserweight Division. The first seven wrestlers have been decided to be the inaugural wrestlers in a revitalized division that abruptly ended in 2008. Without a further ado, let's take a look at each of the seven combatants!

TJ Perkins, who was formerly known as Suicide/Manik in TNA has been called up to the main roster after becoming the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He is a former multiple-time X-Division Champion, one of the pioneers of Evolve and one of the standout performers in the Cruiserweight Classic.

Brian Kendrick, who arguably had the best in-ring work of his career until he was eliminated in the quarter finals, has been welcomed back to World Wrestling Entertainment with open arms as a veteran member of this illustrious division. With his years of experience and his well-rounded style, fans casual and hardcore will see a new side of him that nobody has ever seen before.

Another Evolve and CZW mainstay, Rich Swann has been added to the already stacked crop of talent in this division. His high-flying style and his impressive agility will fit perfectly in this critically acclaimed division of wrestlers.

A newer wrestler not seen anywhere except in his native Mexico, Gran Metalik will look to incorporate a lethal dose of Lucha Libre into the division, as the man is quick on his feet, highly athletic and is very intense with every movement.

Ring Of Honor has its place in this division as well with the inclusion of Cedric Alexander! Unlike most of the participants, this man applies a much more physical aspect to an already high-octane level of competition, especially with his signature backbreaker.

Wrestling out of Puerto Rico, Lince Dorado has a huge opportunity in front of him as a part of WWE. While he has a scarce amount of experience, expect this man to show a great deal of heart anytime he makes his presence felt in the squared circle!

Noam Dar is the final man announced to be in this division. For those who don't watch Progress, ICW or Evolve, this young stud brings a much more technical and smash-mouth style to this than the rest. He can take you to the mat and stretch you, but he also does not have any problem with taking you down with a well timed elbow or kick to the side of the cranium.


That is an exciting revelation in this sport today. I am Cameron Mcdonley, and I will see you again soon!