Who's TNA Contracts Are Expiring, Sting A Heel?, Backstage News

? According to reports, a huge percentage of park goers at Universal Studios in Orlando right now are from Europe as they have a different public school schedule. The park tends to cater to European tourists around this time of the year as it normally doesn't get families with school-age children from the local area. At the most recent TNA TV taping, around 30 to 50% of the crowd was said to have been from the UK.

? There is said to be another round of contracts coming due in March in TNA. Reports are stating this will be a very key period for the company in regards to who and how many WWE will be interested in. I can tell you that The Beautiful People and Salinas' contracts are up in about a month. I'm going to have more on this later this week or over the weekend so stay tuned!

? Sting's promo on iMPACT! two weeks ago was actually originally slated to be a heel promo. However, Sting nixed practically everything scripted that would make him come across as a heel. His reasoning is that he wasn't feeling some of the lines he was supposed to say. The end result was Sting cutting one of the best babyface promos of his career. The crowd's reaction to Sting was completely different from what TNA wanted as they cheered his every word instead of booing him. Nonetheless, TNA officials were said to be happy with his promo because he did such a good job, even if it did take original storyline plans off course.

? Hector "Moody" Melendez has gotten offers from TNA to return to the company. He did Spanish announcing and production work during his time with the company. Melendez is currently the booker and producer for the AAA promotion of Mexico.