Backstage News: Hogan To TNA Update, Russo's Future, Creative

? According to sources, the feeling in TNA is that if there is a major change coming within the creative team that it wouldn't take place until after the Bound For Glory PPV on October 18. Vince Russo, has already written everything up until October. While we have heard this in the past, there were talks between TNA and Hulk Hogan several weeks ago and if he were to come in that could spell the end for Russo. During a recent appearance on Bubba The Love Sponge, Hogan talked about trying to make something happen with TNA and how Dixie Carter needed to get rid of Russo. According to a source, the Hogan-TNA talks have cooled over though.

? In regards to the TNA releases of B.G. James and Jim Cornette several weeks ago, more people were said to be surprised about the release of Cornette. While both James and Cornette were considered "Jarrett allies", Cornette was always heavily praised backstage and was looked at as being safe when the cuts took place with Dutch Mantel and Savio Vega. While the release of James wasn't a surprise, he was praised for his work as an agent on the road for TNA. Cornette's major role with TNA was as an agent at TV and PPV tapings and he was always praised heavily, especially among the younger talent. He was also given praise for his role in booking meetings and given the credit for tweaking written segments that would produce a solid end result and a good direction for the company. In doing so he was in a sense making fun of the poor writing by Vince Russo and almost showing him up. While Cornette was strongly praised for his work in the booking aspect, he always made it clear he didn't have any interest in taking on more of a role and didn't want the added stress that comes with the job. His major project was Matt Morgan at TV and working out matches that on paper looked extremely difficult to pull off (one example of this was Hernandez vs. "Big" Rob Terry at the Hard Justice PPV).