Borash Speaks On TNA Roster Cuts, Cody Rhodes Note, & More
– As noted earlier, TNA announcer Jeremy Borash was a guest on the "Right After Wrestling" radio show last night and spoke in-depth about TNA iMPACT! leaving Monday nights, TNA releasing talent soon and more. Regarding to TNA iMPACT! moving back to Thursday nights, Borash said, "I think it's definitely a different era. It would have been nice to re-capture the competitive spirit of being on Monday nights, but at the end of the day, it was just more of an inconvenience. Perhaps being back on Thursday nights, we can prosper and thrive. At the same time, I would have liked to have stuck it out a little bit longer on Mondays, especially at a point where there were very exciting programs that we did produce." He added, "There are a lot of things about the Monday Night Wars that we could have taken part in and really brought some popularity to the idea of it again." Borash was also asked about the online reports that TNA will be letting go 15-20 superstars in coming weeks in order to save money. "I don't know if you look at it as roster cuts. You don't say anything or we don't hear anything about when we spend more money to hire people. When you say 'roster cuts,' it obviously invokes an 'oooh' kind of feeling to it," Borash said. "At the same time, we have 60-something people under contract, so I think it's a natural evolution of business. Sometimes you do have to trim the fat. The programs are being written differently where less people are being featured more prominently."
– CHIKARA sent out the following announcement today? CHIKARA: Tommy Dreamer & Eddie Kingston team up at the ECW Arena! On Sunday afternoon, July 25th, a true ECW original will climb back into the ring in the fabled ECW Arena to do what he does best – fight! Tommy Dreamer teams with Eddie Kingston for the first time ever to face off against the reigning Campeones de Parejas, Claudio Castagnoli & Ares of the Bruderschaft! After interfering in their much-anticipated singles encounter last weekend (in Union City,) the BDK have drawn the attention of Kingston and Dreamer alike, and it is clear they are marked men at this point. Don't miss it – as CHIKARA features 6 of Dragon Gate's finest as well as a host of other superstars for the summer's most intense spectacle: Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show! ~Tag Team Showdown!~ Tommy Dreamer & Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Ares
– The SyFy network sent out the following announcement today? RHODES LEAD TO WAREHOUSE 13 – WWE(R) SUPERSTAR WILL GUEST STAR ON SYFY'S WAREHOUSE 13 IN AUGUST New York, NY — May 26, 2010 — WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes(TM) joins Warehouse 13 as Joanne Kelly's (Myka Bering) unrequited high school love interest in an upcoming August episode. Rhodes (WWE Friday Night SmackDown) guest stars as "Kurt Smoller," the former captain of Myka's high school football team. Charming and good-natured, Kurt shows up at the high school reunion looking better than ever and, in spite of complications brought on by exposure to an artifact, Myka finds herself romantically drawn to him. Rhodes joins other announced Warehouse 13 guest stars Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman), Tia Carrere (Wayne's World), Nolan Gerard Funk (Aliens in America), Jewel Staite and Sean Maher (both from Firefly) as well as Philip Winchester (Crusoe) and Paula Garces (Defying Gravity.) Warehouse 13 kicks off its sophomore season Tuesday, July 6, at 9PM (ET/PT). In its first season, Warehouse 13 became the all-time Syfy leader in total viewers (4.1 million), Adults 25-54 (2.1 million) and Household ratings (2.9), based on Live+7 DVR data. Warehouse 13 follows two Secret Service agents who find themselves abruptly transferred to a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government. The Warehouse's caretaker Artie (Saul Rubinek) charges Agents Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) and Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) with chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of new objects to cache at the Warehouse, as well as helping him to control the Warehouse itself. Warehouse 13 is produced for Syfy by Universal Cable Productions. Jack Kenny (The Book of Daniel) is Executive Producer and showrunner.