TNA Featured On MLB Network + Big TNA Charity Events
– CHIKARA launches a12 competitor round robin tournament on May 21st in Easton, PA. It will determine the first-ever CHIKARA singles championship. It is called the "12 Large" tournament (named for the late Larry Sweeney) and will feature: *Claudio Castagnoli *Jigsaw *Hallowicked *Amasis *Mike Quackenbush *Fire Ant *Eddie Kingston *Sara Del Rey *Icarus *UltraMantis Black*Brodie Lee *Vin Gerard. The event on May 21st will include Quackenbush vs. Hallowicked as part of the tournament. Also, Rocksoff.com will be hosting a party bus from Brooklyn, NY for CHIKARA's return to the ACE Arena in Union City, NJ on Sunday May 22nd. That event will feature Brodie Lee vs. Vin Gerard and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Amasis. For more details, click here. For more on CHIKARA, visit www.CHIKARAPro.com.
– MLB Network's Intentional Talk featured a discussion of which baseball players would make the best wrestlers. They showed footage of Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen hitting Simon Diamond with a steel chair from TNA.
– TNA has announced the following: Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling, seen weekly on Spike TV's "TNA iMPACT!" (Thursdays 9 p.m. ET/PT) announces "The Shirts Off Our Back" campaign to help collect clothing for victims of both the recent tornados across the southeastern United States as well as flood victims across Mississippi and Louisiana. Fans who bring a clothing item in good quality to donate to relief efforts at the TNA Live! event at the Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Miss., this Saturday, May 14, will receive a discount voucher for a $10 ticket to see "TNA Wrestling Live!" In addition, TNA Wrestling will donate over 300 items of TNA Wrestling clothing to local charities to assist in helping families recover from the recent natural disasters. "TNA Wrestling strives to make an iMPACT in every community," stated TNA Founder Jeff Jarrett. "Mississippi has always been great to professional wrestling, and with so many families rebuilding, we want to help. If there's one thing pro wrestlers know, it's a good outfit." "TNA Wrestling Live!" will hit the Jackson Convention Complex Saturday, May 14 starting at 7:30 p.m. for an unforgettable night of action, featuring Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, "The King of the Mountain" Jeff Jarrett, Matt Hardy, TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money, Velvet Sky and many more. Clothing items will be collected at a drop-off point near the Convention Complex box office. One clothing item is good for one discount voucher. Donations must be made the day of the event. For more information, visit https://jacksonconventioncomplex.com/.