TNA: The Uprising

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TNA Wrestling was on the rise with iMPACT each week gaining more of a following. The question was always, what if Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff had not brought the new regime in?

In this day, the conversation with Bischoff and Hogan fell through and they opted not to come to TNA. Dixie Carter took it in her own hands to move TNA into the new year. With Jeff Jarrett contributing hands-on backstage, along with Mick Foley's veteranship in the business, they are committed to taking TNA to new heights. They re-signed a deal with SpikeTV to remain on Thursday nights through 2011 and are excited for what's to come.

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Roster as of January 7 2010

Abyss
AJ Styles	World Champion
Alex Shelley
Amazing Red	X-Division Champion
Brother Devon
Brother Ray
Brutus Magnus	Tag Team Champion
Chris Sabin
Consequences Creed
D'Angelo Dinero
Daniels
Desmond Wolfe
Doug Williams	Tag Team Champion
Dr. Stevie
Eric Young	Global Champion
Hernandez
Homicide
James Storm
Jay Lethal
Jeff Jarrett
Jesse Neal
Kevin Nash
Kurt Angle
Matt Morgan
Mick Foley	Authoritative Role only
Raven
Rhino
Robert Roode
Rob Terry
Samoa Joe
Sting
Suicide
Alyssa Flash
Awesome Kong
Daffney
Dixie Carter	Authoritative Role only
Lacey Von Erich
Madison Rayne
ODB
Roxxi
Sarita	Knockouts Tag Team Champion
Tara	Knockouts Champion
Taylor Wilde	Knockouts Tag Team Champion
Traci Brooks
Velvet Sky

TNA World Champion	AJ Styles (as of Sep 20 09)
TNA Global Champion	Eric Young (as of Oct 18 09)
TNA X-Division Champion	Amazing Red (as of Oct 5 09)
TNA Tag Team Champions	Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams (as of Oct 18 2009)
TNA Knockouts Champion	Tara (as of Dec 20 09)
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions	Sarita and Taylor Wilde (as of Sep 20 09)

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Those Left Behind

JAN 2 2010 -- Unfortunately, with this new regime, Dixie Carter met with Jeff Jarrett, Mick Foley, among others in management positions. They decided to make some difficult decisions with the roster, and had to let some of their talent go of their contractual duties.

These men and women were future endeavoured:
- Bobby Lashley
- Hamada
- Kiyoshi
- Kristal


TNA has wished all these the best in their next respective chapters. When asked if they were done, they made no further comment.

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Impact for the New Year

While this doesn't happen often, TNA has offered their card for Thursday's first episode of 2010, in hopes fans will get excited and tune in. Will it pay off?


British Invasion has Magnus and Williams defending their world titles against one of the best teams in TNA history, the Motor City Machineguns, which will be a rematch from Final Resolution.

X-Division Champion Amazing Red says he has an open challenge for his X-Division Championship, issued to anyone "walking and breathing."

"The Monster" Abyss looks forward to putting the Dr. Stevie feud in the past, and has a match versus Kurt Angle to determine a new #1 contender for the World Championship.


This is a can't miss episode of iMPACT!

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The Road to Genesis


January 7, 2010 -- iMPACT!

The New Year begins with a Tag Team Championships opportunity for the Motor City Machineguns. The British Invasion had help with Rob Terry in their corner. The British Invasion used this to retain the titles, with Rob Terry smashing Sabin in the back with a chair, enough for Doug Williams to hit Chaos Theory. However, later in the evening, Mick Foley announced it would be a rematch at Genesis with Rob Terry banned from ringside.

Kurt Angle came out to introduce everyone to the New Year and Angle promised the fans that 2010 will be the best year of Angle's career and it begins with capturing the world title, and entering 2011 as a champion they can be proud of. This was met by Scott Steiner, complaining that Angle got all the opportunities and this is why the Main Event Mafia is no longer around. Things got heated when Steiner directed a bleeped-out word towards Angle and the two went at it. Abyss would come out and help attack Angle and the 2-on-1 beatdown would commence. Foley emerged and added Scott Steiner to the match tonight as a triple threat!

Kevin Nash earned an easy victory over Homicide, and bullied him after the match, leaving him defenseless.

Answering Amazing Red's X-Division Championship open challenge was Consequences Creed, yet Amazing Red was the one to emerge victorious. The Amazing Red promised to make this open challenge a weekly thing as he looks to put prestige back to the title.

The duo of Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne, with Lacey Von Erich in their corner, defeated the Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde and Sarita in a non-title bout. However, this puts them in prime position for a championship match in the future.

Suicide defeated Jesse Neal in 1-on-1 action.

Confirmed for Genesis was ODB being granted her Knockouts Championship match at the pay-per-view against champion Tara.

Prior to the main event, Kurt Angle's music played but did not appear after the attack earlier in the evening. Abyss and Scott Steiner were battling it out for the opportunity to wrestle AJ Styles at Genesis for the title. Steiner had Abyss in the Steiner Recliner when the one-armed Olympic Gold Medalist rushed out and began taking shots at Steiner, then turning his attention to Abyss. Angle, while not 100%, used his fresh legs to take over and would lock in the Angle Lock on Steiner to secure a title match at Genesis. After Angle had left, Samoa Joe slid into the ring and began attacking Abyss at will with a steel chair. Just then, Joe laid the chair down and hit the Muscle Buster with the crowd in awe. THIS is how we end the first Impact of the year.

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Genesis Match Card

AJ Styles(c) vs Kurt Angle
TNA World Championship

Tara(c) vs ODB
TNA Knockouts Championship

British Invasion(c) vs Motor City Machineguns
TNA Tag Team Championships; Rob Terry banned from ringside

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Quick Results
1) The British Invasion def. Motor City Machineguns; retaining the TNA Tag Team Championships
2) Kevin Nash def. Homicide
3) Amazing Red def. Consequences Creed; retaining the TNA X-Division Championship
4) Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne def. Sarita and Taylor Wilde
5) Suicide def. Jesse Neal
6) Kurt Angle def. Abyss and Scott Steiner in the main event

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I’ll definitely be checking this out when I can actually have some free time! Looks awesome!

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BREAKING NEWS!

It was learned that Scott Steiner was involved in a backstage altercation after a TV taping. This altercation led to his release from the company. It's not certain when his final appearance on television will be, with this being on the last taping for this month on SpikeTV, or if they will write the material out.

From those backstage, it was described as "intense" and "disturbing."