TNA Genesis PPV Results 2011

Matt Hardy debuts, Kazarian is the new X Division Champion, Beer Money are new Tag Team Champs, Abyss is the new TV Champ and Mr. Anderson is the new TNA Champion. Click here for more.

Suicide Gone?

The official TNA Wrestling website has removed Suicide from its roster page. The video game based character was portrayed by Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels and Kiyoshi during its two year run. The character last appeared on June 14 in a bout taped for Xplosion.

source: impactwrestling.com

Christopher Daniels One-Day Training Seminar

Since October of 2009, NWA Pro/Mach-1 Wrestling’s “Wrestling 101” has established itself as one of the top wrestling schools in the nation, bringing accomplished industry veterans such Paul London, Brian “Spanky” Kendrick, Frankie Kazarian, Colt Cabana, NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce, Steve Corino, and legend Terry Taylor to share their experience and expertise with its students. Following in that tradition, “Wrestling 101” proudly welcomes “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels for a special one-day training seminar...More?

Interview with Frankie Kazarian

TNA Scraps Suicide

TNA Wrestling has scrapped the "Suicide" character and Frankie Kazarian is back to working as himself. It's unknown what gimmick they are going with Kaz as the graphics on the screen at this week's Impact tapings said "Kaz" while ring announcer David Penzer introduced him as "Kazarian". It's unknown if there are any future plans to use the Suicide character as one source told me the gimmick has been "jobbed out and forgotten".

The Suicide character was created by Midway Games as an original character for the TNA Impact video game. Midway had full license with how to use him as the character was not originally trademarked by TNA or a wrestler. Brandon Silvestry (a/k/a Senshi, Low-Ki & Kaval) did motion capture for the character on the game and voiced it.

TNA Wrestling brought the character to TV in December 2008. Frankie Kazarian originally played the character but it was later portrayed by Christopher Daniels when Kaz was injured. Kaz returned with the gimmick when he returned from injury.

source: wrestlingnewsworld.com

TNA Wrestlers Frustrated with Creative

Frankie Kazarian (a/k/a Suicide) asked for his release at the last round of TNA television because he's been frustrated with his creative direction. TNA management initially agreed to grant him the release, but A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels worked to soothe over the situation, so the release was never finalized.

A short time later, an upset Vince Russo approached A.J. Styles. Russo was upset because he had heard that Styles told Dixie Carter that he thought it would be a good idea if there were a wrestler on the creative team. Russo blew up and then Styles returned fire about being booked as a weak champion.

Although it appeared that Styles and Russo had cooled off following their backstage blowup, the word is that there were still some hard feelings over the weekend. Styles, Daniels, and Kazarian have expressed frustration to friends, and the bulk of their issues seem to be with Russo.

source: prowrestling.net

Memories of "The Killer"

...Bryan Walsh, who began training under Kowalski in 1983 and worked professionally until 1998, recalls being in total awe of Kowalski when he first met him at his wrestling school office. “He was actually sitting down when I first walked up to him. Then he stood up. I’m looking at this guy, and I said to myself, ‘Wow, that really is Killer Kowalski.’ You don’t expect larger-than-life people to stick their hand out and say hello to you.”

Many other students besides Walsh, Paul Levesque (Triple H) and Joanie Laurer (Chyna) passed through the Killer’s doors. Future stars such as Big John Studd, Perry Saturn, John Kronus, Matt “A-Train” Bloom and Frankie Kazarian are all alumni.

Oddly enough, Laurer makes little mention of Killer in her 2001 autobiography, “If Only They Knew,” even ignoring the fact that her mentor helped pave her way to fame and fortune in Vince McMahon’s WWE.

I once asked Levesque, who at the time was engaged to Laurer, how his significant other could so easily dismiss Killer’s contributions to her career. “I can’t figure it out,” he said. “But I know one thing. I can tell you that Walter is a great guy.”...More?

source: charleston.net