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| February 13th, 2006 11:05 |
A TNAWRESTLING.COM EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NEW NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION CHRISTIAN CAGE
By Ross Forman
It
took him about 45 minutes to get back to his dressing room after winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship Sunday night
at Against All Odds in Orlando, Fla. Christian Cage was swamped en route with congratulatory well-wishes and countless people
who wanted to take a photo with THE NEW CHAMP. From fans and VIPs to TNA Stars. From Matt Bentley to Dory Funk Jr., to David
Eckstein, the shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals who watched the pay-per-view from the front row.
Christian Cage
never again will lead a normal life. He is now truly among the elite in pro wrestling history. Christian Cage spoke with Ross
Forman Sunday night in his first post-match interview.
Your thoughts?
"I'm a little overwhelmed. It's a great
feeling, incredible. As I said before the match, everything I worked so hard for, for 12 years ... well, my whole career kind
of flashed before my eyes right in the ring at the end of the show." http://acehearts29.tripod.com/id21.html
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OFFICIAL LIVE TNA “AGAINST ALL ODDS" RESULTS ON THE FLY
Sunday, February 12, 2006 –
Orlando, FL
By: Marcus Cygy
We started off by reviewing the comments made by both Jeff Jarrett and Christian Cage concerning
the events leading up to tonight’s match for the NWA World Heavyweight Title.
JB was backstage with Larry Zbyszko in his office along with Dave Hebner. Larry told us that
tonight for Jeff Jarrett vs. Christian Cage there would be no interference, no illegal weapons used, and the referee situation
is taken care of. Jeremy Borash asked about the referee situation but Larry and Dave Hebner had to leave to take care of some
other important business.
The paid portion of tonight’s “Against All Odds” Pay-Per-View now kicked
off with footage from earlier tonight showing the arrivals of Christian Cage and Jeff Jarrett. D’Amore told Eric Young
not to mention about Sting, not tonight. Jarrett said life is good without Sting and that’s when Eric Young got worried,
he had to let Jarrett know that Sting isn’t gone and he did as you could see D’Amore behind Jarrett doing hand
motions to zip it. Jarrett reiterated just like time after time that Sting is finished and gone for good. He made Eric Young
repeat his words to get it straight in his head. TNA PPV Results
THE LEGACY OF TRUTH
By Chris Bernes -[thelegacyoftruth@aol.com
Wednesday February 1st 2006
Issue #2172
I am having a random thought attack. And, as usual, when I suffer from this I feel the need to share it with all of you.
Here we go: My first Random Thoughts of the year 2006!
TNA's next pay-per-view looks like it is going to be purchased by me. How could I stay away from the Samoa Joe vs. AJ Style
vs. Christopher Daniels X division match?? On top of that, my curiosity is piqued by seeing Jeff Jarrett vs. Christian Cage
for the NWA championship... will ol' Double J book himself to go over yet again against a former WWE star to feed his own
ego, or will he let the fans have something they rarely get: A champion they actually want to see?
Tons of TNA Notes: Christian vs. Jarrett, Sabin Hurt,
Devon’s Bloody Promo, more
by Richard Gray
February 1, 2006
TNA taped a “press conference” yesterday afternoon for
the Christian Cage vs. Jeff Jarrett Against All Odds
PPV main event match that will air on this Saturday’s
edition of Impact.
Pro Wrestling Superstars - Past, Present and Future is
very happy to announce that many of our matches and 4
full length shows will be available through on-line
sites.
The following are matches that are currently available
at http://www.highspots.tv/index.asp
* Hardcastle and Christian Cage v Denny Kass and Otis
Apollo
www.prowrestlingsuperstars.com
"What the world is Watching"
PWS- US and Canadian PPV
Featuring: Andre, Christian Cage, Bam Bam Bigelow
Against All Odds PPV card appears to be:
* Jarrett v. Cage
* Samoa Joe v. Styles v. Daniels
* LAX v. James Gang
* Team 3D v. Team Canada
* AWM v. Sabin/Dutt
* Rhino v. Abyss
* Brown v. Killings
* Shelley v. Bentley
SATURDAY ON "iMPACT!" ON SPIKE TV
The road to "Against All Odds" continues!
This Saturday night on "iMPACT!", the road to the February 12 "Against All Odds" Pay-Per-View continues as all of your favorite
TNA stars will be in attendance! TNAwrestling.com has received the following preview from TNA management.
WORLD TITLE PRESS CONFERENCE: JEFF JARRETT AND CHRISTIAN CAGE
Big Update On TNA's Primetime Slot, Kazarian,
Christian Cage
Written by Frank on 02/03/06 at 09:36 AM
Northeast Wrestling has announced that Christian Cage
would be making his first ever independent pro
wrestling appearance on March 25 in Bristol, CT since
jumping from WWE to TNA in late 2005. Others booked
for the show include Jerry Lawler, Simon Dean, Chris
Sabin and others.
On a related note, a match between Christian Cage and
AJ Styles has been signed for the Children's Hospital
of New Jersey Benefit Show on June 3 in Toms River,
New Jersey.
AJ Styles vs. Christian Cage is booked for 8/5 in
Elizabeth, PA for the International Wrestling Cartel.
COMPLETE CARDS FOR ALL OR NOTHING REVEALED:
With only 4 weeks until the return of the UK's most
electrifying new wrestling promotion to the Dome in
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1PW Officials are today
releasing the complete cards for both the Saturday
March 4th and Sunday March 5th events.
As everyone knows, Saturday night's show will feature
all seven matches of the World Title Tournament. From
start to finish, fans attending Saturday night will
see 8 men battle until only one stands tall as the
first-ever 1PW World Champion.
In addition to the 7 matches scheduled for the
tournament, fans can look forward to the 1PW debut of
CHRISTIAN CAGE, as he faces RHINO. Cage has a 1PW
title shot scheduled for Sunday night. What kind of
shape will he be in after his encounter with the
Man-Beast?
TNA management has informed TNAwrestling.com that a special press conference will be held to formally announce the NWA World
Heavyweight Title Match between champion Jeff Jarrett and challenger "Captain Charisma" Christian Cage at the "Against All
Odds" Pay-Per-View. Highlights of the press conference will air on Saturday's "iMPACT!", which will be attended by Jarrett
and Cage, as well as TNA management officials, Championship Committee member Larry Zbyszko along with special guest and former
NWA World Champion Dory Funk, Jr.
Sunday night, of course, is headlined by the
first-ever defense of the 1PW World Title. Whoever
wins the belt on Saturday night will defend against
Christian Cage. 1PW matchmakers have scheduled matches
involving all 8 tournament participants with the
knowledge that one of these matches must change once
someone wins the title.
SATURDAY MARCH 4TH
SPECIAL CHALLENGE MACTH
Christian Cage VS Rhino
Sunday March 5th
1PW World Title match - New Champion VS Christian Cage
TNA News: Traci, Lynn, Samoa Joe, Christian, & More
Written by Ryan Clark
02/03/06 at 12:14 PM
The Best of Samoa Joe, The Best of Christian Cage and
a TNA Knockouts DVD are planned for spring/summer.
There has already been bonus footage for the Cage DVD
was shot on Thursday in Tampa, Florida, as TNA cameras
were on hand for a sit down interview with Cage, as
well as a MTV "Cribs" style shoot at his home with his
family.
AJ Styles vs. Christian Cage is booked for 8/5 in
Elizabeth, PA for the International Wrestling Cartel.
The early numbers for the 1/8 TNA Final Resolution PPV
have the show doing about 40,000 pay-per-view buys.
The show was headlined by the return of Sting, teaming
up with Christian vs. Jeff Jarrett and Monty Brown.
Huge TNA Update: New Timeslot, Sting, Christian, & More
by Timothy Brown
January 30th, 2006
Partial Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Christian recently stated in an interview that even
if TNA wasn’t an option, he still would have left WWE.
He said that the TNA locker room is more upbeat, and
TNA being there definitely helped his decision to
leave WWE.
Several new TNA t-shirts are set to go on sale on ShopTNA.com in the upcoming weeks, including shirts for Team 3D, Christian
Cage, The James Gang and Samoa Joe. For fans of the “Samoan Submission Machine”, his will feature the tagline
“Joe’s Gonna Kill You!” on the back of the shirt.
Shoptna.com will have new T-shirts for Christian Cage, Team 3D, Rhino, and Samoa Joe in stock soon.
iMPACT! Tapings, RAW News, & More
Written by Ryan Clark on Janauary 29, 2006 at 16:44:45
TNA will be doing a Jeff Jarrett-Christian Cage press
conference during the first TNA taping on Tuesday.
This will likely be pre-taped and will not be done in
front of the live crowd.
TNA Xplosion
Team Canada vs. The Naturals
by BC
Saturday, January 28, 2006
2005 TNA AWARDS
WHO TO WATCH IN 2006: Christian Cage
MEMORABLE MOMENT OF THE YEAR: Christian Cage's debut
LAST CHANCE TO DRAW A CROWD
NON-TITLE MATCH: NWA World Tag Team Champions AMERICA'S MOST WANTED (w/ Gail Kim) vs. "The Man/Beast" RHYNO & "Captain Charisma"
CHRISTIAN CAGE
Cage got the pin after a frog splash
Credit: www.lordsofpain.net
SATURDAY NIGHT ON “iMPACT!” ON SPIKETV The road to “Against All Odds” continues!
A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT FROM STING!
According to “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage, the wrestling icon known as Sting will indeed appear on Saturday’s
“iMPACT!”, as he was unable to attend this past week. According to Cage, there will be a major announcement from
“The Man In Black” himself! What does Sting have to say to the TNA Wrestling fans? Tune in and find out!
Plus, more matches will be announced for the huge “Against All Odds” Pay-Per-View, plus appearances by your favorite
TNA stars including X Champion “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe, “Captain Charisma” Christian
Cage, Gail Kim, the high-flying stars of the X Division and so much more!
TNA News: iMPACT! News
Janauary 26, 2006
From TNAWrestling.com: TNA WRESTLING RETURNS TO ORLANDO THIS TUESDAY! SEE ALL THE TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION LIVE! Fans
in the Florida area - join TNA Wrestling LIVE this Tuesday, January 31, as we return to Universal Orlando Resort for our next
round of "iMPACT!" on SpikeTV tapings! The road to the February 12 "Against All Odds" Pay-Per-View continues at the TV tapings,
as more matches will be announced for the Pay-Per-View and all of your favorite TNA stars will be in attendance, including
AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Christian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, Rhino, Abyss, America's Most Wanted, Team 3D, the TNA Knockouts and so
many more! Tickets are free for both guests of Universal and Islands of Adventure theme parks, as well as the public. Doors
open at 6pm with a bell time of 6:45 p.m. Free parking is available at the Universal parking garage after 6pm. For more information
on seating, call the Universal Orlando Resort "iMPACT!" hotline at (407) - 224 - 6000. Upcoming live events include Impact
tapings (Jan 31), Against All Odds PPV (Feb 12), Impact tapings (Feb 14), Impact tapings (Feb 28), Destination X PPV (March
12), Impact tapings (Mar 14), Impact tapings (Mar 28), Impact tapings (Apr 11), Lockdown PPV (Apr 23)
Commercials for RAW on TSN in Canada still include Christian in them.
1PW Newsline: January 19, 2006
SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING... IN DONCASTER
Just a little over
6 weeks remain until the ALL OR
NOTHING weekend and with tickets moving at a brisk pace, 1PW Newsline is the first to announce
the pairings for the first round of the 1PW World Title Tournament. These matches are the next step for the very lucky eight
wrestlers battling to become the first ever 1PW
champion.
GROUP A
AJ Styles vs Sterling James Keenan
Samoa
Joe vs Steve Corino
GROUP B
Darren Burridge vs Abyss
Jerry Lynn vs Christopher Daniels
These four spectacular
match-ups will take place
during the first half of the show on Saturday March 4th at the Dome in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
The second half of the event will include the semi-finals and the final match of the tournament. A champion WILL be crowned
in Doncaster.
In addition, the already-announced CHRISTIAN CAGE vs
RHINO match will take place right before the
main event and one more non-tournament match will be announced soon.
from Adam Lebow: WWE Canada ran an advertisment on the 6PM edition of TSN Sportscenter tonight featuringthe following
talent, Chris Benoit, Christian and Matt Hardy. It also features John Cena with the WWE Title.
PWinsider.com is reporting that as of right now
Christian vs Jeff Jarrett is the scheduled main event
for Against
All Odds with Sting being involved in a 6
man tag teaming up with Team 3D vs Monty Brown and
AMW
Adam Lebow sent this one: WWE Canada ran an advertisement on the 6PM edition of TSN Sportscenter tonight featuring the
following talent, Chris Benoit, Christian and Matt Hardy. It also features John Cena with the WWE Title.
TNA News: Sting, iMPACT! Tapings Tonight, Christian, More
Janauary 17, 2006
Source(s): WrestlingObserver.com, TNAWN.com
Hiroshi Tanahashi
is scheduled for the iMPACT! tapings tonight.
Sting will be at the iMPACT! tapings tonight as well but won't be wrestling
in any matches.
The matches for TNA's next PPV, Against All Odds, will be announced at tonight's tapings. There are
conflicting reports as to what the main event is going to be as they were going back and forth between Jeff Jarrett vs. Christian
Cage for the title or Jeff Jarrett vs. Sting for the title. They may hold Sting off for another month. We'll know tonight
for sure.
| AJ Styles mentions Christian in recent interview |
The UK’s #1 Wrestling talk show Powerslam Radio welcomed back NWA:TNA superstar
AJ Styles to the show.
AJ was asked specifically about the arrival of Christian Cage and Sting. AJ said the
most important thing is that TNA gets more viewers and the new talent will help bring that. He described himself as being
a "team player" and doing whatever was best for the company. AJ however said TNA must not forget "where they came from" and
continue to build the X-Division. He said fans watch TNA for the X-Division and he hopes that the arrival of Christian
and Sting does not affect the emphasis given to that division in any way.
Co-host Lee asked AJ whether any of the
roster resented the WWE guys for coming in and taking their spots- especially since many of them have helped build TNA from
the ground up. AJ conceded "That’s gonna happen" but the TNA writers should help expand the characters of the existing
guys. He said fans already know what Christian and Sting can offer but it would be beneficial for TNA if the characters
of "Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley" for example were expanded and given more mic time.
AJ was asked whether
TNA was really competing with the WWE or whether it was merely an alternative. AJ said TNA are definitely competing. He went
onto to explain the signings of The Dudleys, Christian etc showed that they meant business and said "the only thing
we are missing is money." He said he understands TNA have lost millions, but they are all aiming to get those millions back.
| Christian mentioned in "The Bank Shot" |
I thought the Christmas Eve edition of "iMPACT!" was another homerun for TNA,
with Christian Cage and Chris Harris both stepping up and delivering a solid main event. I expect big things from both
stars in 2006.
"iMPACT!" returns to SpikeTV this Saturday night for two New Years specials - the first episode airing
at 8PM, the second airing at midnight. On the first broadcast, you'll see "The Man Beast" Rhino taking on Team Canada's A1,
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles vs. James Storm, Jeff Jarrett and The Alpha Male in tag team action and much more. Then, kick off
the New Year with TNA at midnight on SpikeTV with Christian Cage and some major news on "The Man In Black" and his
future in TNA Wrestling.
In other merchandise news, t-shirts for Team 3D, Christian Cage and others will roll
out in the New Year on ShopTNA.com. I also hope to have an exclusive tidbit in my next column on a new line of TNA/Marvel
action figures in the works. | |
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