Check Out Some Updated **SPOILER** Photos Of Two TNA Title Changes At The iMPACT! Tapings

Birthdate: 04/15/1978 (age 36) Height: 5'9" Weight: 202 Ib He's a five-time TNA X Division Champion (his f...

Here are a few **SPOILER** photos making their way around Twitter from last night’s TNA iMPACT! TV tapings in London:

Congratulations to @RealKurtAngle on becoming the new tna world heavy weight champion #IMPACTLondon pic.twitter.com/Ctkkx7L46S

— David Michel (@dawgfatheruk) February 1, 2015

@RealKurtAngle @fightbobby thanks for a fantastic match. Congrats NEW heavyweight world champ kurt angle! pic.twitter.com/SdY4rWCd1J

— Emma knight (@HopwoodroadEmma) February 1, 2015

Photos: Kurt Angle just defeated Bobby Lashley to become the NEW #TNA World Champion #TNALondon #TNAUK #IMPACTLondon pic.twitter.com/QmD6hYG7Ru

— Jorge Romero (@Jromer0) February 1, 2015

Backstage News On The Major Script Changes At Last Night's WWE RAW Broadcast, Sting Update, More

Birthdate: 03/20/1955 (age 59) Height: 6'2" Weight: 250 Ib Sting is best known for his tenure in World Cha...

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer

UPDATE x 5: There were many last-minute decisions made to the script for RAW last night. At one point on the RAW pre-show, it was revealed that John Cena would name the new RAW General Manager during the broadcast. However, WWE changed their minds at the last minute and announced the Board of Directors would make the announcement.

At the end of the episode, the Anonymous RAW General Manager made his (or her) return. The reason for this is because they are still debating  on who they want to play the full-time role and it hadn't been decided as of yesterday.

Also, the original plans called for Stung to appear either before or after the Divas Elimination tag-team match. Obviously, those plans changed and he was involved in the main event instead.

UPDATE x 4: Sting recently signed a performers contract with WWE. While the length of the agreement and specific details are not yet known, the deal is likely structured similar to Brock Lesnar's, where he is getting paid a lot and is only required to make limited appearances.

While he almost certainly won't be working live events, the feeling is that he will be wrestling more than just "one more match."

As noted earlier, WWE reached out to Sting last Thursday to set up his Survivor Series appearance.

Also read: Backstage News On Why Sting Debuted Last Night At The WWE Survivor Series Pay-Per-View Event

UPDATE x 3: Following Sting's WWE debut at Sunday's Survivor Series pay-per-view, where he gave Triple H a Scorpion Death Drop and cost Team Authority their jobs, there's already some buzz behind the scenes that the two legends will square off at WrestleMania 31.

Just a few weeks ago, The Rock and Triple H were teasing a WrestleMania match at the SmackDown 15th Anniversary special. With The Rock's very busy schedule shooting movies, it seems unlikely that he'll be getting back in the ring next March. WWE kicking off a feud between Sting & Triple H seems to support the notion that The Rock won't be available during WrestleMania season.

While The Undertaker's in-ring future is still unknown, Sting working with Triple H could be a sign that Taker has yet to commit to wrestling at WrestleMania 31.

UPDATE x 2: In an update from our earlier report (see below), the decision to bring in Sting wasn’t made until Thursday. As previously reported, WWE wanted to deliver on a surprise and also wanted to push the “anything can happen” on the WWE Network idea.

Sting is not expected to be at RAW or SmackDown this week. The plan was for him to make the pay-per-view appearance and then head back home to California. He may have pre-taped a segment for tonight, but nothing is confirmed.

In regards to who he may wrestle, the obvious pick seems to be Triple H due to their interaction last night. The plan as of Friday was that Sting will wrestle The Undertaker at WrestleMania 31. Of course, he could also wrestle Triple H at the Royal Rumble as a sort of introduction to fans not familiar with him.

UPDATE: WWE’s plan for Survivor Series last night was to push the WWE Network and show that anything can happen in WWE and anyone can show up on the Network. This is why Sting finally appeared on screen and why WWE announced both Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt at TLC and the Austin/Vince interview next week.

It’s believed that Sting also showed up to help promote WWE 2K15, which was released not long before the PPV happened. Finally, it’s possible that WWE added Sting’s name into the script earlier in the show (it was previously reported as happening right before or right after the Divas elimination match) in order to keep his main event appearance a secret.

ORIGINAL: As many of you know by now, Sting officially made his debut at the WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view on Sunday night.

According to sources, WWE flew Sting into Kansas, MO from Dallas, TX on Sunday morning as they wanted to hide him from fans who were waiting at the airport to meet WWE Superstars. The company then had a limo waiting for him in Kansas City, MO and drove him to St. Louis for the pay-per-view. He was kept hidden backstage during the afternoon and evening hours.

Additionally, Sting wasn't notified that he'd be appearing at Survivor Series until late last week. WWE officials called him on Wednesday or Thursday and told him he was needed for the pay-per-view. He was promoting WWE 2K15 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and was unaware at that point that he'd be making his debut at Survivor Series.

The original plans called for Stung to appear either before or after the Divas Elimination tag-team match. Obviously, those plans changed and he was involved in the main event instead.

As of last word, Sting was not expected to appear at...

Backstage News & Updates On The Rumored TNA Changes & Announce Team Shakeup, More

Birthdate: 10/11/1967 (age 47) Height: 5'9" Weight: 240 Ib Taz is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

As we have noted in the past, TNA is planning on a complete and total overhaul for the company when they officially relaunch their promotion during their iMPACT! Wrestling television debut on their new cable home -- Destination America -- in January.

Also read: ?Backstage Report - A Major TNA Announcing Change?, Mike Tenay Out?, Josh Matthews In?

One of the major changes in terms of television presentation is the way the company plans to handle their announce team.

It's believed that the longtime commentary team of Mike Tenay and Taz will cease to exist when TNA launches of Destination America, as one source claims the "new and improved" TNA will be going with a two-man announcing team that will consist of Taz and former WWE announcer Josh Mathews.

As far as Mike Tenay is concerned, it is believed that he will still remain in an on-air role in some capacity.

Backstage News On Vince McMahon's Backstage Opinion Of WWE Total Divas & Changes, More

Birthdate: 08/24/1945 (age 69) Height: 6'2" Weight: 248 Ib Vince McMahon is credited with being the greate...

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Also read: ?Backstage Update On Vince McMahon's Rule On WWE 'Total Divas' & The Divas Champions

As of about a month ago,  the word making the rounds regarding Total Divas was that Vince McMahon did not want anyone on the cast of that reality show to hold the WWE Divas Championship. People who know Vince, however, claim that this is one of those Vince "rules" that could change at any minute. As you know by now, Nikki Bella won the WWE Divas Title at the Survivor Series pay-per-view so it was another case of Vince changing his mind from week to week.

Speaking of Total Divas, it is said that there is a lot of booking frustrations regarding the reality show recently. McMahon reportedly goes through "phases" where he wants the storylines on Total Divas to synch up with the storylines on RAW, however the reality show is taped so far in advance that it has become problematic in that there are communication issues as to what content airs when and people have trouble all being on the same page.

Backstage ROH News & Notes - The Next Set Of TV Tapings, Changes To Contracts, & More News

Partial Source: Pwinsider.com

Also read: ?More On TNA Trying To 'Raid' ROH Talent - Big Update

-- There has been no change in the ROH contract situation in regards to their talents’ ability to work independent events. Some of the wrestlers have exclusive deals and are getting paid a full-time salary. ROH has the final say on if they work any indy dates outside of ROH (similar to TNA’s contracts). Other talents have deals in which they can work independent dates. There’s no word on which talents are full-time.

-- ROH will hold a TV taping this Saturday in Baltimore at the William J. Myers Pavillion. It includes Adam Cole vs. Brian Kendrick, a No DQ Grudge Match with Tommaso Ciampa vs. Cedric Alexander and “Tag Wars 2014?, a tournament featuring Matt Sydal & ACH vs. The Young Bucks, Jay Lethal & J. Diesel w/ Truth Martini vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe and The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) vs. The Decade (BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs). All three winners will fight ROH Tag Team champions ReDragon in a four way that night.

Major Changes Made To The TNA Bound For Glory PPV - Lots Of Backstage News Inside Here

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

One of the original plans for TNA Bound for Glory was to have Team 3D vs. The Wolves at the pay-per-view for the tag titles. The Wolves were taken off the event and replaced by Tommy Dreamer and Abyss.

Also read: Team 3D’s TNA Bound For Glory Match Was Reportedly A Last-Minute Decision - Backstage News

Abyss was originally going to face Bram, but bookers decided to make the change since Team 3D was in the country for the Hall of Fame ceremony. Bram was also pulled from the show.

Samoa Joe vs. Low Ki was the original X-Division title match. Kaz Hayashi from Wrestle-1 was added to the match because Joe is working through an injury, and Hayashi would be able to compensate for any issues in the match if need be.

The original plan was for MVP vs. Ryota Hama, which was changed to MVP vs. Kazma Sakamoto. Hama will now face Ethan Carter III. This was done to add more TNA vs. Wrestle-1 matches for the event.

Some Wrestle-1 talents were not booked for the event because Wrestle-1 did not want to alienate American PPV buyers by making it look like a total Wrestle-1 event.

Backstage Changes + A Photo From WWE At MSG

While it was originally planned for Natalya to take on NXT Women's champion Charlotte at WWE's show in Madison Square Garden, the plans appear to have changed. Nikki Bella wrote on Twitter:

Excited 2 wrestle at the legendary @TheGarden 2night! Sad Brie wont b my tag partner but I did gain a good 1 @NatbyNature #FearlessNikki

— Nikki & Brie (@BellaTwins) July 12, 2014

Also read: Chris Jericho's Opponent For WWE's MSG Live Event

WWE NXT Diva Charlotte has posted the following photo on Twitter of herself with her father, Ric Flair, in Madison Square Garden for tonight's WWE event:

#MSG #NXTMeansBusiness @WWENXT pic.twitter.com/IBBGLoQOYU

— Charlotte (@MsCharlotteWWE) July 12, 2014

Backstage News On Very Late RAW Script Changes

Source: The Wrestling Observer

As previously reported, there were a number of late changes made to the script for this past Monday's edition of WWE RAW. Originally, one of the main events was going to be Daniel Bryan vs. Batista, and as late as Sunday night, that was still the plan.

There was said to be a number of different ideas for angles that the company wanted to do with The Wyatt Family and The Shield on RAW, but ultimately they went with the version we saw on Monday night.

Additionally, one of the original ideas was to go with a Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns singles match for the main event of the show, however they decided instead to go with a six-man tag-team match between both factions.

There was also a plan to have Evolution as guest timekeepers, but as noted, they felt that the finish, with Evolution interfering and attacking The Shield, would be too obvious if Evolution was sitting at ringside during the match.

Report: Major WWE NXT Changes Planned - Details

Source: The Wrestling Observer

There have been discussions in WWE on having NXT tape their show bi-weekly instead of monthly due to the show's growing popularity on the WWE Network.

WWE officials are said to be very happy with how NXT has been as of late, but the change in the taping schedule would allow them to give the show more fresh content regularly. It would also make it easier for the WWE to insert segments such as JBL and Paige's backstage interaction.

Major Changes For The Andre Battle Royal?, Tale...

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer-- There have been plans of having the "Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal" on the pre-show of WrestleMania XXX. This would upset many people as it appeared that WWE wanted it to be a big part of the show after they had Hulk Hogan make the announcement.-- The following WWE wrestlers have been announced for the "Andre The Giant Battle Royal Memorial" at WrestleMania XXX: Big E, Cesaro, Curtis Axel, Ryback, Dolph Ziggler and Alberto Del Rio. They ha...

WWE Network News: Changes To Shows, Trouble, Er...

Source: Pwinsider.comHere are several notes about the WWE Network, including issues with the service and changes that were made to some of the shows.* ECW's first PPV, Barely Legal, has removed a shot from the opening with fans throwing chairs with Terry Funk, Mick Foley and The Public Enemy. Instead this was replaced with a clip of Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko, who are not on the show. It features several music edits and new commentary from Joey Styles over parts of the show.* Ever...