TNA News: New Cage, More on Tomko, Angle Disappointed and More

– The idea behind TNA’s new gimmick cage match is to do something similar to the AAA Domed Cage in an effort to give TNA another trademark match, like Ultimate X.

– Unless things change Tomko will not be around until after the Sacrifice PPV. He has reportedly been suspended from the company due to working the IGF show the day of the Lockdown Fan Fest. Bill Behrens usually books the Japan dates for TNA talent, but Tomko was booking his dates on his own, since he got a deal with New Japan on his own. This is why AJ and Tomko dropped the tag team titles on Impact after the Lockdown PPV. Tomko was announced for Impact as part of the tag team tournament last week.

– The angle where Cornette talked about all of the women complaining was a half shoot from management to the women. The plan is for one of the ladies to get their head shaved almost completely bald at the PPV.

– Kurt Angle was disappointed with his match at Lockdown with Samoa Joe. Angle did not suffer a concussion or neck injury as was being reported, but did suffer a rib cartilage injury. He then aggravated it by wrestling three nights later against Joe in their rematch.

– The Impact tapings after Lockdown saw some talent missing. Curry Man, Shark Boy, Lance Hoyt and others were not flown from Boston to Orlando as a financial move.

– Shantell Taylor, a former WWE developmental talent recently had a dark match try out with the company, working with Riesha Saeed.

– Internally TNA was disappointed with the Impact rating after Lockdown and Samoa Joe’s title win.

– The World X-Cup has been pushed back. It was to begin this month, but will now be moved to June and finish up at the July PPV.

Credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter