source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— Team International will be led by former WWE star Daivari, who has been confirmed for the tournament. He is set to appear on this Thursday’s Impact. Joining him will be Tyson Dux, Alex Koslov and perhaps Doug Williams. Williams is trying to get some visa issues sorted out, and it’s not definite. TNA is doing a match this Friday between him and Sonjay Dutt in Liverpool, England for the final spot in Team International. If Williams has his paperwork sorted out in time, he’s going over. If not, Dutt is going over. Anyway, Team U.S. will feature Curry Man, Kaz, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. Team Mexico will be Volador Jr., Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, and Averno. There’s a contingency in place between TNA and CMLL because Volador Jr. is a face and the other wrestlers are heels in Mexico. CMLL head Paco Alonso told Hector Guerrero that Volador Jr. can only work singles matches and no tag matches. And last but not least, Team Japan will feature Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Taichi Ishikari and Milano Collection A.T. The tournament is set to take place over the next two sets of Impact tapings and will last through five weeks of television. The tournament starts on this Thursday’s edition of Impact. TNA will be taping two shows on 6/24 due to five weeks between pay-per-views. The tournament will conclude at the Victory Road pay-per-view on 7/13 with apparently two gimmick matches and some sort of point system.

— TNA wrestler Consequences Creed real name Austin Watson graduated from Furman University two weekends ago with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in philosophy. The speaker at the graduation was President George W. Bush. Creed has plans to work with autistic children if pro wrestling doesn’t work out for him. He has since moved back to his native Georgia.

— The Sun website has a video feature on “Addicted” singer Jared Weeks of band Saving Abel’s relationship with TNA star Angelina Love. In the video Weeks describes his emotions towards Lauren, which is the TNA Knockout’s real name. He talks about how sweet she is in real life, and then they’ll see her at wrestling shows and she’s acts like “the devil.” You can see the video at this link.

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