Bully Ray and Aces & 8’s – What it means for the future of TNA

Just when you thought it was safe to trawl through the columns section, your favourite angry Scotsman makes his return to Tie-Up Wrestling! It’s been a while since I’ve posted on the site. Mark and Emma know why, but a few of you have been wondering, so I suppose I’d better explain things before I get on with today’s topic.

On The Road Again - The Best Decision TNA Have Ever Made

Fear not wrestling fans… Tie-Up Wrestling’s about to get its usual dose of sarcasm, swearing and comedy from yours truly! Hopefully you’re all excited about the Road to LockDown, as well as enjoying TNA’s Impact tapings from the UK. The eagle-eyed amongst you might have noticed Mark and Emma gracing your TV screens when the Manchester shows were televised. They had ringside tickets in case you didn’t know…

The Baby Jesus of British Wrestling

Rockstar Spud, real name James Curtin, is now well on his way to becoming a household name in the UK; you guys in the good ol' USA will soon be finding out just how talented this little man is as he has just signed a contract with Total Non-stop Action (TNA) Wrestling. Here I will give you a brief backstory of his career and hopefully give you more reason to love Spud.

Tie Up Transmissions! Episde 002

We have been working hard at Tie Up and are now very proud to announce Tie Up Transmissions Episode 02!!

TUT is something which we are still testing out and will hopefully be bringing to you every fortnight. Please bear with us as we do have a few minor teething problems again in this episode, which we have a few ideas on how to fix them for next time.

Mr Hogan? Come in Mr Hogan… Your time is up

Welcome along to my first post here on Tie-Up in God knows how long. I’ll not lie. I’ve been hell of a busy and I’ve barely had enough time to write elsewhere. I’ve still been here though.

Hopefully you’ll have heard the first-ever episode of Tie-Up Transmissions that Mark and Emma posted the other week. Basically, Mark and I sit down and shoot the shit about TNA. Sometimes there’s swearing, there’s nearly always sarcasm, and we talk about the good, and bad, in TNA. I’ll post the episode again at the bottom of this post if, for some reason, you’ve missed it. There’ll be another episode on the site soon.

TNA British Boot Camp - And the Winner is…

Last night saw the final of TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp and what a final it was! Joel Ross of Wrestle Talk TV tweeted to say “Loved #tnabritishbootcamp…And yes I did cry”; we didn’t cry but emotions were certainly running high. 

TNA British Boot Camp - The Final

Tomorrow sees the final of TNA British Boot Camp. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed the show and hope that there will be more seasons in the future to give other British wrestlers the amazing opportunity which "Party" Marty Scurll, Rockstar Spud and The Blossom Twins have been given.

Tie Up Transmissions! Episde 001

We have been working hard at Tie Up and are now very proud to announce Tie Up Transmissions!

TUT is something which we are testing out and will hopefully be bringing to you every fortnight. Please bear with us as we do have a few minor teething problems in this episode, which we can most likely fix by teaching Mark some mic holding skills; but it is our very first go at it and he did a good job of multitasking.

TNA Presents Genesis 2013 - Predictions

Welcome to 2013 and the first TNA PPV of the year. Below we have our predictions as to who we think will win each of the matches during the event, and as always feel free to add your own predictions.

TNA PPV Announcement

TNA have announced that they will be changing the format of their PPV business for 2013. The weekly episodes of Impact which are shown here in the UK on Sundays on Challenge TV will lead to four, Pay-Per-View events which will be live and promise to be on an epic scale, commencing with “Genesis” on January 13^th, “Lockdown” on March 10^th, “Slammiversary” on June 9^th and “Bound For Glory” on October 13^th in America and a few days later here.

TUW's End of Year TNA Awards

Welcome to the first ever End of Year TNA Awards on Tie Up Wrestling. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for taking the time to read and comment on our blogs and we’d also like to wish you and your families health, wealth and happiness for 2013.

TNA in 2012: The Good, The Bad and the Downright Ugly!

Welcome along my last blog on Tie-Up before the Christmas period! Cheers to everyone who commented on my article about Jeff Hardy last week. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who isn't a fan of the Charismatic Liability! Moving on, I figured that this was the best time to do a review of TNA’s 2012 and you can guess from the title I’m gonna be talking about the good, the bad and the downright ugly. I’m not gonna spoil anything here, but TNA have had a far better year overall than WWE. In terms of match quality, storylines, flow of the show and outstanding PPV cards, TNA’s clearly had a fantastic year.

Why I Wouldn't Have Put The TNA World Title Back on Jeff Hardy

What’s up doc? Wait, think I channelled Bugs Bunny there! What I meant to say was, how’s it going folks? Thanks a lot for everyone who took the time to comment on my last TNA article. It’s great to get feedback and create talking points.

For those of you unfamiliar with my work, I try to put across my opinions on the wrestling business. I don’t pretend to be an expert. I’m just a fan with a way to put my point across. I should probably also say that sometimes, I like to be controversial. I’ve been known to stir up some sh*t in my time. A prime example was a rant on one of TNA’s Gutcheck contestants on a recent episode of SLTD Radio. Like it or not, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and I’m not someone who’ll hold back in case I offend someone. Mark knows what I’m talking about! Haha..

TNA Presents Final Resolution 2012 - Predictions

With Final Resolution airing in America tonight, a few of us have got together to give our predictions on what we can see happening during the show again.

Why Roode will lose at Final Resolution

Written by: @Sportsmama32 

We’ve seen predictions from Sam here at Tie Up Wrestling, and now we are excited to be able to share her very first wrestling post with you all. We hope that you enjoy reading it as much as we did. Please leave a comment at the bottom of the page and share it with all of the other wrestling fans out there.

The IT Factor of Professional Wrestling

Written by: Tie Up Wrestling

Bobby Roode (born Robert F. Roode, Jr) started his professional wrestling career the same way as all wrestlers do, by training at a Pro Wrestling School. Roode was trained by, some say the legend, Sean 'Val Venus' Morley and after just a year of training Roode knew that he was ready for the big time. He made his pro wrestling debut for a Canadian independent in June of 1998; and in the years which followed, between 1998 and 2004, he wrestled for other various promotions around the world including, Peurto Rico, Germany and Japan, and even had several dark matches for the WWE. In 2004 TNA saw something in him and gave him his first 'big' break by singing him to a TNA contract. Why is all of this important? Because this is just the start of, I believe, professional wrestling’s greatest star of recent years.

Did going live have an Impact on TNA?

Welcome to my first blog here on TUW. I've known Mark for a wee while now, so when the chance came up to do some blogs for him, I couldn't refuse, so first, here's a little background on me. I've been a wrestling fan for over 20 years and you might have stumbled across some of my writing before. I’m quite opinionated and not afraid to stir things up, so if that’s the kind of thing you’re into, then good stuff! It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, watch out! Haha…

TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp

Written by: Tie Up Wrestling 

Since the announcement that there is to be a TNA Wrestling: British Boot Camp, which was made back on September 1st 2012 at the TNA UK Fan Party, we have been keeping our eyes peeled for a launch date; and moments before Impact Wrestling was shown on Sunday 11th November, we finally found out when we will get to see the Challenge TV exclusive!

TNA Presents Turning Point 2012 - Predictions

With Turning Point airing in America tonight, a few of us have got together to give our predictions on what we can see happening during the show. Creative may have nothing for Colt Cabana but we’ve given Phil a packed schedule; therefore he has been a man of few words on this occasion, but what he does say matters.

The State of TNA Address

Written by: Tie Up Wrestling

So, with all the talk of a WWE State of Address going on a few weeks ago, I thought that it would be an interesting idea to address the TNA locker room and give my thoughts on the company. So let's start at the top of the company (show wise) with Hulk Hogan.