TNA Re-Signs Madison Rayne

TNA executive John Gaburick posted the following on Twitter today, confirming that Madison Rayne has re-signed with TNA…

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One of the most decorated Knockout Champions in history inks new deal! Congratulations Madison Rayne!

 

Opinionated View- Thrilled to hear this. Madison is a very talented wrestler and had a great return in 2014 can't wait to see what she does in 2015.

 

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Three Matches Set for TNA Lockdown

The annual "Lockdown" Steel Cage Pay-Per-View event will take place on March 9 from Miami, Florida at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com

STEEL CAGE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Magnus vs. Samoa Joe

STEEL CAGE LETHAL LOCKDOWN
Team MVP (MVP, ?,?,?) vs. Team Dixie (Bobby Roode, ?,?,?)

STEEL CAGE KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim 

More matches to be announced on IMPACT 

Opinionated View- Great card so far. Gail and Madison have had some good matches and I can't wait to see them in a cage. The Lethal Lockdown should be awesome and we got potential from some great names like the Wolves, Gunner, Aries.  And the world title should be amazing Magnus has really come into his own as champion and Joe has that fire again. 

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Former TNA Knockout Madison Rayne Gives Brith

From Madison Rayne's Twitter

So guess what?! This week @Reaper_3 and I became parents!!!! Life = amazing beyond words!!! Our little girl is happy and healthy at home!!!

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Madison Rayne Comments on TNA Departure

Former TNA Knockout Madison Rayne, who was released by the company a few weeks ago, has posted a new blog talking about her TNA departure and the backlash from fans afterwards due to the fact she is currently pregnant with her first child. Here is an excerpt from the blog:

Let me first reiterate, *I was not released from my contract on bad terms, with any ill feelings, or with the slightest bit of regret for giving everything I had to Impact Wrestling for 4 1/2 years!* I’ve had what seems like an endless number of tweets lately telling me that I need to go wrestle elsewhere, and people cannot believe I got fired because I was pregnant. Y’all, as much as I appreciate the support and the fact that people were affected enough by my release to generate some sort of emotion, please don’t stress over it. I’m surely not. As cliche as it may sound, if I am meant to be back in a wrestling ring on television, God will put me back there. And I have this overwhelming feeling that He will, but for right now I’m so excited and so looking forward to being a mommy and bringing the next generation of Queen Bee into the world.

Opinionated View- I have my hopes Madison will be back in TNA at some point. She's always been one of my favorite Knockouts. 

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TNA Cuts Several Talents From the Roster.

TNA has released former Gutcheck winners Taeler Hendrix and Christian York. TNA has also released former independent stand-out Joey Ryan from his contract.

Ryan was part of an angle with Al Snow last year that led to a match at Bound for Glory. Hendrix made very few appearances for TNA after winning the Gutcheck, last appearing a few weeks ago against Mickie James. York hasn't been seen on TV in a couple of months, his most notable appearance was a PPV match at the January Genesis PPV, losing to Kenny King. 

The most well known name cut was Madison Rayne. Rayne has been with the company since 2009. Rayne held the knockouts title four times. She is currently out due to be pregnant with her first child.

According to multiple wrestling media sources, the releases made by TNA today were due to budget cuts that have been going on for a while now due to the added expenses of producing Impact on the road and recent executive departures.

Opinionated View- First this is sadly how business works and it sucks when it happens. I'm ok with TNA making cuts put honestly I would have held on to all of these talents over a few TNA has on the roster. But I'm not making these calls. As for the budget stuff I know some sites will no doubt start the "Sky is falling" talk.