[Jayson]

We have one for the WWE, now we have one for TNA.

[Jayson]

Breaking News: Kurt Angle Found Not Guilty

Report by TNAWrestlingNews.com Staff on 09/15/2009 at 02:02 PM


Kurt Angle, Pittsburgh's Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling champion, was found not guilty of harassment and other charges were dropped on Tuesday stemming from the alleged stalking of his ex-live-in girlfriend.

Angle, 40, was arrested last month, shortly after Trenesha Biggers, 26, got a protection from abuse order against him in Moon Township and had police officers remove him from his house.
Biggers did not comment as she left district court on Tuesday, but Angle and his lawyer answered media questions for about two minutes.

The arrest happened in Robinson Township, where police said Biggers claimed Angle was stalking and harassing her by driving around the parking lot while she was at Starbucks Coffee in Robinson Towne Center.

District Judge Carla Swearingen cleared Angle on the harassment charge related to the PFA order, and Angle is living at home again while Biggers has moved out.

Dismissed by the judge were charges of driving with a suspended license -- stemming from Angle's refusal of a breath test on an unrelated DUI charge that he beat at trial in 2007 -- and drug possession related to two vials of human growth hormone in Angle's car at the time of his arrest last month. Angle said he has a prescription for HGH and uses it for an ongoing condition related to previous neck injuries from wrestling.

Angle holds the heavyweight championship belt for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Biggers is also a wrestler and works infrequently for TNA under the name "Rhaka Khan."

In an exclusive interview days after his arrest, Angle told WTAE Channel 4's Michelle Wright that he was going to a hotel near the Starbucks after police made him leave his house and Biggers just happened to be there at the same time. Breaking into tears, he said spending nine hours in the Allegheny County Jail was the lowest point of his life.

Angle became emotional again on Tuesday as he spoke to reporters outside the courtroom, saying he opened his home to Biggers and his generosity was taken advantage of.

"I will continue to live my life by the law, as I always have," Angle said.

A separate hearing will be held next month in Moon on the PFA and a simple assault charge that was filed to obtain the protection order.

Angle has said that he never physically harmed Biggers and doesn't know why she filed for a PFA order against him.

[King Gizzard]

there could just be one big wrestling one

[King Gizzard]

[Novo]

thought he was back for a minute

[Enid]

Originally Posted by .Andy.

thought he was back for a minute

me too *sigh*

[Stu]

Ah what a beautiful minuet it was.

[King Gizzard]

It would appear that TNA is saying goodbye to the six-sided ring as a traditional four-sided ring is set up in the Impact! Zone for tonight's Genesis pay-per-view.

The company had been using the six-sided ring since debuting at Universal Studios in June 2004 for their first iMPACT! taping.

We expect to have a photo of TNA's new 4-sided ring later today. We have Mike Shalik on-scene and will get a picture up on the site as soon as he's inside the building.

[Jayson]

That sucks so hard. The 6 sided ring made it epically good for high flyers like the Machine Guns and Amazing Red.

And what's gonna happen to the 6-sides of steel? or the steel asylum?

Now they're both gonna be boring and exactly the same as other companies.

Bad move IMO, hopefully they're only having the 4-sided ring for Genesis.

[King Gizzard]

Theyre getting rid of that big red cage as well hogan wants it gone

hogans trying to sell out tna lol

[Ramsay]

sell outs

[Jayson]

Omfg I hate that old bastard so much.

I bet Vinnie Mac hired him to secretly destroy TNA from the inside outwards.

[King Gizzard]

Would rather not have the nWo story as well got bored of that when it was in wwe

[Jayson]

Yeah. Tbh I think TNA are trying too hard to beat WWE. They're too busy changing everything to make it the same as the WWE, that they're losing the company's attraction in the process.

TNA should just stick to what it does best. Wrestling. Leave the promo's and acting to the WWE.

[Stu]

TNA need to be a viable competitor to the WWE. I'm all for drama and promos as long as they are good - something the WWE have not been doing for the longest time. The idea that the 6 sided ring made TNA any different is a joke. Who judges a product by it's ring? It just looked like a toy and it drew in zero additional fans during it's run.

I'm just happy to see a traditional looking, admittedly 90's esque, wrestling product on television again. I feel for the past few years WWE have really overproduced certain aspects of the shows. Save the spotlights and lighting up the crowd for WrestleMania, not Raw every week. Ditto with the ambient lighting all over the shop. I know it's all fake but the idea that Kane aranged in advance to have his locker room bask in a red glow each week is a bit of a tough pill to swallow. TNA looks 'raw'. It looks like a wrestling show on TV should look. WWE looks far too cleaned up in the aesthetic sense.

TNA need to go to war and appeal to the masses. Not a bunch of wank happy smarks who don't appreciate the free entrance to the building. Since the Hogan arrival, I actually want to watch iMPACT. I don't care how old the Nasty Boyz are, they are more entertaining than 90% of the other jumping beans on the roster. In fact, I wish The Band blew up the 6 sided ring and had Jerry Sags **** on the remains of it. Now that's television.

[Stu]

Yeah apparently the 6 sided one was shipped over early and they can't be arsed swapping them around.

[Jayson]

Does AJ turn heel at Genesis?

I'm literally just about to watch it.

[Jayson]

TNA social group.

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...php?groupid=91

[Stu]

If you watch the intro thing to WWE they have replaced the shot of Hogan with a shot of Ted DiBiase. I really don't like how WWE view there wrestlers not as humans, but as 'characters' on a TV show. Leave the WWE, and they will pretend you and your character no longer exist. It's really quiet childish.

[Jayson]

Yeah, they changed it to "everyone has a price".

They also stopped advertising Hulk's DVD.

[Jayson]

Great episode of Impact. Re-creating the Montreal Screwjob was a good idea. I liked how Kurt was swearing and saying how he'll go back to the WWE for the entire thing, lmao.

[King Gizzard]

Originally Posted by Jayson

Great episode of Impact. Re-creating the Montreal Screwjob was a good idea. I liked how Kurt was swearing and saying how he'll go back to the WWE for the entire thing, lmao.

first the ring, then the red dome, then doing house shows..the only thing left it needed to ruinitself was a screwjob

sold out

[Jayson]

Originally Posted by Nathan

first the ring, then the red dome, then doing house shows..the only thing left it needed to ruinitself was a screwjob

sold out

I think it's a good idea to get some WWE vs. TNA stuff actually on the air, and for TNA to completely thieve the WWE's oldest happening. I'm just waiting for WWE to mention TNA now.

And with the Steel Asylum (if that's what you're talking about)... I think the actual matches were so brutal (like Elijah Burke's debut) that it didn't matter about the obscured view. I'd rather the concept still be used really.

I hope TNA doesn't start doing films and making shitty shirts made out of 100% crap with their wrestlers names on them for people to buy. Then they will have sold out.

[arista]

Yes Fired Mick Foley
as he smashed Bishoff on the head.


They are getting more Wrestlers join
now Hogan is Co running bookings.

[Stu]

The red dome was universally regarded by everyone in the industry as a disaster. It looked terrible on the hard camera. Cutting the house shows was a smart move as TNA was not drawing in America and the house shows actually lost them money.