Various: Tenille Dashwood on In-Ring Career Future, Two Titles Matches Announced for TNA Rebellion 2024, Dark Side of the Ring Ratings, Indies

Mar 15, 2024

Tenille Dashwood Comments on Future of Her In-Ring Career & Being Disappointed Over Her Last WWE Run and Release

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured Tenille Dashwood as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Dashwood’s thoughts about her emotions when she was released from WWE for a second time in September of 2023.

“It was a rough day. I will say, since I returned to WWE, it was definitely a thought and goal of mine to be able to do a big show in my home country, and even attend in general on a tour. It was something I asked many times about when I was there. ‘When is the next tour?’ They hadn’t been for years because of the lack of travel and restrictions for years. Basically, I kept asking and thought it wasn’t happening. It was kind of a surprise when I saw that tweet that there was a show happening there. I still hadn’t been told by anyone. I thought, ‘Wow, what a dream to be able to wrestle there.’ Throughout the next few hours, we kept hearing people were getting released. I can’t say….we were basically expecting calls at that point. We were in that position where we thought we were going to get released, and then we did.”

Dashwood also gave her thoughts about the future of her wrestling career.

“I will say, I was a little disappointed with that last run, and a little upset with how things went. I do think I have a lot more to contribute and I had very high hopes when I returned, it just didn’t turn out the way that I would have liked. In saying that, we did see it as a positive, we just weren’t being used, so it was, ‘Okay, let’s go do the things we want.’ That has been very exciting. At this point, we’re focusing on that. We do have a tour in Australia that we’ve committed to. Some autograph signings and a match. Past that, we’re focusing on other things right now. I can’t imagine ever fully stepping away from wrestling. It’s been my dream since I was a little girl and it’s the only thing I really wanted to do. I’m so glad I’ve gone after it and had the career that I’ve had. It would be hard for me to say, ‘I’m done with wrestling.’ In that same instance, I’m not actively pursuing anything or don’t have a plan moving forward at this point.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Nic Nemeth vs. Moose for TNA World Title and Speeball Mountain vs. The System for TNA Tag Titles Announced for TNA Rebellion 2024

TNA Wrestling announced the first two official matches for the card of their Rebellion 2024 event, which takes place on April 20th at the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada.

The first new match announced was a TNA World Championship match of Nic Nemeth vs. Moose (c).

BREAKING: Following the conclusion of #TNAiMPACT, @milanmiracle has made it OFFICIAL – @TheMooseNation will defend the TNA World Championship against @NicTNemeth at #Rebellion on April 20 LIVE on PPV and TNA+ from the Palms in Las Vegas.

TICKETS: https://t.co/LoHD9RgGqz pic.twitter.com/kLnO6gj6UY
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) March 15, 2024

The second new match announced was a TNA World Tag Team Championship match of Speedball Mountain (“Speedball” Mike Bailey & Trent Seven) vs. The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) (c).

BREAKING: Following the end of iMPACT! @milanmiracle has made it OFFICIAL – @TheEddieEdwards and @Myers_Wrestling defend the World Tag Team Titles against @SpeedballBailey and @trentseven at #Rebellion on April 20 from the Palms in Las Vegas.

TICKETS: https://t.co/LoHD9RgGqz pic.twitter.com/D4NhvrpyWJ
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) March 15, 2024

Current card for TNA Rebellion 2024:

TNA World Championship match – Nic Nemeth vs. Moose (c)
TNA World Tag Team Championship match of Speedball Mountain (“Speedball” Mike Bailey & Trent Seven) vs. The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) (c)

Dark Side of the Ring Ratings – March 12, 2024

Tuesday’s episode of Dark Side of the Ring drew 121,000 viewers on VICE TV, down from last week’s season premiere episode 141,000 viewers.

It drew a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demographic, down from last week’s season premiere 0.05 rating.

This episode focused on Marcus “Buff” Bagwell.

Source: Spoiler TV

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Friday’s New Japan Cup 2024 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Osaka, Japan featured Yota Tsuji and Ren Narita advancing to the Quarterfinal round of this year’s New Japan Cup tournament.

Thursday’s ROH TV show for Ring of Honor featured Billie Starkz and Mercedes Martinez advancing to the Semifinal round of the on-going ROH Women’s World Television Championship tournament.

Former Lucha Libre AAA talents Toxin, Arez, and Latigo recently announced on Instagram that they will now be known under the new trios team name of Mala Fama going forward. The team was previously known as Los Vipers during their time in AAA.

GalaxyCon recently announced that Sting will be making an appearance at their GalaxyCon Richmond convention on March 16th in Richmond, Virginia. This will be Sting’s first wrestling-related appearance since his retirement match at AEW’s Revolution 2024 event earlier this month.

House of Glory recently announced that AAA talent Psycho Clown will be making his official debut for the company at their Cinco De Mayo event on May 5th in New York City, New York.

Walemania recently announced that Shelton Benjamin will be the official Guest of Honor for this year’s Walemania Philadelphia event on April 4th in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

As noted before, former WWE talent Velveteen Dream, real name Patrick Clark, wrestled at an indie event for Dynasty Wrestling this past February. Dream’s surprise appearance and match at the event led to a lot of negative backlash towards the company over their booking of Dream. In a recent interview with Bucklebomb Entertainment, Dynasty promoter Chris Envy defended his decision to book Dream for the event. Envy stated “Very rarely do I get starstruck. Shawn Michaels, I was starstruck when I met him backstage, and Velveteen Dream. Huge star. The charisma, the presence. Talking to Patrick Clark, he is not that person at all. He is so quiet, soft spoken, and humble. He is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. We spent a couple hours together that day. He was so nice, one of the nicest people. We’re not friends, we exchange texts and posts, but I see him as a friend. He was so nice. He was one of the last people to leave. He was breaking down chairs. He said hello to everybody, he took pictures, class act all around.” Envy also claimed that Rita Chatterton was supportive of Dream’s appearance at the event. Envy stated “We got a lot of flack because we also had Rita Chatterton on the same show. She was in the news for other things as well. She was super supportive of Velveteen. Super supportive. She was like, ‘He’s such a nice guy.’ They were shoulder to shoulder, there was nothing uncomfortable about the situation. She told me to give him her number and have him reach out to her because he needs people who are going to support him. All these people that are coming at me, ‘you’re not family entertainment.’ It’s easy to say that, but if I had Vince McMahon on my next show, all those clowns would still be buying tickets.” Envy also claimed that other promoters have recently contacted him wanting to book Dream for their shows. (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that Matt Cardona will be making an appearance for the company at their The Wrld On Lucha 2024 event on May 5th in Jersey City, New Jersey.

GCW also recently announced one new match for the card of their The Block Is Hot event on March 24th in Rochester, New York: