Various: Beyond Wrestling Suspends Executive Producer Jon Roy for Derogatory Language & Roy Claims He was Fired, TNA Slammiversary 2024 TV Taping Start Time Change, Mike Santana

Jun 6, 2024

Beyond Wrestling Indefinitely Suspends Executive Producer Jon Roy Over Derogatory Language & Roy Claims He Was Fired

Beyond Wrestling owner Drew Cordeiro announced earlier today on Twitter that he has indefinitely suspended Beyond Executive Producer Jon Roy from the company over issues related to derogatory language used by Roy.

Effective immediately I have indefinitely suspended our executive producer Jon Roy.

Our code of conduct states derogatory language will not be tolerated.

I'll address this further when my schedule allows.

-Drew
— Beyond Wrestling (@beyondwrestling) June 6, 2024

Following Beyond’s statement, Roy responded on Twitter claiming that he was not suspended but fired from the company instead.

I got fired, so I’m sure all 8 people that got mad at me are still going to support their local favorites because I won’t be there. https://t.co/RIVtMD564t
— Jon Roy (@RealShortname) June 6, 2024

In follow-up tweets, Roy stated that his firing was due to him making an inappropriate joke towards someone that was not meant to be transphobic but apologizes for how his joke came across and to the person he made the joke to.

I made an inappropriate joke at the expense of someone who didn’t deserve it. It wasn’t meant to be transphobic but there’s no arguing that’s how it came across, and hurt people that I didn’t mean to hurt. No excuse. I don’t hate people for who they are…
— Jon Roy (@RealShortname) June 6, 2024

So on a personal note to Ry ncrypted, I’m sorry. You’ve done nothing wrong to me. I’m not expecting forgiveness. To the ones threatening violence, congratulations, you’ve done nothing.
— Jon Roy (@RealShortname) June 6, 2024

TNA Announces Start Time Change for Slammiversary 2024 Fallout TV Taping

TNA Wrestling recently announced that they have made a change to the start time for their upcoming Slammiversary 2024 Fallout Impact! television taping on July 21st at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

It was announced that this upcoming Impact! taping will now take place at an earlier start time of 5PM EST.

Official press release:

TNA Wrestling Announces Time Change For Sunday, July 21 Show In Montreal
TNA Wrestling today confirmed the time change for the start of the second show in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Sunday, July 21.
The show will now start at 5 p.m. EST, with the doors to Verdun Auditorium opening at 3:45 p.m.
The Sunday show in Montreal will feature all the fallout from Slammiversary, which is Saturday, July 20, in Montreal – and the in-ring action Sunday will be taped for upcoming episodes of the company’s flagship weekly TV show that airs at 8 p.m. EST every Thursday (AXS TV in the U.S., Fight Network in Canada).
Slammiversary on Saturday, July 20^th marks the first TNA shows in Montreal since 2011. Slammiversary will air live around the world on pay-per-view with every TNA championship on the line.
All the TNA stars will be in Montreal, led by hometown heroes PCO and “Speedball” Mike Bailey, along with reigning World Champion Moose, Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace and X Division Champion Mustafa Ali. In addition, the Montreal shows will feature Matt Hardy, Nic Nemeth, Joe Hendry, Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, Josh Alexander, Brian Myers, Santino Marella, Steph De Lander, Ash By Elegance and many more.
Tickets for both Montreal shows are now on-sale at www.tnawrestling.com.

Mike Santana on His Battle with Alcohol Addiction & Letter that Changed Everything for His Life

Denise Salcedo held a recent interview with TNA Wrestling talent Mike Santana. One of the topics discussed included Santana’s thoughts about his battle with alcohol addiction following his father’s passing in January of 2020.

“A lot of the things that I dealt with in my life, I kept inside, and I never dealt with (them). And when my dad passed away, it was like, finally the soda bottle that I was shaking exploded.
I couldn’t last more than a day or two without self-medicating because my body was already used to it. And that’s when (I went), ‘Alright, I have a problem.’ Dealing with shame and dealing with the guilt, I didn’t speak about it to anybody. I was able to hide it. And then finally, when I got hurt, I’m home now. And by that point, I was already an addict and there was no way of hiding it anymore. And being out for days on end, disappearing, that’s when I was like, ‘Alright, yeah. It’s an issue.”

Santana also stated that a letter his daughter wrote to Santa Claus wishing that her father would stop drinking was the moment that he knew he had hit rock bottom. Santana also stated that this letter saved his life and caused him to turn things around and ask for help and go to rehab for his alcoholism.

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com