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Source: iMPACTWrestling.com Preview Thursday’s IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV from Tampa, Florida, at the NEW START TIME OF 9/8c – one hour later! Make sure to set your DVR for the new start time! - Thursday’s broadcast will feature the final countdown to Slammiversary with a huge main event match that will start the broadcast at 9/8c: “The Icon” Sting will team with Joseph Park to battle World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray and Devon of The Aces and Eights! With just days before Slammiversary, will all hell break loose when Sting and Park battle one of the greatest tandems in wrestling history in Team 3D? Will Bully Ray try to eliminate Sting before their World Title main event? With Joseph Park in action – will “The Monster” Abyss make another unexpected appearance? Don’t miss the opening to Thursday’s broadcast! - After spoiling the patching-in ceremony by the Aces and Eights this past week, AJ Styles will be in action on Thursday against Mr. Anderson! However, plenty of questions still surround Styles – despite burning the Aces, AJ also blasted Kurt Angle! After being made a fool, will Anderson try to get revenge on Styles? Will AJ explain his actions from this past week? Just when we think we know the answers – AJ changes the question! - Also on IMPACT, it will be mixed tag team action with Chris Sabin and Taryn Terrell taking on X Division Champion Kenny King and Gail Kim -Also, a HUGE 8 man tag team match will occur this Thursday on IMPACT as Chavo Guerrero, Hernandez, James Storm, and Gunner team to take on Bobby Roode, Austin Aries, Daniels, and Kazarian. - Plus, more news and updates on Slammiversary, Thursday on SpikeTV at the NEW START TIME of 9/8c!

CHAIR SHOT REALITY— presented by JPI LAW EPISODE 178 segment 3... - "Eyes Of Isenberg" talking about stables in WWE. What counts as a stable, what doesn't and what doesn't work. Eyes of Isenberg theme music courtesy of The Delaneys Click here to see LaBar, Madden & Gulish debate Curtis Axel

Lawler Returns To The Ring WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler will wrestle his first match since suffering a heart attack live on WWE Raw last year. Lawler will be in a team alongside Dory Funk Jr., Johnny Magnum and Jessica "Power-House" Hill to face Cory "Wild" Weston, Quinton "Drop-Back" Hitchcock, Romero Youngblood and Hollywood Heather. Prior to his match, Dory Funk Jr. will present Lawler the Funking Conservatory's highest honor, The "Fighting Heart" Award. The event is taking place in Ocala, Florida and Funk is the promoter of the company. Del Rio Celebrates Birthday Former World Heavyweight Champion and WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio is celebrating a birthday today. He is turning 36 years old.

In one of the latest videos released for the WWE App, Divas Champion Kaitlyn and AJ Lee open the can of worms that is their former friendship, and it’s not pretty. On top of seeing them trade hyper-personal insults, we learn that their friendship goes back even further than we thought: high school. It all started with AJ confronting Kaitlyn over being attacked by her at Extreme Rules. It quickly escalates into revelations about their friendship: AJ hated Kaitlyn’s grandmother and Kaitlyn never read AJ’s buddy cop screenplay. Needless to say, it’s pretty hilarious from an outside perspective. AJ soon dissolves into tears, and Teddy Long shows up, buying wholeheartedly AJ’s story of being bullied by Kaitlyn. After AJ leaves, Teddy tells Kaitlyn that she needs to be more professional and stop being a bully. Score one for AJ. You can watch the whole video by clicking here. After hearing the “evidence”, are you Team AJ or Team Kaitlyn?

Preview Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING broadcast on SpikeTV from Tampa, Florida, at the NEW START TIME OF 9/8c - one hour later! Make sure to set your DVR for the new start time! - Thursday's broadcast will feature the final countdown to Slammiversary with a huge main event match that will start the broadcast at 9/8c: "The Icon" Sting will team with Joseph Park to battle World Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray and Devon of The Aces and Eights! With just days before Slammiversary, will all hell break loose when Sting and Park battle one of the greatest tandems in wrestling history in Team 3D? Will Bully Ray try to eliminate Sting before their World Title main event? With Joseph Park in action - will "The Monster" Abyss make another unexpected appearance? Don't miss the opening to Thursday's broadcast! - After spoiling the patching-in ceremony by the Aces and Eights this past week, AJ Styles will be in action on Thursday against Mr. Anderson! However, plenty of questions still surround Styles - despite burning the Aces, AJ also blasted Kurt Angle! After being made a fool, will Anderson try to get revenge on Styles? Will AJ explain his actions from this past week? Just when we think we know the answers - AJ changes the question! - Also on IMPACT, it will be mixed tag team action with Chris Sabin and Taryn Terrell taking on X Division Champion Kenny King and Gail Kim -Also, a HUGE 8 man tag team match will occur this Thursday on IMPACT as Chavo Guerrero, Hernandez, James Storm, and Gunner team to take on Bobby Roode, Austin Aries, Daniels, and Kazarian. - Plus, more news and updates on Slammiversary, Thursday on SpikeTV at the NEW START TIME of 9/8c!

WWE Heads to Texas For Raw WWE will return to Austin, Texas in July for WWE Raw. WWE Superstars will be there on July 25th for WWE Raw at the Frank Erwin Center. Tickets went on sale this morning. WWE.com Summer Sale As Memorial Day approaches, WWE.com has added many discounted items in clearance on their shop website. They are selling many DVD's, shirts, Koozies, and more items for over 60 percent off for their summer kickoff. Even some popular DVD's are on sale for as low as 4.99, including The Best of Raw and The Best of Smackdown. Check out WWEShop.com for all of the items that are on sale.

WWE released its updated estimate of buys for WrestleMania, the first official company number, which was 1,048,000 worldwide.

WWE.com posted a Top 10 Ridiculous Retro Entrances on their official website. Below is the video.

SHIMMER Champion Cheerleader Melissa has been named AIDS Walk San Francisco’s first “Walker of the Week”. Melissa, who is an avid supporter of the San Francisco charity event, was profiled on the San Francisco section of the AIDSWalk.net website, and she spoke with them about her history of fundraising. She told the site, “I’ve lost friends and family to this epidemic and the AIDS Walk is an inspirational event for me to celebrate their lives.” The profile notes that she has been a Star Walker for the event for the past five years. Melissa also gives credit to her fans and friends, who help bring in donations to the charity and spread AIDS awareness, saying, “I’m very blessed to have an outstanding fan base of supporters and wonderful friends in the wrestling business to help me spread the message.” Her Twitter account, she says, has been her main source for generating donations, having worked her way up to #6 on the walk’s list of top fundraisers. As of now, Melissa is roughly $200 away from her fundraising goal of $2,000. She has until July 21st to reach her goal, so we encourage Diva Dirt readers to consider sponsoring Melissa in this year’s walk. Click here to sponsor Melissa. The 2013 AIDS Walk San Francisco takes place July 21st.

Courtesy: www.MondayNightMayhem.com Former two-time TNA Knockouts Champion and recording artist, Mickie James, was the featured guest on this week’s all-new edition of the award-winning Monday Night Mayhem, hosted by The Big Mosh & “The Chairman of the Board” Todd Vincent. Become part of The Mayhem Nation on Facebook (at www.Facebook.com/MondayNightMayhem & www.Facebook.com/FeelTheMayhem), and follow “Your Home of Wrestling Radio” on Twitter (at www.Twitter.com/FeelTheMayhem). The former five-time WWE Women’s Champion and former WWE Divas Champion joined The Big Mosh, “The Chairman of the Board” Todd Vincent, and MNM’s National TNA iMPACT Wrestling Correspondent for her highly-anticipated Monday Night Mayhem debut, which is now available for download on the Wrestleview Radio Network: Mickie James/Monday Night Mayhem Interview (MP3 Streaming Audio): http://www.wrestleviewradio.com/WVIP_Preview/mnm052113.mp3 Interview highlights courtesy of WWEDVDNews.com’s Aaron Carnevale, MNM’s National Correspondent: How the release of her new album (“Somebody’s Gonna Pay”) is being received by her peers and by TNA: “They have been really accommodating. TNA got the album a couple days prior to the official release date, and Dixie (Carter) has been totally cool since Day 1. She already knew this is what I wanted to do. They have been amazing.” Why she wants Velvet Sky at 100% for their TNA Knockouts Championship Match this Thursday night: “I a little bit worried because I’m worried about her knee. She wasn’t 100% last time, and I really want to get in there and go. Even if I do win it, I will know that she wasn’t at 100%.” The influence of Trish Stratus on her career: “She taught me so many little things. She is an amazing individual. The fact that she took time out of her moment at her (WWE) Hall of Fame speech to recognize so many women that have been a part of that along the way just shows what kind of person she is.” Much more is contained in Mickie’s first-ever Monday Night Mayhem interview, including her candid thoughts on how being on the road throughout her wrestling career has helped her thus far in the music industry, how TNA has grown over the past decade since she started with the company, what she considers as her top matches/whom she considers her top opponents of all-time, whether or not she has thought about retirement, her plans for after her in-ring career is over, plus so much more! Purchase Mickie’s new album, “Somebody’s Gonna Pay,” at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, FYE, or at Mickie’s official website (located at www.MickieJames.com). Be sure to get the latest “Hardcore Country” updates right now via Mickie’s official Facebook page (located at www.Facebook.com/MickieJames). And if you already aren’t doing so, follow Mickie right now on Twitter (at www.Twitter.com/MickieJames). Celebrate over a decade of Monday Night Mayhem by listening to exclusive interviews with the stars of iMPACT Wrestling (“The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy, TNA World Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero, Jr. & Hernandez, TNA World Television Champion Devon, Austin Aries, “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels/Frankie Kazarian, & Tara), with many more of your your favorite Mayhem memories and moments coming this summer! Don’t miss all-new episodes of Monday Night Mayhem, available for FREE download every Tuesday, along the airwaves of the Wrestleview Radio Network. The post Recent interview with new TNA Knockouts champion Mickie James appeared first on Online World of Wrestling.