Impact Tapings Notes
TNA will be taping the January 16th and January 23rd episodes of Impact Wrestling tonight at New York’s Manhattan Center. The Hardys versus The Wolves had been previously announced for tonight, and TNA will also record the free-to-air TNA Lockdown special.
New TNA announcer Josh Mathews will continue to use the same name, as well as same spelling, as he did while he was with WWE. There was some concern that Mathews, real name Josh Lomberger, would use a different name but this is not the case since he appeared on TNA TV with the same name.
Mathews had debuted in WWE as “Josh Matthews” in 2002, but later changed it to the spelling with one ‘t’ (Mathews).
Several fan chants were edited from last night’s show, including the fans telling MVP to ‘shut the f*ck up’ during the opening segment, as well as chanting ‘bullshit’ after Bobby Lashley had won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Dixie Carter Comments On Impact
TNA President Dixie Carter recently commented on last night’s episode of Impact Wrestling, the premiere edition on Destination America.
Carter was not in attendance because she is in Los Angeles to attend the Television Critics Association Press Tour on behalf of Destination America. Carter will speak at the TCA presser later today, but added the following about last night’s show:
AMAZING night!!! And tomorrow, I get to tell the whole world about it at the TCA media tour in LA! Thanks for watching! #DestinationIMPACT
— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) January 8, 2015
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TNA will tape the January 16th and the January 23rd episodes of Impact Wrestling tonight from the Manhattan Center in New York City. We will have live spoiler coverage around 7pm EST. The Hardys vs. The Wolves has been announced for tonight’s tapings. If you’re attending tonight’s tapings and would like to help with live spoilers, please e-mail me.
It appears former WWE announcer Josh Mathews will be keeping that name and spelling now that he’s in TNA. The name is used on his social media pages and TNA’s official website. Mathews debuted as an interviewer on WWE TV in December 2002 with an extra “T” in his last name but had it changed in early 2003.
