[TNA] Dusty Rhodes Update

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According to many sources, don’t be surprised if Dusty Rhodes is out as booker sometime in the future. At this point, it seems that both sides will be happy when that time comes. Many say that Dusty is unhappy that his legs are being cut from under him and that he is taking all the heat for ideas that aren’t his (such as the idea for Lockdown) when others in the company were responsible for these ideas. The biggest complaint from those in the company say that Rhodes will do what he wants and will not take ideas from others. Reports say that Rhodes told the X-Division workers that he would mainly focus on them (which was a huge morale boost) and then did nothing to back up his statement (which was a huge morale decrease), although he did give Christopher Daniels his biggest push to date. At the last Impact! taping, many of Dustys ideas were taken out of the equation.

Another major change over the last week was the announcement of a new Vice President for the company, Frank Dickerson, who is a major higher-up executive for Panda Energy with a legal background. A number of people have commented over the last several days that this announcement is a sign that Panda Energy is finallyserious about making major moves in order to put the company on the map.

The word is that TNA is hoping to get on Spike TV, with WGN being a backup plan. Many in the company felt very positive on the presentation they gave to the Spike TV executives several weeks ago. The feeling is that something needs to happen quickly if they are going to be able to take advantage of the fall season.

As of right now, there are no planned PPV dates beyong this June’s Third Anniversary show at Universal Studios. The July PPV is said to be announced in the near future.

AJ Styles is set for a huge push over the next several months.

Although his deal expired sometime back, Sonjay Dutt has been added back to the TNA Superstars page on their website. Dutt is being brought back due to the new emphasis on the X-Division.

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