[TNA] Promotion Teams with World Champions

The Chicago White Sox and TNA Wrestling have joined forces to honor the team’s Player of the Game for the 2006 season with a championship belt that the players will pass around to the daily hero.

The Belt was officially presented to the White Sox by TNA wrestler Chris Sabin and TNA announcer Mike Tenay during a spring training ceremony in Tucson, Ariz. Highlights of the belt presentation will air this Saturday, March 11, on TNA iMPACT! (Spike-TV, 11 p.m. ET)

White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski aligned with TNA Wrestling last December for a pay-per-view in Orlando, Fla. He was the “manager” for the victorious team of Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Dale Torborg over the Diamonds In The Rough, the team of Simon Diamond, David Young and Elix Skipper. Torborg, a strength and conditioning coach for the White Sox, is a former pro wrestler and the son of former major leaguer Jeff Torborg.

Pierzynski’s crew grabbed the victory over the Diamonds In The Rough when Pierzynski hit Diamond over the head with a home plate that he had been given by fellow major leaguer Johnny Damon, who was sitting in the front row.

“I’m speechless right now,” Pierzynski said when presented with the belt. “On behalf of the White Sox and the whole organization, including myself, I want to thank TNA for everything you’ve done. With this belt, I’m going to make a presentation after every game to the Player of the Game. Whoever has the best game gets to carry it around for the night, but one thing, it’s going to be in my locker a whole lot.”