Brock Lesnar has held discussions with Dixie Carter as Kurt Angle continues to try and finalise a deal for him with TNA. Lesnar had previously tried to land a Mick Foley sort of deal with WWE, where he would only be contracted to a couple of PPVs per year. Paul Heyman also tried to get him back in WWE last year to take over from Big Show as the dominant heel in ECW. Vince McMahon wanted nothing to do with Lesnar and still doesn’t, having been burned not just by the way he left in 2004 but because they thought he was returning in 2005 and then he chose New Japan instead. Dave Meltzer believes TNA have offered him a six-figure sum for a part-time deal and that Sable may be involved too, perhaps leading to a feud with Kurt and Karen Angle. He is also reporting that Karen is well-liked in TNA, despite issues some may have with the amount of TV time she gets. Her recent on-air companion is John Cena’s cousin, Trademarc. He is good friends with Kurt in real life and has apparently had a falling out with Cena.
Kip James has major heat with TNA. When he was taken off the schedule for a recent tapings session he started complaining really loudly about how they are wasting their money on Pacman Jones and the like instead of pushing their wrestlers.
Pacman Jones and Ron Killings have reportedly become good friends and are considering doing a rap album together. When Jones found out that Killings was not staying at the Doubletree Hotel with the main TNA stars he complained to Jeff Jarrett. They then set up Killings with a room and planned to take the cost out of his salary, only for Jones to complain again so it was comped for Killings.
Speaking of Jarrett, the Wrestling Observer says that his relationship with his father Jerry is so bad that he didn’t even attend the funeral of his wife Jill.
Vito was backstage at Hard Justice, looking for a deal. He is an old friend of Vince Russo’s and wants to do a Muay Thai gimmick.
Meltzer is also reporting that Jim Cornette is starting to get more and more upset with TNA’s current direction.
Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 27 August 2007 (click here for subscription information)
