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TNA Turkey Bowl
The Impact Turkey Bowl (formerly the TNA Turkey Bowl) is a special match that airs on the Thanksgiving night episode of '' Impact!'' Initially, it was a tournament held in 2007 and 2008 that aired on the Thanksgiving night episode of ''TNA Impact!'', and consisted of three preliminary three-way matches. Each match featured a member of the Heavyweight Division, the X Division, and the Tag Team Division, with the winner of the match going on to the finals. The winner of the finals, also a three-way match, won $25,000. The wrestler who was pinned in the finals was forced to put on a turkey suit. The 2008 Turkey Bowl would be the last until 2011, where it would return, but as a single match going forward. This format lasted until 2016, save for a two year absence, and for the 2017 Turkey Bowl, it was changed to a five-on-five intergender tag team match. Results Total Nonstop Action Wrestling era 2007 The inaugural Turkey Bowl was on the November 13, 2007 Thanksgiving edition of ''TNA I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Philippines. It is also observed in the Netherlander town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. (Similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn, including in Germany and Japan). Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and around the same part of the year in other places. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. History Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among most religions after harvests and at other times of the year. The Thanksgiving hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Woods
Austin Watson (born September 4, 1986) is an American professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Xavier Woods. He appeared on WWE's NXT (WWE brand), NXT brand as one-half of the current NXT Tag Team Champions with Kofi Kingston in their List of NXT Tag Team Champions, first reign. Watson also makes public appearances outside of wrestling under the name Austin Creed. Watson previously worked for Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as Consequences Creed, and was a List of Impact World Tag Team Champions, one-time Impact World Tag Team Championship, TNA World Tag Team Champion with Jay Lethal as Lethal Consequences, The Lethal Consequences. After signing with WWE in 2010, he was assigned to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under the ring name Xavier Woods. FCW was later closed and rebranded as NXT (WWE bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Edwards (wrestler)
Eric Maher (born December 30, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, who is known by the ring name Eddie Edwards. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling where he is a former two-time Impact World Champion, two-time Impact X Division Champion and a five-time Impact World Tag Team Champion with Davey Richards. Edwards has also wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former World Champion, the inaugural Television Champion and a two-time World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as The American Wolves. He won ROH's Survival of the Fittest tournament in November 2010 which propelled him to win the World Championship. His World Championship victory made him the first wrestler to win the ROH Triple Crown and the first wrestler to ever hold both the Impact Wrestling and ROH Triple Crowns. He was also a regular for the Southern California-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and has made several tours of Japan with Pro Wrestling Noah, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Drake
Shaun Ricker (born November 1, 1982) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name LA Knight. Ricker is known for his time in Impact Wrestling as Eli Drake. Ricker has also worked extensively on the U.S. independent wrestling circuit, and has been signed by prominent promotions like Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Ricker began his wrestling career in 2003 on the independent circuit. He later joined the then-NWA-affiliated Championship Wrestling from Hollywood in 2010. After leaving CWFH in 2013, Ricker signed a developmental contract with WWE and performed on its then-developmental territory of NXT as "Slate Randall" before being released in 2014. Ricker then signed with Impact Wrestling (then named Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) in 2015. Ricker found great success in Impact/TNA, holding the Impact Global Championship, the TNA King of the Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Bradley
Bradley Thomas Jay (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in Impact Wrestling under the ring names of Jay Bradley and Aiden O'Shea, and WWE as Ryan Braddock. Professional wrestling career Early career (1999–2005) Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in Chicago, where he trained with wrestlers including CM Punk and Colt Cabana. Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid. He worked for several independent promotions in the Mid-West, most notably for IWA Mid-South, before signing a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). World Wrestling Entertainment (2005 - 2009) Deep South Wrestling (2005–2007) He debuted in WWE's then- developmental territory Deep South Wrestling (DSW) as "The Monster of the Midway" Bradley Jay. During his time in DSW he won the Deep South Heavyweight Championship on three occasions. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grado (wrestler)
Graeme Stevely (born 2 June 1988), better known by the ring name Grado ( ), is a Scottish professional wrestler and actor who plays Alan in ''Two Doors Down'' and is currently signed to Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), where he is a former ICW World Heavyweight Champion. Professional wrestling career Early career (2002–2006) Grado first got into wrestling in 2002. He trained briefly with Red Lightning, Kid Fite, and Drew Galloway at British Championship Wrestling. A few years later he went on to train with the Scottish Wrestling Alliance. He made his debut for them in 2004, under the ring name Grant Dunbar, as part of The Lowlanders with Glen Dunbar. They achieved little success, but held the SWA Tag Team Championships on two occasions. Insane Championship Wrestling (2012–2017) After years of wrestling sporadically and performing as lead singer of Scottish metalcore band Prezident Prime, Grado returned to training at SWA, this time with new head trainer Big Damo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Avalon
Peter Hernandez (born June 14, 1989), better known by the ring name "Pretty" Peter Avalon, is a Cuban-American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his appearances in Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Hernandez has also appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Norv Fernum. Professional wrestling career Early career Avalon debuted November 15, 2008 for the Empire Wrestling Federation against Chris Kadillak in San Bernardino, California in a losing effort. He would debut for the Alternative Wrestling Show early the following year. He would go on to win the Alternative Wrestling Show's Light-Heavyweight Title from T. J. Perkins on April 26, 2009 in Rowland Heights, California. Awarded the new AWS Lightweight Championship at the next show, he would go on to defend the championship amongst wrestlers in the Southern California area like Charles Mercury, Chris Kadillak, and Malachi Jackson. He would beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The BroMans
The BroMans were an American professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which consist of Jessie Godderz, Robbie E, and DJZ. They are two-time TNA World Tag Team Champions. History Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Formation (2013) Robbie E started allying himself with Jessie Godderz on the May 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', where they teamed with Joey Ryan in a handicap match against Rob Terry, which the team lost after Jessie and Robbie walked out on Ryan and left him to be pinned. On the June 27 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Jessie and Robbie, accompanied by Tara, confronted TNA World Tag Team Champions Gunner and James Storm and presented themselves as The BroMans. The following week, The BroMans were defeated by Gunner and Storm in a non-title match. On the August 8 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) and Mickie James were defeated by Gunner, Storm and ODB in a six-person mixed tag team match. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Godderz
Jessie Godderz (born April 23, 1986), also known as Mr. PEC-Tacular, is an American actor and professional wrestler. He currently competes for Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) where he is a former one-time OVW National Heavyweight Champion, one-time OVW Television Champion and a seven-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion. He is also known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he is a former two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Robbie E as The BroMans. Prior to professional wrestling, he appeared as a contestant on two seasons of the CBS reality competition program, '' Big Brother''. Early life Godderz was born in Rudd, Iowa. When he was 19 years old, he worked as a conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad. He became a professional bodybuilder with the World Natural Body Building Federation, and also became a Pro Wrestler, usually serving as "enhancement talent" with a higher loss-to-win ratio in order to highlight more successful wrestlers. ''Big Brother' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Terry
Robert Terry (born 30 April 1980) is a Welsh bodybuilder and a former professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring names Rob Terry and The Freak. He is also known for his work in TNA's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he is a former two-time Heavyweight Champion and a one-time Southern Tag Team and Television Champion. He has also competed for the Wrestle-1 promotion as well as WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling. Early life Terry was born in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He is a former bouncer and studied Sports science at Neath Port Talbot College, South Wales. Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Entertainment (2007 - 2008) Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2008) Terry signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2007 and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling. On 10 November, Terry, under the ring name B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie E
Robert Strauss (born October 1, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and manager. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand as a manager under the ring name Mr. Stone. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Robbie E, where he is a former two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion as part of The BroMans with Jessie Godderz, while also being a former one-time TNA Television Champion and TNA X Division Champion. He has also competed in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions under the ring name Rob Eckos, including Chaotic Wrestling, the East Coast Wrestling Association, Hardway Wrestling, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling and Mikey Whipwreck's New York Wrestling Connection. Professional wrestling career Early life and career Strauss began watching professional wrestling at the age of 4 and was a fan of The Ultimate Warrior, StingMcCaffrey, Sean ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Young (wrestler)
Jeremy Fritz (born December 15, 1979) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently a free agent. He performs under the ring name Eric Young. In Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), now known as Impact Wrestling, Young wrestled from 2004 to 2016 and returned in 2020, During his time with the promotion he has won 14 championships, being a two-time World Champion, a one-time X Division Champion, a three-time Legends/Global/Television/King of the Mountain Champion and a seven-time World Tag Team Champion, being a two-time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Bobby Roode, and a four-time TNA/Impact World Tag Team Champion once with Kaz, once as a member of The Band with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall (under the Freebird Rule), and twice as a member of Violent By Design (professional wrestling), Violent By Design with Cody Deaner, Deaner and Joe Doering (again under the Freebird Rule). He is also the only male to hold the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, TNA Knockouts Tag T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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