TNA Management Banning Specific Actions During Matches

The management team at TNA Wrestling is giving orders to wrestlers not to do specific things during matches.

It was revealed earlier in May that TNA management informed the locker room during a talent meeting on May 2 that “excessive blood and blading” would no longer be permitted.

There are people in upper management in TNA who feel the talent went too far in terms of blood use during matches, so they are enforcing a strict policy about it. That’s similar to what WWE has done for over a decade, where they don’t have talent bleed much unless it’s part of the match story.

Fightful Select reports that TNA’s talent relations department sent out a memo stating, “Slaps will no longer be allowed unless approved by an agent.”

That’s not all because the talent was informed that throat slashing wasn’t allowed either, and if a talent did a throat slash, it would result in a $100 fine for each time it was done.

A meeting was held on Saturday with TNA personnel to discuss the moves. Meanwhile, talent relations were also unhappy about the leaked details of the previous memo.

TNA World Title Will Be On The Line At WWE NXT Battleground

At the TNA Under Siege PLE in Brampton, Ontario on May 23rd, TNA World Champion Joe Hendry teamed up with Elijah to beat the team of Frankie Kazarian and NXT’s Trick Williams. That won’t be the only time that Hendry will face off against Williams this weekend.

For the first time ever, the TNA World Title will be on the line at a WWE NXT PLE when Hendry defends the gold against Williams at NXT Battleground on Sunday, May 25th, in Tampa. The card for Battleground is below.

* NXT Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. Myles Borne

* NXT Women’s Championship: Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Jordynne Grace

* TNA World Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs. Trick Williams

* Tony D’Angelo vs. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo

* NXT Women’s North American Championship: Sol Ruca (c) vs. Kelani Jordan

* The Culling – Shawn Spears, Brooks Jensen & Niko Vance vs. Josh Briggs, Hank Ledger & Tank Walker

You can watch WWE Battleground, streaming live on Peacock in the United States and Netflix internationally from Tampa at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.