TNA News & Notes - Big SpikeTV Update, Talent Leaves Company

By Chris Walters on June 30, 2005 at 7:55 PM EST

Credit: PWInsider.com

The current word going around is that if TNA were to sign a deal with SpikeTV as rumored, it would be a 10:00PM timeslot on Saturday evenings. Everyone within TNA continues to be optimistic about their future, as Panda has not given any indications that they are anything but 100 percent behind the company through the long haul.

Several more parties have been added to Shark Boy's lawsuit against Dimension Films over the rights to his trademarked 'Shark Boy" name, as it relates to the film 'Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D." A motion filed on 6/14 by Fisher-Price, McDonalds, and SleepyHeads.com, saw those companies join Dimension Films, Miramax, Sony Pictures, Troublemaker Studios, director Robert Rodriguez, and producer Elizabeth Avellan. The suit alleges that the film is trademark infringement, Unfair Competition, and Dilution of the 'Shark Boy" name, which he has owned since 1997.

Brad Bernstein, who formerly handled publicity for TNA, is no longer with the company. Andy Barton, who is apparently Dixie Carter's 'right-hand man" issued the press release earlier today touting TNA's DVD distribution deal with Navarre Entertainment.

Team Canada's Johnny Devine has a new article up on Slam! Wrestling, looking at Memphis Wrestling. You can check that out online at canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling.

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