- The new TNA announcer Lauren was hired at the behest of SpikeTV, who want more women sprinkled among the backstage segments on Impact. I have not heard that Crystal (who does a really good job) has left the company, so it may be that they will be using more than one female. Lauren didn't have a good debut at the Lockdown PPV, so we'll see if she improves.

- The resemblance between MMA personality Frank Trigg and Kurt Angle is so similar that some fans were mistaking Trigg for Angle or a member of the Angle family at TNA's hotel after Lockdown when Trigg was in the hotel bar with Karen Angle and other TNA personalities.

- TNA will be producing a special limited edition commemorative piece in honor on Samoa Joe's TNA World Title win for sale online. Don West is in charge of that project.

- To put all the rumors regarding Samoa Joe's TNA contract to rest for once and for all, Joe is signed to a long-term deal with the company. An issue did arise recently surrounding the copyright and trademark to the Samoa Joe name and character as Joe purchased those for himself, which led to intellectual property issues with TNA, which wanted to maintain that ownership to license the name. Similar issues have led to Low Ki and Amazing Kong changing their names while working for TNA to Senshi and Awesome Kong, respectively. This led to discussions between the two sides as they continued to work together. There was never any fear of Joe leaving the company, as seen by TNA putting their World championship on him at the Lockdown PPV. The two sides have worked everything out and came to an official agreement regarding the name this week, with Joe maintaining the rights.

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