{"id":7193,"date":"2016-01-05T02:20:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T08:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2016-01-06T05:35:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T11:35:55","slug":"january5impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/05\/january5impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact on Pop debut &#8211; updated card, new music, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-191789070\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>January 5, 2016 TNA Impact News Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA is kicking off 2016 on with a semi-live Impact episode Tuesday night on their new TV home, Pop TV, airing from Bethlehem, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>TNA went the last three months of 2015 without a TNA champion. Now, they will look to start 2016 with a clear champion in the finals of the TNA Title tournament.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Semi-Final #1: Matt Hardy vs. Bobby Lashley<\/li>\n<li>Semi-Final #2: Eric Young vs. Ethan Carter III<\/li>\n<li>Finals to determine new TNA champion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TNA has also announced two more matches for the show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bobby Roode defends the King of the Mountain Title<\/li>\n<li>Beautiful People vs. The Dollhouse in a six-Knockouts tag match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/music\/billy-corgan-debuts-new-theme-song-for-impact-200722015.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Music<\/a> released a new theme song for Impact on Pop TV recorded by Smashing Pumpkins lead singer <strong>Billy Corgan<\/strong>. The theme, titled &#8220;Roustabout,&#8221; contains quick action shots of the TNA roster, but no lyrics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/music.yahoo.com\/video\/roustabout-162217575.html?format=embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On Sunday, TNA announced a six-Knockouts tag match of The Beautiful People (Angelina Love &amp; Velvet Sky &amp; Madison Rayne) vs. The Dollhouse (Jade &amp; Marti Belle &amp; Rebel). Rebel is replacing former KO champion Taryn Terrell.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On Saturday, TNA announced that Bobby Roode will defend the King of the Mountain Title on the first Impact broadcast on Pop TV. TNA did not say who Roode will defend against.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KOTM Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/REALBobbyRoode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@REALBobbyRoode<\/a> to defend this Tuesday 9\/8c on the LIVE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PopTV<\/a> premiere <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vepSVZGKZ5\">https:\/\/t.co\/vepSVZGKZ5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lj3L8t7D2F\">pic.twitter.com\/Lj3L8t7D2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/683408206291439617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA released a teaser video for Jan. 5 promising &#8220;The Miracle&#8221; arriving.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1727648704\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>It makes you wonder if this is a teaser for Mike Bennett &amp; Maria coming to TNA after their ROH contracts expired. 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