{"id":9448,"date":"2016-02-05T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=9448"},"modified":"2016-02-05T23:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T05:00:22","slug":"9448","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/05\/9448\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Kong released from TNA following incident review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-943015805\" 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>UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>TNA has decided to release Awesome Kong following a review of the physical altercation involving Kong and Reby Sky on the U.K.\u00a0Tour at the end of January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe conducted an investigation and determined releasing Awesome Kong is the appropriate action in this case,\u201d said TNA executive John Gaburick in <a href=\"http:\/\/impactwrestling.com\/impact-releases-awesome-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\">an announcement on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Kong has been a great contributor to TNA and helped solidify the Knockouts as the best female division in professional wrestling. We thank her and wish her well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jan. 30 UPDATE:<\/strong> TNA executive John Gaburick issued a statement on Saturday noting that TNA is reviewing whether &#8220;any additional disciplinary action&#8221; should be taken against\u00a0Awesome Kong after she was\u00a0sent home from the U.K. Tour following an incident with Reby Sky.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prior to the Impact Wrestling TV taping at the Manchester Arena, Kia Stevens was involved in an incident involving Rebecca Hardy (1\/3)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Gaburick (@JohnGaburick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnGaburick\/status\/693499354234163200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Subsequently, Kia was removed from the tour and returned to the United States. (2\/3)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Gaburick (@JohnGaburick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnGaburick\/status\/693499469355171840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The matter is being reviewed to determine if any additional disciplinary action will be taken. (3\/3)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Gaburick (@JohnGaburick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnGaburick\/status\/693499541379796992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A conflict three\u00a0years in the making apparently boiled\u00a0over at TNA&#8217;s U.K. event on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Awesome Kong was reportedly sent home from the tour after getting into an altercation with Reby Sky, the wife of TNA Hvt. champion Matt Hardy.<\/p>\n<p>Kong got into an altercation with Sky in the Knockouts locker room area, as reported by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/PWInsider.com\" target=\"_blank\">PWInsider.com<\/a>. How\u00a0much the altercation escalated is subject to eyewitness accounts as more information surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Kong, as a veteran of the wrestling scene and one of the original TNA Knockouts, views herself as a locker room leader. She views Reby Sky\u00a0as an outsider. According to the report, Sky tried to dress in the Knockouts locker room after accompanying Hardy to the U.K. for the tour. An altercation\u00a0then broke out.<\/p>\n<p>Another piece of the story is Hardy and Sky&#8217;s infant son was reportedly nearby when the altercation occurred. TNA has allowed the infant to be part of television during\u00a0Hardy&#8217;s heel turn storyline, exposing the child to\u00a0the wrestling environment.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-723029081\" 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>The issues between Kong and Sky go back to 2013\u00a0before Sky was married to Hardy and when Sky was getting her feet wet on the independents.<\/p>\n<p>During a &#8220;YouShoot&#8221; interview, Kong accused\u00a0Sky for not showing respect to legends and not understanding her place. She called Sky &#8220;not one of my colleagues&#8221; and a &#8220;peon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sky shot back with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prowrestling.net\/artman\/publish\/WWE\/article10033579.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">profanity-laced Twitter tirade<\/a>\u00a0calling Kong every name in the book. Now, they share the same roster in TNA after Sky became a regular part of television at the start of this year.<\/p>\n<p>With people paying attention to Matt Hardy&#8217;s Twitter account, Hardy took to Twitter early Saturday morning in the U.K. to stir people up by\u00a0using Kong&#8217;s &#8220;peon&#8221;\u00a0label in the context of a tweet from his heel persona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because wealth &amp; greatness like ours is unattainable, these common peons can only express their envy through hatred. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3lj0dAV9ln\">https:\/\/t.co\/3lj0dAV9ln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MATTHARDYBRAND\/status\/693299071457587200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-695804369\"><div id=\"pwtor-2844873095\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UPDATE:\u00a0TNA has decided to release Awesome Kong following a review of the physical altercation involving Kong and Reby Sky on the U.K.\u00a0Tour at the end of January. \u201cWe conducted an investigation and determined releasing Awesome <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/05\/9448\/\" title=\"Awesome Kong released from TNA following incident review\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[685,149,1532,120,686,1383],"class_list":["post-9448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_tna","category-news_women","tag-awesome-kong","tag-matt-hardy","tag-reby-sky","tag-tna","tag-tna-knockouts","tag-tna-uk-tour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2015\/11\/AwesomeKong_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9448"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9967,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9448\/revisions\/9967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}