As noted, Laurel Van Ness, who will be crowned the new Impact Knockouts Champion on next week’s edition of Impact Wrestling, has requested her release from Impact.

Impact has yet to grant the release, however, as Van Ness informed the company she wanted to leave after she won the title at the TV tapings in Ottawa. Impact officials felt she should have informed the company prior to winning the title that she wanted to leave, so the feeling is the release will not be granted until Van Ness can drop the title.

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During a recent Impact teleconference, Sonjay Dutt noted the following, via SportsKeeda, on Van Ness’ current Impact status:

“Well, to put it simply, she’s the Knockouts Champion, and she’s here. She’s with the company.”

Tim Storm Talks Defending NWA Title at CZW Event (Video)

Episode 11 of “The Matt Riviera Show” hosted by 3x NWA World Tag Team Champion & Reality TV star, “The LVR Boy” Matt Riviera, is now available exclusively on YouTube.

This week, Matt welcomes to the show the reigning NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, Tim Storm. On this episode, Matt & Tim reminisce about the man who broke them both into the wrestling business, Bill Ash. They also discuss the current direction of the National Wrestling Alliance under the ownership of William Patrick Corgan, the web series “10 Pounds of Gold”, Tim’s time in TCW Wrestling, & much more!!

In this clip, Tim Storm talks about his mindset going into his NWA Worlds Heavyweight title defense at CZW Wrestling’s Cage of Death 19 event this Saturday:

Not just a “wrestling” podcast, this show not only covers the Pro Wrestling genre, but features a diverse discussion of many topics & includes guests from a variety of backgrounds.

Matt Riviera, known in wrestling circles for his hard-nosed, “old school” approach to the business, leaves no subject unscathed, and none of his opinions are EVER in doubt.