Kurt Angle bids farewell to his fans next week as TNA announce the full UK tour roster.
TNA Impact Wrestling’s “Maximum Impact 8 Tour” arrives in the UK next week, hitting Manchester and London before finishing off the set of shows in Birmingham.
Each show will be an Impact Wrestling television taping airing on Challenge TV next month.
The tour is set to be the last for professional wrestling legend and US Olympic Gold medallist, Kurt Angle who will be leaving TNA after almost ten years.
His opponents, announced this week by TNA President, Dixie Carter include a return match against Drew Galloway in Manchester, Bobby Roode in London before finishing off with one of his greatest opponents – a match with Bobby Lashley in Birmingham.
Fans on our side of the pond are in for another treat, as UK stars Will Ospreay, Big Damo and Jimmy Havoc are also performing at the shows following a fan poll. Dixie Carter stated:
We wanted to know who the fans in the UK would most like to see on the Tour, so I put it out there on social media and the feedback was fantastic. We narrowed it down to the three names who got the most response and asked the fans to vote for their favourite.
In the end the winner was… IMPACT WRESTLING. We won because the response was so incredible, and the vote so close, that we are bringing all three on Tour with us.
Next week, TWM News will have an exclusive sit-down interview with Beer Money (James Storm and Bobby Roode) who return to the UK as a team for the first time in five years.
The full roster for the UK tour is as follows:
Beer Money (Bobby Roode & James Storm), Big Damo, Bram, Dollhouse (Awesome Kong, Jade, Marti & Rebel), Drew Galloway, EC3, Eli Drake, Eric Young, Gail Kim, Grado, Jessie Godderz, Jimmy Havoc, Kurt Angle, Lashley, Mahabali Shera, Mark Andrews, Matt and Reby Hardy, Rockstar Spud, Shane Helms, The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky), The Decay (Abyss, Crazzy Steve & Rosemary), The Miracle Mike Bennett and Maria, The Wolves (Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards), Tigre Uno, Trevor Lee, Tyrus and Will Ospreay. Smashing Pumpkins frontman, and TNA Wrestling’s Senior Producer, Creative and Talent Development, Billy Corgan will also be appearing.*
MAXIMUM IMPACT 8 Tour tickets are available NOW via www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk or direct from the tour venues. Full details of the UK events are:
Friday 29 January 2016 – Manchester Arena
Saturday 30 January 2016 – London The SSE Arena Wembley
Sunday 31 January 2016 – Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
*Card subject to change.
