TNA's biggest PPV of the year, Bound For Glory, is set to take place October 22nd. The event will be their first 3-hour PPV event to take place outside of Orlando, Florida - coming to fans live from the motor city - Detroit, Michigan.
The video packages promoting Bound For Glory have shown the tagline, "A STARR Is Born". We have received confirmation that "A STARR Is Born" is a reference to a TNA wrestler who is set to make his return at the October PPV - Austin Aries.
Austin Aries had a falling out with TNA Wrestling back in January of this year when he and several other TNA wrestlers decided to wrestle in New York for the independent promotion Ring of Honor the night before a scheduled TNA PPV. There was a major snow storm the night before the TNA PPV and TNA warned several of its wrestlers to skip the ROH show in New York and fly to Orlando a day early, fearing that the wrestlers would get snowed in on Long Island, New York and miss the next night's TNA PPV. While Alex Shelly and Jay Lethal skipped the ROH show and flew to Orlando when TNA suggested, Austin Aries and Rodderick Strong decided they would not miss the ROH show and went against TNA's orders.
Aries and Strong wound up making both shows, however they were disciplined by TNA for putting themselves at risk of missing a TNA PPV, at a time when TNA was cracking down on talent for irresponsible behavior like this. Aries and Strong wrestled at the TNA PPV that weekend but were soon gone from TNA for several months.
Austin Aries and TNA Wrestling recently reached a new agreement and Aries signed a long-term contract with the company to return full-time. Aries returning to TNA in October as the new centerpiece of the X-Division, but with a new name. TNA recently trademarked the name "AUSTIN STARR" - which will be the new ring name for Austin Aries in TNA. TNA plans to invest a lot of time and money into pushing "Austin Starr" and wants to own the ring name of the performer they will be investing in. This situation is very similar to TNA changing Low Ki's ring name to "Senshi" after signing him to a new long-term contract.
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