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Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling officially confirmed that former multi-time champion Rhino and company co-founder Bob Ryder will be inducted into the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame. The announcement was first made last October 17, 2024 by Busted Open on SiriusXM. The official ceremony for the Class of 2024 will coincide with Bound For Glory weekend in Detroit, Michigan and air live during the Countdown To Bound For Glory on TNA+ and TNA Wrestling's official social media accounts with a special start time of 6:45 pm ET/3:45 pm PT. TNA Bound For Glory weekend will take place at the Wayne State University Fieldhouse featuring TNA's showcase event of the year, Bound For Glory, on October 26, 2024 followed by a night of impactful and high-octane wrestling action on the 27th which will be seen in upcoming episodes of TNA's flagship weekly program iMPACT!, airing on AXS TV in the U.S., Fight Network in Canada, and TNA+ worldwide.
TNA Wrestling Original Eric Young, a former two-time TNA World Champion and four-time World Tag Team Champion, will induct and accept on behalf of his longtime friend Bob Ryder. Detroit-native Rhino has been wrestling professionally for almost 30 years and been a singles and tag-team champion. Rhino made his TNA debut in 2005 and at that year’s Bound For Glory, Rhino won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. His GORE-filled career also has included two reigns with the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Rhino’s lengthy career has included stints in ECW and WWE with multiple singles and tag-team championship reigns. A former pro wrestling journalist, Bob Ryder was a pioneer in the online wrestling community as the head of Prodigy’s pro wrestling area. He founded 1Wrestling.com and was the webmaster for ECW’s website. He worked for WCW during the Monday Night War era and co-hosted the popular WCW Live with TNA Wrestling Original and now WWE's Senior Director of Content and Development Jeremy Borash. He co-founded TNA Wrestling and was its first employee and the longest-tenured employee in history, employed from its launch in 2002 until his death in 2020. Ryder held multiple backstage positions for TNA including director of travel operations.
Aside from this year's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, the Countdown To Bound For Glory will also feature the sixth edition of the Call Your Shot Gauntlet where the winner of the 20-person open gauntlet battle royal will have the opportunity to 'call his/her shot' and cash in for a shot at any championship title in TNA of his/her choosing anytime, anywhere. The main card of TNA's Bound For Glory 2024 comprises of the following matches:
• TNA World Championship Match: Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Joe Hendry (with Frankie Kazarian as special guest referee)
• TNA Knockouts World Championship Match: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Masha Slamovich
• Full Metal Mayhem for the TNA World Tag Team Championship: The System (Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers) (c) vs. ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) vs. The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy
• Moose vs. Mike Santana
• Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin
• TNA X Division Championship Match: Mike Bailey (c) vs. Vikingo
• Monster's Ball Match for the TNA Digital Media and International Wrestling Championships (Presented by The Eye Of The Salamander): PCO (c) vs. Matt Cardona
• TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship Match: Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat) (c) vs. Rosemary and Wendy Choo
The action never stops there as the stars and Knockouts of TNA Wrestling return to the Wayne State University Fieldhouse in Detroit, Michigan for more hard-hitting action following Bound For Glory including Moose vs. Mike Bailey, First Class (AJ Francis and KC Navarro) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz), and a "One Night Only" concert featuring Joe Hendry and Jeff Hardy. TNA Wrestling will then make its way to Fayetteville, North Carolina on November 8-9, 2024 for two more nights of high-energy professional wrestling action with its stars and Knockouts including North Carolina's own Matt and Jeff Hardy and featuring championship months to be announced soon. These will also be seen on TNA's flagship weekly television program iMPACT! leading to TNA's next Live Special Turning Point which will be held on November 29, 2024 as part of this year's Wrestlecade fan convention at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and be aired live and exclusively on TNA+.
New and current subscribers of TNA+, TNA Wrestling's premium streaming subscription service, can avail of the Annual World Champion - End of Season 2024 package for only US$34.99 a year to enjoy TNA Bound For Glory and flagship PPV events, TNA+ Live Specials including Turning Point and Final Resolution, new episodes of iMPACT! and Xplosion, exclusive content and everything else to binge-watch on the service via Watch.TNAWrestling.com and the TNA+ app for Android and iOS. This offer is available until January 17, 2025. For more information and updates on TNA Wrestling and TNA+, visit TNAWrestling.com and TNA Wrestling's official social media accounts.
