Eight MORE TNA/Impact Wrestling Stars Who Hated Each Other By Hakeem Fullerton

Intro: In a previous article I made a month or so ago I talked about "Eight TNA/Impact Wrestling Stars Who Hated Each Other". The first list did pretty well all things considered and after doing some research I've discovered some more examples of former TNA stars despising their fellow co-workers or inflicting harm on them from a physically or verbal stand point.

So with all of that said, here are Eight More TNA/Impact Wrestling Stars Who Hated Each Other.

8. AJ Styles vs. Rob Van Dam

AJ Styles has admitted to disliking a few things during his 12 years in the company and while the infamous 60% pay cut that ultimately led to his departure from the company has become well known to many, there is another time that the former TNA original has admitted to being unhappy with the decisions made by his former promotion and that would have to be the time he lost the TNA World Championship in 2010.

Back at the No Surrender 2009 pay per view, AJ Styles defeated Kurt Angle, Sting and Matt Morgan in a fatal four way match to become the TNA World Heavyweight Champion for the very first time; Styles would hold onto the belt for a record total of 211 days making him the longest reigning world champion in company history at the time.

In March of 2010 RVD debuted for TNA after a being away from the ring for almost a year and by April 19th 2010, Van Dam defeated Styles for the world title in the main event of an episode of Impact.

The idea of Rob Van Dam becoming world champion wasn't bad, but the fact that a former WWE superstar debuted into TNA and then one month later beats the face of the whole organization for the title was not only a slap in the face to many die hard fans of TNA but also became the prime example of the unfortunate stereotype that TNA would take any former star and make them look dominate solely because of their work from elsewhere.

In a 2010 interview with PWI Weekly, AJ mentions how he didn't understand why RVD should be the one to end his lengthy world championship reign and felt like he wasn't being treated like the star he was and that he was just a guy in TNA.

Van Dam would go on Steve Austin's podcast in 2016 and talk about how he felt working with certain talents on the roster was difficult and he even told officials to call him for match time as he would be spending that time sitting in his car and presumably enjoying some green.

While the issue these two have maybe a bit more one-sided compared to the others on this list, but the fact that AJ would spend the next couple of years in the mid card or tag team division before getting the belt back in 2013 (The same year RVD left TNA), you get the feeling that the phenomenal one and the whole f'n show weren't necessarily seeing eye-to-eye at the time.

7. Hania the Huntress vs. The Knockouts Locker Room

When wrestling fans know you best as the chick who was reportedly let go for being too difficult to work with then you know that something must of seriously gone wrong.

That was the case in early 2018 when indy wrestler, Hania the Huntress was let go from Impact Wrestling following an alleged myriad of reasons like refusing to take part in matches, failure to show up at the events and causing problems for people in the back specifically the Knockouts locker.

Reports suggest that Hania refuse to lose matches to names like Taya Valkyrie and Su Yung whilst also arguing with TNA Hall of Famer and Impact Wrestling executive, Gail Kim which you can imagine wasn't the smartest move to make.

Hania would be gone less than a month after making her appearance on TV and although she claims that her dismal from the company has been mutual, she hasn't appeared for another major professional wrestling company since...That's what happens when you disrespect Gail Kim and the Knockouts locker room (allegedly).

6. Awesome Kong vs. Bubba "The Love" Sponge

In my previous list I talked about Kong's altercation with Reby Sky Hardy that saw her get released from the company for the second and to this point final time, but before she was throwing hands at Matt Hardy's wife she was punching out radio personality and good friend to Hulk Hogan, Bubba "The Love" Sponge.

In January of 2010 an earthquake had devastated the country of Haiti, which led to an outpouring of support by people the world over; however one person who wasn't so supportive about the whole thing was Bubba, who is quoted as saying "I say f### Haiti. Why do we have to take care of everybody? Our country is in shambles."

This didn't go down well with a lot of people in the locker room, especially Awesome Kong who was fully supporting the idea of helping Haiti following the tragedy.

A number of other problems involving Bubba would get brought in later interviews and it ultimately came to ahead when during one of the tapings for TNA in 2010, Kong reported punched Bubba in the face and beat him up, which presumably got Kong over with the people in the locker room.

Not too long after this altercation, both Kong and Bubba would be gone from TNA but of course Kong would make a return to the company in 2015 before leaving in 2016 and resurfacing in All Elite Wrestling in 2019.

Meanwhile Bubba's name would resurfaced in the headlines again thanks to the Hulk Hogan sex scandal and controversy in 2015, which saw the Hulkster using racist language while sleeping with Bubba's wife during a sex tape...Well that's something I guess.

5. Dixie Carter vs. Sean Waltman

From Scott Steiner to Jim Cornette to AJ Styles, many people who worked for TNA in the 2000's and 2010's did not like former president, Dixie Carter for one reason or another whether it be her inexperience in running a wrestling company post Hogan/Bischoff era or her heel turn in the mid 2010's which was insufferable to many fans.

Sean Waltman better known as X-Pac is another name who didn't like Dixie Carter as the former 1-2-3 kid has gone on to criticize her on a number of things ranging from the time TNA Wrestling released Jesse Sorensen from his contract after recovering from a career ending injury to mentioning in 2012 that the company would become apart of the WWE video tape library by the end of the decade after it was reported that former WWE executive, Bruce Pritchard was hired to the company; Waltman criticized the company for decision by mentioning how Bruce Pritchard was "One of the biggest lowlifes in the Business".

Since these comments Waltman hasn't appeared on Impact Wrestling television despite the fact the former DX and NWO member still wrestles in his spare time.

Following Dixie Carter's departure from the company in 2016 the company would rebrand itself a few times before improving itself under the Don Callis/Scott D'Amore in 2018. Waltman has, like so many other former wrestlers have begun to give Impact wrestling another chance and has even congratulated them on the success they've achieved under the new management.

4. Jeff Jarrett vs. Anthem Sports and Entertainment

The feud between the former TNA/Impact Wrestling founder Jeff Jarrett and the promotions current parent company, Anthem Sports and Entertainment is about as messy as the year in which it all started.

In 2017, Anthem Media Group which is a Canadian based broadcasting and production company acquired the assets of TNA Wrestling and became it's new parent company on January 4th 2017.

Around the same time Anthem was buying stake in the company, Jeff Jarrett alongside his wife Karen returned to the company and attempted to rebrand it GFW Impact (which was a way of combining both TNA Impact Wrestling and Jarrett's other wrestling promotion Global Force Wrestling together).

The new sense of direction came in early 2017 with things slowly looking up after the success of the company's yearly PPV Slammiversary, unfortunately the issues between both parties began to show following a number of reports that revealed then TNA/GFW world champion, Alberto El Patron was accused of domestic abuse against his former fiancé' and WWE wrestler Paige with even audio footage being leaked by TMZ.

These shocking turn of events resulted in Anthem's Sport and Entertainment department looking to fire Alberto and strip him of the title, however Jarrett disagreed with this as Double J not only wanted Alberto to be the face of the company but also had some big plans for him leading up to that year's Bound For Glory event.

However, those plans wouldn't come to furwishen as a number problems regarding Jarrett's behavior both backstage and in the ring would result in the higher-ups for Anthem Sports suspending the former TNA founder before eventually terminating his position within the company all togther, but not before Jarrett allegedly went out to say that: "Anthem is losing Money".

Following the dismissal of El Patron in early 2018 after no showing an event featuring Impact and Lucha Underground stars, both Impact and Anthem began to turn there lucky around following the introduction of Don Callis and Scott D'Amore as executive VP's to the company which resulted in a major resurgence in popularity for Impact...that is until a certain individual from the past came back with a vengeance.

In late 2018 Jeff Jarrett attempted to sue Impact and Anthem Sports believing his was wrongfully fired but it didn't go the way Jarrett had suspected.

Undeterred by this, Jarrett again attempted to sue both companies after footage of his previously taped shows called 'GFW Amped' had supposedly disappeared after asking for the tapes back as well as suing the company for the trademark of his promotion, Global Force Wrestling.

While questions regarding as to why Jarrett never made a master copy of his previously taped GFW shows have brought up by many, the fact still stands that the court battle between the two parties are still going on but as of March of 2020 it doesn't look like things will be going Jarrett's way any time soon as no reports have been made about this topic in months.

3. Chris Sabin vs. Velvet Sky and Bully Ray

Having a stable relationship in the world of professional wrestling can be a very tricky thing to do.

Names like Kurt Angle and Karen Jarrett, Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth, Matt Hardy and Lita, Paige and Alberto El Patron are some of the most infamous cases of relationships ending up disastrously and this next entry on this list is no exception.

In 2013, Chris Sabin and Velvet Sky were a couple both on and off screen with the duo sharing a love of wrestling and video games, however Sabin would turn heel not too long after there relationship became public via storyline. In the early parts for the storyline Velvet was being painted as a clueless if not friendly but attractive girlfriend to Sabin while Chris was being portrayed as an egotistical and possessive boyfriend.

Unfortunately, just like what happened during the infamous Matt Hardy/ Edge/Lita love triangle, Chris Sabin's girlfriend fell in love with another wrestler on the roster, the former TNA world champion Bully Ray.

By the time Bully began seeing Velvet, the angle involving herself and Sabin was leading more to Velvet being booked more stronger as the conquering hero at almost every turn, leaving the former X Division champion looking foolishly in the process.

If the rumors are to be believed, Bully Ray used his standing within the company to convince those in charge of the booking at the time to make Velvet look stronger throughout all of this angle (something I'm sure Sabin wasn't too happy with when he found out).

But the issues didn't stop there as Sabin and Velvet would get into heated discussions on social media with Bully Ray coming in to support his new lady and not to long after this Sabin was gone from the company.

Although he has a return to Impact Wrestling as a producer and will played a key part in up-and-coming TNA: "There's No Place Like Home" event, Bully Ray and Velvet Sky would departed from the company in 2015 & 2016 respectively and as of March of 2020, the pair are still together with the duo current wrestling in Ring of Honor.

The moral of the story: If your a wrestler and you find out that a romantic storyline will be involving you and your significant other, be sure to voice your displeasure about the angle right away.

2. CM Punk vs. Teddy Hart

CM Punk's short run in the early days of TNA has become well known to many fans thanks to various videos on the internet. However Punk's run in the company is best remembered for one thing and it's about CM Punk's infamous fight and hatred for Teddy Hart.

In the 2000's Teddy Hart, the nephew of Bret Hart was wrestling in TNA around the same time as Punk but according to former Impact employees and even Teddy Hart himself, the fight between the two stars happened at an eating establishment when a fight sudden broke out with Teddy Hart delivering a takedown maneuver to Punk; The fight didn't last long as many who saw the fight including ECW legend Sabu was there to break it up, but the general consensus is that the fight was absolutely one-sided with Teddy getting the upper hand and Punk never having a chance to fire back.

The origins of these issues between Hart and Punk can be trace back to their time in ROH when wrestlers like CM Punk and Samoa Joe began to despise Teddy for a number of reason but the biggest would have to be an infamous moment that occurred at a Ring of Honor show in Elizabeth New Jersey which saw Hart do multiple moonsaults off the top of the cage before vomiting both in and outside of the ring on the final attempt which angered not only fans but also Samoa Joe, who was scheduled to wrestle next.

Punk's friendship with Joe in ROH not to mention his opinions on Hart, only helped to escalated the animosity the two men would have for one another before culminating in the short but infamous brawl that has stood the test of time.

1. Angelina Love vs. Brooke (Adam) Tessmacher

Angelina Love and Brooke Tessmacher had a lot of similarities in their careers as both ladies had short and uneventful runs in the WWE, both went to TNA, both won the knockouts title multiple times and both were top stars during their time in the Knockouts Division, however there is one thing that these two lovely ladies completely disagree with and that is having tattoos on certain parts of your body...allow me to explain.

In 2013, Brooke Tessmacher was responding to fans comments on Twitter when a fan asked Brooke on her opinion on having tattoos on your hands; Brooke responded in a now deleted tweet where she said "On ladies no. Tats should be coverable. Classy not Trashy."

Somehow this tweet caught they attention of Angelina Love, who is a very tattooed women in her own right and responded by saying on Twitter "Laugh of the day! Ppl who don't know the difference between "classy & trashy" giving opinions on what's "classy & trashy" LOL".

The situation started to intensify when Brooke responded back with a vicious tweet saying "Eating is important, save the surgeries 2ur face when they are actually needed, age gracefully, don't over tan (leather skin) b proportioned". She then liked a tweet that was made by a fan over how Angelina was "butt hurt" about the whole thing.

Love, who reportedly had weight issues growing up took major offense to this comment but she would get help in the form of her tag team partner and best friend, Velvet Sky who showed her support by posting a photo of her hands that had a thumbs up tattoo on it.

It's unclear if or when this issue between Angelina Love and Brooke Tessmacher was ever resolved but considering the fact that Velvet and Angelina would wrestle Brooke in a number of matches between 2013-15 it's a safe bet that the physicality and tension was certainly there and it's a wonder how things didn't get worse between Angelina and Brooke in the process following their verbal catfight on Twitter.