HULK HOGAN JOINS TNA WRESTLING

“Hulkamania” is back! The biggest name in professional wrestling history, Hulk Hogan, is joining Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling (TNA), the fastest rising wrestling organization in the world. The announcement was made late last week by TNA Wrestling in conjunction with U.S. channel Spike TV at a press conference held in New York City.

“Hulk Hogan is one of the world’s top pop culture icons and the biggest superstar in the history of professional wrestling.  We are truly excited to welcome him into the TNA family,” said Dixie Carter, President of TNA Wrestling.  “Our goal is to become the world’s biggest professional wrestling company. Hulk defines professional wrestling and we look forward to partnering with him in a variety of ways as we continue to grow TNA globally.”

“I’m thrilled to be jumping back into the world of professional wrestling,” said Hogan.  “My fans have been asking me to return to the business for many years on a full time basis, but the timing or the opportunity has never been right until now.  TNA Wrestling is a great company with an already excellent fan base, business and broadcast partner. I firmly believe now is the time for some change at TNA as they are positioned to jump to the next level in their development and I’m here to work with Dixie to help make that a reality.”

Madman Entertainment acquired exclusive Australia & New Zealand distribution rights for TNA content on DVD in 2009. The catalogue was launched in October 2009 with JEFF JARRET: KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, LOCKDOWN 2009 and SLAMMIVERSARY 2009, and will continue throughout 2010 with regular monthly releases.

TNA Wrestling will undertake its long-awaited debut Australian tour in February / March, 2010, featuring a host of big name talent, including Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Christy Hemme, Beer Money (“Cowboy” James Storm & Robert Roode), Motorcity Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), Daniels, Suicide & many more.