By Chris Nadjek
1. Red vs Homicide- I missed this match completely because my brother and best friend screwed up a ticket issue and I was out front at the box office getting my friend a ticket so he could get into the building, so we missed this match but Red was victorious, I was told it was a "pretty good match"
2. Sarita & Wild def Beautiful People- Beautiful People were HUGE over with the fans, especially the men folk. One moron in front of me kept holding up a sign for Taylor Wild so my brother finally asked him to put it down because nobody behind him could see. Match wasn't so great, basic TNA knockouts match with the BP, but prior to the match the BP mocking Sarita and Wilde's pre match posing was pretty funny. They definately came off like stars in person.
3.Desmond Wolf def Christopher Daniels- Good match. Crowd was mildly into it. Not a great 5 star classic but solid match that went rougly 12 to 15 minutes. Both guys were heels so the reaction was mixed although Daniels was taken as more of a face. Finish saw Wolf hit the tower of london on Daniels for the pin. Few near falls before that and submission escapes. Nice match to see live.
4. Pope def Rhino- Decent match. Rhino was given a face reaction and somehow still some ECW chants while Pope was booed during the entrances, then Rhino grabbed the mic and said literally "do you people like me, or the pope" and when people cheered Rhino he said "well I think the Jets suck and I come from a real football town Detroit" (which is hilarious because since Bryan doesn't know sports the Lions have been the worst team in football for a few years and last year didn't win 1 game the entire season lol) and that got him booed. Pope grabbed the mic and cut a promo mentioning "Pope Smacking" rhino and the fans were into it. Finish was Rhino missing a gore and Pope hitting that double knee finisher majiggy and that was that.
5. Mic Foley Promo- Foley came out to do a promo before intermission. He basically mentioned how the arena was far more full than last time he was there. He then talked about his kids and how it was one of his son's birthdays that night and got the entire crowd to sing him happy birthday either as a treat, or he was ribbing his son who i think was embarassed by it, couldn't tell if he was just giving his kid a fun hard time or if his son really got a kick out of it lol, but it was a nice Mic promo, he talked about Monday night a little bit and how minus the fact that he got beat up he liked the show lol..
6. Beer Money def Nash & Young- I was shocked to see Nash work a match like this, but then I was reminded by my brother of his punishment to do house shows lol. In person Nash looked WAY thinner than he has on TV recently. He moved very slow as usual and looked to be in great pain. I'm actually not making fun of the guy he looked very uncomfortable. I don't know if part of it was annoyed he had to work such a small house show venue or whatever but it looked more painful than anything. I noticed on Impact when Hall pushes him to get to hogan during the nWo segment it almost looked like that tiny movement injured Nash's knee. Finish was roode pinning young. Match wasn't anything special. Crowd was into Nash as a big star and Beer Money got a decent reaction
7. Aj Styles def Kurt Angle- Good match, nothing near what they did on Impact or their other TV matches but very good, what you'd expect without Kurt killing himself physically which was understandable. Entire show went about 2 hours which felt really short and for 50 dollar tickets, you felt a little cheated but the last match was by far match of the night.
After the show you got to meet AJ in the ring if you paid 20 bucks for your entire group. So with 4 of us going, 5 bucks a piece was no biggy and we figured what the hell and got to take a picture with AJ and stand in the ring which was kinda cool. They seemed to make a lot of money with this gimmick and AJ was very cordial to the fans, seems like a genuine nice guy.
domenica 10 gennaio 2010
Tony Halme, Ludwig Borga, è morto
Tony Halme, meglio conosciuto dai fans di wrestling come Ludwig Borga, è stato trovato morto la scorsa notte nel suo appartamento in Finlandia.
Tony fu il primissimo avversario di Randy Couture nelle MMA; i due si affrontarono il 30 Maggio 1997 e vide Couture vincere via choke in 57 secondi.
Tony Halme aveva 43 anni.
Tony fu il primissimo avversario di Randy Couture nelle MMA; i due si affrontarono il 30 Maggio 1997 e vide Couture vincere via choke in 57 secondi.
Tony Halme aveva 43 anni.
venerdì 8 gennaio 2010
TNA Update
Alex Shelley è stato sottoposto a controlli per una possibile ernia al disco.
Hamada si è infortunata alla caviglia durante il suo match nell'ultimo Impact. Ha lavorato comunque ai tapings di Martedì cercando di minimizzare il più possibile la cosa.
Hogan ha ribadito di avere un problema col six sided ring e sta valutando l'ipotesi di cambiarlo.
In una recente intervista Hogan ha affermato che prima della messa in onda dello show ha controllato la struttura dello Steel Asylum Cage, la quale mancherebbe di una vera porta e della possibilità per un wrestler di poterne uscire dall'alto. Perciò, ha asserito, è stato deciso il finale DQ......
Scott Hall sta lavorando con un compenso per apparizione.
La theme music di Hogan non è una scopiazzatura della theme song della nWo ma è tratta dall'album nWo Japan, intitolata "nWo, the only way to go."
Brian Kendrick entrrà nella X Division.
Roxxi dovrebbe tornare fra circa un mese a causa del risaputo infortunio alla caviglia destra
Hamada si è infortunata alla caviglia durante il suo match nell'ultimo Impact. Ha lavorato comunque ai tapings di Martedì cercando di minimizzare il più possibile la cosa.
Hogan ha ribadito di avere un problema col six sided ring e sta valutando l'ipotesi di cambiarlo.
In una recente intervista Hogan ha affermato che prima della messa in onda dello show ha controllato la struttura dello Steel Asylum Cage, la quale mancherebbe di una vera porta e della possibilità per un wrestler di poterne uscire dall'alto. Perciò, ha asserito, è stato deciso il finale DQ......
Scott Hall sta lavorando con un compenso per apparizione.
La theme music di Hogan non è una scopiazzatura della theme song della nWo ma è tratta dall'album nWo Japan, intitolata "nWo, the only way to go."
Brian Kendrick entrrà nella X Division.
Roxxi dovrebbe tornare fra circa un mese a causa del risaputo infortunio alla caviglia destra
Nuovo show TNA prossimo al debutto
On his twitter, Jeremy Borash teased the following today: "Very big news. Time to fire up this machine again. Look for an announcement about "TNA LIVE" coming next week to TNAWrestling.com!"
In asking around, I am told Borash will be one of several hosts for a new, live streaming video pre-game and post-game show that will bookend TNA Impact. Don West and SoCal Val will also be hosting the show.
Borash and Bob Ryder hosted a similar style of show for WCW, titled WCW Live, although that series was via audio. At the time, WCW Live allowed for a lot of very inside discussion with a number of top stars from that era of the company, including Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan, among others. So, I would assume this will be of similar ilk.
In asking around, I am told Borash will be one of several hosts for a new, live streaming video pre-game and post-game show that will bookend TNA Impact. Don West and SoCal Val will also be hosting the show.
Borash and Bob Ryder hosted a similar style of show for WCW, titled WCW Live, although that series was via audio. At the time, WCW Live allowed for a lot of very inside discussion with a number of top stars from that era of the company, including Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan, among others. So, I would assume this will be of similar ilk.
giovedì 7 gennaio 2010
TNA backstage update
Sean Waltman si è presentato tardi ai tapings di Martedì, facendo già irritare il managment.
Sean Morley, Orlando Jordan, Scott Hall e Sean Waltman hanno un accordo a breve termine con la compagnia.
Scott Steiner e Kip James hanno avuto un incontro col talent director Terry Taylor nel quale si è discusso del loro futuo nella compagnia.
Minimo altri 2 arrivi a sorpresa fra il ppv Genesis e l'episodio di Impact che lo seguirà.
Sean Morley, Orlando Jordan, Scott Hall e Sean Waltman hanno un accordo a breve termine con la compagnia.
Scott Steiner e Kip James hanno avuto un incontro col talent director Terry Taylor nel quale si è discusso del loro futuo nella compagnia.
Minimo altri 2 arrivi a sorpresa fra il ppv Genesis e l'episodio di Impact che lo seguirà.
Flair, RVD, Jefff Hardy-TNA Update!
News contrastanti per RVD e Jeff Hardy: alcune fonti asseriscono che i due avrebbero firmato un contratto a breve termine, altri che non abbiano firmato alcun contratto e che l'apparizione di Jeff Hardy si possa paragonare a quella di Lashley a Lockdown, in cui apparì in ppv senza un contratto firmato.
Ric Flair ha firmato per 65 apparizioni all'anno, con pagamento garantito da Panda Energy.
Ric Flair ha firmato per 65 apparizioni all'anno, con pagamento garantito da Panda Energy.
Dettagli sui quarti d'ora di Raw e Impact!
Quarter * Raw * Impact * Total Audience
[1] * 5463 * 2866 * 8329
[2] * 5580 * 2026 * 7606
[3] * 5250 * 2158 * 7408
[4] * 5472 * 1785 * 7257
[5] * 6397 * 1783 * 8180
[6] * 5718 * 1891 * 7609
[7] * 5179 * 1810 * 6989
[8] * 5328 * 1955 * 7283
Here is how it breaks down. Impact did 2,866,000 viewers at the top of the 9 o'clock hour to Raw's 5,463,000. Shawn vs. Bret was not the highest-rated segment of Raw, and in fact Impact not only held its audience from the previous unopposed hour but actually grew. Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Hall, Nash and Waltman were compelling enough to prevent people from switching the channel to see the beginning of Raw. It pretty much cannot be argued that Impact being head-to-head hurt the rating for Bret Hart's return to the company. The total audience between the two shows was 8,239,000, the peak for the evening. It should be noted that despite the quarterly ratings, the minute-by-minute numbers show Impact viewers switching to Raw in growing numbers over the course of that 15 minutes.
At 9:15 when Hogan and company left and they did the Knockouts tag title match, Impact's rating plunged. They lost 840,000 viewers, by far the most they've ever lost in a single segment in all their years of existence. With that said, they were falling from their highest viewership of all time, so it's not as bad as it sounds. They were still at 2,026,000 viewers, which prior to this show was still above their previous Thursday-night record. Raw, on the other hand, with Maryse vs. Brie Bella, grew to 5,580,000 viewers. The total audience dropped to 7,606,000 viewers. So for history's sake, number one, Maryse vs. Brie Bella drew more viewers than Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels. Also, the 840,000 viewers who left Impact did not go right to Raw. At most, 117,000 did. The others apparently just stopped watching wrestling after the Hogan segment. A good portion of them returned later, so they didn't quit for the night.
Quarter 3 at 9:30 p.m. saw 5,580,000 watching the four-way for the IC title shot and Jericho meeting with Bret Hart on Raw, and 2,158,000 viewers watching Beautiful People playing strip poker with Val Venis showing up; Foley trying to get into the building; Raven & Stevie vs. Hernandez & Matt Morgan; and Pope's interview with the Orlando Jordan run-in on Impact. Total audience was down further to 7,408,000 viewers. Basically, it appears Raw lost some viewers to Impact (Raw dropped 330,000 and Impact rose 132,000), and some other viewers stopped watching wrestling. This was also, amazingly, the most-watched head-to-head quarter for Impact of the night.
Quarter 4 at 9:45 p.m. saw 5,472,000 viewers watching DX and Hornswaggle backstage and the beginning of the DX vs. Jerishow match on Raw, and 1,785,000 viewers watching Desmond Wolf vs. the Pope; several commercial breaks; Jeff Jarrett walking towards the ring; and the AJ Styles interview where Bischoff walked in and told him he'd be defending the title against Angle tonight on Impact. This is an important segment. Now, granted, it's one quarter on one week, but the facts are these. As much as people hate the Hornswaggle/DX segments, there was an extended one in this quarter and people DID NOT SWITCH TO IMPACT. Raw GAINED 222,000 viewers, most of which seemed to be people switching FROM Impact. Total viewership was 7,257,000, down again, so more people, pretty much all Impact viewers, turned off wrestling. Impact had this loss not only going head-to-head with DX/Hornswaggle, but also while featuring Jarrett (who they find important enough to be their top-of-the-second-hour hook) and their world champion.
Quarter 5 had a lot of people come back to wrestling. Raw did 6,397,000 viewers for DX vs. Jerishow and Vince's meeting with Randy Orton. This was, by far, Raw's highest-rated segment of the night. Impact with Jeff Jarrett's speech and confrontation with Hulk Hogan pretty much stayed steady with 1,783,000 viewers (they lost 2,000 people, statistically 0). Head-to-head viewership was 8,180,000, the second highest of the night behind the opening quarter, and ALL the added viewers went straight to Raw, which gained 925,000, a fantastic number all things considered.
Quarter six saw Raw plunge and Impact gain a bit. Raw did 5,718,000 viewers for the Evan Bourne vs. Sheamus angle and match. That's a drop of 679,000 viewers. You can't fault Sheamus as champion because the previous quarter was an aberration, and in fact if you take it out Sheamus -- and keep in mind he was the sole focal point of this quarter -- drew more viewers than anyone or anything else on the entire show, including Bret/Shawn and Bret/Vince. In other words, say what you will about Sheamus but what they are doing is working and it is strong evidence that Raw viewers want to see new guys getting pushed. Impact with Abyss vs. Joe; Bischoff and Lashley; Nasty Boys trying to get in; an Angle interview; announcers plugging the main event; and Hardy and Shannon leaving (yes, all in a single quarter) did 1,891,000 viewers, close to their previous Thursday record. That is a gain of 108,000, most of which probably came from Raw. Statistically exactly the same number of people were watching this segment as were watching segment two head-to-head, 7,609,000 viewers.
Quarter seven saw the total head-to-head audience drop to the lowest levels of the evening with Raw doing 5,179,000 viewers for several commercials, video packages and the start of the Orton vs. Kofi match, and Impact doing 1,810,000 viewers for the first half of the AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle match. What's notable is there was almost nothing of substance during this quarter for Raw, including two different commercial breaks, and Raw viewers STILL didn't bother switching to Impact, even with Angle vs. AJ for the title taking place. Impact dropped 81,000 viewers during this segment, and since Raw also lost 539,000 viewers that means a lot of people stopped watching wrestling here.
For the final quarter (we didn't get overrun numbers for Raw), Raw grew to 5,328,000 viewers for Bret vs. Vince with Impact also growing slightly to 1,955,000 for the end of the AJ vs. Angle world title match. Total audience was 7,283,000, so Bret vs. Vince didn't drive nearly the viewers one would have anticipated, less than Bret vs. Shawn and significantly less than the tag match.
What is most interesting is the TNA demographics. The show did a 1.84 in Males 18-34 and a 1.30 in Males 35-49. There have been several shows that have done numbers 35-49 very close to this one. But the Males 18-34 doubled from the usual number. While not surprising to a degree, because both Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair always drew better with younger viewers than older viewers, this kind of an audience shift is amazing. There were people expecting Hogan, at 56, to only draw an old audience looking for nostalgia and familiarity and then tune out. And that really didn’t happen. But, television nostalgia reunion shows often work, but they almost never have any legs.
As far as how it affected WWE, WWE’s growth to see Bret Hart’s return was strongest also in the same Males 18-34, up 48% from the normal audience, so it’s an age group that ranged from six to 22 when the Survivor Series incident happened that were the people most interested in seeing Hart. The show did a 3.52 in that demo and 3.22 in Males 35-49. The bulk of the Raw audience gain was Males 18 through 49, so it appeared the buzz regarding Hogan and Hart brought back a ton of people who usually don’t watch the shows. Whether either group ran strong enough programming to keep them back only time will tell.
We don’t have breakdowns for Raw, but I’d bet that when you look at the two hours, the gains or losses for Raw would coincide with gains or losses of Impact.
In the unopposed hour, a Nash interview and the ODB title win over Tara gained 182,000 viewers. A segment with Foley backstage, Kristal Lashley doing an in-ring promo with Bobby and the first vignette of the Beautiful People doing strip poker gained 121,000 viewers. Hall & Waltman showing up and the beginning of Hogan’s interview lost 106,000 viewers.
The Hogan interview, with Waltman, Hall, Nash and finally Bischoff coming out, which went head-to-head with the Hart-Michaels segment, saw Impact gain 258,000 viewers.
Taylor Wilde & Sarita losing the knockouts tag titles to Awesome Kong & Hamada, going against Maryse vs. Brie Bella, saw Impact lose 880,000 viewers, the most tuning out of the show for any segment in history.
Strip poker with Sean Morley showing up, Foley still trying to get in, Raven & Dr. Stevie vs. Matt Morgan & Hernandez, and a Pope interview with Orlando Jordan coming out; going against MVP vs. Jack Swagger vs. Carlito vs. Mark Henry for the U.S. title top contendership, saw Impact gain 182,000 viewers.
Desmond Wolfe vs. Pope D’Angelo Dinero, a replay of the Hogan interview and a Styles/Bischoff confrontation going against a DX & Hornswoggle segment saw Impact lose 394,000 viewers.
The Jeff Jarrett/Hulk Hogan confrontation going against DX vs. Jericho & Show saw Impact gain 15,000 viewers.
Samoa Joe vs. Abyss going against Sheamus vs. Evan Borne saw Impact gain 61,000 viewers.
The first half of Angle vs. Styles going against Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston saw Impact lose 30,000 viewers.
The second half of Angle vs. Styles, plus the Foley backstage beatdown by Hall, Nash & Waltman going against the beginning of Bret & Vince saw Impact gain 167,000 viewers.
Based on what was said, and what fans said, Impact implied they will be doing more adult content, or at least less kiddie content, and would have old- time wrestling with blood and chair shots to the head. They claimed they would focus on wrestling, although the three hour show did not have much time allotted for wrestling.
[1] * 5463 * 2866 * 8329
[2] * 5580 * 2026 * 7606
[3] * 5250 * 2158 * 7408
[4] * 5472 * 1785 * 7257
[5] * 6397 * 1783 * 8180
[6] * 5718 * 1891 * 7609
[7] * 5179 * 1810 * 6989
[8] * 5328 * 1955 * 7283
Here is how it breaks down. Impact did 2,866,000 viewers at the top of the 9 o'clock hour to Raw's 5,463,000. Shawn vs. Bret was not the highest-rated segment of Raw, and in fact Impact not only held its audience from the previous unopposed hour but actually grew. Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Hall, Nash and Waltman were compelling enough to prevent people from switching the channel to see the beginning of Raw. It pretty much cannot be argued that Impact being head-to-head hurt the rating for Bret Hart's return to the company. The total audience between the two shows was 8,239,000, the peak for the evening. It should be noted that despite the quarterly ratings, the minute-by-minute numbers show Impact viewers switching to Raw in growing numbers over the course of that 15 minutes.
At 9:15 when Hogan and company left and they did the Knockouts tag title match, Impact's rating plunged. They lost 840,000 viewers, by far the most they've ever lost in a single segment in all their years of existence. With that said, they were falling from their highest viewership of all time, so it's not as bad as it sounds. They were still at 2,026,000 viewers, which prior to this show was still above their previous Thursday-night record. Raw, on the other hand, with Maryse vs. Brie Bella, grew to 5,580,000 viewers. The total audience dropped to 7,606,000 viewers. So for history's sake, number one, Maryse vs. Brie Bella drew more viewers than Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels. Also, the 840,000 viewers who left Impact did not go right to Raw. At most, 117,000 did. The others apparently just stopped watching wrestling after the Hogan segment. A good portion of them returned later, so they didn't quit for the night.
Quarter 3 at 9:30 p.m. saw 5,580,000 watching the four-way for the IC title shot and Jericho meeting with Bret Hart on Raw, and 2,158,000 viewers watching Beautiful People playing strip poker with Val Venis showing up; Foley trying to get into the building; Raven & Stevie vs. Hernandez & Matt Morgan; and Pope's interview with the Orlando Jordan run-in on Impact. Total audience was down further to 7,408,000 viewers. Basically, it appears Raw lost some viewers to Impact (Raw dropped 330,000 and Impact rose 132,000), and some other viewers stopped watching wrestling. This was also, amazingly, the most-watched head-to-head quarter for Impact of the night.
Quarter 4 at 9:45 p.m. saw 5,472,000 viewers watching DX and Hornswaggle backstage and the beginning of the DX vs. Jerishow match on Raw, and 1,785,000 viewers watching Desmond Wolf vs. the Pope; several commercial breaks; Jeff Jarrett walking towards the ring; and the AJ Styles interview where Bischoff walked in and told him he'd be defending the title against Angle tonight on Impact. This is an important segment. Now, granted, it's one quarter on one week, but the facts are these. As much as people hate the Hornswaggle/DX segments, there was an extended one in this quarter and people DID NOT SWITCH TO IMPACT. Raw GAINED 222,000 viewers, most of which seemed to be people switching FROM Impact. Total viewership was 7,257,000, down again, so more people, pretty much all Impact viewers, turned off wrestling. Impact had this loss not only going head-to-head with DX/Hornswaggle, but also while featuring Jarrett (who they find important enough to be their top-of-the-second-hour hook) and their world champion.
Quarter 5 had a lot of people come back to wrestling. Raw did 6,397,000 viewers for DX vs. Jerishow and Vince's meeting with Randy Orton. This was, by far, Raw's highest-rated segment of the night. Impact with Jeff Jarrett's speech and confrontation with Hulk Hogan pretty much stayed steady with 1,783,000 viewers (they lost 2,000 people, statistically 0). Head-to-head viewership was 8,180,000, the second highest of the night behind the opening quarter, and ALL the added viewers went straight to Raw, which gained 925,000, a fantastic number all things considered.
Quarter six saw Raw plunge and Impact gain a bit. Raw did 5,718,000 viewers for the Evan Bourne vs. Sheamus angle and match. That's a drop of 679,000 viewers. You can't fault Sheamus as champion because the previous quarter was an aberration, and in fact if you take it out Sheamus -- and keep in mind he was the sole focal point of this quarter -- drew more viewers than anyone or anything else on the entire show, including Bret/Shawn and Bret/Vince. In other words, say what you will about Sheamus but what they are doing is working and it is strong evidence that Raw viewers want to see new guys getting pushed. Impact with Abyss vs. Joe; Bischoff and Lashley; Nasty Boys trying to get in; an Angle interview; announcers plugging the main event; and Hardy and Shannon leaving (yes, all in a single quarter) did 1,891,000 viewers, close to their previous Thursday record. That is a gain of 108,000, most of which probably came from Raw. Statistically exactly the same number of people were watching this segment as were watching segment two head-to-head, 7,609,000 viewers.
Quarter seven saw the total head-to-head audience drop to the lowest levels of the evening with Raw doing 5,179,000 viewers for several commercials, video packages and the start of the Orton vs. Kofi match, and Impact doing 1,810,000 viewers for the first half of the AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle match. What's notable is there was almost nothing of substance during this quarter for Raw, including two different commercial breaks, and Raw viewers STILL didn't bother switching to Impact, even with Angle vs. AJ for the title taking place. Impact dropped 81,000 viewers during this segment, and since Raw also lost 539,000 viewers that means a lot of people stopped watching wrestling here.
For the final quarter (we didn't get overrun numbers for Raw), Raw grew to 5,328,000 viewers for Bret vs. Vince with Impact also growing slightly to 1,955,000 for the end of the AJ vs. Angle world title match. Total audience was 7,283,000, so Bret vs. Vince didn't drive nearly the viewers one would have anticipated, less than Bret vs. Shawn and significantly less than the tag match.
What is most interesting is the TNA demographics. The show did a 1.84 in Males 18-34 and a 1.30 in Males 35-49. There have been several shows that have done numbers 35-49 very close to this one. But the Males 18-34 doubled from the usual number. While not surprising to a degree, because both Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair always drew better with younger viewers than older viewers, this kind of an audience shift is amazing. There were people expecting Hogan, at 56, to only draw an old audience looking for nostalgia and familiarity and then tune out. And that really didn’t happen. But, television nostalgia reunion shows often work, but they almost never have any legs.
As far as how it affected WWE, WWE’s growth to see Bret Hart’s return was strongest also in the same Males 18-34, up 48% from the normal audience, so it’s an age group that ranged from six to 22 when the Survivor Series incident happened that were the people most interested in seeing Hart. The show did a 3.52 in that demo and 3.22 in Males 35-49. The bulk of the Raw audience gain was Males 18 through 49, so it appeared the buzz regarding Hogan and Hart brought back a ton of people who usually don’t watch the shows. Whether either group ran strong enough programming to keep them back only time will tell.
We don’t have breakdowns for Raw, but I’d bet that when you look at the two hours, the gains or losses for Raw would coincide with gains or losses of Impact.
In the unopposed hour, a Nash interview and the ODB title win over Tara gained 182,000 viewers. A segment with Foley backstage, Kristal Lashley doing an in-ring promo with Bobby and the first vignette of the Beautiful People doing strip poker gained 121,000 viewers. Hall & Waltman showing up and the beginning of Hogan’s interview lost 106,000 viewers.
The Hogan interview, with Waltman, Hall, Nash and finally Bischoff coming out, which went head-to-head with the Hart-Michaels segment, saw Impact gain 258,000 viewers.
Taylor Wilde & Sarita losing the knockouts tag titles to Awesome Kong & Hamada, going against Maryse vs. Brie Bella, saw Impact lose 880,000 viewers, the most tuning out of the show for any segment in history.
Strip poker with Sean Morley showing up, Foley still trying to get in, Raven & Dr. Stevie vs. Matt Morgan & Hernandez, and a Pope interview with Orlando Jordan coming out; going against MVP vs. Jack Swagger vs. Carlito vs. Mark Henry for the U.S. title top contendership, saw Impact gain 182,000 viewers.
Desmond Wolfe vs. Pope D’Angelo Dinero, a replay of the Hogan interview and a Styles/Bischoff confrontation going against a DX & Hornswoggle segment saw Impact lose 394,000 viewers.
The Jeff Jarrett/Hulk Hogan confrontation going against DX vs. Jericho & Show saw Impact gain 15,000 viewers.
Samoa Joe vs. Abyss going against Sheamus vs. Evan Borne saw Impact gain 61,000 viewers.
The first half of Angle vs. Styles going against Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston saw Impact lose 30,000 viewers.
The second half of Angle vs. Styles, plus the Foley backstage beatdown by Hall, Nash & Waltman going against the beginning of Bret & Vince saw Impact gain 167,000 viewers.
Based on what was said, and what fans said, Impact implied they will be doing more adult content, or at least less kiddie content, and would have old- time wrestling with blood and chair shots to the head. They claimed they would focus on wrestling, although the three hour show did not have much time allotted for wrestling.
mercoledì 6 gennaio 2010
TNA Impact rating
As Mike mentioned yesterday, the 1/4 Impact did a 1.5 rating. The opening hour did a 1.69 and 2,536,000 million viewers, while the the two hour block against WWE did a 1.33 in the second two hours and 2,034,00 viewers. The five minute overrun did a 1.26. They averaged 2,200,000 viewers, which is just awesome.
Raw rating
The 1/4 edition of Raw did a 3.6 rating, which is the same number that they did last week. The show did hours of 3.51 and 3.73. Hour one did 5,441,000 viewers while hour two did 5,773,000. They averaged 5,600,000 for the broadcast.
lunedì 4 gennaio 2010
WWE.com rivela una futura storyline?
"Another Superstar who is now on a quest for singles success is Raw's Ted DiBiase. Without Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes at his side, this third-generation Superstar will be looking to prove what he is capable of. Can this former tag team champion finally win one for himself?"
Altri wrestlers arrivano nel backstage TNA + Hulk Hogan parla al roster
Hulk Hogan ha da poco tenuto un discorso davanti a tutto il roster. Tale discorso è stato descritto come positivo e atto a caricare i wrestler per lo show di stasera.
Sono arrivati nel backstage anche Hall e Waltman.
Correggendo la news precedente, Brian Knobbs è presente nel backstage TNA. Presenti anche Sean "Val Venis" Morley, Orlando Jordan.
Sono arrivati nel backstage anche Hall e Waltman.
Correggendo la news precedente, Brian Knobbs è presente nel backstage TNA. Presenti anche Sean "Val Venis" Morley, Orlando Jordan.
Altro ex WWE tornerà in TNA questa sera.
Brian Kendrick e la TNA hanno raggiunto un accordo per una serie di date e parteciperà allo show di stasera, presumibilmente nello steel asylum match.
Ric Flair è atterrato in Orlando
Verso le 8 pm di ieri sera Ric Flair è atterrato all'aeroporto di Orlando. Probabilmente è stato fatto alloggiare in un albergo diverso dagli altri worker TNA per mantenere il segreto.
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM IV RESULTS FROM TOKYO DOME
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM IV RESULTS FROM TOKYO DOME: TEAM 3D LOSE IWGP TAG STRAPS, TERRY FUNK RETURNS TO THE RING IN JAPAN AND MORE
by Mike Johnson @ 11:52 AM on 1/4/2010
New Japan Pro Wrestling held their traditional Tokyo Dome Show event today.
For American fans, the most noteworthy events were Team 3D losing their IWGP Tag Team championships to Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito and Terry Funk, at 65 years old, returning to a Japanese ring after his knee replacement surgery last year in a Legends bout that also featured old nemesis Abdullah the Butcher. Former ECW regulars Yoshihiro Tajiri and Masato Tanaka teamed on the undercard as well.
Complete results, courtesy the great Japanese news website www.puroresufan.com, saw:
NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM IV IN TOKYO DOME”, 1/4/10 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome
41,500 Fans
1. New Japan Pro-Wrestling 2010 Beginning: Super Strong Machine, Wataru Inoue & Mitsuhide Hirasawa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Kazuchika Okada (4:59) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Okada.
2. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Amistad combativa~: Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (c) beat Ultimo Guerrero & Averno (9:07) when Taguchi pinned Averno after the Black Hole Vacation (4th defense).
3. IWGP Tag Team Title - 3WAY Hardcore Rules Match ~Victim and Greed~: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito beat “Team 3D” Brother Ray & Brother Devon (c) and Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (13:28) when Yujiro pinned Anderson after the Limitless Emotion to become the 55th champions.
4. Wrestle Kingdom Special Tag Match ~Blood Stream Blue~: TAJIRI & Masato Tanaka beat Yuji Nagata & Akebono (9:37) when TAJIRI used a Buzzsaw kick on Nagata.
5. Wrestle Kingdom Special 8 Man Tag Match ~The legend never rots~: Terry Funk, Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi beat Abdullah The Butcher, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii (8:52) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Iizuka.
6. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Wilderness~: Togi Makabe beat Mohammed Yone (5:39) with a top rope King Kong kneedrop.
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Highest sky~: Naomichi Marufuji beat Tiger Mask (c) (14:14) with the Tiger Frosion to become the 59th champion.
8. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Radiance~: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Go Shiozaki (19:04) with the High Fly Flow.
9. GHC Heavyweight Title - NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Blast~: Takashi Sugiura (c) beat Hirooki Goto (20:54) with an ankle hold (1st defense).
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title - The newest, The strongest: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) beat Yoshihiro Takayama (15:51) with the Boma Ye (4th defense).
by Mike Johnson @ 11:52 AM on 1/4/2010
New Japan Pro Wrestling held their traditional Tokyo Dome Show event today.
For American fans, the most noteworthy events were Team 3D losing their IWGP Tag Team championships to Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito and Terry Funk, at 65 years old, returning to a Japanese ring after his knee replacement surgery last year in a Legends bout that also featured old nemesis Abdullah the Butcher. Former ECW regulars Yoshihiro Tajiri and Masato Tanaka teamed on the undercard as well.
Complete results, courtesy the great Japanese news website www.puroresufan.com, saw:
NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM IV IN TOKYO DOME”, 1/4/10 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome
41,500 Fans
1. New Japan Pro-Wrestling 2010 Beginning: Super Strong Machine, Wataru Inoue & Mitsuhide Hirasawa beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & Kazuchika Okada (4:59) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Okada.
2. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Amistad combativa~: Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (c) beat Ultimo Guerrero & Averno (9:07) when Taguchi pinned Averno after the Black Hole Vacation (4th defense).
3. IWGP Tag Team Title - 3WAY Hardcore Rules Match ~Victim and Greed~: Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito beat “Team 3D” Brother Ray & Brother Devon (c) and Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (13:28) when Yujiro pinned Anderson after the Limitless Emotion to become the 55th champions.
4. Wrestle Kingdom Special Tag Match ~Blood Stream Blue~: TAJIRI & Masato Tanaka beat Yuji Nagata & Akebono (9:37) when TAJIRI used a Buzzsaw kick on Nagata.
5. Wrestle Kingdom Special 8 Man Tag Match ~The legend never rots~: Terry Funk, Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono & Manabu Nakanishi beat Abdullah The Butcher, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii (8:52) when Nakanishi used an Argentine backbreaker on Iizuka.
6. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Wilderness~: Togi Makabe beat Mohammed Yone (5:39) with a top rope King Kong kneedrop.
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Highest sky~: Naomichi Marufuji beat Tiger Mask (c) (14:14) with the Tiger Frosion to become the 59th champion.
8. NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Radiance~: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Go Shiozaki (19:04) with the High Fly Flow.
9. GHC Heavyweight Title - NJPW vs. NOAH Battle Effusions ~Blast~: Takashi Sugiura (c) beat Hirooki Goto (20:54) with an ankle hold (1st defense).
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title - The newest, The strongest: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) beat Yoshihiro Takayama (15:51) with the Boma Ye (4th defense).
Notes dal party di Hulk Hogan in Orlando
The Hulk Hogan Appreciation Rally tenuto ieri all'Universal Citiwalk's Margaritaville in Orlando, Florida ha visto presenti fra gli invitati: Eric Bischoff, Scott Hall, Jason Hervey e Kip James.
L'evento è stato "condotto" da Bubba the Love Sponge e Jeremy Borash.
L'evento è stato "condotto" da Bubba the Love Sponge e Jeremy Borash.
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