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Friday, January 15, 2010

Exclusive: Big TNA Surprise Coming Shortly - Who Is It

TNAWrestlingNews.com has learned EXCLUSIVELY that former WWE performer Ken Anderson (a/k/a Mr. Kennedy) will be debuting with TNA Wrestling next week, according to company sources. According to our source, Anderson will either debut at Sunday's Genesis as the 'Major TNA Wrestling Superstar Acquisition' teased on Thursday's iMPACT!, or he will debut at the following night's television taping. Current plans call for Anderson to debut at Genesis, but should the company decide to hold out, he will debut at the following evening's television tapings. Either way, Anderson will debut with TNA next week




Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is rock hard and brings out his very big guns for the cover of the March 2010 Muscle & Fitness. Dwayne is scheduled to appear on Leno tonight. One of the last times he was on that show

Thursday, January 14, 2010

WWE vs. TNA & UFC Ratings Update, TNA Website To Relaunch

-- TNA president Dixie Carter noted on her Twitter that TNAWrestling.com will be relaunched this weekend. This will be the website's first major overhaul since 2005.-- TNA Women's Knockout Champion ODB is this week's special guest on Live Events Center. You can view the episode at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W0hmFZYToI-- WWE.com has an interview up with Mike Tyson from after Monday's RAW. Tyson mentions being a wrestling enthusiast since he was 12, and that he always wanted to be like Bruno Sammartino. He also says he owes Vince McMahon for life for letting Tyson's son join him and DX in the ring at the end of the show. He almost breaks down in tears while discussing that.-- WWE's two week battle with TNA Wrestling and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is over and Monday Night RAW held strong in the cable ratings. RAW went head-to-head on consecutive weeks with special programming on SpikeTV. Last week (1/4), Bret Hart's reutrn to WWE RAW helped RAW earn a 3.6 cable rating against TNA's 1.5 cable rating (1.3 for the final 2 hours that challenged RAW). On Monday (1/11), WWE RAW featuring the return of Mike Tyson saw increased viewership from the previous week, doing a 3.7 cable rating with 5.5 million viewers. "UFC Fight Night 20" on Spike TV earned a 1.2 cable rating with an average of 1.7 million viewers.The show peaked with 2 million viewers for the Gray Maynard vs. Nate Diaz main event. In the end, it looks like good news for all parties involved. WWE RAW did above-average viewership both weeks - while at the same time, TNA and UFC both drew healthy audiences

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Last Night's Raw Rating, Jericho Exposed During Raw, Latest On Kelly Kelly, More


-- Last night's episode of Monday Night Raw featuring Mike Tyson as the special guest host drew a 3.7 cable rating, up from last week's 3.6 number. The show scored hours of 3.72 and 3.73. (source: PWInsider.com)
-- Last month's Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view is out on DVD today. You can watch a brutal clip of Christian diving on top of a ladder — resulting in it being split in half — at the following link.
-- Chris Jericho had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction last night on Raw as Shawn Michaels pulled his trunks far too down while performing a roll-up, thus exposing his backside. This will likely be edited off this week's replays.
-- Kelly Kelly said on her Twitter account over the weekend that the airline she traveled on lost her bags, which should explain why she wore sneakers for her match against Alicia Fox last night on Raw. On another note, she stated this evening that she is heading to Europe this week for 'work' — presumably, a media blitz promoting WWE's upcoming European tour