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TNA News: TNA Impact ratings hold steady for show headlined by Christian & Rhino vs. Team 3D
Mar 21, 2008 - 4:57:19 PM
By Wade Keller, Torch editor
TNA Impact's audience remained the same as last week, with 1.4 million total average viewership, likely translating into a 1.1 rating as last week (we don't have the overall rating number or quarter hours confirmed at this time). It also drew essentially the same rating among M18-49 (0.46 this week, 0.47 last week).
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Torch Today
TORCH NEWS TICKER 5/10: Smackdown ratings, Nick Hogan top five search, Kennedy tries to explain suspension, WWE stock analysis
TORCH NEWS TICKER 5/4: WWE Results Wanted, Latest on Ashley, Hogan wrestling show, Khali everywhere in India
FEATURE ALERT: PWTorch Wrestling Schedule Updated Through SummerSlam
WWE News
Ratings News: ECW ratings are in for the 100th Episode, and it's newsworthy
Ratings News: Raw rating ties the lowest first-week-of-May rating of last 12 years
WWE News: WWE reports first quarter earnings with $31 million generated from WrestleMania 24
TNA News
TNA Impact Ratings: Ouch! Lowest rating in a long time for stacked show (w/Keller Reax)
TNA Impact Ratings: The pattern continues, biggest ratings drop for big main event tag (w/Keller Reax)
TNA Impact Ratings: Ratings for Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle rematch are in (w/Keller Reax)
ROH News
4/19 ROH in Chicago Ridge, Ill.: Nigel vs. Steen, Machine Guns vs. Briscoes, Dempsey vs. Delirious, Age of Fall vs. Vulture Squad
4/18 ROH in Detroit, Mich.: Jigsaw vs. Joey Matthews, Necro vs. Delirious, Albright & Hero vs. Evans & Ruckus
4/12 ROH in Edison, N.J.: Briscoes vs. Richards & Romero for ROh Tag Titles, Nigel vs. Steen
Other News
Torch Indy Weekend Preview: ROH debuts in Va., J.Lynn, Jake Roberts, Dr. Death, Jarrett, F1rst show in MN
Nick Hogan News: Tomorrow is big day for Nick as he enters a plea, update on his intent
Torch Indy Weekend Report: New IWA champ, Samoa Joe, ref Patera, Jacobs, women's shows
PPV Reports
CALDWELL'S TNA SACRIFICE PPV REPORT 5/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV
KELLER'S WWE BACKLASH PPV REPORT 4/27: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV event
CALDWELL'S WWE BACKLASH REPORT 4/27: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of PPV
TV Reports
5/9 WWE SMACKDOWN: Parks's Ongoing "Real-Time" Coverage of the show, including what happens with the World Title
KELLER'S TNA IMPACT REPORT 5/8: Joe & Nash vs. Steiner & Angle, Several Stips Established in Final Sacrifice PPV Hype
5/8 Impact Review by Wilkenfeld: Competant buildup towards all 10 matches at Sacrifice + 34 entrances!
Arena Reports
5/2 WWE Raw in Montreal: Triple H vs. Orton in a cage, Jericho vs. Snitsky, Regal vs. Crazy
4/22 WWE in Greensboro: Detailed complete report from SD taping, ECW taping, Dark Matches
4/22 WWE in Greensboro: Mitchell's Smackdown taping report including what Mike Adamle brought to the ring
MMA / UFC Coverage
MMA UPDATES: Fedor a free agent - who cares? MMA a racist sports? Nine ways for EliteXC to be success?
UFC and MMA News: Big twist in next Ultimate Fighter casting, new Liddell opponent, new podcast
UFC 82 COVERAGE: Check out the redesigned MMATorch.com tonight for live fight coverage, plus Brock Lesnar's opponent named during PPV
KELLER'S TAKE
KELLER: McMahon Returns for That? Nothing Funnier than a DUI! Let Me Shift So You Can Hit Me!
A KELLER SHORT: Should Mr. Kennedy be a babyface; coffee shop eavesdropping
A KELLER SHORT: A look ahead to tonight's Raw - Random thoughts on Triple H, King of Ring, JBL, Vince, Kennedy, Michaels
MITCHELL'S TAKE
MITCHELL: WWE, Bush, Barack, Hillrod, and Big John McCain
A MITCHELL SHORT: Samoa Joe's Contract and TNA's Big Title Match
MITCHELL: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair - The Echoes
MCNEILL'S TAKE
Cross The Line: McNEILL previews TNA Sacrifice!
VIP - MCNEILL FACTOR: Stripped: Russo's rich history of vacating titles (#1024)
McNEILL's "Who's Hot, Who's Not" for Week of 5/6: Orton, Coachman, Ashley, MachineGuns
CALDWELL'S TAKE
CORNER CUBE FRIDAY 5/9 - The significance of June 24 - WWE and Benoit
CORNER CUBE WEDNESDAY 5/7 - WWE recognizes problem with ECW, Travel schedule not getting lighter
CORNER CUBE TUESDAY 5/6 - Quick hits on WWE Financials: WM buys below expectations, International biz, Kids effect
RADICAN'S TAKE
Rapid-fire booking with Raven - Nash & Hall in ECW instead of WCW
RADICAN: FIP hits the reset button - Strong-Stevens tears down the house
RADICAN: Trapped inside the beast - Sullivan books WCW
The Specialists
TNA Sacrifice Preview by Wilkenfeld: 39 wrestlers, and no signs of any clunkers
5/9 WWE Smackdown Hits & Misses: MVP vs. Finlay, Morrison vs. Batista, Edge Wins
5/8 TNA Impact Hits & Misses: LAX, Nash, DX, Main Event
Guest Editorials
EDITORIAL: Why Raw helped the characters of Regal, Kennedy, and Orton, but fell just short for ECW wrestlers
EDITORIAL: Space-Time Continuum Spoiler Alert: Scott Steiner Solves for Pi. Off-air Notes From a Fictional, Future Impact!
EDITORIAL: Could new King of the Ring William Regal become WWE's breakout star in 2008?
Torch Feedback
ECW Reax #1: "The quality of ECW is taking a horrendous nosedive and WWE seems oblivious."
WWE Raw Reax #3: "Imagine watching your favorite sitcom and every time something meaningful is about to happen, it blacks out."
WWE Raw Reax #2: "I kept hoping that Triple H wouldn't bury an entire roster, but guess what..."
Ask the Editor
ASK THE EDITOR: Have the Michaels-Batista promos crossed a line with use of insider terms, references to "jobs"?
ASK THE EDITOR: Why do wrestlers in WWE refer to wrestling as "the business" and not "the sport"?
ASK THE EDITOR: Why didn't Curt Hennig get a run with the WWE World Title?
DVDs - VGames - Books
Rapid-fire booking with Raven - Nash & Hall in ECW instead of WCW
RADICAN: FIP hits the reset button - Strong-Stevens tears down the house
RADICAN'S DVD REVIEW: TNA Turning Point 2007
Torch Flashbacks
KELLER'S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 5 YRS. AGO: Vince McMahon on Piper's Pit, Kendrick calls out Cena, Rhino, Benoit, Guerreros
KELLER'S TNA REPORT 5 YRS. AGO (4-30-08): West calls it "most anticipated night in TNA history."
KELLER: Compare today's WWE Smackdown roster to Torch annual Smackdown roster rankings from Fall of 2006
VIP Exclusive Features
Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 2: History of the Midnight Express, Ashley, Nick Hogan, Adamle, Shameless Hulk (74 min.)
Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 1: WrestleMania Buyrate, WWE Stock Perspective, TNA Sacrifice PPV Preview (46 min.)
The Real Deal with Pat McNeill (Audio): Listener Mail on Claudio, Hunter, Vince, ROH criticisms, News (34 min.)
Torch Trivia
Torch Trivia: How much do you know about power abusers?
Torch Trivia: How much do you know about wrestling's technical difficulties?
Torch Trivia: How much do you know about prior Kings Of The Ring?
Torch Instant Polls
POLL: What's your opinion of the controversial non-airing of the finish of the Raw main event on Apr. 28?
POLL: If you saw the Apr. 28 WWE Raw, pick the MVP of the program
POLL: If you didn't see the event, why? If you did, pick the best match and score it
PWTorch Free Podcast
NEW PWTORCH FREE PODCAST: Excerpt of post WWE Backlash PPV Roundtables with Keller, Mitchell, McNeill (13 min.)
New Free PWTorch Podcast: First new free audio show in months now available to all (40 min.)
PWTorch Free Podcast: Excerpt of "The Audio Experience" with Jeremy, Dusty, Eric (23 min.)
Annual Obituaries
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 1999 - Muchnick, Rick Rude, Owen Hart, Renegade...
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2000 - Solie, Albright, Duncum, Tsuruta, Blue Demon, Al Costello
SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2001: Johnny Valentine, Terry Gordy, Chris Adams, Bertha Faye, Helen Hart