RAW & IMPACT RATINGS

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin guest-hosted the March 15 Raw from San Diego up against TNA Impact's second official Monday night show featuring Jeff Hardy vs. A.J. Styles. Read up on our detailed live coverage, results, and ratings information in Tuesday night...

RATINGS
Raw Ratings up 8-10%
Impact Ratings down 15-22%
Raw quarter-hour break down
Impact quarter-hour break down

TV REPORTS
KELLER'S WWE Raw TV Report
CALDWELL'S TNA Impact TV Report

Edge appeared on the local Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C. to promote WrestleMania, talk about his TV feud with Chris Jericho, and discuss his return from a major Achilles tendon injury. Read what Edge said about his major injury recovery, with Video included... [CONTINUE READING] The Reuters news service picked up The Hollywood Reporter's story on WrestleMania's pop culture relevance, which led to major national news outlets running the story. Also, Reuters's story includes a twist of irony with current TNA wrestler Ric Flair featured... [CONTINUE READING] Tonight's episode of WWE Superstars on WGN will feature a six-man tag match from the Raw brand highlighting Christian and a singles match from the Smackdown brand involving Money in the Bank participants. Read the full preview of the three matches taped for the show... [CONTINUE READING] Spike TV will be replaying Monday night's edition of TNA Impact in the old Thursday night timeslot for the second straight week. Also, read full weekend house show tour previews, including a rare appearance by Kevin Nash and the return of Homicide... [CONTINUE READING] Bret Hart appeared on last night's edition of "The Hour" on CBC to promote WrestleMania 26 and talk about returning to WWE. Read what Hart said about contacting Vince McMahon about a return. Also, The Hollywood Reporter published two stories on WrestleMania to continue WWE's publicity tour... [CONTINUE READING] East Coast Audio show review of 3/16 WWE NXT: Our hosts are sober for this St. Patrick's Day edition of the ECA. NXT this week continued to be very vague about the rules and application of the rules for the NXT "competition." The show started strong with Darren "Brown Cena" Young & C.M. Punk vs. Justin Gabriel & Matt Hardy. After that, not much of note... [CONTINUE READING] Former WWE and TNA wrestler Bobby Lashley has shifted his focus entirely to Mixed Martial Arts. He has fought for Strikeforce, UFC's top competitor, on CBS. What's next for him as he attempts to build on his undefeated streak and gain consideration for a Hvt. title shot? News on that broke today, and MMATorch editor Jamie Penick presents details and exclusive analysis... [CONTINUE READING] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin appeared on "Good Day LA" this morning on the local Fox affiliate in Los Angeles to promote "Damage," talk some wrestling, and discuss romantic comedies. Interesting enough, with the video included in the story, including a brief mention of "The Rock" Dwayne Johnson... [CONTINUE READING] We have TV viewership information on last night's episode of WWE NXT on Syfy with the ratings continuing a steady decline with another 10 percent drop in viewership following last week's 25 percent drop. Read the ratings trend through four weeks of NXT... [CONTINUE READING] Sample Review: Not much to say, other than that this is definitely a show in desperate need of direction. You know things aren't at their best when we've been given an official time for voting, and we're now left with even more questions than we came in with. ... It did have a good tag match of Darren Young & C.M. Punk vs. Justin Gabriel & Matt Hardy... [CONTINUE READING] This issue opens with a cover story looking at the dropoff in Impact's ratings in week two on Monday nights... Wade Keller's BBL editorial proposes an overhaul of Impact over the next five weeks that would reroute the identity of the promotion... Jason Powell's "Page 2 Buzz" breaks insider news from TNA and WWE... Bruce Mitchell writes about the strength and depth of the WrestleMania 26 line-up... Greg Parks evaluates the early episodes of NXT... Brian Hoops covers the week in nostalgia news including three obituaries... Keller's reports on Raw, Smackdown, and Impact... WWE Newswire and TNA Newswire... And more... [CONTINUE READING] When looking back at the explosion of MMA in the last decade, all roads lead back to the Ultimate Fighter. You can tell tales of pioneers such as Royce Gracie, Mark Coleman and Dan Severn until your voice gives out, but the fact is The Ultimate Fighter breathed life into a dying sport... [CONTINUE READING] This episode of the PWTorch Livecast & VIP Aftershow with host Wade Keller and guest co-host Pat McNeill, PWTorch columnist, features live callers and emailers asking questions on a variety of topics including TNA Impact. In the VIP Aftershow, Mitchell McNeill preview the TNA Destination X PPV line-up and answer the McNeill Mailbag questions... [CONTINUE READING] The Wednesday, March 17 edition of the PWTorch Livecast is available now after today's daily show. Torch VIP members can access the complete 60-minute episode + the VIP Aftershow. Find out how to also subscribe to the PWTorch Livecast on iTunes... [CONTINUE READING] Sample Review: Another solid edition of Raw, but I was expecting a "knock your socks off" type show and we didn't really get that. Raw did manage to keep and build my interest on all but one of the matches currently scheduled for WrestleMania. That one exception is the Money in the Bank match... [CONTINUE READING] TNA announced Bobby Heenan, Dory Funk, Jr., and Baron Von Raschke for their Lockdown Fanfest on April 17 in St. Louis prior to the Lockdown PPV. Read about TNA president Dixie Carter's announcement today with details on the Fanfest... [CONTINUE READING] In this edition of Hits & Misses, Jon Mezzera takes a look at the 3/16 episode of NXT with the vague announcement that the pros will have their first vote in two weeks (including Mezzera's criticism of the lack of a clear format and a specific suggestion for WWE to address the issue of the judge's criteria)... [CONTINUE READING] WWE will be putting tickets on-sale Saturday morning for Summerslam in Los Angeles and their new "Over The Limit" PPV in Detroit. Read the details on the two PPV events following WrestleMania 26 later this year, including a look at the Over the Limit PPV logo... [CONTINUE READING] Watch the complete 30-minute "Before the Bell" Destination X PPV hype video focusing on the X Division, the history of the Division, and top stars including A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Dixie Carter, and Eric Bischoff talking on-camera about the X Division... [CONTINUE READING] Former TNA wrestler/MMA fighter Bobby Lashley says he's not working with TNA right now after being "future endeavored," but he's not really that sure. Read more to see Lashley try to make sense of his current TNA status. Lashley also talks WWE vs. TNA... [CONTINUE READING] Leading up to WrestleMania 26 on March 28, we will be publishing a daily WrestleMania PPV flashback report around 12:00 p.m. CST every afternoon until this year's WrestleMania. Today, we cover WrestleMania 14 from 1998 featuring the famous Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels WWF Title match with Mike Tyson's involvement, Undertaker vs. Kane, Pete Rose, and more... [CONTINUE READING] Quarter-hour ratings for WWE Raw on Monday night show Raw opening with strong audience interest through the first 45 minutes, then settling into a valley until the very end of the show for the Bret Hart and Vince McMahon contract signing. Read the details on Raw's quarter-hours, with some comparisons to TNA Impact... [CONTINUE READING] Torch specialist Shane McKinley offers his latest ABSURD take on Monday night's edition of TNA Impact with a review of the Nastys, Hall, and Nash on pro wrestling TV in 2010, Abyss driving the babyface Hummer, Destination X's new tagline: "Wait, it's this Sunday?" and more... [CONTINUE READING] MMATorch Editor Jamie Penick debuts the Daily Audio News Brief today, a short podcast running down the news of the day. Penick discusses Bellator's signing of Roger Huerta, along with the reported fight between Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard and former WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho. He finishes with more thoughts on Scott Coker leaving the possibility open for a Jose Canseco appearance in Strikeforce... [CONTINUE READING] Torch specialist Shane McKinley offers his latest ABSURD take on Monday night's edition of WWE Raw with a look at Stone Cold giving John Cena his Hall of Fame ring...no wait, wrong show, USA Network censors on over-drive, Legacy splitting up, Orton vs. Hunter III - even quieter, and more... [CONTINUE READING] Read the results of a new poll released today by Quinnipiac University showing where former WWE CEO Linda McMahon stands among her Republican opponents and potential Democratic opponent in the Connecticut Senate race. Also, the director of the poll comments on McMahon... [CONTINUE READING] Jeff Hardy has his day in court today facing felony and misdemeanor drug possession-related charges stemming from his September 11 arrest. Read details on Hardy's court date after being indicted on January 4... [CONTINUE READING] Read a SPOILER ahead of Friday night's episode of Smackdown from Tuesday night's Smackdown TV taping in Los Angeles with WWE making official a new singles match for the WrestleMania 26 PPV. Also, a new match stipulation has been added to the match... [CONTINUE READING] Let your voice be heard. PWTorch.com readers are encouraged to participate in our regular polls where you can vote for the option of your choice and also see how other readers are voting. Be sure to vote in today's polls on the first two rounds of the Monday Night Wars II, and 3/15 Raw & Impact MVP... [CONTINUE READING] WWE quietly added a clause to their "Impact" concussion testing policy to ban chair shots to the head in January, according to WWE spokesman. Read the updated policy clause on chair shots being banned, with Caldwell's Analysis... [CONTINUE READING] Read Torch assistant editor James Caldwell's complete real-time coverage of tonight's WWE NXT show on Syfy with John Cena nowhere to be found despite pre-match advertising by WWE, a C.M. Punk vs. Matt Hardy tag match, and an announcement on the voting process... [CONTINUE READING] This is a new feature for PWTorch, as Jamie Penick, the editor-in-chief of our sister site MMATorch.com, is presenting a list of the top news stories of the day in MMA along with direct links to more details, plus highlights of MMATorch-exclusive features of interest. Whether you're a hardcore MMA fan who also likes pro wrestling or someone who limited time to follow MMA but wants an overview of the headlines, this feature is for you... [CONTINUE READING] Sample Review: Sometimes I wonder about TNA. I don't know if it's a case of TNA relaxing with a taped show and feeling they can fill in the blanks during post-production to put together a competent show, but this was the work of a creative staff struggling to find its way... [CONTINUE READING] This episode of the PWTorch Livecast & VIP Aftershow with host Wade Keller and guest co-host Bruce Mitchell, PWTorch senior columnist, features live callers talking mainly about TNA Impact last night. Most of the emotions are frustrations with the product and signs of lessons not learned. Calls also include last night's Raw, Money in the Bank, and more. In the VIP Aftershow, Mitchell & Keller break down TNA's quarter hour trends and see winners & big losers... [CONTINUE READING] The Tuesday, March 16 edition of the PWTorch Livecast is available now after today's daily show. Torch VIP members can access the complete 60-minute episode + the VIP Aftershow. Find out how to also subscribe to the PWTorch Livecast on iTunes... [CONTINUE READING]