Meltzer on the 9th June edition of IMPACT WRESTLING wrote:Love & Winter beat Mickie James & Tara in 4:43. The finish saw Madison Rayne come out and pull Tara off the apron and throw her into the steps. James had nobody to tag, and Love pinned her with an offshoot of the back stabber. Since Love is challenging James for the title, this booking made sense, which, given that it’s TNA, must have been somebody’s idea of a swerve.
Remember when Kurt came in, it was said he came because he heard people say Samoa Joe was the best guy in the world and he had to prove he was really the best guy, and they actually did business. Must have been a dream.
Along with Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner vs. Matt Morgan was also established in an angle as being for the No. 1 Contendership. At the IMPACT TV tapings, there was nothing about either man facing Anderson for the title (Angle instead talked about going to the Olympics).
Which nicely ties into this...
Wrestling Observer Newsletter wrote:The overriding story coming out of Slammiversary was the audience. The Impact Zone in Orlando had in the past been a rabid audience that in TNA’s best days, made some good matches come across even better. But everyone seems to have their limits. This was a crowd that has seen so much, and TNA’s endless storylines that go nowhere have led to the worst thing possible. Even the live audience has stopped caring. With a promotion where faces and heels are a blur, the audience reaction was a blur as well. The slogan “Wrestling Matters” would be more apropos as “Nothing Matters,” and that’s what the crowd seemed to think.
WWE RAW Ratings BreakdownQuarter 1: Show opened at a 2.7.
Q2: Lost 210,000 viewers (Miz & Austin/Kane vs. Del Rio)
Q3: Gained 65,000 viewers (Sin Cara, Daniel Bryan & Ezekiel Jackson vs. Wade Barrett, Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes)
Q4: Lost 10,000 viewers to a show low of 2.6 (Sheamus vs. Santino)
Q5: Gained 924,000 viewers (Christian & Randy Orton promo). Clearly these people forget about the first hour
Q6: Lost 154,000 viewers (Rey Mysterio vs. Christian)
Q7: Lost 131,000 viewers (R-Truth vs. John Morrison, which ended up not taking place)
Q8: Gained 169,000 viewers (Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne)
Q9: Gained 342,000 viewers (Piper's Pit/Piper vs. Miz)
Q10: Lost 306,000 viewers (Divas' match)
Q11: Gained 72,000 viewers (Steve Austin smashing up the laptop)
Q12/Over-run: Gained 501,000 viewers (Cena vs. CM Punk), to close on a 3.6.
IMPACT WRESTLING Ratings BreakdownQuarter 1: 1.1, & the highest rated quarter on the show.
Q2: Lost 132,000 viewers (Mickie James & Tara vs. Winter & Angelina Love)
Q3: Lost 73,000 viewers (Alex Shelley & James Storm vs. Hernandez & Anarquia)
Q4: Lost 73,000 (Mr. Anderson and Gunner, Mexican America confronting Hogan) to drop the show to an abysmal 0.9
Q5: Gained 135,000 viewers (Jeff Jarrett/Kurt Angle)
Q6: Gained 44,000 viewers (Bully Ray vs. RVD)
Q7: Lost 44,000 viewers (Velvet Sky vs. ODB)
Q8: Lost 44,000 viewers again (Sting & Eric Young vs. Gunner & Mr. Anderson)
So, basically, the viewing audience hated everything.
June 20th RAW will be the return of Cyber Sunday. The June 27th RAW, from Las Vegas, will be a double taping. The first show will be the return of RAW Roulette.
Gimmicks ahoy!
At E3, David Arquette showed up to play WWE 12 and said that he wants to do more with WWE.