January 4, 2010
TNA 1st Hour Fail
Jeff Hardy, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall & Ric Flair debut. Tara loses title to ODB. I guess some other stuff happened. I'm not sure. I switched to Raw at 9:00pm.
Dana White Comments on Competing with WWE
"And I respect this guy. I like Vince McMahon. I’ve had breakfast with him. He’s a good guy, but he is a (expletive) animal. I’m not trying to beat him on Monday night. I don’t think we would beat them. Those guys pull killer ratings. It’s been like the highest rated show on television forever. We’re just putting a fight on Monday night because Spike wants us to. I think we’re two totally different, pro wrestling is totally different than the UFC and mixed martial arts"...More?
source: mmaweekly.com
WWE RAW Live and Nearly DVR-Proof 52 Weeks a Year
“It’s about the only 52-week, live, DVR-proof show going,” said Chris McCumber, EVP of marketing at USA Network. The “Raw” show is new every week of the year, and because it is live with sports elements, Mr. McCumber suggested, it is less likely to be recorded on a digital video recorder and played back later — with the commercials skipped.
He said that “Raw” was up 17 percent in total viewers on USA over the last year.
source: tvbythenumbers.com
Which Side Are You On?
Poll Results - What Will You Be Doing on Jan. 4th?:
Watching Raw - 77 (66%)
Watching TNA - 17 (14%)
Switching Between the Shows - 13 (11%)
Watching One-Taping the Other - 9 (7%)
Total Votes: 116
TNA iMPACT!: Special live three-hour edition of TNA iMPACT! from Orlando, FL at Universal Studios featuring the debut of Hulk Hogan.
WWE Raw: Hall of Famer Bret "The Hitman" Hart will make his first appearance on a WWE television program in 12 years as the special guest host of Monday Night Raw live from Dayton, OH. Also confirmed for the show is DX defending the WWE Unified Tag Team Championships against Chris Jericho & Big Show and Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston.
This Day in Wrestling History
Shotgun Saturday Night debuts from the Mirage Nightclub in New York
January 4, 1997
Mankind (Mick Foley) defeateds The Rock to win the WWF World Title at a RAW is WAR taping in Worcester, Massachusetts. The show would air on the following Monday. That night Tony Schiavone would reveal the result during WCW Monday Nitro, airing live that night, noting that Mankind as champion "ought to put a lot of butts in the seats." Schiavone would later claim Eric Bischoff fed him that line to say.
January 4, 1999
Hollywood Hogan defeated Kevin Nash for the WCW Heavyweight title.
January 4, 1999
January 3, 2010
Dixie Carter: "This is a marathon not a sprint. The ratings, quite honestly, are irrelevant."
Dixie Carter said in an interview with The Sun that she isn't taking on Vince McMahon. Her goal is to make wrestling cool, hip and relevant. Click here.
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Jim Ross
January 3, 1952
Triple H defeated the Big Show for the WWF(E) Heavyweight title
January 3, 2000
January 2, 2010
Lance Storm Commentary - "I’m very excited to see the show Monday"
One last thing I want to cover before wrapping this up is the return of Bret Hart to Monday Night RAW. I’m very excited to see the show Monday, because Bret was a big part of why I got into wrestling so I’m really looking forward to his return. I have no expectations going in, I just hope the fans show him the respect he so greatly deserves, and I believe they will. Before WWE announced his return I was planning to flip back and forth and watch both RAW and Impact but now I will watch RAW in its entirety. I will have to either DVR Impact or just watch it at its regular time on Thursday.
For my official rating prediction for January 4th:
RAW (3.6 – 3.8)
Impact (0.6 – 0.8)
source: stormwrestling.com
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
