iMPACT! Beats ECW Rating, CM Punk/ESPN, HBK Note, & More News
? ESPN has a long interview up with CM Punk.
? Shawn Michaels has a real profile up on WWE Universe at https://fans.wwe.com/shawnmichaels
? Thursday's edition of iMPACT! topped ECW in the ratings, drawing a 1.1 rating and 1.4 million viewers compared to ECW's 1.0 (rounded up from 0.95). Although, the number was down from the week before, which drew a 1.16 rating and 1.6 million viewers overall. The most-watched quarter hour of iMPACT! was the sixth quarter hour, which featured Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs. Taylor Wilde & Rhaka Khan, a Kevin Nash promo, and Mike Tenay's interview with Sheik Abdul Bashir. Both the opening promo and main event segments each drew a 1.1 rating. iMPACT!'s rating slid to a 0.99 rating by the end of the first hour, but bounced back following Mick Foley's promo at the top of the second hour. This week's show drew a 0.90 rating among males 18-35, compared to 0.85 the previous week.
? Orlando Quinones sent in the following... Kurt Angle stopped by Sirius XM Radio this week for a one on one interview with Orlando Quinones of "The After Hours Spot Radio Show" on Sirius 40 Hip Hop Nation. Some the topics covered included:
-His thoughts on Vince McMahon
-Booker T's contributions to TNA Wrestling
-Reaction to Bret "The Hitman" Harts book
-Dropping the belt to Samoa Joe
-His thoughts on Kimbo Slice losing on national television
Here's the video of the interview in 2 parts:
Part 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6HKyd3nu5E
Part 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1TgdxhJ_k