TNA Vs. WWE Ratings, Daniel Bryan's Injury, Backstage News, More
– TNA iMPACT! for the week of February 14 drew 105,000 viewers on Bravo in the UK, with the replay an hour later pulling another 45,000. RAW had 75,000 viewers live and 57,000 for the replay on Thursday. WWE Superstars pulled in 87,000 on the first showing, with another 57,000 for the Saturday morning replay. ECW drew 42,000 viewers. TNA did well for the go-home show before Against All Odds, but the pay per view was only available online.
– Shad Gaspard discusses his audition for Conan in an interview at https://splashpage.mtv.com/
– WWE.com posted some photos of Daniel Bryan's injuries from last night's debut of NXT. Bryan did a suicide dive, and was slammed into the announce table by Chris Jericho. That looked like it hurt and it really showed with the red marks.
– As noted yesterday here on the website, WWE has reportedly purchased the Ultimate Pro Wrestling video library. The California-based UPW ? which is now defunct ? was often used as a training ground for prospective wrestling talent as it was stepping stone in the development of many past and present mainstream performers including John Cena, Samoa Joe, Chris Masters, Tara (a/k/a Victoria), Christopher Daniels, Jon Heidenreich, The Miz, Melina, Sim Snuka, Mike Knox, SoCal Val and ECW's formerly infrequently seen backstage announcer Lena Yada.