Who's Helping Brodus Clay?, Cable Ratings, More

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

– WrestlingFigs.com reports that WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will be appearing at Texas Frightmare Weekend at the Hyatt Regency Hotel DFW Airport adjacent to Terminal C on May 4-6, 2012.

– USA won the cable ratings this week. The network came in #1 with a 2.2 average, with History Channel and Disney coming in at #2 and #3 with a 1.8 and 1.7 respectively. F/X was #8 with a 1.2 while SyFy ranked #13 with a 0.9. Spike did not place in the top 25. Among all cable shows last week, RAW's hours placed #7 and #8 overall.

– Brodus Clay was reportedly hesitant about doing his new gimmick at first. The "Road Dogg" BG James has been working with him on it prior to live events and TV tapings. Clay wanted to be a monster heel, like originally planned.