Discovery Praises TNA Impact Wrestling Viewership On Destination America

Discovery Communications issued the following press release praising viewership for TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America during the month of January.

DESTINATION AMERICA SCORES BIG WITH FIRST MONTH OF PREMIERES FOR IMPACT WRESTLING

More than four million viewers tune in during first four weeks of premieres

(Silver Spring, MD) – Destination America recorded its best January ever in Prime HH delivery with premieres of Impact Wrestling. The all-new season kicked off on Wednesday, January 7th, with Impact Wrestling LIVE, ranking as Destination America’s best Wednesday evening in network history delivery of M25-54. The show also ranked as the 6th most social television program for the evening with #Destination IMPACT reaching a collective 73M impressions on Twitter.

Premieres of Impact Wrestling settled into their regular Destination America timeslot on Friday, January 16th. For the month of January, Impact Wrestling ranked as the #9 series in ad-supported cable for delivery of M25-54 on Friday nights. On Friday, January 23rd, the network garnered its highest rated and most watched Friday evening in network history for delivery of P25-54 and M25-54, ranking as the #3 sports telecast in cable (behind only NBA Basketball and the X Games on ESPN) and out-delivering networks including A&E, NGC, ESPN2, TNT and FXX among M25-54.

Throughout January, Impact Wrestling posted record-breaking numbers, delivering an average of 276K viewers among P25-54.

Continuing to build momentum, Destination America’s Impact Wrestling recorded its best premiere to date on Friday, February 6th, delivering an average of 345K P25-54, while earning a 0.85 rating among M25-54. Since premiering on the network in January 2015, 4.2M viewers have watched Impact Wrestling on Destination America.

Anderson Silva Failed Second Drug Test?

MMAJunkie.com reports that Anderson Silva failed an additional drug test for his UFC 183 comeback fight against Nick Diaz. A date of the failure or any other additional details have not yet been revealed. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has not confirmed this.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Bellator MMA 133: Shlemenko VS Manhoef – 2/13/15

Main Card – Spike TV 9/8C

Middleweight Main event: Alexander Shlemenko (50-9) VS Melvin Manhoef (29-12-1)

 

Featherweight: Pat Curran (20-6) VS Daniel Weichel (34-8)

Women’s Featherweight: Julia Budd (6-2) VS Gabrielle Halloway (4-1)

Welterweight: Chris Honeycut (5-0) VS Clayton MacFarlane (4-0)

 

Prelims – Spike.com 8/7C

Featherweight: Art Arciniega (14-4) VS Emilio Chavez (7-5)

Middleweight: Blake Watkins (4-0) VS George Zuniga (3-0)

Flyweight: Paul Ruiz (0-1) VS Nick Sperling (3-2)

Welterweight: Marko Damiani (0-0) VS Mason Fowler (1-0)

Lightweight: Nick Bustamante (2-0) VS Luis Jauregui (2-0)

Lightweight: Jonathan Contrestano (4-0) VS Ryan Tobar (3-1)

Bantamweight: Andrew Ramm (3-1) VS Adam Piccolotti (4-0)

 

SmackDown Preview: 2/12/15

How will Daniel Bryan respond to Roman Reigns’ RAW spear?

Does The Authority have another Fastlane roadblock planned?

Bray Wyatt VS R-Truth

Can Paige show that she is the real “Total Diva”? Will The Bella Twins look to get revenge?

Adam Rose VS Fandango. Has The Exotic Express broken down beyond repair?

Source: WWE.com

Investment Firm Buys Over 1 Million Shares Of WWE Stock

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the investment management company Blackrock Inc. recently purchased 1,789,853 shares of WWE stock. Blackrock Inc. joins Morgan Stanley Capital, who owns 2,180,252 shares, as WWE’s two biggest outside shareholders.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

NXT TakeOver: Rival Results

Hideo Itami def. Tyler Breeze

 

NO DQ Match: Baron Corbin def. Bull Dempsey

 

NXT Championship #1 Conteder’s Match: Finn Balor def. Adrian Neville – Balor is the #1 Contender

 

NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) Wesley Blake & Buddy Murphy def. The Lucha Dragons

 

NXT Women’s Championship: Sasha Banks def. (C) Charlotte, Bayley and Becky Lynch – Sasha Banks is the new NXT Women’s Champion

 

NXT Championship: Kevin Owens def. (C) Sami Zayn – Owens is the new NXT Champion

 

Triple H Previews NXT Takeover: Rival

WWE COO, Triple H gives some insight into what to expect from tonight’s NXT TakeOver: Rival event on WWE Network, available free for new subscribers for the month of February.

 

NXT TakeOver: Rival – 2/11/15 Preview

NXT Championship: (C) Sami Zayn VS Kevin Owens

NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Charlotte VS Bayley VS Sasha Banks VS Becky Lynch

NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) Wesley Blake & Buddy Murphy VS The Lucha Dragons

NXT Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament Finals: Adrian Neville VS Finn Balor

No DQ Match: Baron Corbin VS Bull Dempsey

 

 

 

NJPW New Beginning Results

Sho Tanaka def. Yohei Komatsu

Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada def. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan

Rob Conway & Chase Owens def. Jushin Liger & Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Kota Ibushi def. Tomoaki Honma

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks def. (c) ReDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) and The Timespitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) – Young Bucks are new Champs.

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kenny Omega def. Ryuske Taguchi

Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano def. The Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga)

Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito def. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi

IWGP Tag Team Championship: The Bullet Club (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) def. (C) Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) – The Bullet Club are the new Champs

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles def. (C) Hiroshi Tanahashi – Styles is the new Champ

 

 

Is WWE Planning To induct Larry Zbyszko Into The 2015 Hall Of Fame?

PWInsider reports that WWE is planning to induct former AWA World Champion and WCW announcer “The Living Legend” Larry Zbyszko into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

Zbyszko is a regular at NXT tapings in Orlando and has appeared at WrestleMania Axxess in recent years.