Afternoon Update
–WWE has added a 12 diva tag team even to this Sunday’s PPV Card WWE Women’s champion Mickie James will team with Maria, Ashley Massaro, Michelle McCool, Cherry and Kelly Kelly against Beth Phoenix, Melina, Jillian Hall, Layla El, Victoria and Natalya Neidhart.
– This past Friday’s edition of WWE SmackDown did a 2.2 broadcast rating, according to data compiled by Nielson Media Research.
Morning Update
Credit: Wade Keller and PWTorch.com
Merinews.com in India is reporting that Great Khali will be taking a break from WWE at the end of the month to return to India. “He is planning to take a break from WWE and open a wrestling training school for children in Mumbai,” they wrote. Khali’s brother told merinews that Khali will be in India for at least one month.
– Jim Ross posted a new blog on jrsbarbq.com discussing this week’s hot topics. He said about the presidential nominees appearing on Raw: “None of them should quit their day jobs and look for work in ‘rasslin, but they all seemed to be good sports in their recorded, cliché laden spiels.” Ross said the publicity for WWE was good, as national media that usually only covers WWE during tragedy or scandal were quick to talk about this WWE-related story.
- In last week’s prime time cable ratings, USA Network won yet again on the strength of Raw’s 4.5 million viewers for the April 14 Raw. It was a weak week for cable TV, as Raw finished first and second in overall viewership despite its low ratings. TNA took second place for the week with its NBA playoffs coverage. USA won for the 16th consecutive week with four of the Top-10 cable programs.
