Dixie Carter's iMPACT! Debut Tanks, Roxxi Gone From TNA? Reported by: Ryan Clark
Updated on September 3, 2009 12:28 PM EST
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Last week's edition of iMPACT! drew a 1.13 cable rating, down from the previous week's 1.17 number. Both shows drew an estimated 1.6 million viewers. Ratings tumbled during the second hour as the first hour averaged a 1.16 rating whereas the second hour drew a 1.10. The broadcast's ratings were dragged down by the final two segments of the show as the last half-hour averaged a 1.04 rating, which included TNA President Dixie Carter's first appearance on iMPACT! (alongside Bobby Lashley) and the main event six-man tag match of AJ Styles, Sting and Hernandez vs. The Main Event Mafia. As per usual, the Knockouts drew the strongest ratings of the show. Though the number was not released, the highest-rated quarter-hour of the program was in an unusual spot in the third quarter hour. The 9:30 to 9:45 p.m. portion of the show featured Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed vs. Traci Brooks and Sharmell in a Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament match. Additionally, Hamada's debut in TNA was a success as her match with Daffney helped draw a 1.20 rating in the fifth quarter-hour, with a 1.12 for the match's conclusion in the sixth.
For those of those of you who miss Don West, you can see him promote ShopTNA.com's Labor Day Sale.
As noted earlier, former TNA Knockout Roxxi (Nicole Raczynski) worked an iMPACT! taping earlier this week to participate in the Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament. It was apparently a one-night return as Roxxi told people nobody said anything to her about returning as a regular nor was she offered a contract with the organization. She had just started working with the AAA promotion in Mexico and contacted them to say even though she worked for TNA, she's still ready to work for them. Roxxi was let go by TNA this past April after she and Rhaka Khan had a problem in a match that carried over backstage resulting in both being suspended. When Roxxi was let go, it was believed to be as result of Khan's relationship with Kurt Angle at the time.
