— UPDATE: Thursday night’s iMPACT! Wrestling drew a 1.0 cable rating, up 43% from last week’s 0.7.
— ORIGINAL: Thursday night’s episode of iMPACT! Wrestling drew 1.24 million viewers, up 35% from the 921,000 viewers who watched on Thanksgiving last week. The show drew a 0.4 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, up a tenth from last week.
Last week’s low rating was of course due to the holiday. The full rating should be available later today.
— Kurt Angle will appear on the Indian kids’ TV show Baal Veer while touring the country on their promotional tour. Angle will be doing a fight scene in his appearance.
— iMPACT!’s next TV taping is on January 16th for their Genesis-themed iMPACT! episode, which is in Huntsville, Alabama.
— Below is the updated lineup for the company’s shows through December:
December 27th: Philadelphia, PA
*Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson
*Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode
*Austin Aries vs. Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin for the X-Division championship
*Lei’D Tapa vs. Velvet Sky
December 28th: Long Island, NY
*Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson
*Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode
*Austin Aries vs. Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin for the X-Division championship
*Lei’D Tapa vs. Velvet Sky
December 29th: Hardcore Justice PPV taping – Lowell, MA
*Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson – Steel Cage Match
*Abyss & Eric Young vs. Bad Influence – Full Metal Mayhem
*Austin Aries vs. Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin – Steel Cage Xscape Match
*Ethan Carter III vs. Tommy Dreamer – Table Match
December 30th: #Oldschool PPV taping – Poughkeepsie, NY
*Bully Ray vs. Tommy Dreamer – Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight
*Jeff Hardy vs. Abyss – Monster’s Ball
*Bobby Roode vs. James Storm – Falls Count Anywhere.