Headlines for Friday, January 4, 2008


- For the month of October 2007, WWE averaged 7,150 fans at live events, with an average gate of $257,400.

- The New Year's Eve edition of Raw scored a 2.6 cable rating, off hours of 2.5 and 2.7. The show was taped on 12/29. AM Raw on 12/29 scored a 0.6 cable rating.

- ECW on Sci Fi on New Year's Night scored a 1.2 cable rating.

- Raw on 12/17 did 174,000 Canadian viewers (about a 1.8 rating), while Smackdown on 12/14 did 199,000 viewers (2.1) and ECW on the same evening did 168,000 viewers (1.0).

- ECW diva Layla is training regulary at Jesse Hernandez's wrestling school in San Bernardino, CA. Layla moved to the Los Angeles area after winning last year's diva search competition. After watching her food fight with Kelly Kelly, she can use all the help she can get.

- TNA scored a 1.1 cable rating on 1/3, .70 in M18-49, a .47 in P18-49, a .61 in M18-34, and an average audience of 1.4 million viewers.

- The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Sting has signed for a limited schedule in 2008. He'll work some television tapings and PPVs.

- At the Tokyo Dome, Shinsuke Nakamura beat Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP title. On the undercard, Kurt Angle beat Yuji Nagata and Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko beat Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner.

- The 12/20 Inoki Genome Federation show at the Tokyo Ariake Coliseum only drew about 2,500 fans. The promotion announced 6,233 fans in the 12,000 seat arena, but fell well short of that number. The IGF advertised names like Kurt Angle, Booker T (who was replaced on the show by Kendo Kashin), Josh Barnett and Naoya Owaga for the show. The show also featured A.J. Styles, Senshi, and Chris Moore (Masters).




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