Headlines for Wednesday, April 2, 2008


- For the week ending 3/23, Raw finished at #2 and #4 among the top five rated cable show.

- ECW on 4/1 scored a 1.3 cable rating.

- Remember the story over the weekend that TNA had planned to fly a plane over the Citrus Bowl during Wrestlemania to promote Impact? Not only did they not fly the plane, but apparently WWE prevented it from happening. Pro Wrestling Insider reports that WWE tracked down the company TNA had hired to fly the plane, and convinced them it wasn't a good idea. The said company told TNA they couldn't fly due to the weather. As you might expect, TNA management was none to happy. On a side note, WWE threw out a TNA truck Monday night parked in the Amway Arena parking lot that was showing TNA footage.

- Sony's "WWE: The Music Volume 8" debuted on the top 200 chat at No. 24 with 17,000 units sold.

- TNA house show numbers. The 3/19 show in Springfield, MO drew 1,200 fans. The 3/20 Evansville, IN show drew just over 1,000, and the 3/21 show in St. Louis, MO drew 2,300 fans to the Family Arena.

- Where are they now? Former AWA referee Scott LeDoux is the head of the Minnesota Boxing Commission, which also regulates MMA.

- Kazushi Sakuraba has opened a gym called "Laughter."




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