Update on Commercial Free Raw, Steele, Raw Ratings and MORE
-USA Network is doing everything they can to increase ratings because network exec Bonnie Hammer wants to win the cable ratings race every single week now that the NBA Finals are done. The commercial-free RAW is completely USA Network’s idea because they are in a ratings war with TNT and feel this will give them an edge. There is tremendous stress on the creative team right now because it’s their job to put together the best show possible next week to impress the (expected) increased audience
-George the Animal Steele will be appearing at the Burlington, VT Lake
Monsters on 9/2.
-Raw on Monday night did a 3.6 rating over the three hours. For its regular two hours the show did a 3.9 averaging 5.9 million viewers which makes this the most watched Raw since the night after Wrestlemania 25.
-MVP wore a Manchester United jersey (UK soccer team) during his entrance on Raw. We’re told it was part of a deal where a kid had made the request from the Make A Wish Foundation.
-TNA is now featured in the new www.YouTube.com/shows area that features
full length exclusive matches, classic matches and new editions of
Hermie’s Hotseat and the Spin Cycle.
-Matt Hardy posted a note on his Twitter page and updated his hand injury. “Getting better,” Hardy wrote. “My hand has healed to the point I can train again-so it’s time to buckle down
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