Various: CM Punk Attended Impact Tapings in Chicago, Trinity on WWE Departure, WOW TV Ratings

CM Punk Attended Impact’s TV Tapings in Chicago on Saturday

Impact Wrestling held their second night of Impact television tapings on Saturday at the Cicero Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.

This new set of tapings was notable for CM Punk being seen in attendance backstage during the show. Punk took photos with both Jordynne Grace and Ricky Morton, who was working as a backstage producer, that were posted by both of them on Twitter afterwards.

Never know who’s gonna show up @IMPACTWRESTLING 💪🏼 @CMPunk pic.twitter.com/3ruRuv6QRq

— Jordynne Grace (@JordynneGrace) April 29, 2023

So great to see my friend, @CMPunk 🤟🏼

What a great time this weekend.

Genuinely love what I get to do and be apart of, which is my passion, Professional Wrestling. pic.twitter.com/5WtJ9UGkZN

— Ricky Morton (@RealRickyMorton) April 30, 2023

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Punk’s visit was welcomed by Impact officials and he was brought backstage by security. It was reported that Punk’s appearance was not a secret and instead he passed by numerous fans who had attended the tapings on his way backstage.

Besides Punk, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Mercedes Mone was also in attendance at Impact’s tapings for the second night in a row.

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Trinity Comments on WWE Departure Being “A Blessing Disguise, It Allowed Me To Grow”

NBC Chicago held a recent interview with Trinity, former Naomi in WWE. One of the topics discussed included Trinity’s thoughts on how her recent departure from WWE ended up being a “blessing in disguise” for her new outlook on herself and her wrestling career.

“I’ve been wrestling 14 years now, and then one day everything, everything just changed. And I felt like my whole world was turned upside down and things were shuffled around. It took a little time to just process everything and really sort out what I want to do, where I want to be. I feel like it was a blessing in disguise. I feel that it’s allowed me to to grow and become better in every way, in every aspect. Show me how strong I really am. And now I’ve got this new journey ahead of me, these new goals, and I’m excited and ready to step into this new chapter.

Being back in wrestling and being with my pack in a place where I feel so welcome and just for the opportunity and just receiving all the love, it was very, very overwhelming. And I really felt it in my heart like I really did. I couldn’t even hide the emotion.”

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WOW TV Ratings – April 2 & April 9, 2023

WOW reportedly drew 254,000 viewers for their April 2nd episode on syndication, down from the prior week’s 259,000 viewers. It drew a 0.05 18-49 rating, up from the prior week’s rating of 0.03.

WOW reportedly drew 302,000 viewers for their April 9th episode on syndication, up from the prior week’s 254,000 viewers. It drew a 0.04 18-49 rating, down from the prior week’s rating of 0.04.

Source: Wrestlenomics