Various: ShowBuzz Daily Shutting Down, New Matches for Impact Down Under Tour, NWA HP Cares for Cooper Card

ShowBuzz Daily Shutting Down After This Week

Television ratings tracking website ShowBuzz Daily recently announced that they will no longer be providing daily TV ratings charts after the end of this week and will be shutting down.

It was announced that the reason was due to issues involving the entire television industry caused by the decline of linear television viewership over the years and ratings tracking-related issues caused by it.

Official press release:

Sadly, we have to announce that after this week, we will no longer be able to provide TV ratings to readers, and thus that ShowbuzzDaily will be effectively ending its operations.  To be clear, unlike other interruptions that we’ve had, this isn’t due to a technical issue that can be fixed.  It’s also not related to revenue (or lack thereof).  Without going into details, we’re simply not going to be in a position to continue providing data.

Although we didn’t plan this, there’s a sense in which our departure coincides with an inflection point in the entire TV industry.  As everyone is aware, the bottom has dropped out of linear viewership, and the ratings have had increasingly less utility.  (Last Thursday’s cable ratings in the 18-49 demo included 25 shows clustered between 0.09-0.12, basically molecules of difference.)  The balance of home viewing, for better or worse, has swung toward streaming, and the proprietors of those companies have chosen to be opaque with their information, providing data that’s incomplete and unverified when it’s available at all.  That very lack of transparency is one of the key issues in the ongoing Writers Guild strike.  Meanwhile, scrutiny of linear numbers is becoming a preoccupation akin to documenting angels on the head of a pin.

Nevertheless, we’ll miss that analysis, and we’ll miss you.  (Well, maybe not the wrestling trolls, but everyone else.)  Your goodwill, enthusiasm and interest have kept this site going, and we hope you maintain your passion for television as an art and a business.

A few final housekeeping points.  The site may stay up for a bit following our official close (we might even post some box office pieces), but eventually it will vanish.  We know that some of you may want to inquire whether we can provide you with copies of data from the site in Excel or other formats, and we’re afraid that isn’t going to be possible.

We’ll still be around for the next few days, and we hope you’ll be too.  It’s been fun, but as all TV fans know, even the best series (with the possible exception of SNL, which appears to be immortal) must eventually come to an end.

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Impact Announces Six New Matches for Down Under Tour

Impact Wrestling recently announced six new matches for the cards of their Down Under Tour on June 30th and July 1st in Wagga Wagga, Australia.

In regards to Impact’s Down Under Tour Night 1 show, the four new matches announced are singles matches of Deonna Purrazzo vs. Steph De Lander, Slex vs. Adam Brooks, Killer Kelly vs. Aysha, and Gisele Shaw vs. Erika Reid.

In regards to Impact’s Down Under Tour Night 2 show, the two new matches announced are a Triple Threat match of Brian Myers vs. Adam Brooks vs. Robbie Eagles and a tag team match of Natural Classics (Stevie & Tome Filip) vs. VeloCities (Jude London & Paris De Silva).

Updated card for Impact Down Under Tour Night 1 (June 30th):

• IMPACT World Championship – Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley (c)
• IMPACT Digital Media Championship – Eddie Edwards vs. Joe Hendry (c)
• IMPACT X-Division Championship – Frankie Kazarian vs. Chris Sabin (c)
• Deonna Purrazzo vs. Steph De Lander
• Slex vs. Adam Brooks
• Killer Kelly vs. Aysha
• Gisele Shaw vs. Erika Reid.

Updated card for Impact Down Under Tour Night 2 (July 1st):

• IMPACT Knockouts Championship – Gisele Shaw vs. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
• IMPACT World Tag Team Championship – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) (c)
• IMPACT Digital Media Championship – Moose vs. Winner of Eddie Edwards vs. Joe Hendry (c)
• Steve Maclin vs. Frankie Kazarian
• Killer Kelly vs. Steph De Lander
• Triple Threat match – Brian Myers vs. Adam Brooks vs. Robbie Eagles
• The Natural Classics (Stevie Filip & Tome Filip) vs. The Velocities (Jude London & Paris De Silva).

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NWA Announces Full Card for HP Cares for Cooper

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced the full card for their HP Cares for Cooper charity event, which takes place on July 8th at the Recreation Center of Highland Park in Highland Park, Illinois.

All proceeds generated from donations for this upcoming event will go towards helping financially support the medical costs of Cooper Roberts, who was among those injured at a mass shooting attack in Highland Park in 2022.

Full card for NWA HP Cares for Cooper:

• NWA World Women’s Championship – Natalia Markova vs. Kamille (c)
• NWA National Heavyweight Championship – Jordan Clearwater vs. EC3 (c)
• NWA World Television Championship – Jay Bradely vs. Thom Latimer (c)
• NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship – Kenzie & Kylie Paige vs. M95 (Madi Wrenkowski & Missa Kate) (c)
• NWA United States Tag Team Championship – SVGS (Blake Troop & Jax Dane) vs. The Country Gentlemen (A.J. Cazana & Anthony Andrews) (c)
• Mike Knox & Trevor Murdoch vs. Daisy Kill & Talos
• Alex Taylor & “Thrillbilly” Silas Mason vs. Joe Alonzo & Mario Pardua
  Angelina Love vs. Ruthie Jay
• Triple Threat match – Gaagz The Gymp vs. Psycho Boy Fodder vs. Eric Jackson
• Ruthie Jay vs. Angelina Love
• “Magic” Jake Dumas vs. Robert Anthony