More On New Knockout, Richards To TNA Confirmed, Ratings

If you recall, a blonde women’s wrestler by the name of Madison Rayne wrestled Awesome Kong on iMPACT! a few weeks ago. TNA has signed her to a contract as we noted earlier, so she will be a regular going forward. Rayne wrestled at both iMPACT! tapings this past week. Rayne also wrestles under the name Ashley Lane on the indy circuit. Her real name is Ashley Simmons and she’s been wrestling since 2004.

TNA officials have confirmed that Stevie Richards is joining the company. Richards is said to be close with Terry Taylor, the company’s Director of Talent Relations.

TNA has booked the 18,000-seat Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico for a house show on 3/20.

Here is a breakdown for the latest WWE and TNA television ratings courtesy of The Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly Newsletters:

TNA iMPACT! on 2/5 drew a final 1.1 cable rating. No word on total viewership.

ECW on Sci Fi on 2/3 drew a final 1.4 cable rating (rounded from a 1.35). No word on total viewership.

WWE Monday Night Raw on 2/2 drew a final 3.6 cable rating (rounded from a 3.59) with 5.32 million viewers. The first hour did 5.1 million viewers, while the second hour did 5.4 million viewers. The show did a 2.97 in males 18-49. 67% of the audience was male with the average viewer being 36.

WWE Friday Night Smackdown on 1/30 drew a final 2.0 broadcast rating with 3.53 million viewers. This was a 12.4% drop from last week.

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