WWE & TNA Ratings, Backstage Notes from RAW & More

News, Ratings

In a dark match last night, DH Smith beat Steve Corino.

The RAW 15th anniversary special did a 4.1 cable rating, with hours of 3.4, 4.5 and 4.3, and 5.77 million viewers. The 4.4 it did in the usual two-plus hour timeslot starting at 9pm is up quite a bit from last week’s 3.2.

Friday’s Smackdown did a 2.6 broadcast rating, according to Nielsen Media Research; Saturday’s AM RAW did a 0.7 cable rating; and the Friday morning 9:30am replay of TNA did a 0.2 cable rating.

Sid Vicious and Henry Godwinn were reportedly at the building last night during RAW, and Hulk Hogan mentioned Brutis Beefcake being there during an interview on WWE.com.

WWE.com is featuring video interviews with RVD, World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Bob Holly and others.

Credit: PWInsider, WWE.com

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.