For the week ending June 21...

Not much in the way of ratings, nothing for TNA Impact, and UFC ratings are MIA following the closure of Setanta Sports...

The live airing of the commercial-free Raw on June 15 drew 48,000 viewers (-5,000 on the week), with a replay on Friday June 19 drew 26,000 viewers (-1,000 viewers).

Saturday morning (June 20th)'s replay of the June 19 SmackDown drew 41,000 viewers.

Ian Hamilton
www.theianhamilton.com - www.theringsidelive.com


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From Brian Tramel:

New Column By Downtown Bruno‏

New Column is up with Downtown Bruno talking about RRO Rookie of the Year 2008 - Greg King Jr along with some not so nice comments about Tommy Rich. Please give us a plug and credit Brian Tramel, http://rasslinriotnews.blogspot.com/.


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wrestling question on 1 vs 100‏


Tonight (6/30) I was playing the trivia game 1 VS 100 on the XBOX 360. There was a question "Who was the wrestler to become the first African American World Champion in WCW?" For those who don't know. It was Ron Simmons.


- Michael VanSlyke