----This past week's show return to average with a 2.5 [42,644 viewers] after the last week’s good rating. The numbers are about 3,000 less than average, which are probably part of the viewers they lost from start to finish. You can’t really look at this week’s rating and come to strong conclusions as it just went up a little and then down a little. The numbers are still what the should be, but as Corey Maclin had stated in an interview last year, the company still makes money at this rating.
[Derrick King opens the show with an interview with Corey Maclin. King starts saying he is not scared of Spellbinder, but when Spell’s music starts playing he starts bugging his eyes. DK beats Shawn Shultz. This was a real good TV bout. Shultz was flawless. DK beat him with a superkick. Lights go out after match and Spell comes out in the dark with flaming torch that he turns into a cane.They air the clip of Hughes pushing down Renee from last week. Mr. Hughes interview – “I’d slap any woman in the studio!” Maclin turned into Lance Russell for a few moments and was getting over Hughes big time.]
1st Quarter – 2.8 [47,681 viewers]
[Bill Dundee interview. Maclin says that TC2 won the belts in Louisiana and hurt Ricky Morton. Dundee beat by DQ over Kevin White. Short match with White getting all the heat and as Dundee is coming out of it, and then TC2 jumped Dundee for the DQ. White got on the mic and said he doesn’t need help and talked about beating up more legends. TC2 do a short interview talking about beating up Morton and wrestling Dundee/Cash at “Sam’s Town’. Clip of The Barbarian vs Cujo with Sal Corrente from Hogan show. This was just a hardcore brawl, but I was told the crowd really got into it at the FedEx Forum. I don’t remember Cujo turning?? Clip from FedEx Forum with Kid Kash/Ricky Morton beating TC2. ]
2cnd quarter 2.3 [39,286 viewers] [-8,395 viewers]
[Kid Kash VTR interview. It was good with Kash explaining about the phantom angle of TC2 jumping Morton and hurting him. TC2 comes out for interview. This was funny because they ask why Maclin didn’t show them the video of them beating Morton/Kash. LOL Dundee come out with a chair. Dundee did a good interview talking about how PG13 and BC did the gimmick before them.Dustin Starr/Johnny Dotson beat “Insane Clowns” [Bobo/Giggles] with Rashard by DQ. Good short bout. Starr had Giggles pinned, but Rashard jumped in hitting Starr with their bucket. They left Starr/Dotson lying to set up the 6 man tag for “Sam’s Town.” Jerry Lawler interview with AWA Title and Unified Title.]
3rd Quarter 2.6 [43,484 viewers] [+4,198 viewers]
[Lawler states that the only way he could get Hughes in the ring was to put up both of those titles. Lawler talks about “lighting him up like a roman candle” promising fire. Good interview. He says he is going to make Hughes get on his knees and apologize to Renee. Hughes comes out and they do another pull-a-part.----Sal Corrente VTR interview with Assassins in training. Sal was wearing Assassin gear – hilarious!! Koko Ware comes out with Frankie for a quick interview. Jimmy Hart VTR interview talking about the match. Ware comes back out. Assassins with Sal jump them. Maclin does not sell very well. They finally get him down and Koko makes save.]
4th Quarter 2.4 [40,126 viewers] [-3,358 viewers]
12 Week Average – 2.7 = 45,386 viewers
12 Week High – 3.6 = 60,608 viewers – 5.12.07
12 Week Low – 1.6 = 26,862 viewers – 5.05.07
Growth from start to finish –[-7555 viewers]
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