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Last week's Thanksgiving episode of Impact! Wrestling was not a good showing (nor is it ever) for Total Nonstop Action (TNA). Given the busy holiday, TNA struggled to pull off an impressive number.However, this past Thursday edition got Impact! Wrestling back on track, as TNA saw its viewership rise (via TV By the Numbers).The November 29 edition of Impact! Wrestling had 1.3 million viewers, up from last week's viewership. The Thanksgiving episode landed 1.18 million viewers. In adults 18-49, Impact! Wrestling scored a 0.4 rating share.NFL Thursday Night Football had an extremely strong night, with slightly over seven million viewers this ...

Back in the glory days of the Monday Night Wars, WCW proved that fans would tune in or come to arenas to see cruiserweight wrestlers compete.  Some future legends were born in these "small man" matches, including Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio.  It's time to return these high flyers to the spotlight.  WWE needs to reinstate the Cruiserweight Championship.Ever since Raw expanded to three hours, the WWE creative team has had a difficult time filling all of its programming hours with a quality wrestling product.  Re-instituting the Cruiserweight Division would help fill some of the dead ...

Ring Rust Radio is the best wrestling show on the airwaves, and this week was no different. With strong opinions on CM Punk, Ryback, The Shield and more, this is where you need to get all of your weekly WWE nuggets. Bleacher Report featured columnists Michael Cahill, Brandon Galvin, Mike Chiari and Donald Wood give the lowdown on all things going on in the wrestling world. With another unpredictable episode of Ring Rust Radio in the books, you can't afford to miss another second of the action. Catch us LIVE every Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET(some language NSFW) or follow us on Twitter @RingRustRadio. We may just read your ...

Dolph Ziggler is a man on the way up in WWE.  He is Mr. Money in the Bank, he is being spotlighted more than he ever has on TV and he is currently feuding with the No. 1 face of the company.But while all of this sounds extremely positive for Dolph, the fact is that without the help of the Superstar he is having issue with, none of it will be enough.  Simply put, Dolph Ziggler needs John Cena in order to get to the next level in WWE.For many of you who may be shaking your heads right now, ...

Sometimes a WWE superstar can make a statement that reveals more about a subject than was intended by those who scripted the scene. Such an moment occurred on Monday night when Dean Ambrose stated that he—along with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns—were neither The Nexus nor The NWO. Within the scope of this storyline, Ambrose’s comment was designed to indicate that The Shield are planning to carve a new path in the wrestling industry that has never been seen before.  However, the pronouncement also reveals where the group’s future lies.  Singling out two of the most famous mass factions as ...

There are a few wrestlers who have touched the WWE Universe the way Zack Ryder has over the past 18 months. He became a social media ambassador for the company on his own and started a trend with wrestlers creating their own YouTube shows to get more exposure.Sadly, the push of Ryder became quickly deflated at some point on the road to WrestleMania 28. He was repeatedly squashed by Kane and stuck in a silly love triangle with John Cena and Eve. Is there enough time before WrestleMania 29 to make Ryder matter to the WWE Universe again? Can they find a ...

The apple never falls far from the tree in professional wrestling. The only question is whether that apple is sweet or sour. Professional wrestling has gotten its lifelines from family and second- and third-generation wrestlers. Some have exceeded their family's expectations while others are still trying to capture it. Others were just hoping to hang on for a while and make a name for themselves. This list is of professional wrestlers who comprise the best of the blood lines of the business. There is no definite order to this list, but you can tell by the way they were placed ...

WWE has used an introductory video before the start of a televised event for many years. These introductory videos often featured a slogan that conveyed the nature of the era that WWE was in at the time. Sometimes these videos flaunted the viewership of WWE, while other times they reflected the sense of tradition that WWE was trying to hold onto.  Over the past thirty years, WWE has created many different video introductions that have had many different slogans attached to them. These short videos do not get much recognition, but they truly play an important role in conveying just ...