TNA Wrestling to move back to Thursday nights

Taken from Lords of Pain:

TNAWrestling.com issued the following in regards to their move from Monday night’s to Thursday night’s, in addition to TNA Reaction:

TNA Returns To Thursdays May 13 at 9:00pm

“ReAction” Joins “TNA Wrestling Night” On Thursday, June 24 At 8:00pm

New York, NY – Spike TV will launch the re-branded “TNA Thursdays,” featuring the “TNA iMPACT!” on Thursday, May 13 (9:00-11:00pm ET/PT).

“The fans have spoken and with their input we have determined the best timeslot to maximize the TNA audience is on Thursday nights where we are confident it will be among the most-watched shows with young men,” said Brian J. Diamond, senior vice president, sports and specials.

Regarding the move to the Thursday time slot, TNA President Dixie Carter added: “Our fans made it clear that they preferred the Thursday night time period. By moving to Thursdays,” this is a win/win opportunity for both TNA and the fans. We are looking forward to delivering what the fans are asking for!”

On Thursday, June 24, Spike TV will expand “TNA Thursdays” to three hours with the addition of “ReACTION.”

“ReACTION” is a one-hour docu-series that will focus on the stories and characters of TNA Wrestling and preview the upcoming action-packed episode of “TNA iMPACT!” in a new format. The new show will kick off “TNA Thursdays” at 8:00 pm ET/PT (beginning June 24), and serve as the lead-in to “iMPACT!”.

WWE Raw, making this viewer cringe

I’ve been a wrestling fan for more than 15 years, and in that time I’ve laughed, cried, got angry, excited and sat on the edge of my seat more than once – “holy shit!” is a phrase that’s passed my lips more time times than I can count over the years.  In recent months I’ve found myself preferring to do other things over watching any wrestling though.  TNA is a company I gave up on a long time ago – the six sided ring idea, a Pay-Per-View consisting entirely of needless cage matches plus numerous other really stupid ideas put me right off that.  WWE is something I lost interest in as well for various reasons, Smackdown and ECW seemed to plod along aimlessly and Raw’s domination by John Cena and/or Triple H gradually made me turn to other shows to occupy my time.  However this week I decided to catch up and see if I was missing anything good, and maybe, just maybe, call myself a proper wrestling fan again.

Despite wrestling on the whole being considered largely ‘uncool’ and ‘fake’ by the average guy who dislikes wrestling one thing the product has rarely made me do is cringe with embarrassment.  I’ve watched muscular 300lb oiled up men getting hot and sweaty with other oiled up men in nothing by latex underwear for a long time and never thought anything of it despite the homoerotic nature of it all, but lately I’ve found myself being almost embarrassed watching certain storylines and segments which is another thing that turned me off (bad wording I know) wrestling a while back.  None more so that this previous Monday on Raw unfortunately, the show which I hoped would get me back into the world of sports entertainment.

Smackdown vs Raw 2010 – all about customisation

Unusually for a Smackdown vs Raw game very little information has been revealed for the latest instalment in the popular franchise.  All we know is that a release date is scheduled for November, which has been the norm for the series for several years.  What we don’t know is… practically anything else, oddly.

Usually by about mid-August we have a vague idea of a roster, any new match types, what type of game modes there will be an so on, but this year there’s absolutely nothing like that – not even any footage or a working demo to my knowledge.  To me that suggests they’re behind schedule and will therefore rush the finished product, or that they have so much in store for us they’re saving it for one big surprise down the road.  Apparently a playable demo of the game is being showcased at the SummerSlam fan event later this month, so I’ll be sure to post more details as and when they’re available.

Upon trawling YouTube I managed to discover one thing of interest however, which is that ‘customisation’ is the theme for this years Smackdown vs Raw game.  Last years was all about tag team wrestling so by comparison this is a little bit more interesting to those of us who don’t have friends or family members who appreciate and enjoy wrestling, so over to John Morrison to explain a little about what to expect.