– Last week’s SmackDown drew a 1.82 cable rating (down from 2.0 the week before) and averaged 2.63 million viewers.
– The Extreme Rising promotion will return to Philadelphia’s National Guard Armory on Saturday, November 17th. The card will see the first ever Extreme Rising Champion crowned and a steel cage match featuring fan voting. PWInsider.com reports that the show will be a “blow off” event that will see the culmination of ER’s top storylines. A pe-show fan interaction event is scheduled for noon that day.
– AW and Kofi Kingston continue to go back and forth on Twitter regarding AW’s Prime Time Players walking out on the 8-man tag match at Monday’s RAW. After RAW, AW tweeted:
https://twitter.com/awpromotions/status/219978800778317824
Kofi Kingston followed up with this response:
@AWPromotions good showing tonight. Your form on your sprints was perfect. Never seem you guys run so fast.
— Kofi Kingston (@TrueKofi) July 3, 2012
On Tuesday, AW continued the following snipe:
https://twitter.com/awpromotions/status/220166531877847043