— TNA Wrestling has announced a Television Championship Match and X Division Championship Match for next month’s Genesis pay-per-view, which takes place on the 9th.

Douglas Williams will defend the Television Championship against AJ Styles. Should Styles lose the match, he will be booted from Immortal.

X Division Champion Jay Lethal will defend his title against Kazarian, who won a No. 1 Contender’s Match last night on iMPACT!.

— TNA Knockout Mickie James is featured in a lengthy article in the January 2011 issue of Richmond Magazine, which takes a look at her early days in the wrestling industry, her tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment, joining TNA Wrestling, and her growing music career that will include a tour in 2011. The article features quotes from James as well as TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter.

— The Dec. 16 episode of TNA iMPACT! scored a 1.12 cable rating, up from the previous week’s 1.09 number. The show drew 1,560,000 viewers over the course of two hours.

The peak quarter-hour rating was a 1.23 in Q4, which featured Orlando Jordan and Eric Young vs. Generation Me, and the first-half of the Mickie James and Miss Tessmacher vs. Madison Rayne and Tara tag team match.

— Mickie James vs. Madison Rayne for the TNA Women’s Knockouts Championship has been announced for TNA’s Genesis pay-per-view. The event takes place Jan. 9, 2011.

— Rob Van Dam celebrates his 40th birthday today.

source: PWInsider.com