— By a landslide, TNA Wrestling’s flagship television program “iMPACT!” was named 2008’s “Worst Television Show” in the 29th annual Wrestling Observer Newsletter readership awards announced this past week. The program won this dubious award last year as well. Here is the final voter tally:
1. TNA IMPACT 520
2. Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling 43
3. WWE ECW 41
4. WWE Raw 34
5. AAA 11
6. WWE Smackdown 10
— TNA Knockouts Angelina Love and Velvet Sky appeared on the Saturday morning UK program Soccer AM this past week promoting TNA’s show at Wembley Arena. The Beautiful People were named honorary “Soccerettes” due to their appearance on the show. In case you missed it, you can see video of their appearance on Soccer AM at the following link.
— TNA is taping the next two editions of “iMPACT!” this week. The 1/29 show is being taped tonight with the 2/5 show being taped tomorrow. Stars scheduled to appear at this week’s tapings include Sting, Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Booker T, Team 3D, The Latin American Xchange, The Motor City Machineguns, the TNA Knockouts and more.
See photos of Sting’s graying hair