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Impact Wrestling s go-home show for Hard to Kill saw an increase from last week in both overall viewership and the 18-49 demo.
Tuesday s episode of Impact averaged 161,000 viewers on AXS TV, up from the 148,000 viewers last week s show averaged. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.05. That s up from last week s 0.04 rating.
In the 18-49 demo, this week s Impact ranked 126th for the night on cable.
The show featured Impact World Champion Rich Swann facing Karl Anderson in a non-title match. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega also appeared ahead of teaming with Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Anderson & Doc Gallows) against Swann & The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) in the main event of Saturday s Hard to Kill pay-per-view.
Don Callis Says There Is Nothing Left For Me To Do In New Japan
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Impact Wrestling Co-Executive Vice President and manager of AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Don Callis, appeared on
Callis had previously worked on English commentary alongside Kevin Kelly, and also had a big part in putting together Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho at
Wrestle Kingdom 12 in 2018.
Callis has been absent from NJPW for quite some time now ? and that’s by design ? as Callis noted he believes his work in NJPW is down for now.
“I see my business with New Japan as being done,” Callis said (h/t Pro Wrestling Sheet for the transcription). “When I went into New Japan in 2017, they were on one level. When I booked Jericho vs. Omega at the Tokyo Dome ? their entire business model changed. Their revenue went up exponentially. They’ve been riding the Don Callis effect ever since. There is nothing left for me to do in New Japan. Anything I could do in New Japan now would pale in compa