IMPACT Wrestling Ratings Surge, Major LockDown News and More! – WrestleCorp News

IMPACT Wrestling Ratings – Despite having a down week for the December 14th episode of IMPACT, the last new episode of the year, IMPACT Wrestling jumped 100,000 to the next week of the 21st. Now this week’s edition on the 28th of December is up yet again to 285,000. This is good news, as it’s the best ratings since August. With new episodes next week, it could be a good start to IMPACT’s 2018.

LockDown News – IMPACT Wrestling is going to go ahead with the the Lockdown PPV event according to PWInsider. The current date set is April 22nd, 2018. This will be the first steel cage event since 2014 on PPV, which was headlined by Magnus and Samoa Joe for the then TNA World Heavyweight Championship and Team Dixie vs. Team MVP in the Lethal Lockdown.

Cody Rhodes Speaks Out – Cody Rhodes has never been shy about anything in wrestling or his life for that matter. So it’s not surprising that when he spoke to WrestleDope.com he’d be very candid about a matter of things. Here’s some of the highlights;

On Exclusive Contracts

I understand why not. But there is a lot of dated minds and a lot of old school mentality. It’s like were almost reverting to the most traditional which is just a dang handshake like, ‘Hey I’m glad to be here and I’m going to give you my absolute best.’ I worked for a big corporation for a decade for the majority of my youth. Now I really like the opportunity to essentially play my music on as many brands and stuff as I can and Ring of Honor and Impact have been exceptional. They have been exceptional about that, there has been no pushback, it’s all lined up exactly how we hoped.

On his time in IMPACT

My experience was the utmost engine operating at peak efficiency. Billy [Corgan] and Dixie [Carter] were extremely wonderful. All had feedback, creative input. My experience from the time I went and filmed with the corvette in Nashville to when I left the tapings to come overseas was wonderful.

On Billy Corgan

I’m passed the concept of, Oh he’s not a wrestler, he shouldn’t be involved in wrestling. He is an entertainer and they fall in line. An entertainer with a ton of equity, worldwide experience, proven. It’s Billy man, he’s famous!, he’s a rockstar!. I thought he was wonderful, great for pro wrestling. He had some music made for me and didn’t know I wanted to use my other music. That was one of the hardest moments of perhaps my life. To see his face when I heard the music and know that I’m going to ask him to use my other music. Especially someone who is a musician. It’s a moment frozen in time. Me and Billys’ relationship I want to build off that moment to where we are good buds because that was a tough one!

AroLucha Sizzle Reel – AroLucha released a sizzle reel from their latest set of tapings in order to drum up interest in their house shows, you can see it below;

Aro Lucha currently has two live dates announced for next month:

Friday 1/19/18 in Amarillo, Texas at the Azteca Music Hall.

Saturday 1/20/18 in Lubbock, Texas at the Fair Park Coliseum On The Fairgrounds.

Advertised for the events are Juventud Guerrera, Super Crazy, Carlito, James Storm, Shane “Hurricane” Helms, Low Ki, Jack Edwards (aka Jack Evans), Laredo Kid, Pierroth, Black Tauros, Taya, Mascarita Dorada, Drastik Boy, Lufisto, Demus, Pirata Morgan Jr., Xtra Talented, Steve Pain, Gringo Loco, Low Rider, and Trey Miguel.

Quick Hits – Finn Balor is hoping to create another alter-ego in the near future outside of his “Demon” persona. Global Force Wrestling thanks the WWE for Jeff Jarrett’s recovery in their company sponsored rehab.