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WrestlingNews.com Poll

1. This Sunday, the WWE presented No Way Out live on pay-per-view. With the current wrestling war running wild, we'd like to know your opinions.

How was No Way Out? What was the best match/segment? What was the worst?

2. WWE had yet another week of programming leading up to the afore mentioned No Way Out. As always, we here at WrestlingNews.com are interested in your opinions.

Which show, RAW or Smackdown, was your favorite this past week? Why?

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WrestlingNews.com Poll

1. This Sunday, the WWE presented No Way Out live on pay-per-view. With the current wrestling war running wild, we'd like to know your opinions.

I loved the whole PPV. It was pretty entertaining it certainly beat the newspaper comics I read today, I'll give you that. Also I already gave my reactions about the matches earlier.

2. WWE had yet another week of programming leading up to the afore mentioned No Way Out. As always, we here at WrestlingNews.com are interested in your opinions.

I can't really tell what show is better, it seems to be both good, everything balances out.

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Professional Wrestling Television Show Ratings

RAW kicked off the week and scored a 6.57, up .06 from last week's 6.51.

TNA Xplosion also improved, coming in at 1.63 which is up .06 from the previous edition's 1.57.

ROH Technicality scored a 1.20 which just barely higher than the earlier 1.19.

TNA iMPACT came in with yet another 5.45, the same rating they got last week and the week before.

WWE Smackdown dropped massively from last week's huge 6.92, falling .88 points and scoring a low 6.04.

Finally, ROH Throwdown also fell this Friday, scoring a 1.29 which is .06 less than the previous edition's 1.35.

As always, WrestlingNews.com has listed the past week's ratings in order from highest to lowest below.

RAW: 6.57
Smackdown: 6.04
iMPACT: 5.45
Xplosion: 1.63
Throwdown: 1.29
Technicality: 1.20

WWE Preparing TNA Raid? TNA Hires Former WWE Star As Revenge?

There are rumors that WWE has begun sending feelers out to various stars in their competition, Total Non-stop Action. Word is that they are talking to nearly everyone on the roster, from main eventers to announcers to managers to jobbers. The feeling is that the WWE is simply taking a scattershot approach and attempting to steal anyone possible from the opposing fed just so Vince McMahon will be able to rub those wrestlers in TNA's face. Whether this approach works is unknown.

In possible retaliation to these actions, TNA has signed former ECW, WCW, and WWE star Lance Storm to an iron-clad contract. It is rumored that he will be used as an attempted catalyst to boost TNA's public image in the war with WWE. Total Non-stop Action also hired Mando Guerrero from the Mexican independent circuit.

No Way Out Numbers Are In! How Did The Show Do?

No Way Out, the final pay-per-view before Wrestlemania 23 in Detroit, is being considered an absolute success in the industry. The show did a 1.81 buy rate, up from the Royal Rumble's 1.36 by 0.45 points. This is an amazing feat considering the Royal Rumble not only featured the match of the same name but also a WWE Undisputed Title Match, something No Way Out did not have. No Way Out also did better in ticket sales, selling 20,713 tickets, much higher than the 15,583 tickets that the Royal Rumble in San Antonio sold.

Finally, possibly more importantly than buy rates, the show was incredibly well-recieved among wrestling fans. WrestlingNews.com compiled all the reviews of the show from various wrestling editorial sites and has found that the show averaged a 90% rating among critics. The lowest point of the show was felt to be Hassan vs. Mysterio, which was in itself a very good match, while the rest of the card was rated superbly with nearly every match being rated at least 4 stars out of 5. No Way Out is an amazing victory by the WWE and it will definitely force TNA to step-up their game.

All-round great PPV, wouldn't say it had a real weak spot. It puts a lot of pressure on WrestleMania to deliver an even better show, hope you can pull it off.

Hmm, if I had to choose I'd say Smackdown! just edges it. It seemed to be better booked and really gave the feuds a lift going into No Way Out.

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All-round great PPV, wouldn't say it had a real weak spot. It puts a lot of pressure on WrestleMania to deliver an even better show, hope you can pull it off.