Hardys’ Push To Get Borash In WWE, Anthem Running A Tight Ship, UK TV Viewership

– Now that Anthem has had a few months to get settled in as the owners of Impact Wrestling, they are running a much tighter ship in terms of the company’s finances. A lot of the talent is getting paid on a per-appearances basis instead of annual deals. In the event that multiple tapings are held on one day, they’re paid for one date.

– Matt and Jeff Hardy recently attempted to get Jeremy Borash to leave Impact Wrestling and join them in WWE. Borash was one of the primary creative forces Matt Hardy’s broken universe and the footage filmed at the Hardy family compound. Borash ultimately decided to stick with Impact Wrestling, since he’s the lead announcer there and serves as the host for Jim Ross and Chef Robert Irvine’s live shows.

– Impact executives were said to be “thrilled” with the viewership for the first week of Impact Wrestling on Spike in the UK (4/21). That show averaged 151,000 viewers, which is not far off from what they were doing on Challenge in the UK back in December. Viewership was down for week two, but the strong start for Impact’s return to UK television is something they hope to build on in the coming months.

– Alberto Del Rio and Paige had a “really bad argument” as the most recent set of Impact TV tapings. The argument took place away from arena and everything was fine the next day.