TNA Impact faces tough competition, note regarding Impact coverage, Dot Net Weekly show, WWE Superstars, Amazing Red note, NWA East show on Friday features a Royal Rumble style match

By Jason Powell

-TNA Impact airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. on Spike TV. The hype for the show focusses on whether Mr. Anderson will get his TNA Title shot, and the mystery person that Kurt Angle has teased as his "mistress." You'd think they'd advertise more given that they will be going head-to-head with the first round of the NFL Draft tonight.

-Speaking of the NFL Draft, will not have live coverage of TNA Impact tonight. I plan to watch the draft and then write a report on TNA Impact after the fact. We'll get back to having our usual live coverage of Impact next week.

-Dot Net Members will be listening to the Dot Net Weekly audio show with Chris Shore and I today. Our flagship show often features first run news, and today's show will focus heavily on all of the roster reshuffling that WWE did via the annual draft lottery. Plus, we'll talk about the rumors regarding TNA and Dixie Carter. You can join us on the ad-free version of the website by signing up for membership now via the Dot Net Members' Signup Page.

-WWE Superstars premieres today on the WWE website at 5:00 p.m. CT. The show will feature a Diva tag match with Melina and Alicia Fox facing Natalya and Gail Kim, plus two other matches. New Dot Net contributor Ryan Kester will have a review of the show up at some point tonight.

-TNA wrestler Amazing Red (a/k/a Jonathan Figueroa) celebrated his 29th birthday on Tuesday. He was born on April 26, 1982.

-The NWA East promotion will be in McKeesport, Pa. on Friday with the following advertised matches: Brugh Brawl 15 (Royal Rumble style match for a title shot on the next show), Chris Taylor vs. Ryan Mitchell, Devin Devine vs. Travis Fame vs. Ryan Reign, Robert Parker Williams vs. Mad Mike vs. Jon Burton vs. Chris LeRusso, The Uprising vs. Excellence Personified, The 216 Clique vs. Team NWA East in 10-man elimination match, Troy Lords vs. Ashton Amherst, J.R. Mega vs. Calvin McGrath. For more information on the show, visit NWAEast.com.

-There are no pro wrestling shows listed for the AWA on ESPN Classic tonight. However, the AWA show will return tomorrow night, and there are two more editions of the AWA show scheduled to run on Saturday morning. Check back tomorrow for the matches that are listed for the various shows.