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The TNA Impact Wrestling replay at 11 PM Eastern on 1/23 brought in 86,000 viewers. So, TNA brought in over 600,000 viewers last Friday, not too far under what they were doing towards the end on Spike. The audience is slowly finding them. If they can show Discovery that they can build Destination America as a Network, a lot of doors will open for the company long-term.

Speaking of which, for those who asked about the length of the deal with Discovery and Destination America, we hear it's a two year deal with options in place for 3-4 additional years.

The latest episode of Taz's Human Podcast Machine will be released this Thursday, featuring an MVP interview. Taz joined me today for an exclusive 60 minute interview in the Elite section, discussing his Human Podcast Machine series, the journey from pro wrestler to radio to podcasting, the radio contract he almost left WWE for, developing himself as a speaker and how Paul Heyman pushed him to do that, how he was perceived in the ECW locker room and why that was something he apologizes for, using the podcast to reflect on his mistakes, passing his knowledge on to the next generation, thoughts on TNA on Destination America, working with Josh Mathews, being featured more on Impact Wrestling, fan criticisms of the show, Kevin Dunn, whether ECW chants today hurt talents, Bubba Ray Dudley in the Royal Rumble, talking about other wrestling companies on Twitter, TNA's reaction to that, what he wants to bring to his podcasts, competing in that market, and more. To subscribe, click here.

Bobby Roode is in Italy today doing a lot of media for TNA.

This Saturday 1/31, TNA's Greatest Matches will feature a Best of Bully Ray episode.

Scheduled for this week's Impact Wrestling:

*TNA champion Bobby Lashley vs. Bobby Roode vs. MVP vs. Austin Aries.
*TNA Knockouts champ Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne.
*Tommy Dreamer calls out Eric Young.
*Jeff Hardy vs. Abyss - Monster's Ball.
*Mark Andrews and Rockstar Spud vs. The BroMans.

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