After weeks of steady increases in viewership following its debut on the AMC network, “TNA iMPACT” saw a slight decrease for the episode that aired on March 19. The show was main evented by an intense face-to-face meeting between TNA Champion Mike Santana and Steve Maclin ahead of their match at Sacrifice on Friday.

According to Wrestlenomics, with data from Programming Insider, the March 19 episode of “iMPACT” averaged a total of 250,000 viewers, down three percent from the previous week’s 590,000 viewers. The show earned a 0.04 in the ever-important ages 18-49 demographic, which stayed consistent from the week prior.

Viewership for “iMPACT” was up three percent compared to the trailing four weeks average of 244,000 viewers. The trailing four weeks average rating stayed the same at 0.04.

Before the recently reinstated Maclin attempted to play mind games against a sober Santana in a bar during the main event meeting, Nic and Ryan Nemeth defeated The Righteous in tag team action. Elayna Black scored a victory over Jada Stone, and Moose made quick work of Brian Myers with a single spear. TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater cut a promo on his Sacrifice opponent, Eric Young, and TNA Knockouts Champion Arianna Grace won a tag team match alongside Dani Luna against Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside.

On top of its Thursday episode of “iMPACT,” TNA will also present Sacrifice on TNA+ on Friday, March 27. In addition to the TNA Championship and X-Division title matches, Grace will also defend her Knockouts gold against Luna and Lee. Four other matches have been announced for the show, including a no-disqualification match between Mara Sade and Black.

He poured the kerosene, lit the match, and created a firestorm. For several months, NFL legend Tom Brady has taunted the pro wrestling industry by calling the face of it, WWE, a “cute and scripted” promotion. Since that comment, the now Las Vegas Raiders owner is enjoying the rented space he’s taken up in most of WWE’s stars’ minds. Awaiting for his next revolution to be televised, with a potential shot at reclaiming the NXT Championship for a second time, Ricky Saints is too busy to worry what some retiree from a completely different sport has to say about his sport. But, he did throw out an interesting challenge should this NFL and WWE rivalry come head-to-head at WrestleMania 42.

“I find it to be kind of funny, where you have a bunch of egos, right, and they clash with another bunch of egos. And then, you get money involved, and you get the bravado included. Me personally, I couldn’t tell you who’s in the NFL if I wanted to. That’s playing actively,” Saints said on “Going Ringside.” “Why? Because I’m so locked in to my job, and my future, and my career. That’s why. Now, I will say this: if Drew Brees wants to get in the ring and go one-on-one with ‘ol Ricky Saints, I’m willing to take that. I’m willing to bring that on.”

To see a former New Orleans Saint go up against a born and raised Saint would be a thrilling exhibition. But will Brees accept this challenge? Only time will tell. What is known at this time is that there are active negotiations still between WWE and Brady for the former quarterback to appear on “The Grandest Stage of Them All,” especially with rising tensions between himself and former WWE Men’s United States Champion, Logan Paul. But many others would love the opportunity to give Brady the receipt he deserves, including Seth Rollins, Charlotte Flair, and The Bella Twins.

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“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander is injured, as confirmed by Fightful Select.

This past Wednesday, as part of the “AEW Collision: Slam Dunk” tapings in Fresno, California, the former two-time TNA World Champion was helped to the back following a knee injury after the AEW World Trios Championship title challenge match that aired on Sunday. The full extent or severity of the injury is not yet known.

Last week, Dave Meltzer, of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that Alexander’s knee has been bothering him for some time now, six years to be exact. The current Don Callis Family member knew that eventually he’d have to address the matter. Meltzer wrote in last Friday’s newsletter: “At press time, the knee had not been checked out completely so we don’t yet know the extent of the damage. The knee has been bothering him for six years and he kind of knew that at some point he’d have to take care of it, and it appears now is that point.”

Since it’s unknown if and how long he’ll will be out of commission, Alexander was scheduled for the Ring of Honor and Maple Leaf Pro’s Global War shows in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, this Friday and Saturday. Alexander is the current and inaugural MLP Canadian Champion at 317 days, as of this report. His most recent defense of the MLP Championship was on February 20 against Esfinge at Arena Mexico.

Alexander, El Clon, and Konosuke Takeshita were unsuccessful in their AEW World Trios Title challenge against JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight) and Mistico. Alexander left his long tenured residency at Impact/TNA for AEW in April of last year.