More on Johnny Swinger release, "Blue Collar TV" airing and TNA on RDS

?Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com

On Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 2:02 PM EST

- To add on the reports posted last week regarding Johnny Swinger getting his release from TNA, one source close to the situation has stated that he actually received the release much sooner than when it was made public. There is said to be no heat between Swinger and TNA over the request.

- The episode of "Blue Collar TV" featuring TNA stars Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Abyss and others will be airing next Friday, February 18th at 9:30pm on the WB Network.

- According to a statement sent to PWInsider by a fan in Canada, the debut of TNA Impact! on the French Canadian sports channel RDS this past Friday night was said to be very disappointing. In addition to the show airing on a two week delay (the show on Friday was the edition that aired following the Final Resolution PPV in January), the french commentators for the program were said to be very awful and disrespectful. Both of the commentators, who had done french commentary for WCW in the past on the channel, clearly had no knowledge of the product and were heard either making fun of those on the show or going off-topic and not covering the action on display. The general opinion among many is that the commentary alone ruins the show and has caused many to take a pass on it already.

Credit: Mike Johnson @ PWInsider.com