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TNA was very happy with their attendance in Philadelphia this weekend.  We are told that they were sold out for last night's taping, attributed to the Hardys and the infusion of interest from the WWE NXT connection.  There was said to have been a late spike in ticket sales after Matt Hardy did some local radio promotion.  Friday was lower, but that's always been a hard night to sell in Philly - ECW failed to sell out Sabu vs. Cactus Jack in 1994 when they did a rare Friday night ECW Arena show and never ran that night again.

We are told that among talents, morale was very good this past weekend for the final tapings before Slammiversary.

The NXT connection is expected to continue at Slammiversary.  We have been asked about the idea of Wes Lee reuniting with the Rascalz.  I have no idea if that's the direction but a WWE source said that "nothing is off the table" as the two sides continue to build their relationship.

Ash by Elegance missed this weekend's tapings as she was booked for a tour of Australia for World Series Wrestling.

Expect PCO vs. AJ Francis to be added to the Slammiversary PPV.  We are told that PCO has done a LOT of work locally in Montreal to promote the show and has been a big factor in early ticket sales.

Danny Cage's Monster Factory had a number of their trainees at the tapings booked as extras and assisting.

 

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