By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

Over the past 36 hours, several significant news stories have developed along with the major news of Hulk Hogan signing with TNA. In case you missed some of the big news on Tuesday and today, here's a Top Six look at the big news heading into the end of the week.

(1) Hulk Hogan signs with TNA

We'll have a comprehensive, definitive look at the Hulk Hogan to TNA story in a separate article on the site capturing every news angle and possible future angle to this story. Following is a list of our wall-to-wall news and analysis coverage of Hogan signing with TNA.

-- TNA NEWS CATEGORY - Listing of all the Hogan-TNA news stories
-- MITCHELL - Listing of Bruce Mitchell's historical columns on Hogan and Hogan vs. WWE's Vince McMahon
-- KELLER - Listing of Wade Keller's analysis
-- CALDWELL - Listing of James Caldwell's analysis
-- MCNEILL - Lots of questions to be answered

(2) Raw Ratings surge

WWE Raw's TV ratings from Monday night surged 12.1 percent from the previous week's show. Adults and males 18-49 were up to the highest levels since the beginning of September. Our break down of the ratings is below.

-- Raw TV Ratings Report
-- Raw Ratings break down

(3) Christian vs. Yoshi Tatsu

Lost in the shuffle on Tuesday night was the near-four-star level match between Christian and Yoshi Tatsu for the ECW Title that aired on WWE's Tuesday night ECW TV show. The match was excellent and helped elevate both men in babyface champion and challenger roles.

-- CALDWELL'S ECW TV Report
-- ECW Hits & Misses
-- VIP-EXCLUSIVE: East Coast Audio review of ECW TV

(4) Smackdown Title Match

WWE announced the Smackdown brand's World Title match for the Survivor Series PPV. WWE already had World Hvt. champion The Undertaker and Big Show in the match, but they will add a third person to make it a triple threat match. The match will take place on Friday night's show. Torch specialist Greg Parks's Spoiler Report live from New York is available below.

-- SPOILER - World Title match announced
-- SPOILER - Smackdown taping notes
-- SPOILER - Smackdown matches taped for Friday

(5) Jim Ross out as WWE announcer

For the time being, Jim Ross has been replaced by Matt Striker as Smackdown's color commentator alongside Todd Grisham. Ross is still awaiting results from a series of tests to determine the severity of his recent Bell's Palsy attack. Until then, WWE has made a decision to put Striker in Ross's spot.

-- Ross comments on new announce team
-- Ross comments on Hulk Hogan signing with TNA

(6) ROH and DGUSA competing WM weekend

At the beginning of the week, Ring of Honor announced plans to hold their traditional WrestleMania weekend shows next March in Phoenix. A day later, Dragon Gate USA announced their plans to also run two shows during WrestleMania weekend. DGUSA announced they have signed top stars used by promotions, Davey Richards and the Young Bucks. The battle lines have already been drawn.

-- ROH announces WM 26 weekend plans
-- DGUSA announces WM26 weekend plans
-- VIP-EXCLUSIVE RADICAN AUDIO SHOWCASE: Discussion with Derek Burgan on ROH vs. DGUSA

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