Source: PWTorch Newsletter
– Thursday night’s episode of TNA iMPACT drew a 0.93 cable rating with 1.3 million viewers. Hence, it was the lowest rated episode of iMPACT in over a year — not since August 14, 2008 had TNA drawn such a low rating. Thursday’s number is also down from last week’s 0.96 rating.
The show peaked in the third quarter-hour for a Knockouts tag match with a 0.97 rating and finished with 0.87 and 0.92 quarter-hour ratings during the final half-hour.
It should be noted that iMPACT went up against the first game of the NFL regular season, drawing 20 million viewers on NBC.
Here is the complete quarter-hour ratings breakdown for Thursday night’s show:
Q1: 0.88 – Beer Money, Inc. vs. Team 3D vs. Steiner/Booker vs. British Invasion
Q2: 0.93 – Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan, AJ Styles & Sting in the ring
Q3: 0.97 – Taylor Wilde & Sarita v. Alissa Flash & Daffney, Eric Young backstage
Q4: 0.96 – The Pope vs. Jay Lethal, “The Beautiful People” vs. Madison Rayne & Roxxi
Q5: 0.95 – Backstage with Mick Foley, Abyss vs. Stevie Richards
Q6: 0.92 – Hector Guerrero confronts the World Elite
Q7: 0.87 – Cody Deaner vs. Tara
Q8: 0.92 – AJ Styles & Daniels vs. Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe, Hernandez/World Elite brawl
As you know, I’m a diehard TNA fan. But I have to admit that watching Impact every week gets repetitive due to the scene. No, it’s not the weird booking and no, it’s not even the lack of focus on non-WWE/WCW guys. It’s the visual. Impact needs to make the jump to a large venue with thousands of fans in attendance. It makes you feel like you’re watching something important…