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[ILWyep]

Q1: Impact opened with a dismal 0.90 rating for the lengthy Hulk Hogan office meeting with A.J. Styles, Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, and Bully Ray that included TNA breaking the fourth wall, using insider lingo, and acknowledging the show is scripted. Included was one commercial. (down 23.6% vs. 2011-Q1 average)

Q2: Impact declined to a 0.87 rating for a Knockouts match of Gail Kim vs. Madison Rayne after the turn-away opening segment. This was the lowest-rated segment of the show, and included one commercial. (down 24.7% vs. 2011-Q2 average)

Q3: impact increased slightly to essentially the Q1 level with a 0.91 rating for Rob Van Dam vs. Gunner, one commercial, and Devon vs. Garett Bischoff for the TV Title. (down 22.0% vs. 2011-Q3 average)

Q4: Impact scored its highest rating of the first hour with a 0.97 rating for a Hogan backstage segment, the set up for Bully Ray-Park at the top of the second hour, and one commercial. (down 13.8% vs. 2011-Q4 average)

Q5: Impact increased to a 1.11 rating for the Ray-Joseph Park segment, one commercial, and Austin Aries vs. Joey Ryan in the Gut Check Challenge. (down 9.9% vs. 2011-Q5 average)

Q6: Impact was essentially flat at a 1.09 rating for the first-half of Bobby Roode vs. A.J. Styles for the TNA World Title, plus one commercial. (down 6.0% vs. 2011-Q6 average)

Q7: Impact declined slightly to a 1.06 rating for the second-half of Roode-Styles, plus one commercial. (down 7.0% vs. 2011-Q7 average)

Q8: Impact increased to a show-high 1.14 rating for the Roode-Styles finish, a Hogan tease on the other side of a commercial, the commercial, and Sting's surprise return leading into next week's live Impact.


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[Wild]

What was on during the first hour

[Mr.Anderson]

Joey Ryan's Mustache = Ratings

[ILWyep]

WILDMVS, on 29 May 2012 - 08:32 PM, said:

What was on during the first hour

Heat/Pacers. Ended right before the Roode-Styles finish, I believe.

[Beelzedude]

Hogan tease = Ratings.

[Stung]

Impact needs to focus more on KO matches and storylines if they want to grow.

[JKahn913]

The numbers need to be higher, of course, but the quarter patterns seem good.

[hitman007]

its essentialy the same rating as a few weeks ago but first hour competition is killing them in the ratings.

[EnigmaMinded]

Austin Aries = ratings obviously

Now to improve on some other things.

[Zeppelin4]

Sting = Ratings!!!!!!

[GaTechGrad]

Didn't multiple sources already confirm that some cable providers had technical difficulties during the first 6 minutes of Impact? That is the most likely cause for the huge dip at the beginning of the show.

[ImNot5150]

Q5 is not most rated?I am f*n shocked.

[Darren Grett]

Stung, on 29 May 2012 - 08:48 PM, said:

Impact needs to focus more on KO matches and storylines if they want to grow.

There's no denying that the Knockouts booking has been mostly flat lately. Like them or not, the knockouts were the ratings gravy train for TNA for quite a while.

[ImNot5150]

404, on 29 May 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

There's no denying that the Knockouts booking has been mostly flat lately. Like them or not, the knockouts were the ratings gravy train for TNA for quite a while.

This is just because wrestling don't really matters for fans now.They need "some T&A" © now.Sad but true.

[Incognito]

ImNot5150, on 29 May 2012 - 10:47 PM, said:

This is just because wrestling don't really matters for fans now.They need "some T&A" © now.Sad but true.

That's part of it, but even Awesome Kong got ratings at the time.

[hpgraphics117]

This is why I don't understand the time change. The last hour has been their strongest hour. Now they are doing away with it. I hope they prove me wrong.

First hour stunk ratings-wise. I really enjoyed the opening segment. I wish it had done better. Really wish the whole show had done better. I loved it.