Ratings are in - TNA gets hammered

Mr.Nice Guy

As PWInsider report:

For those curious how TNA Impact would do on SpikeTV going against Raw on USA, the answer is "not well".

Impact scored a .58 rating, tying their lowest rating ever (episodes in April 2006 and November 2005 also rounded up to a .6).

The Raw rating isn't in yet, but it is pretty obvious that going against Raw really took out a chunk of TNA's regular audience.

The Wrestling Observer later reported the Raw rating to be a 3.0.

I've been looking at other forums and the TNA die-hards are trying to put a brave face on this but to me this is a stuffing however you look at it. It proves that fans who watch WWE also make up a decent size of TNA's audience and they decided when faced with a choice to tune in to Raw rather than Impact (who can blame them?)

Also this should dispel any notion of there being another Monday Night War as it would turn into a massacre for TNA.

I'm hoping this panics TNA enough to consider dumping Russo but I doubt this will be the case.

This should make Vinny Mac pretty happy.

Fozzy

A few months ago, if given the choice, I'd have watched Impact that night. But this week I'd have watched Raw, not TNA. Which I did. Against All Odds has just left me with no desire to watch TNA at this point, and WWE are taking steps in the right direction, so it's no contest for most fans I'd imagine

Minto

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

This should make Vinny Mac pretty happy.

It make me pretty happy to, cos i've been afraid for a while now, that some WWE fans would watch iMPACT if given the choice, but to see that RAW prevailed, if only for one night, brought a pretty big smile to my face. Long live the WWF, sorry E!

krudler

WWE have really gotten their act together as of late, TNA need to exist on their own and stop trying to attract attention away from WWE because it just wont work,you know what tna are like right now? remember the chickenhawk in the foghorn leghorn cartoons? constantly trying to pick a fight with leghorn when hes having none of it and not paying the smaller bird any attention lol

Vince135792003

I'm a little surprised their rating went so low but not totally shocked.


At least TNA have a LAST RIGHTS MATCH!! next month with Abyss and Sting. Which by the way nobody seems to know what that is according to Meltzer on figure four radio.


I totally agree with Krudlers point also.

Double C

krudler wrote:

remember the chickenhawk in the foghorn leghorn cartoons? constantly trying to pick a fight with leghorn when hes having none of it and not paying the smaller bird any attention lol

Haha so true!

fatal

Fozzy wrote:

A few months ago, if given the choice, I'd have watched Impact that night. But this week I'd have watched Raw, not TNA. Which I did. Against All Odds has just left me with no desire to watch TNA at this point, and WWE are taking steps in the right direction, so it's no contest for most fans I'd imagine

it was that bad huh?I havent even watched it yet and was just going to start downloading it now but seems like I may have to give it a miss

Double C

^Damn right. Youll have more fun reading the results somewhere else.

Still though, TNA have this Elevation X match to unveil at Destination X so that could be good, I wouldn't give up hope on the company just yet

Fozzy

About the Elevation X match

I read the Impact spoilers for the first time in a long time, it's going to be AJ vs Rhino in it. The match they had at Turning Point was real good, and the ending set it up to make the feud even more heated, but they've had two bad gimmick matches since then and I'd much rather see them have a straight up wrestling match. The Elevation X thing looks more suited to the X-Division guys anyway