Thursday’s special “Turning Point” themed edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 0.95, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 0.95 final draw actually marks a decrease from last week’s 0.96 cable rating, despite being live this week and having the “pay-per-view” style theme.

As noted previously, Impact Wrestling this week averaged 1.190 million viewers, which was a slight increase from the 1.1 million viewers that the show averaged last week.

The Thursday, October 31st edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV scored a final cable rating of 0.9, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 0.9 final draw marks a decrease from the 1.01 final rating that the show drew the previous week.

Impact Wrestling on Thursday averaged 1.104 million viewers, whcih was also a decrease from the previous week’s average of 1.258 million viewers.

TNA faced stiff competition from a highly viewed NFL game that night, as well as the fact that they had to deal with Thursday being the Halloween holiday.

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Thursday’s live, post-Bound For Glory edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV scored a final cable rating of 1.01, according to Nielsen Media Research. That is a comfortable increase from the previous week’s rating, which came in at a 0.84 for the taped Bound For Glory “go-home” edition of the show.

Impact Wrestling on Thursday averaged 1.258 million viewers, which was also up from last week’s 1.10 million viewers.

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The “Countdown to Bound For Glory” special that aired on Spike TV last Sunday night drew a final a 0.11 cable rating among adults 18-49, and a 0.15 cable rating among males 18-49.

By comparison, the “Bar Rescue” program on Spike TV, which aired both before and after the Countdown special, drew a 0.23 rating among adults 18-49 and a 0.25 rating among males 18-49 for the lead-in. The episode of “Bar Rescue” (which was a repeat) that followed the Countdown special drew a 0.18 among adults 18-49 and a 0.20 among males 18-49. The key is the viewership increased for the repeat of an old episode after the Countdown special concluded.

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The Thursday, October 17th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 0.84, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 0.84 final draw marks an increase from the previous week’s final number, which came in at an 0.82.

Impact Wrestling this week averaged 1.10 million viewers, which was also an increase from the previous week’s 1.084 million average.

For those curious, the NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks that went head-to-head with Impact Wrestling this week drew 6.047 million viewers for the NFL Network. Additionally, the mega-hit “Pawn Stars” drew 3.222 million and 3.315 million viewers for two back-to-back first-run episodes on The History Channel.

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The Thursday, October 10th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 0.82, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 0.82 final draw marks a decrease from last week’s 0.95 final rating.

Impact Wrestling this week averaged 1.084 million viewers, which is also down significantly from last week’s average of 1.126 million viewers.

As far as competition is concerned, TNA did face stiff challenges in their key demos with a major Thursday night NFL game between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears (7.8 million viewers) and the MLB playoffs (5.445 million viewers). Regardless of competition, the decline in viewership for TNA can’t be considered a good thing as they head into their biggest annual event, Bound For Glory, on October 20th.

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The Thursday, October 3rd taped edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV scored a final cable rating of 0.95, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 0.95 final draw marks an increase from last week’s 0.89 number for the live edition of the show, which ended with the cliffhanger tease involving Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter.

Impact Wrestling this week averaged 1.126 million viewers, which was also an increase from last week’s 1.121 million.

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The Thursday, September 5th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV scored a final cable rating of 0.98, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 0.98 final draw marks a slight decrease from last week’s 0.99 final cable rating.

Thursday’s Impact Wrestling show averaged 1.310 million viewers, up from last week’s 1.243 million viewers. The increase in viewership is incredible considering TNA went head-to-head with the NFL regular season opener, which drew 25.13 million viewers on NBC.

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Earlier this week, we reported the viewership totals for the TNA “Hardcore Justice” edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV. To update the numbers, the final cable rating for the show has come in, and “Hardcore Justice” finished with an 0.99 cable rating for the Thursday, August 15th broadcast.

The 0.99 final cable rating marks a slight increase of the 0.96 final draw that the “Destination X” edition of Impact Wrestling scored back in July 18th.

Despite the rise in the final rating, as noted, “Hardcore Justice” drew an average of 1.319 million viewers, down from the 1.494 million viewers that “Destination X” drew on 7/18.

On all of cable television on Thursday night, “Hardcore Justice” ranked #35 in overall viewers, #19 among males 18-34 and #15 among males 18-49.

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Thursday’s “Hardcore Justice” edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew 1.319 million viewers, up from the 1.179 million viewers who tuned into Impact Wrestling last week.

The increase in ratings is definitely a positive for the company, as the show went up against another round of NFL pre-season games on ESPN, as well as other locally television games. The ESPN game on Thursday night drew 2.969 million viewers. The highest rated show on cable on Thursday, however, was once again Pawn Stars, which drew 4.388 million viewers and 4.207 million viewers for their two back-to-back 30 minute episodes.

While the 1.319 million viewers for the “Hardcore Justice” edition of Impact Wrestling is up from last week’s show, it is down from the last pay-per-view themed show, as the “Destination X” edition of Impact Wrestling on July 18th drew 1.494 million viewers.

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The Thursday, August 8th taped edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 0.96, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 0.96 number is down from the 1.03 figure that the live edition of show drew last Thursday night.

The show has declined each week since the “Destination-X” special edition of Impact Wrestling, which drew a 1.16 cable rating on July 18h. The following week, July 25th, the show drew 1.05. The week after that, August 1st, the show drew the aforementioned 1.03 number. And as mentioned, thiis week’s show continued the downward trend, coming in at a 0.96.

It will be interesting to see next week’s number, as the company will present the “Hardcore Justice” special edition of TNA Impact Wrestling.

This week’s Impact Wrestling averaged 1.179 million viewers, down approximately five percent from the 1.246 million viewers that the show drew last week.

Impact Wrestling ranked number 42 on cable television Thursday night. The show finished number 30 among males 18-34, and number 28 among males 14-49.

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The Thursday, August 1st edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV scored a final cable rating of 1.03, down from last week’s 1.05, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Despite the heavy socal media promotion centered around the “#August1Warning” mystery-man, Impact Wrestling declined five percent in overall viewership.

Impact Wrestling this past Friday averaged 1.246 million viewers, down from the 1.314 million viewers the show averaged last week.

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-The Thursday, July 25th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 1.05, with 1.31 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 1.05 figure for the 7/25 show is down from the 1.16 final cable rating, with 1.49 million viewers that the show drew last week.

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-The Destination X themed edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Thursday, July 18th scored a final cable rating of 1.16, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 7/18 show on Spike TV drew 1.494 million viewers, up from last week’s show.

-The Destination X TV special ranked number seven on cable television in social media activity on Thursday night. The show did a 35,281 social media score.

-The next PPV-special edition of Impact Wrestling will be the “Hardcore Justice” theme, with Bully Ray vs. Chris Sabin in a Steel Cage Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. That show will air on August 15th.

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The Thursday, July 11th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 0.99, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 0.99 final draw marks an increase from the 0.78 final number the 4th Of July edition of the show drew last week.

Impact Wrestling on 7/11 averaged 1.190 million viewers, up from the 1.053 million average for last Thursday’s episode.

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