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, November 21st “Turning Point” special-edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew 1.190 million viewers. The 1.190 million viewers marks an increase from the 1.1 million viewers who tuned into Impact Wrestling last week.

With the number, TNA returned to the top 100 ranking of the 18-49 demographic after dropping off of the list last for last week’s show.

As far as competition goes, the New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons NFL game on the NFL Network on Thursday night drew 7.68 million viewers. The NBA game on Thursday night did 1.90 million viewers.

The Thursday, November 7th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV scored a final cable rating of 0.87, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 0.87 final draw marks a decrease from the 0.9 rating the show drew last week.

Impact Wrestling on Thursday averaged 1.019 million viewers, which was also down from the 1.104 million viewers that the show averaged the previous week.

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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 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 26th edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 0.89, down 15 percent from last week’s 1.05 cable rating, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 0.89 final draw marks the lowest rating for Impact Wrestling since the July 4th holiday-edition of the show. It was the lowest non-holiday rating dating back to the June 20th broadcast.

Impact Wrestling this week averaged 1.121 million viewers, which was down from last week’s 1.332 million viewers.

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-The Thursday, September 19th taped edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew 1.332 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, for the show which featured the start of Dixie Carter’s heel turn in the main event.

The 1.332 final draw marks a decrease from last week’s live “No Surrender” edition of the show, which drew 1.389 million viewers.

We should have the final rating up for this week’s Impact Wrestling show later today.

-Speaking of Dixie’s heel turn, she has started playing up the character on her official Twitter account already, posting the following tweets today:

So @AJStylesOrg, you wanted to #AskDixie in public? You saw who is in control. #LightsOut

So, #AskDixie how she slept last night…better than I remember in a long time. Wonder why??

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The Thursday, September 12th TNA No Surrender edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew 1.39 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The 1.39 final draw marks a slight increase as compared to the numbers for last week’s show, which faced weaker competition.

We should have the final rating for the No Surrender show up on the site a little bit later today.

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-The following matches have been confirmed for next week’s TNA Impact Wrestling broadcast on Spike TV:

–Jeff Hardy vs. Magnus [Bound For Glory Series Match]
–AJ Styles vs. Bobby Roode [Bound For Glory Series Match]
–Austin Aries vs. Daniels [Bound For Glory Series Match]
–Kazarian vs. Hernandez [Bound For Glory Series Match]

Also scheduled for Impact Wrestling on 8/29 is the live return of Hulk Hogan.

-This past week’s taped edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV did 1.25 million viewers, which is a 5 percent decrease from last week’s “Hardcore Justice” edition of the show.

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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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