UPDATED: WWE Raw and TNA Impact Ratings
Posted by Larry Csonka on 03.09.2010
More details are in...
UPDATED: RAW did hours of 3.25 and 3.5 for their 3.4 rating. The show drew 5,091,000 viewers. Impact did a .98 rating, rounded up to a 1.0, with 1,361,000 viewers. [Credit: PWInsider]
ORIGINAL: - Last night's edition of WWE Monday Night Raw scored a 3.4 cable rating.
- Last night's edition of TNA Impact scored a 1.0 cable rating.
We will update with more details as they come in, but the TNA Impact rating has to be considered a major disappointment considering that the show featured the in-ring returns of Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, and that the final Thursday Impact did a higher rating with a 1.1. It's worth noting that the RAW rating is also down from last week. The combined wrestling audience of 4.4 didn't come close to matching the January 4th ratings where RAW did a 3.6 and Impact did a 1.5 for a combined audience of 5.1.
Posted By: Guest#8839 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:01 PM
Lower than Thursday? Wow. And a taped show next week right? This is going to get ugly.
Posted By: Chris (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:01 PM
Ouch......TNA thats huge hahaha
Posted By: bigbib (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:01 PM
SHOOOCCKKIINNGGGG...not
Good luck with your future endeavors TNA..
Posted By: STOGGO FTW (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:02 PM
Wow...
Posted By: Desolation (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:02 PM
Wow, the Monday Night War? More like the Monday Night slaughter.... TNA was just murdered and Vince is probably going to end up getting arrested...
Posted By: William (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:02 PM
lol
Posted By: Guest#6032 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:03 PM
Well, so much for the Monday night wars. TNA going up against the giant that is WWE is stupid.
Posted By: kolop1 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:03 PM
hahaha tna!!nxt is higher than that!!
Posted By: 6561 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:03 PM
Man, Sting getting squashed by RVD really bumped the ratings, eh?
Posted By: Mastro (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:03 PM
As expected....good night TNA
Posted By: WATRYYY (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:03 PM
lolpwned.
Posted By: Guest#5744 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:03 PM
Holy S***. Ok TNA What are you going to do next???
Massive laughter......
Posted By: The Observer (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:04 PM
Are these the quick overnights?
Did you mean TNA scored a 10.0?
Impact got a 1.1 last Thursday unopposed. This can't be right.
Posted By: Lies! (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:04 PM
somehow the tna fans will consider this a success, but in no way is this a good thing AT ALL!!!!
Started a 1.9 rating first hour on January 4th, then dropped big time every hour and every week until now...
1.0.
Posted By: pro life (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:04 PM
HAHAHAHHHHAHAHAAHAHA.
Posted By: 16s (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:05 PM
Alright, let's see hear it Dixie!
Or the few remaining TNA fans, didn't last Thursday have a 1.1? Oh my.....
Posted By: Ouch (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:05 PM
That's a pretty low RAW. Surprisingly a pretty low Impact too. What will be more telling will be what happens to Impact the next couple of weeks. If they stay at 1.0, consider their move a failure.
Posted By: Bleh (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:05 PM
E-tards claims that TNA will be out of business within 6 months in 3...2....1..
Posted By: Greg (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
I know the WWE marks will make up jokes, but if you think bout it, TNA didnt lose any viwers to Raw, and vice versa. Meaning for the first time since Jan. 4th, there were probably bout 5 or 6 million people watching wrestling Monday night.
Posted By: Rick Goodwin (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa.
I like Tna but i cant stand those fans who say that they are stealing viewers. They got a 1.0. End of. Yes Raw may have been lower than usual but Tna still Failed in my book
Posted By: Guest#5387 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
Nick Hogan will be in the Impact Zone next week
Posted By: Fred (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
HAHA! Just give it up Hogan/Flair!
Posted By: Norway (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
raw will jump back up next week with its huge lineup, and tna will go down because they already dumped all their eggs in this basket
Posted By: gomer (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
Super Epic Fail for both
Posted By: The Will (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
Nobody wants to see Ric vs Hulk? SHOCKING! *cough*
Posted By: Guest#4234 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
But TNA Impact had more comments in 411mania's Impact Report!
WWE > TNA...
Posted By: y2j420 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
Oh NO!
Bad ratings for both shows.
Posted By: Hot Pocket (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
I'm glad to see the ADD booking didn't work.
Posted By: Detective Big Lantern Ghost (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:07 PM
@iMpact...... Bahhhhhhhhh!!!! As bad as RAW was impact was even worse!
Posted By: Guest#4168 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:07 PM
War? What war?
Posted By: Ricky C. (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:07 PM
In fairness the TNA rating was probably so low BECAUSE of the in-ring returns of Flair and Hogan..............and I say that as a Flair fan. I don't see why TNA feels they HAVE to go head to head against wwe anyways, all the ghost shows currently on tv arent going head to head so why does it have to be that way for rasslin?
Posted By: Guest#6269 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:08 PM
Hulk Hogan = drop in ratings. We have two WCWs every Monday now. WWE = WCW circa 1998, making lots of money while making a bunch of little mistakes that will catch up to them later on. TNA = WCW 2000, just a disaster.
Posted By: Guest#1239 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:08 PM
Completely expected the 1.0 rating. Let's see what they're doing in a months time when the Wrestlemania build has finished, word has got around about TNA, storylines have calmed down and RAW is farting out the same show they have for the past 2 years...
Posted By: Chungles (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:08 PM
Cue the TNA fanboys complaining...
Posted By: Steve (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:08 PM
Well, you know, by Monday Night WAR they might have meant the card game...
Posted By: Silver Lining (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:08 PM
Well, when you only have 4 days to advertise the Hogan/ Flair match, you can't do too much.
I'm actually a bit surprised the TNA rating is as high as it is. Most people watch TV by habit, but in this case, it looks like the entire audience followed. I have a hunch we'll see TNA back on Thursdays soon, brother.
Posted By: Kenny (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:08 PM
The Impact rating definitely has to be considered disappointing, but I think the interesting part is the Raw rating. The last couple of ratings have been closer to 4.0, so what happened this week? Did Impact have anything to do with this? Was it the choice of host? Opinions please.
Posted By: abwiz74 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
damn wrestling fans are dumb!
Posted By: heythatsmybike (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
Haha that is pretty bad. Didn't they do better a couple of weeks ago going up against Bret? Also even though the rating is bad they need to be live every week if they hope to gain any momentum. Every other week really does not cut it.
Posted By: Guest#8284 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
Ouch...
Posted By: FF (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
Fuck WWE, TNA put on the better product hands down.
Posted By: TheRev (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
should have went 8-10pm instead of 9-11.
Posted By: bob (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
It's like the war never ended... except both sides have dropped a point.
Posted By: Bruno (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA TAKE THAT TNA!
Posted By: wylun (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:10 PM
As long as WWE went down too I'm fine.
Posted By: Guest#1943 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:10 PM
That's a pretty ugly rating for both shows. I can't imagine either company being a bit pleased about that!
Posted By: chumpstain (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:10 PM
It's morning again in America!!!!
Posted By: JBL (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:10 PM
Just like everyone thought. The more things change...
Posted By: neverAcquiesce (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:10 PM
Raws is down a bit & yet tna can still only manage 1.0? shocking.
Posted By: jbardo (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:10 PM
Could that be because most people see Impact on the internet because they dont get spike TV?? just asking--it was a decent show, i thought it would be higher.
Posted By: Alfredo Lara Jr. (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:10 PM
WWE= 2
TNA= 0
To all your TNA-Hulk Hogan cock sucking-shit talkers: QUIET. you just got beat. HORRIBLY. and I know what some of you gonna say "go jack off to your batista and john cena poster" blah blah you still lost.
-Sincerely,
WWE Troll
Posted By: SUCK IT TNA TOOLS!! (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:11 PM
War Over! Balls Thoroughly licked
Posted By: New New York Post (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:11 PM
HAHAHAHAHA TNA sucks and always will, not shut the hell up you worthless TNA marks
Posted By: stonecoldstunner (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:11 PM
It´s over WWE! We win!
Posted By: Dixie Carter (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:12 PM
Not a disppointment at all and really I could care les what the ratings are because ratings are created by picky people who think they know the way things are run. Most of the people I talked to said they enjoyed the TNA show much more than the RAW show and I agree. RAW was well... Blah and Impact had a lot of twists and turns and so much was happening that it made for exciting television.
Posted By: Paul Westbrook (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:12 PM
Thursday was a 1.1 rating.....
Hyped up huge HOGAN AND FLAIR returning to the ring, rumors of Jeff Hardy, Sting and RVD appearing, and it DROPPED to a 1.0!!!!!
R I P TNA
Posted By: Facts (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:12 PM
Karma is a bitch, Dixie. I love it!! It serves her selfish ass right. I have tried so hard to enjoy TNA and it has had its moments. I knew right from the moment the "blockbuster announcement" was made in November 2009, this wash out would do NOTHING, NADA, RIEN, ZILCH for TNA.
I don't care for Hogan or anything, but DIxie is the instigator numero uno. She plays along, feebly and complicitly to BiscHogan and look....the official start to the so called new Monday Night Wars is an epic fail for TNA.
Serves you right Dixie Carter. You think you the shit, you're a noobdy, a loser with delusions of grandeur.I hope you enjoy the ride with BiscHogan in driver's seat, ignant broad. This is what her ass get for letting all Hogan's friends come on TV. She looks stupider than before.
So to sum up....this isn't Hogan's failing, but it sure as HELL is Dixie Carter's failure.
Tweet that on Twitter. An epic 1.0 LMAO. Impact has scored higher than that even in the pre-Hogan era.
I'm done with TNA. Neglect the homegrown talent by pandering to an old man and here's the proof in the pie.
Will be SmackDown and sometimes RAW for me.
Posted By: Tyra (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:13 PM
Im kinda suprised at the ratings...I am a wwe fan but i root for tna to make an impact....tna was imo better than raw last night and i didnt expect to beat raw but a 1.0....damn...thats that wwe machine...killing them
Posted By: Trae316 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:13 PM
They hyped the whole fuckin' world and got nothing....well actually less than nothing
Posted By: WOW (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:13 PM
Just goes to show there is a finite amount of wrestling fans in this country. I think ratings for both companies will suffer on Monday night as TNA will take away a small portion of Raws mediocre audience but not enough to justify their move to Monday night. Monday Night War?? more like a minor skirmish
Posted By: Harold Ramis (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:14 PM
Give it some time TNA. It's not gonna happen for you right away.
Posted By: Guest#2618 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:14 PM
WOW...I knew this was gonna happen. They promoted the Jan. 4th episode a lot more and a lot better than they did for the whole "move to Monday nights". Now watch the replay Thursday night do a 1.2-1.3..If they did a 1.0 last night then with Raw having Austin next week & Impact being taped (which means everyone will read the spoilers instead of watching) then Impact might pull in a way worse rating next week. I flipped to Raw maybe 4-5 times last night and couldn't get into it which is why TNA had my attention for 99% of the night. I'll still be watching TNA next week as well. I never was an Austin fan.
Posted By: Me (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:14 PM
AHAHAHH!!! LMAO! TNA I hope you keep making mistakes. BRING in the BOOGEYMAN!
Posted By: JA (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:14 PM
"We wish TNA the best in all their future endeavors."
Posted By: WWE (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:15 PM
Remember, this time they were going up against RAW full time. Minute after minute
Decent rating
Posted By: Guest#4766 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:15 PM
So maybe signing Hogan wasn't a good idea.
Posted By: Dixie Carter (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:15 PM
That is really bad... considering next week Austin is on Raw.
Posted By: FF (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:16 PM
Pretty much what I expected.
Once people start channel hopping and finding an alternative, TNA can grow it's audience.
It took a while for Nitro to build up it's following. Hopefully Spike gives them time to grow.
Also, hopefully Hogan and Bischoff will realise that :
1) Hogan and Flair are no longer the draw they were and nobody has any interest in seeing too old men bleeding to death whilst moving slowly enough not to pop a hip.
2) Abyss is not a draw and never will be.
3) Heel Sting does not go down well with the fans.
4) People don't give a flying toss about Hall,Nash or Waltman
5) Finally, all those people who tuned in on January 4th and saw a six sided ring and AJ Styles and Kurt Angle actually wrestling will have tuned in last night and seen some good car crash TV in places.
Unfortunately, for the most part, they'd have seen a beat up Hulk Hogan either having that fat pig Bubba Lovebucket hoarsely telling him he loves him, or his Barbie-esque Daughter / Girlfriend (sorry, I don't know which was which, they were both plastic LA identy-mould clones)pissing, moaning and gurning like complete spazzed out window lickers.
If I never see Hogan or Flair topless, wobbling their flabby moobs whilst covered in their own blood again, it will be too soon.
Still better than SuperCena conquering the PG Universe though. Only just.
Posted By: The Truth of it All (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:17 PM
Well, that is disappointing. Overall, it wasn't a great show- but it was decent. Personally, I enjoyed it more than I did WWE last night. I don't think anyone expected TNA to pull huge numbers, but I'm sure they were expecting better than this! TNA being competitive will only help BOTH products, so knowing that, I hope they're successful. There's no need for one to aim to destroy the other. I think one thing that may have hurt TNA the most last night was the constant pushing of Hogan. They have a roster full of capable talent- but yet their main selling point was the in-ring returns of Hogan and Flair. Sure, it's goofy right now, and they need to fix that- FAST. But I do hope they get it together and provide a nice alternative to WWE on Monday nights- I look forward to watching both!
Posted By: Yoshi (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:18 PM
Um... Hello? RAW did a 3.4 . God, so many Etards around here... Im not saying Impact did well. Im saying RAW fucked up aswell.
Posted By: Guest#8079 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:19 PM
was really hoping it would be like the jan 4th picture, especially with such a flat episode of raw.
just looked at dixie carters twitter... there was a tumble weed rolling back and forth along the screen. bizarre.
god knows what the figures will be like for next weeks taped show vs stone cold. nevermind
Posted By: columbo (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:20 PM
As if we didn't need anymore evidence that TNA is not ready for Monday nights. TNA still needs to crawl before it can walk.
Posted By: Guest#3901 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:20 PM
"Man, Sting getting squashed by RVD really bumped the ratings, eh?
Posted By: Mastro (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:03 PM"
Maybe if Sting exercised a little creative control stupid decisions like that wouldn't be made, it's not like he's going to abuse it like Hogan, Flair or HHH.
Posted By: Propagandhi (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:20 PM
Those ratings just prove that 90% of wrestling fans are complete morons. They'll follow WWE regardless of how bad the product is.
Posted By: No surprise (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:20 PM
say what you all want, BUT this is shocking considering the hype, the promotion and actually the great show they produced last night. Say what you want (again) but Impact was more exciting than RAW. I watched both shows and everybody knows that.
This is SHOCKING.
Posted By: ajpunk (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:20 PM
This is proof of how much the wrestling fan community has shrunk since the last Monday Night War. I mean a 4.4 combined with all that hype, leading into Wrestlemania. Pathetic.
Shows you outside the TNA bubble Hogan has NO drawing power at all.
Posted By: Andrew Barbarash (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:21 PM
"Lower than Thursday? Wow. And a taped show next week right? This is going to get ugly."
I am ready to pre-order WWE Presents the Rise and Fall of TNA DVD set.
Posted By: guest (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:22 PM
That's gotta hurt.I'm ashamed as a TNA fan.WWE fans, you win.Have your field day.
Posted By: Ashamed TNA fan Ted (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:22 PM
more like a minor skirmish
Posted By: Harold Ramis (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:14 PM
What, the military based quiz show on UK Conquest that's got 8,000 viewers?
Let me put that in perspective - it's 11 times the population of Hemsby.
Posted By: SayWhatMoFo (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:24 PM
This tells us everything we already knew: No one cares about Hogan and Flair anymore.
Posted By: Captain Obvious (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:26 PM
Take that Dixie Carter. Where's the stuff about TNA "making history"? This woman is a joke!
Posted By: Guest#6424 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:27 PM
Just goes to show there is a finite amount of wrestling fans in this country. I think ratings for both companies will suffer on Monday night as TNA will take away a small portion of Raws mediocre audience but not enough to justify their move to Monday night. Monday Night War?? more like a minor skirmish
Posted By: Harold Ramis (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:27 PM
It's not that bad, I thought they we're going to get destroyed.
They seem to have a decent fanbase, if WWE starts to suck ass like it did before the Road to Wrestlemania began TNA could start leeching off some more fans.
What's more important here is WWE scored less than last week, maybe TNA took them? Anytime they put a dent in WWE's viewership Vince will be pissed.
Posted By: A-Ron (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:29 PM
LOLOL. As much as I like TNA, this is an epic fail.
Posted By: Johnny (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:29 PM
Why bother with TNA anymore? The booking is more retarded now than it was in 2007. I've given TNA a lot of chances but they blew it on the biggest stage. Now all they have is Hogan and a bunch of has beens who should have retired years ago. And all the while the real talent (not including WWE rejects) gets wasted.
Posted By: Guest#6251 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:29 PM
Factor in first that Spike is not carried on many cable stations as USA. Yes, it's a disappointment, but it's to be expected. Had they started at 7pm CST instead, it may have gotten an edge and a better rating.
Ratings aside, Impact was much better than Raw's snoozefest - minus Criss Angel's magic. But alas it is WM season too.
Posted By: \'B\' (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:29 PM
Why are people reacting with such glee to the 'disappointing' ratings of a wrestling company?
You do realise when you submit your comment you just look like a schadenfreudian fanboy child?
And why are you acting dumb to the fact that it was never suggested by anybody, not within TNA, not without by those - like me - who just want to see mainstream wrestling improved in general, that their official foray into Monday night wrestling would reap them huge ratings?
'Oh dude suck on that! 1.0! You thought u were going 2 bring down WWE!'
'Um... no I didn't.'
'Oh man, u suck! lolz, i don't look like a little kid on the internet whatsoever!'
A non-fanboyish reaction to this rating, after the initial indifference that usually greets something completely expected, would be to hope that TNA realise that their young talent should be better showcased to truly be able to say they offer an 'alternative'.
This rating by no means indicates the 'crash TV' style is no longer effective; in moderation it certainly is. But offer more quality like the X-Division match throughout the show and channel-flicking wrestling fans bored of the same routine RAW the WWE has undoubtedly been producing - successfully though it has been - for the past couple years, will prove far more easier to convert.
Posted By: Chungles (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:30 PM
How can this be? Bullshit TNA put on a better a show hands down! Wow!
Posted By: 3rd Degree (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:31 PM
I watch TNA as much as anyone but I'm kind of embarrassed to be associated with these freaking TNA fanboys that come on here and say the WWE is stale and has been running the same show for two years. That's bullshit. Just because they didn't come out in full on attack mode like TNA doesn't mean they're stale or not trying. It means they have a formula that's working pretty well that has the overwhelming majority of wrestling fans watching their main show.
What did you honestly think was more stale last night? A great Undertaker/HBK promo building to an epic match or watching Hogan and Flair try to become relevant again?
TNA has it's moments for sure. But they a long damn way to go before they'll be putting up consistent mid 1's in the ratings.
Posted By: marcos (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:33 PM
Hang in There TNA !
As long as you are on, I'll keep watching.
Posted By: Tax Guy Paul (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:34 PM
E-tards claims that TNA will be out of business within 6 months in 3...2....1..
Posted By: Greg (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
First of all, E-tards claiming TNA's death in six months are just as common as people saying "cue the e-tards claiming TNA's death in six months". Second off, with a rating like that... I can see where they'd say that.
Posted By: Gozzo (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:34 PM
in my eyes this is actually a huge victory for tna, taking about 1.5 million viewers away from wwe a few weeks from mania. its gonna cost vince big
if they manage at least a 0.6 next week it'll me another victory.
by april time i expect word of mouth about hardy and rvd to start reflecting in the ratings, then we'll see some good growth
keep up the good work tna, really good show
Posted By: cena fan 84 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:34 PM
This rating is because they aren't utilizing Bubba the right way. He was barely on last night! Bubba needs to be on the show WAY more than he was if they want to have a chance against WWE.
Posted By: Bubba Army Vet (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:35 PM
TNA real rating was a .98 and last week was the same. Thats what happens when you push over hill and jobbers in prowrestling.
Posted By: Guest#2094 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:35 PM
damn impact was pretty good if you take out bubba and hogans daughters err daughter and girlfriend
Posted By: Guest#7388 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:35 PM
No show did much worse than usual, so Raw didn't "slaughter" TNA. It just did "business as usual" as did TNA. (And Raw was boring, as usual, and TNA was retarded, as usual)
That said, this rating SUCKS for TNA. I hope it gets Dixie to rethink this whole thing, but it may be too late. Hogan/Bischoff/Flair and all of the stars have done NOTHING for TNA.
I thought (hoped) that halfway through last year Dixie had learned her lesson and was worrying about the long-term booking. Then she signed Hogan, and 1/4 proved that my hopes were unwarranted.
Now, she's seeing that this idiocy was worthless. Too bad she'll still listen to Hogan and Bischoff. By the time she stops, hopefully it won't be too late.
Posted By: Jimbob Jones (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:36 PM
So lets see, amid the plethora of asinine comments nobody was smart enough to realize that this will indeed be viewed as a success to start off the monday night wars.
I mean, TNA was scoring 1.0 religiously on thursdays against no other wrestling competition. Now they are going up against the giant and still pulled the same rating.
Hate all you want folks, but that is indeed a success to star off with. They don't have to start stealing WWE audience right away, they now at least know that going against the #1 company they can still pull there usual fanbase. Nowhere to go but up from here.
And just for the record, I would consider myself a RoH fanboi over the other 2 any day of the week, so save the TNA fan comments for a relevant time.
Posted By: DaTruth (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:36 PM
My keyboard is mad at me because I was taking a drink when I viewed the rating. I give it a month, and TNA will stand for Total Non-stop Ass-hurt!
Posted By: Mo (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:36 PM
So much for TNA having the better show, I bet the ratings went down all night long again.
Posted By: Guest#3361 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:36 PM
When I saw TNA's rating, I was ready to go EPIC FAIL but then I noticed that Raw's rating was lower than it had been doing for the past few months as well.
Posted By: JJ (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:37 PM
E-tards claims that TNA will be out of business within 6 months in 3...2....1..
Posted By: Greg (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:06 PM
To all the idiots claiming that e-tards will be claiming TNA will be done within six months in 3...2...1...Oh it's already happened >_
Posted By: The_Mystical_Ninja (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:38 PM
LOL.
Posted By: Guest#1447 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:38 PM
In other news Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time while the Hurt Locker won Best Picture.
Posted By: Optimism at it's best (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:38 PM
Officially a 0.98 rating.
Hate to say I told you so. Really. I do. I wanted this war to happen. But TNA just doesn't have the minds to get it done.
Posted By: Truth (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:39 PM
Monday Night Slap Fight.
Posted By: Evan (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:39 PM
Tna is nothing but old wrestlers that has a wheel chair ramp for all the old wrestlers to come in on
Posted By: jonathan (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:39 PM
Must have been the Olympics...oh wait. It must have been the Oscars...no that was Sunday. It must have been Monday Night Football...wait, football season hasn't started yet. Oh, it must have been the finale of Lost...oh that is on another day and isn't over yet? Ummm...I know, maybe TNA just sucks right now and has zero excuse for this terrible rating. They didn't need Hogan, they were on the right track late last year and now the just completely screwed up. They have lost me as a viewer until Hogan/Bischoff/Nastys, etc, etc are all gone.
Such a shame too because now WWE doesn't have to change a darn thing, which is why I am so mad at TNA.
But the real question is....did the new episode of Wrestlicious happen since it is better than both companies right now? :-p
Posted By: Jake (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:39 PM
TNA got a 1.0 - I wouldn't be surprised if a slew of viewers departed the program very rapidly. TNA Impact didn't deserve a 1.0, they deserved less. I'm a TNA fan but the bullshit they've spewed out since the arrival of Hulk Hogan is the worst wrestling programming I've seen in years.
Posted By: JAK (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:39 PM
To those TNA fans saying WWE sucked too, they had a throw away show, with not a very good main event...
Next week on the other hand..... Yeah TNA is gonna get crushed...
Posted By: William (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:40 PM
TNA lost because I didn't open up their show, if they had me it would have been alll over!
Posted By: Undertaker's Dong (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:41 PM
Coming soon...
'THE RISE AND FALL OF TNA'
A WWE production.
Posted By: Aristotelis (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:43 PM
next week is austin! bret! hbk vs y2j! hhh vs orton! tna should just go "we're having technical problems. back in a week" and call it a day. oh dixie... stupid redneck.
Posted By: DTM (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:44 PM
Those ratings just prove that 90% of wrestling fans are complete morons. They'll follow WWE regardless of how bad the product is.
Posted By: No surprise (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:20 PM
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Or they stopped caring when they found out that the TNA product is just as bad.
Posted By: Guest#4494 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:44 PM
Absolute slaughter
Posted By: Bill (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:44 PM
And anyone who expected a 1.0 is lying, plain and simple. Hell, I expected 1.1-1.3 with a chance of going as high as it did on 1/4. The buzz should have been there. But it wasn't.
Posted By: Truth (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:44 PM
Let's put it this way:
TNA will most likely survive, but it will never shrink, not grow. It'll basically be stuck in this same, mediocre rut and won't set the world alight.
The ship for pro-wrestling as something mainstream has sailed. No one cares anymore and WWE is still going relatively strong as the only mainstream representation of it.
TNA won't even make a dint.
Posted By: Guest#4377 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:45 PM
Why were the security guards holding Hogan back, while I was in the ring helplessly getting beat up by Sting?? Can at least a few hold back Sting for gosh sake.
Posted By: RVD (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:46 PM
This is bad for both companies. The Wrestlemania build has fallen a bit flat for WWE (on both RAW and Smackdown) and really needs to pick up next week with some action. Stone Cold is the perfect foil for that though.
TNA has been going in a strange direction ever since the announcement of Hogan/Bischoff signing... it has more of an exciting 'anything could happen' feel because of it, but it is also absolute TRASH in places.
Look at the people brought in - Hogan, Bischoff, Flair, Hall, Waltman, Nasty Boys, Orlando Jordan, Val Venis, Mr. Anderson, and now RVD, Jeff Hardy and Shannon Moore as well. That's 13 people! And of those, only Jeff Hardy, Anderson and (to a lesser extent) RVD don't have the stigma of being seen as over-the-hill WWE has-beens. And Hardy (despite being super-popular and by FAR their biggest star) is in the middle of a serious drugs charge!
When you have this amount of people being brought in, inevitably the younger, homegrown stars lose out. WWE could theoretically offer big-money contracts to Angle, Joe, Wolfe, Beer Money, Matt Morgan and Pope and kill TNA in one blow.
Posted By: Guest#1923 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:48 PM
I'm still waiting for viewer numbers not the stupid rating number...this would be a failure if its under 1.5 million viewers for TNA.. I think higher is ok
Posted By: Alfredo Lara Jr. (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:48 PM
It's like the war never ended... except both sides have dropped a point.
Posted By: Bruno (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM
More like three points.
Posted By: Guest#6063 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:49 PM
TNA's rating is going to be even lower next week for Stone Cold hosting RAW (which will inevitably end up with McMahon being embarrassed somehow).
Plus with Impact being taped, McMahon could give TNA what WCW used to give them and read the results for all the matches the first minute of RAW...that would be hilarious.
TNA's ratings will go downhill from here...no one wants to see half the geezers and has-beens they have on their show now. How much of a ratings pop is Jeff Hardy and RVD going to be? Not enough. Goldberg could show up and they still wouldn't pop more than a point for 1 whole week. The company needs a good booking staff and someone with direction in charge...they got...Vince Russo (still)...and Bubba the Love Sponge. Yeah, they're going places. [roll eyes]
Posted By: Nick (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:49 PM
TNA will never get better as long as the cancer known as Hulk Hogan has power. It's a shame TNA can't get it together, because they do have some good talent. WWE needs some compition to step up their very stale product. Sadly TNA is clueless.
Posted By: Guest#1157 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:49 PM
Quarter hours show Hogan and Flair in the ring drew some of the lowest numbers on the show.....
Posted By: Nuberssshf (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:51 PM
Wow, this is obviously false. They've been hyping Hulk Hogans return for the past few weeks and that would at least make their ratings go up. This is a lie, dont listen to them. Too early to know what the official ratings are. Also if he is so sure of these ratings, post a link!
Posted By: Wow (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:54 PM
There are some bad comedians on here today. None of them are funny.
Seriously though, TNA can't give up so easily. I believe TNA's time has still yet to come and the best thing they could've done was move to Monday. What people don't get it is TNA is supposed to grow there. Its going to take a while before TNA starts hitting 2.0s on a regular basis. I think TNA should look forward to April when Raw isn't in Mania mode and they can start eating their way into Raw's ratings.
Raw took a huge hit last night, I saw some 3.1s and 3.2s in those quarter hours. I attribute this to TNA. TNA's job right now is to eat at those ratings that Raw gets and start getting at least 50,000 new viewers every week.
Posted By: mjf (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:54 PM
I must have climbed into HOT TUB TIME MACHINE cause when i turned on spike tv last night, i could have sworn i saw ric flair vs. hulk hogan!!!! and up against this nursing home pudding match raw hsd the nerve to put... a 6 diva tag match. Vince must be sooooo worried about this latest challenge
Posted By: him (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:54 PM
"Not a disppointment at all and really I could care les what the ratings are because ratings are created by picky people who think they know the way things are run. Most of the people I talked to said they enjoyed the TNA show much more than the RAW show and I agree. RAW was well... Blah and Impact had a lot of twists and turns and so much was happening that it made for exciting television.
Posted By: Paul Westbrook"
Those aren't like star ratings, dip-wad. Those numbers represent the number of fans who tuned into both shows and stuck them out through the two hours they were on. Meaning Raw had triple the audience that Impact had. Meaning that WWE can put on an average episode of Raw with no special returns, big signings or huge angles and it will still destroy every trick Bischoff and Hogan have up their sleeves.
Posted By: Cortez (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:54 PM
1.0? With the return of Hogan and Flair to the ring? The return of Sting? The debut/re-debut of RVD/Hardy? And going against a run of the mill Raw?
Wow, next week they have a taped show and they're competing against Austin & Bret, what kind of number will they draw then? 0.6/0.7? TNA should have stayed on Thursday, they'll be back there soon enough.
Posted By: Guest#3204 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:55 PM
Trolls:
Really. Aside from the fact that RAW put on one of its shittiest programs of late - we're what...three weeks away from Wrestlemania? C'mon, trolls, you know better than that.
I'd be happy to maintain with the 'normal' rating that TNA always seems to get right now if I was SPIKE. But...i'm going to say, as a TNA watcher, that Hogan ain't doing it.
Of course, BRUTHA....he doesn't read shit on these boards anyway.
So....go ahead and celebrate all you Cena jackers....go have a massive circle jerk and make your posters sticky. You know you want to!!!!
Posted By: Guest#4825 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:57 PM
By the way, does anybody else get the impression that TNA's biggest enemy here is Hulk Hogan? He went live in an interview this past week and said that wrestling Flair wouldn't be a challenge because the guy got beat up by his wife last weekend. How are the casual fans supposed to get hooked by comments like that?
I'd love to see TNA rise above the sub-mediocre levels they've fallen to in 2010, but they've given me nothing to hang my hopes on.
Posted By: Cortez (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:58 PM
if hogan and flair..cant draw ppl..that just proves my point..u have to do sumthin NEW and different,,,and next week stone cold...R.I.P. TNA
Posted By: dylan (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:59 PM
"It took a while for Nitro to build up it's following. Hopefully Spike gives them time to grow."
No, it didn't. The first Monday that Nitro went aganist Raw (9-11-95), Nitro won in the ratings.
Posted By: Guest#4547 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:03 PM
a 3.4 is bad for wwe especially in non nfl season.
wwe and usa need to just make raw 3 hours every week and take it to tna.
if tna tries to go at 8 pm, then raw goes 3 hours because usa/wwe are never going to give tna an unopposed hour on mondays.
Posted By: Guest#6073 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:03 PM
So you mean to tell me all of you thought TNA would pull a rating higher than normal?
Are you really that stupid? It takes time to build an audience, and when you move your day/time it isn't a home run off the bat.
TNA is fine, just fine. They are doing some great things and in 6 months that's the real sign of what's going on.
Posted By: You're all a bunch of marks (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:03 PM
The problem is if TNA did a 1.5 like on Jan 4th, they would be jumping up and down saying the show was a "huge success" now that it did a 1.0, to whcih WWE's D show, Superstars just about beat this week, they will have all the excuses in the world. I agree that they are bringing all the old stars and really, no one cares about them because TNA can't make stars like WWE full stop. I can't wait to her Bischofff and Hogan with all of there excuses, oh esp Bubba the Love Sponge..
Posted By: southfloridamarc (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:04 PM
1). It's not this week where Sting, RVD & Jeff Hardy's appearances will spike the ratings...It's NEXT WEEK!!
2). You cannot blame Hogan or Flair for the low rating either, Abyss & AJ are not established enough to turn people on to TNA. Give it some time.
3). TNA is becoming "Can't Miss" television. With weekly surprises, the masses will soon clue-in to this.
This isn't over yet, not by a long shot!
Posted By: Guest#5712 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:08 PM
AJ Styles will be wrestling at summerslam... book it
Posted By: Guest#0759 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:09 PM
TNA cant cross the 1.0 Line..
What a sad sad very sad joke of a wrestling company TNA is. Watching the stupid MonsterTARD Abyss & Hospice Hogan VS. "Tryin so hard to be a cool heel" ..But Im a Hillbilly Styles & Fossil Flair made me sickingly EMBARRASSED to be a wrestling fan. RVD lowered his own stock by 600% by being on the show... DIE SLOW TNA
Posted By: NationOfSilence (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:13 PM
"Factor in first that Spike is not carried on many cable stations as USA."
Spike is less popular than USA, but the amount of households for both channels is close.
Posted By: Guest#1884 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:13 PM
I must say that after reading all of this senseless, maniacal drivel here in the comments section:
I vote for mass suicide of all WWE and TNA fanboys/fangirls.
That is all.
Posted By: Magnum TOKYO, JP (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:14 PM
.98? They couldn't even reach a 1.0 LMFAO!!!
Sorry, I like to see wrestling overall doing well, but TNA fanboys are so obnoxiously annoying that I have to laugh at this.
Posted By: Guest#8825 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:15 PM
"Hate all you want folks, but that is indeed a success to star off with. They don't have to start stealing WWE audience right away, they now at least know that going against the #1 company they can still pull there usual fanbase. Nowhere to go but up from here."
They were less than a 1.0. That's less than two thirds of what they got last time they were live on a Monday. It's definitely a cause for concern.
Posted By: Anonymous (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:17 PM
Well... People are slaves. Most of them. That's why they follow Vince no matter what.
Posted By: Guest#3647 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:21 PM
And everyone laughed when I suggested the main even should be Herc and I vs. Hogan and Abyss
Posted By: Paul Roma (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:21 PM
I can smell the Invasion part II!
Vince coming out saying he destroyed the competition.. as the audience in attendance don't have a clue who is referring to.
Expect to see TNA's video library as part of WWE 24/7 soon!
Posted By: Andrew Barbarash (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:22 PM
411. This time they were going up against RAW FULL TIME. Minute after minute. And still got their religious 1.0
Posted By: Guest#9701 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:23 PM
LMFAO... Nice job TNA its all downhill from here boys... Hey Dixie if you want to go out and sign the biggest guy in wrestling go and get the rock. Suddenly the douche that predicted a 1.8 rating is sitting asking himself where did it all go wrong..
Posted By: sketchy1 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:24 PM
"in my eyes this is actually a huge victory for tna, taking about 1.5 million viewers away from wwe a few weeks from mania. its gonna cost vince big"
Raw last week: 5.4 million viewers
Raw this week: 5.1 million viewers
You suck at math.
Posted By: Guest#0430 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:24 PM
I think the reason that both shows are down in the ratings is because the audience overlaps.
The people that used to watch TNA on thursdays probably watched RAW on mondays aswell. But now they are on at the same time the ratings are split.
Most of the TNA fans have stayed with TNA on mondays, but looks like some were just watching on thursdays because RAW wasn't on.
Fuck the monday night 'war'. Why TNA feels like they have to compete against the E instead of work on their own product baffles me.
Posted By: Guest#6070 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:25 PM
Come on, fools! We need to help TNA up their rating!
Posted By: TheRev (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:26 PM
TNA will NEVER.....and i mean NEVER even come close to compeating to WWE. That is a FACT. WHY? cuz TNA brings in all the OLD, WASHED up has-beens of yesrter year
Posted By: Guest#0266 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:27 PM
I watch TNA as much as anyone but I'm kind of embarrassed to be associated with these freaking TNA fanboys that come on here and say the WWE is stale and has been running the same show for two years. That's bullshit. Just because they didn't come out in full on attack mode like TNA doesn't mean they're stale or not trying. It means they have a formula that's working pretty well that has the overwhelming majority of wrestling fans watching their main show.
What did you honestly think was more stale last night? A great Undertaker/HBK promo building to an epic match or watching Hogan and Flair try to become relevant again?
TNA has it's moments for sure. But they a long damn way to go before they'll be putting up consistent mid 1's in the ratings.
Posted By: marcos (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:33 PM
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I'd just like to point out, first of all I'm not a fanboy, and secondly, RAW has been the same show for *at least* the past two years. As you, and I, note, it has proven to be a successful formula, but it's still a formula repeated week after week after week.
Your criticisms regarding Flair and Hogan are for the most part valid, but surely you have to accept you're being selective with your comparisons?
I mean, I'd personally rather watch Daniels vs. Kaz vs. Williams than watch Evan Bourne squash William Regal in yet another sub-2 minute Money in the Bank qualifying match.
I'd rather watch the Knockouts, were they handled in a similar manner as they were earlier in the year and for much of the last, than see women's wrestling results predicated on looks alone.
I'd rather watch the likes of MCMG, Generation Me and Beer Money than various makeshift tag-teams all veiling the fact WWE still doesn't really care about tag-team wrestling.
And quite frankly, I'd rather watch Ric Flair continually put AJ Styles over as the greatest wrestler in the world today than watch Vince McMahon defecate on Bret Hart every single week.
Of course, we didn't see all that on TNA last night, and that was their problem. But they have that potential. Hopefully when they realise that, they - and as a result, WWE and their templated RAW - will improve and make wrestling vastly more entertaining again.
Posted By: Chungles (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:28 PM
I am a huge WWE fan. And I will admit TNA push hard last night. However, the ratings are a huge problem for TNA. TNA can make the show as huge as they want, the problem is they are still not getting good ratings. If this keeps up, their show could and repeat could get cancelled.
Posted By: oh great (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:29 PM
Not hard to figure out these numbers, but factor in as well... a lot of people do not get SpikeTV. It is not here on all the major cable affiliates in WA State. Only Comcast and QWEST
ALSO... it shows that Hogan and Flair, are not the draws the initially thought they were. Hopefully that will just keep Hogan off our screens...
Both shows were horrible, but most of WWEs fanbase is way too loyal to change the channel all night long.
Posted By: Kyle (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:33 PM
Was it worth it Ric?
Posted By: $800 for Wrestle Mania Tickets (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:33 PM
Roma = Ratings!
Posted By: Paul Roma (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:34 PM
Why are people reacting with such glee to the 'disappointing' ratings of a wrestling company?
You do realise when you submit your comment you just look like a schadenfreudian fanboy child?
And why are you acting dumb to the fact that it was never suggested by anybody, not within TNA, not without by those - like me - who just want to see mainstream wrestling improved in general, that their official foray into Monday night wrestling would reap them huge ratings?
'Oh dude suck on that! 1.0! You thought u were going 2 bring down WWE!'
'Um... no I didn't.'
'Oh man, u suck! lolz, i don't look like a little kid on the internet whatsoever!'
A non-fanboyish reaction to this rating, after the initial indifference that usually greets something completely expected, would be to hope that TNA realise that their young talent should be better showcased to truly be able to say they offer an 'alternative'.
This rating by no means indicates the 'crash TV' style is no longer effective; in moderation it certainly is. But offer more quality like the X-Division match throughout the show and channel-flicking wrestling fans bored of the same routine RAW the WWE has undoubtedly been producing - successfully though it has been - for the past couple years, will prove far more easier to convert.
Posted By: Chungles (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:30 PM
EVERYTHING that he said.....
Posted By: Industry (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:34 PM
thats funnier than any Ken Anderson segment
Posted By: Guest#7956 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:34 PM
Unbelievable. Well, RIP TNA
Posted By: Dwayne (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:35 PM
TNA beat the shit out of ROH in the ratings. That's who they meant, not WWE.
Posted By: EZMark (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:37 PM
@Marcos, the only comment that's made sense on this story.
The WWE product stale? You realise they're doing more for the future of the business than TNA are don't you??
NXT is introducing new talent, the likes of Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Swagger, Miz, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, and more I'm forgetting....all new guys that have had some time and development invested in them. Are they always used properly? No, but not every wrestler can be constantly pushed to the moon.
The WWE is trying to develop new talent, while TNA seems intent to focus on past it old timers at the expense of young, new talent. The Nasty's, Nash and XPac and the like should not be given time over guys like Jay Lethal....it's criminal.
And the insane overuse of Hogan and Bischoff is what's leading to these disappointing ratings, as well as nonsensical booking and storylines which make no sense.
Why is Jarrett not in a position of power? Or Foley? Or any of the hundreds of other authority figure/GM-type characters that TNA had? Just because. Great explanation.
With few exceptions, WWE storylines are logical, easy to follow and not so outlandish as to be totally unbelievable. All the talking means something and furthers a story...in TNA it's simply filler and an excuse to get Hogan or Bischoff on the screen. All the crap with Jarrett being a burger flipper, Foley and his new suit, etiquette training, Hogan being told he shouldn't wrestle by about 5 different people....so redundant, and so utterly worthless.
Most weeks on Raw the guest host segments are worthless too, but even the worst skits often lead to matches or further storylines in a meaningful way. Hell, they've even cut down on Hornswaggle.
TNA got this rating because the shows recently have been shockingly poor with very little action and the main storyline being Abyss acting like an idiot because Hogan gave him a ring. That segment was the most cringeworthy I've seen in a good long time. Abyss sounded like a sexually excited pig...just abysmal television.
TNA has all the talent and potential in the world, but it's being run by self serving assholes, too short sighted to see that they're making no new stars, only recycling the WWE's old left overs.
Posted By: dennett316 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:42 PM
If your a wrestling fan..you would be dissappointed with the rating, if your a wwe fan you would be happy.
Posted By: onceagain... (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:43 PM
Well AJ better get a resume ready. Once he loses that belt he will be lucky to every see another title run in that company.
Posted By: ks (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:45 PM
that funny 1.0 hahahah hahahha
didnt their 1st live show did better than 1
Posted By: Endy (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:46 PM
NXT BEAT TNA
Posted By: Endy (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:47 PM
Look if I was TNA I'd be slightly pleased. What TNA learned is that they have a good fanbase of TNA FANS, not just "wrestling fans who watch TNA on Thursdays because nothing else is on".
That being said, they need to cut the BS at the start of the show. Start the show with WRESTLING. Yeah they eventually got to the tag match with Stings return, but by that point viewers might have changed to USA.
Posted By: Truth hurts (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:48 PM
It'll definitely be an uphill battle from this point, but i definitely think TNA put on the more exciting product. Raw is just stale to me, even with the WrestleMania build. I'm sure the WWE Universe (did i just really say that) may think otherwise, but after WrestleMania WWE needs to seriously get better because i can only see TNA getting more and more attention as WrestleMania fever wears off
Posted By: bighustle (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:51 PM
The bottom line is that TNA did not take, or will it take, any viewers away from RAW. There are only so many wrestling fans to go around. Until TNA can find a way to bring viewers from RAW to their show, this will never be a war.
They made some major fundamental mistakes in last night's show, and I really wouldn't surprised to see the rating drop next week.
Posted By: SeatsPro (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:53 PM
As one of those viewers of both I gotta say that both of the shows were really crappy no offense to the legends of wrestling but there had to be a combined age of 350 plus maineventers wrestling and honestly..I dont wanna see that shit. They had there pay day now there just wasting the time of us and younger guys. RVD still has some in him but sting is def getting to that age of disappointment hulk and flair...stop..Micheals and Taker can at least still go Vince can at least talk.
Posted By: DDP (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:54 PM
No shocker, anyone with half a brain saw this coming. TNA should have gone 8-10 pm instead of heads up, still think Impact was a more entertaining show but WWE's branded Raw at that timeslot for 17 years.
Posted By: Guest#8789 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:59 PM
Here's my big question...
Why does everyone think that TNA Ratings affect WWE ratings and vice-versa?
Simple fact is, WWE fans are watching RAW. TNA fans are watching Impact. There's some fans of both, but they switch between both.
With both shows as bad as they are right now, the only fans left are the loyal fans.
This isn't 1996 where WCW was doing something great, and then 1997-1998, when the switch to WWE happened.
There's no ratings war because neither show is doing anything worthy of ratings.
Posted By: Jimbob Jones (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:59 PM
regardless of any ratings. I think TNA did well. I was impressed with the product as well as the talent.
By all means TNA will keep going if I know Dixie. She did well and I think it will get better with time. They proved it by going on Monday Nights.
Everything about the show was spectacular and entertaining with a seriousness behind it. It's only a matter of time.
My best regards for the TNA talent. "Don't give in Dixie."
Posted By: Billy jack (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:59 PM
TNA spent the entire night celebrating for not even 1.0 in ratings.
Posted By: Guest#5626 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:01 PM
FIRST!!
TNA needs me!!
Posted By: Eugene (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:01 PM
bad tv usually leads to poor ratings, so what did anyone expect?
Posted By: tzmission7 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:01 PM
I get the feeling TNA is going to be sorry they started this stupid war. Why can't TNA just be a wrestling company? Why do they always have to pretend to be better or the equal of WWE? You have to feel bad for all the people who have been busting their ass to get nowhere for the last seven years.
Posted By: Loomis Jr Jr (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:01 PM
Do you think NXT will get a better rating than Impact this week?
Posted By: Save.Us_Y2J (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:10 PM
So lets see, amid the plethora of asinine comments nobody was smart enough to realize that this will indeed be viewed as a success to start off the monday night wars.
I mean, TNA was scoring 1.0 religiously on thursdays against no other wrestling competition. Now they are going up against the giant and still pulled the same rating.
Hate all you want folks, but that is indeed a success to star off with. They don't have to start stealing WWE audience right away, they now at least know that going against the #1 company they can still pull there usual fanbase. Nowhere to go but up from here.
And just for the record, I would consider myself a RoH fanboi over the other 2 any day of the week, so save the TNA fan comments for a relevant time.
Posted By: DaTruth (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:36 PM
Break it down a paragraph at a time:
1. From 1.5 to .98 from one Monday to another
2. TNA was getting 1.2-1.5 regularly. Not .98
3. They were up. Now they're down. Significantly.
4. ROH would do better than a .98 right now.
Posted By: Truth (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:10 PM
And it's getting even worse:
Vince-Cena: 4.0
TNA's much hyped main event: 1.0
Posted By: Truth (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:13 PM
Neither promotion won this supposed "war".
Both shows were complete and utter garbage.
At least both shows have their natural die-hard fanbase that will accept even the worst form of mediocrity and still call it, "teh best show evaaaar!". At this rate, it's the only thing keeping them afloat (TNA at least, unless they ditch Hogan. WWE still has loads of money to waste - and plenty of time to either improve - or continue to go downhill).
Flame away now.
Posted By: Gary Soneji (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:13 PM
This is what happens when you keep Russo and give Hogan power. I watched TNA last night and watched Raw later. Raw wasn't a good show, but it did one thing TNA has refused to do for years. Build long term storylines that pay off on PPV!
They really need Heyman.
Posted By: Willie D (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:13 PM
"Fuck WWE, TNA put on the better product hands down.
Posted By: TheRev (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM"
Totally agree. Most in the IWC & other wrestling sites/podcast are all in agreeance that TNA put on the better show last night.
Posted By: Byzdalmyt (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:13 PM
Man, did you see the quarter-hour breakdowns for TNA? The higest was a 1.07 for RVD-Sting, but dropped to .76 for the Jarret-Beer Money match.
Posted By: Brian (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:16 PM
Not the least bit surprising. Hogan hasn't been a draw in over a decade! Unless Styles completely annihilates Hogan in a one on one contest, TNA is finished.
Posted By: COTD (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:20 PM
Someone should really call the cops, because there was a murder on Monday night.
Posted By: Cosmo (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:21 PM
This is a major ouch for TNA. Having Hogan and Flair dominating the show is a bad idea, much less having them wrestle this soon. They're better off doing non-wrestling roles. Leave the wrestling to the younger guys like Hardy, Styles, RVD, Dinero, Wolfe, Abyss, Angle, and Anderson among others. Also, the lowest rated quarter hours was during Beer Money's segments and it looks like nobody seems to care about them.
Posted By: vantheman77 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:21 PM
Isn't ROH smart NOT going head to head with anyone
Posted By: Guest#7254 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:21 PM
"I mean, TNA was scoring 1.0 religiously on thursdays against no other wrestling competition. Now they are going up against the giant and still pulled the same rating.
Hate all you want folks, but that is indeed a success to star off with. They don't have to start stealing WWE audience right away, they now at least know that going against the #1 company they can still pull there usual fanbase. Nowhere
Posted By: DaTruth (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:36 PM"
Umm wouldn't you want your usual fan base plus more... You can't get higher ratings with the same people watching week in and week out.. TNA is becoming more and more of a joke. I used to like TNA..I went to many tapings and pay per views at Universal....Not anymore.. Hogan and his friends are making TNA look horrible...So now TNA has a bunch of guys WAYYYYY past their prime, bunch of drug users and a few guys with substance abuse problems....ANd no wellness program...
Posted By: Horhay (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:23 PM
So, basically, Raw dropped from 3.7 to 3.4 from the last head to head, and Impact dropped from 1.3 to 1.0 from the last head to head. That's basically what it is.
Face it, nobody in TNA was going around saying 2.0 or 3.0. Sure, Hogan was saying that the first time, but what did you expect him to say? "Well, you know brother, we're gonna be lucky to get a 1.0."
Of course he's gonna sell it. That's what he's there for. This time around, it's about establishing a number and growing it. If you think they were gonna get a 2.0 this time or that's what they thought, you're an idiot, plain and simple.
This is about getting established first. Impact on Thursday is about a 1.1-1.2, and how many of those are WWE fans who will always choose WWE? According to last night, TNA is still a 1.0 when fans are forced to choose.
Last night was about getting their foot in the door and a seat at the table. Nothing more. Once you find out where you stand, you try to grow that number. According to the numbers, 4.4 worth of viewers, whatever that translates to, were tuned into wrestling, down from 5.0 last head to head.
Basically, TNA has a 1.0, and the gamble is that over time they can cut into that 3.7 WWE has been getting, while hopefully helping attract more viewers to Monday night wrestling.
Why is that a bad thing? Honestly, I don't understand some of you cheerleading for failure. Is your life that pathetic that this is how you get off? Raw hasn't been that great lately, and anything that can shake that up is a good thing.
Interesting that Raw's ratings dropped to 3.4 for only the second time this year. What happens if they drop under 3.0 at some point with TNA grabbing some of those viewers? Think maybe Vince will adjust things a bit instead of the same old stuff.
Raw and Impact haven't been that great lately, but Impact had a vibe of excitement to it last night. They were trying with X division, the Knockouts. Hogan didn't steal all the glory as long time TNA guy Abyss saved the day. Sting's heal turn. They shook things up a bit. RVD debut.
WWE leads off with Taker/HBK talking. Hmmmm. Just maybe TNA being there had something to do with that and Vince in a match? Just maybe. Not saying that was a good thing, but it fit into the Mania build, while not overtly looking like it was done to react to TNA.
WWE had a few good moments, but it was business as usual. The Machine is building to Mania and a huge buyrate, and nothing is gonna derail that. I'm sure Vince is annoyed at TNA, but now's not the time.
If TNA is given a chance by Spike and they do this right, it will be a good thing for wrestling with BOTH companies trying their best to entertain us, not just phoning it in. Why is that a bad thing? We'll see where it goes from here.
Posted By: Guy Incognito (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:28 PM
TNA has all old wrestlers hogan evean put a wheel chair ramp in so all the old wrestlers can make it to the ring TNA sucks they have all the has beens their its just another geriatric WCW.WWE is the best wrestling in the world
Posted By: jonathan (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:32 PM
Well c'mon. Raw was boring, but Impact flat-out sucked, and when juxtaposed together its obvious to anyone how small-time TNA is. They looked like a street corner puppet show.
Posted By: Lukodactyl (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:32 PM
Both shows SUCKED.
TNA should start Impact at 8pm.
Posted By: ODog (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:36 PM
Hahaha, suck on it TNA fanboys. Raw was very bad on monday. But Impact was an abomination. They need to get rid of Hogan and Bischoff if they want to retain any kind of credibility. Otherwise it's gonna be nothin but Nasty Boys and Bubba the Love Sponge. He'll prob try and push Brooke as a monster heel.
Posted By: Nandy (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:39 PM
lol @ the actual rating being an 0.98
TNA LOSES AGAIN!!!
NXT will top TNA tonight??????
Posted By: .98 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:39 PM
After this failure, TNA should start booking according to whatever they think will be exciting, not what they think will draw ratings...its clear they arent gonna beat WWE ratings wise, so just try to beat them quality wise (God, how hard can that be?)
Posted By: jwilliams1983 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:43 PM
RAW is a joke. Even though TNA may have gotten shit ratings it was a far better show
Posted By: Guest#9994 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:45 PM
EPIC 1.0 FAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIILLLLL
Posted By: TNA BLOWS (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:52 PM
TNA has all the old wrestlers hogan even put a wheel chair ramp in so all the old wrestlers can make it to the ring.it is all the wcw rejects Tna is just a nurseing home for all the old wrestlers WWE is the best
Posted By: guest (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:53 PM
Well, I do get Spike but I have to use a cable box for it. I hate using a cable box and as such I only have one set up in my basement, and I only use the basement when I'm working out. Since I've stopped working out lately, and especially during wrestling, I just watch in my bedroom instead usually while using the computer. If something really interesting comes on for RAW I pay attention, otherwise it's just on.
I have been enjoying RAW much more recently, after having not watched for several years and then watching sporadically. I feel that RAW has actually improved a bit recently. I like that Sheamus won the belt and currently someone not named HHH or Cena have the belt, and that HHH and Cena are actually taking losses and not being focal points. I suspect this will soon change and it will be awful again, and I'll quit for maybe another 5 years or so, but next week maybe Stone Cold will bitch slip HHH, Cena and Vince all at once. HHH and Cena fucking suck.
Posted By: Guest#3476 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:54 PM
tna moving to monday nights is one of the biggest botches in wrestling history.
wwe with a mediocre show still killed them
its sad and pathetic tna. im not even going to laugh
Posted By: marc (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:54 PM
It's too bad they both sucked my sweaty, radiated, bad-ass balls.
And they'll continue to suck away every Monday night until I decide it's time to go. How dare you think otherwise. HOW. DARE. YOU.
President Taylor puts Dixie Carter to shame.
Habib Marwan was a true villain and more charismatic than that sonafabitch Randy Orton.
Bill Buchanon at his worst was a more effective old geezer than both Flair & Hogan.
Christopher Henderson was patriot ... unlike The Patriot Del Wilkes, DAMN IT!
My daughter Kim owns your divas and your knockouts.
I'm running outta time! So I'll just leave you with this:
Charles Logan > Vince McMahon.
DAMN IT!
Posted By: Jack Bauer (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:01 PM
Too many spot monkeys and not enough substance, way to go TNA keep on working toward a solid 1.0 rating, they will fold within a year with those kind of ratings. And I am not even a WWE-ite.
Posted By: Guest#1571 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:04 PM
1. get hogan out of the ring
2. get nash, hall, and syxx out of the ring.
3. build TNA originals to give people something to look forward to on Mondays
4. Creative control with your product
5. BRING BACK THE DAMN 6 SIDED RING, THANKS HOGAN!
Posted By: Guest#9641 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:06 PM
TNA is retarded for the timeslot they choice. They should have gone on an hour before RAW. Therefore they would have the entire wrestling audience, and hopefully they can keep some of those fans for the hour competing against RAW.
Posted By: Bunkhouse Buck (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:08 PM
TNA didn't take WWE's viewers, Criss Angel made them disappear. That's a fact.
Posted By: It's magic. (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:14 PM
They should have kept me and all my hoochies around!!! Big poppa pumps your hookup HOLLA if ya hear me!!!
Posted By: scott steiner (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:15 PM
It wasn't my fault!!
Posted By: Gene S. (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:28 PM
Dixie will probably use the excuse that the women's Big East tournament was on ESPNU at the time
Posted By: shaun (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:31 PM
That's what you get for cramming the Nasty Boys down our throats, Dixie...
Posted By: HeartBurnKid (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:36 PM
"in my eyes this is actually a huge victory for tna, taking about 1.5 million viewers away from wwe a few weeks from mania. its gonna cost vince big"
Last week's Raw had 5.4 million, this week's had 5.1. A difference of 0.3 million, not 1.5 million.
Posted By: Guest#0269 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Seriously? I'm not a tna fan at least not much and I'm surprised they scored so low. I thought this would happen eventually but not the second round lol
It's hilarious and sad at the same time
Posted By: Guest#8659 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Raw put on a solid show every week, biulding towards Wrestlemania. TNA goes for the shock value and struggles the next week when the shock factor is gone. They put on a decent show when Hogan debuted and struggled to put on a good show for weeks. Tna needs to learn how to biuld and not just shock. Ps, Abyss IS A JOKE!
Posted By: The truth hurts (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:04 PM
"E-tards claims that TNA will be out of business within 6 months in 3...2....1.."
16 months
Posted By: Joe (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Ok about the 1.0 rating, is this what TNA is aiming for....of course not, so in that case, they failed. Was it a "major dissapointment"? Not at all. While they went down a point, so did Raw go down in ratings, meaning BOTH shows basically kept the core of their audience. Now, here's what I don't understand, there where many people saying "how can you call this a war, this is no war, it's just one night blah,blah,blah", and now when the ratings come out, if Tna's rating doesn't SKY-ROCKET it's "Tna is done". How can they be done when "this is not a so-called war". With all that being said, it's all about what happens from here on in. They went down a point, I think wwe only went down a point so IMO this is not as big a deal as most are making it to be.
Posted By: cj (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:11 PM
really surprised that tna didn't do a bigger rating just from a curiousity standpoint to be honest....a couple of things from reading the comments....1.spike isn't on as many cable networks as USA? really? really? why is it when this argument is made for the WGN-superstars show, it's dismissed as being ridiculous but ok here? 2. "It seems like tna took a .1 viewers away from raw"...really? that's what you want to think? here's the problem with that, if tna took .1 from raw that means you carried .1 LESS of your audience with you from thursday...that can't be good. 3. in the day and age of DVR an accurate assessment of how many people watched each show won't be known, all this tells us is who watched each show "live"...who knows who watched the other show after the show they watched ended at 11. I'm just interested to see what the ratings say in a month or 2 after both companies come to grips with the monday night situation
Posted By: faceman802 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Don't know why people are happy: This is terrible news for both companies.
Posted By: Banz (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:14 PM
I hate to say it, but I'm enjoying NXT far better than either show.
Posted By: FF (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:27 PM
death to tna :)
Posted By: haha! (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:49 PM
The in-ring returns of Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan only drew a 1.0? I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Posted By: Fluffy (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:56 PM
A 1.0 TNA? Well good. That is what you get for being cocky.
HOWEVER, having said that, I do know and I understand that one battle doesn't win a war.
And I agree with Dennett316, WWE is doing more for working on young talent than TNA is at this time. Just because not all of them are being pushed to the moon right away doesn't mean that they never will be. It takes time to develop talent into superstars and WWE has all the time in the world to do it because they are not going away anytime soon.
Posted By: Guest#7277 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:59 PM
"Fuck WWE, TNA put on the better product hands down.
Posted By: TheRev (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 06:09 PM"
Totally agree. Most in the IWC & other wrestling sites/podcast are all in agreeance that TNA put on the better show last night.
Maybe, just maybe, the IWC will realize just how small a segment of the wrestling audience they truly are, which is directly related to why WWE kicks TNA's ass every time.
Posted By: Guest#6612 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:02 PM
It just proves that no one would actually watch that crap over Raw. Not even TNA fans.
Posted By: Guest#3831 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:06 PM
HAHAHAHAHA i knew it its only a matter of time before they go outta buisness just like wcw HAHAHAHA
Posted By: Lexi (Guest) (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:10 PM
"E-tards claims that TNA will be out of business within 6 months in 3...2....1.."
16 months
Posted By: Joe (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Not if I have anything to say about it.
DAMN IT!
Posted By: Jack Bauer (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:17 PM
LoL @ both of you!
At least when we were fighting, the winner still didn't have an epic failure for a rating. LOL!
Posted By: WCW Nitro & WWF RAW is War (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:21 PM
"Most in the IWC & other wrestling sites/podcast are all in agreeance that TNA put on the better show last night."
Hahaha! Agreeance? And who gives a rat's ass? Not Vince. He'll take viewers & PPV buys. I was at one time hoping TNA would make it interesting & make Vince up his game, but the TNA fanboys make it real hard to root for that now. Here's an idea: maybe TNA can bring in Fire Ant to save the day! Or maybe they can get a match out of Bruno Sammartino. He can't look worse than Hogan. There's always Abyss & his magic ring too!
Posted By: Guest#2197 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Hahaha! Agreeance? And who gives a rat's ass? Not Vince. He'll take viewers & PPV buys. I was at one time hoping TNA would make it interesting & make Vince up his game, but the TNA fanboys make it real hard to root for that now. Here's an idea: maybe TNA can bring in Fire Ant to save the day! Or maybe they can get a match out of Bruno Sammartino. He can't look worse than Hogan. There's always Abyss & his magic ring too!
Posted By: Guest#2197 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Relax, sweetheart. WWE isn't doing that much better either. Let's control ourselves before we do something drastic.
Posted By: Your Mother's Cunt (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:38 PM
Hahaha! Agreeance? And who gives a rat's ass? Not Vince. He'll take viewers & PPV buys. I was at one time hoping TNA would make it interesting & make Vince up his game, but the TNA fanboys make it real hard to root for that now. Here's an idea: maybe TNA can bring in Fire Ant to save the day! Or maybe they can get a match out of Bruno Sammartino. He can't look worse than Hogan. There's always Abyss & his magic ring too!
Posted By: Guest#2197 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Bruno Sammartino, huh? Well, I suppose it beats watching Cody Rhodes and The Miz.
Posted By: HBK's Lost Smile (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Why do you idiots WANT TNA to fail? You ARE fans of pro wrestling, yes? Sometimes it's difficult to tell on this site.
Posted By: Tom (Guest) on March 10, 2010 at 12:51 AM
WWE's rating has to be a bigger worry than impact.
they are closing in on wrestlemania and the ratings are going down!!
not sur eon previous years, maybe some know-all will have the stats but should not the ratings be getting higher heading to Wrestlemania ??
Posted By: bigdavej (Guest) on March 10, 2010 at 05:06 AM
TNA has got to quit worry about the Seniors Tour and let the young guys wrestle. That show is terrible. Bringing back Hogan does nothing for that show except bury it.
Posted By: Guest#8690 (Guest) on March 10, 2010 at 05:53 AM
Now come on, they were both down. Maybe there was something else on. Trust me, when Raw's rating goes back up, so will Impact's. Then it's just a matter of whether Impact can keep any new viewers it gets, because they're not going to threaten Raw currently.
Posted By: Cun\' (Guest) on March 10, 2010 at 06:52 AM
Oh the ironies of ironies. Going thorough the comments its the same old same old.
here is is so everyone can understand.
Would Impact be better if they just used, Pope, wolfe, angle, beer money, styles, anderson, and now hardy and RVD every week, week in and week out? Maybe. Theyre ratings would probably go up some. But then yuou know what you would have? RAW with different names.
Raw is that and has been that for a long time. HHH, Cena, Orton, Legacy, HBK, Jericho (formally) and now they sprinkle in some Miz, MVP, and Batista. Same guys week in and week out. You also get a heavy dose of Vince since it is WM time, which segues right into my other point abot the comments of hogan and flair. Are they doing anything different than what vince does every year in Jan to april? No, he interjects himself back on camera and puts himself in some 'high profile' angle in wrestlemania, done it for year. And he could never ever wrestle. But he self defaces himself to try and get some angle over, from shaving his head, to getting beat down t within and inch of his life, to stunned, to having beer thrown spit all over him etc etc etc.
Unfortunately TNA is sort of going down that route trying to copy the WWE rather than giving an alternative to it. But at least they are giving other people TV time rather than seeing the same 4 or 5 guys eevry single week. because it might be OK for a month or 2 but after awhile it will REALLY be like RAW, where you are wondering if (insert name here) even has a job anymore because he is on the roster but you havent seen him in months.
As far as the ratings go, almost meaningless. Both shows were bad ratings wise. But TNA which has slipped did get a few people back, whether they actually stole them from WWE is another debate. But they had 1.36 million viewers, and WWE had 5.1 million viewers, if over the next few weeks those numbers go up or down for either side and are equivelant each way then one side or the other can try and claim some 'vistory. So if TNA in a month has 2 million viewer and Raw has 4 million I would say that would be a clear cut "win" for TNA. But if both shows lose veiwers and one gains a few thousand here or there off an overall loss then niether is winning. Which may happen, who knows.
The next week or so will tell the tale, and even beyond that once bret hart hype is gone and WM is done that is when it really begins.
Posted By: Rich (Guest) on March 10, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Last night was the restart of the big Monday Night Wars, or at least that is what TNA would like us all to believe. I’m all for the competition and a return to the Monday Night Wars atmosphere, but I just don’t see that happening. The analogy I like best is looking at this Monday Night situation as: Canada declaring war on the USA, with Canada deciding to lead the charge with mainly veteran soldiers from WWII, because none of the current soldiers in the Military have big war experience
Posted By: Guest#8082 (Guest) on March 10, 2010 at 05:35 PM
Tna shouldve had higher ratings because raw was really boring!WWE is really stupid cause theyre getting rid of all the good people and theyre getting signed by tna. i think they should get rid of DX, cena, orton, mysterio, and lots of other good wrestlers so they can get signed by tna. Plus tna is way more realistic than tna, wwe dont even show much blood.....BORING!!!!!!
Posted By: Guest#3675 (Guest) on March 10, 2010 at 06:39 PM
this message is for all you youngsters out there that keep talking down tna and hulk hogan,hulk hogan put wrestling on the map,and if they were arround in the late 70s and early 80s they shut their stinkin mouths and show some respect to the greatest wrestler to ever to lace up a pair of boots!!
Posted By: mr. wrestling (Guest) on March 12, 2010 at 12:54 AM
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