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Impact ratings down for second week of Kenny Omega angle

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Paul Fontaine

This Tuesday night’s Impact Wrestling on AXS TV averaged 177,000 viewers, down 19.9 percent from last week.

After finishing in the top 100 of the 18-49 cable charts last week, the rating in that demo dropped 50 percent to a 0.04. That placed Impact in the 143rd spot on this Tuesday’s chart.

Impact was up 6.6 percent in total viewership from its December 1 episode, which was prior to the angle on AEW Dynamite where Kenny Omega won the AEW World Championship and Don Callis promised that Omega would be appearing on Impact. This week’s Impact was down slightly from the 0.05 rating the show drew in the 18-49 demo on December 1.

Twitch viewership was down significantly from last week but still comfortably above normal levels for Impact. After peaking at over 50,000 viewers on Twitch last week, the peak for this Tuesday’s show was above 14,000 viewers.

This week’s Impact featured another appearance by Omega. The show ended with the announcement that Omega will reunite with Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) to face Impact World Champion Rich Swann & The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) in the main event of Impact’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view on Saturday, January 16.

Impact is airing best of episodes over the next two weeks and returning with new content on Tuesday, January 5.

Kenny Omega appearance boosts Impact Wrestling ratings

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Paul Fontaine

Promising an appearance from newly crowned AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Impact Wrestling averaged 221,000 viewers on AXS TV on Tuesday night, up 33 percent from last week.

Impact drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing 96th on cable for the night in that category. The previous week’s Impact episode drew a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demo and was 121st for the night.

On Twitch, last night’s Impact peaked at over 50,000 viewers, up dramatically from what the show usually does on that platform. It more than doubled the previous all-time record for Impact Wrestling on Twitch.

Impact Wrestling also re-aired last night’s episode on YouTube and Facebook immediately after it ended on AXS TV and Twitch.

In addition to Omega’s appearance, this week’s Impact also featured AEW’s Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone appearing on the show in a “paid ad” that essentially mocked Impact Wrestling. Omega and Don Callis were interviewed by Josh Mathews at the end of the show. Omega and Callis also promised a follow-up to the storyline on tonight’s edition of AEW Dynamite on TNT.

Impact ratings for last episode on Pop TV, updated Homecoming card

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Joseph Currier

The final episode of Impact on Pop TV did the show’s best numbers since changing to its later time slot.

Thursday’s go-home show for Homecoming averaged 151,000 viewers on Pop. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.05.

In the weeks after changing time slots to starting at 10 p.m. Eastern, Impact averaged 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, 101,000, 124,000, 122,000, 116,000, 140,000, 116,000 (best of 2018 part one), 135,000 (best of 2018 part two), and 151,000 viewers. The lowest number for Impact in 2018 at their earlier time slot was 168,000 viewers.

Impact’s move to the Pursuit Channel will begin with the first episode after Homecoming airing on Pursuit at 10 p.m. Eastern on Friday, January 11.

Impact’s Homecoming pay-per-view will take place at The Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday (January 6). Sami Callihan vs. Willie Mack and Kiera Hogan & Jordynne Grace vs. Su Yung & Allie have been officially added to the PPV. Here’s the updated card:

Impact World Champion Johnny Impact defending against Brian Cage
Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard defending against Taya Valkyrie (Gail Kim will be the special guest referee)
Impact Tag Team Champions LAX (Santana & Ortiz) defending against The Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix)
Rich Swann vs. Jake Crist vs. Ethan Page vs. Trey Miguel in an Ultimate X match for the vacant X Division title
Eddie Edwards vs. Moose in a falls count anywhere match
Eli Drake vs. Abyss in a Monster’s Ball match
Sami Callihan vs. Willie Mack
Kiera Hogan & Jordynne Grace vs. Su Yung & Allie

Ratings for WWE Tribute to the Troops, Impact Best of 2018 part one

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Tribute to the Troops 2018 averaged 1,127,000 viewers on the USA Network on Thursday night.

That number is down from last year’s Tribute to the Troops, which averaged 1,401,000 viewers. Tribute to the Troops 2018 drew a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demo, down from last year’s 0.42. This year’s event aired from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time, while Tribute to the Troops 2017 aired from 8-10 p.m.

AJ Styles & Seth Rollins defeating Daniel Bryan & Dean Ambrose, Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair defeating Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose, Elias & Finn Balor defeating Bobby Lashley & Drew McIntyre, and Ronda Rousey & Natalya defeating Sarah Logan & Liv Morgan and Nia Jax & Tamina in a triple threat tag match were the matches for this year’s Tribute to the Troops. The broadcast also featured an appearance by Jon Stewart and performances by country singer Morgan Wallen.

Part one of Impact’s “Best of 2018” episodes aired last night. The episode averaged 116,000 total viewers on Pop TV and drew a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down from the 140,000 viewers and 0.05 rating for last week’s new episode, which were Impact’s best numbers since changing to its later time slot.

Impact has now drawn 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, 101,000, 124,000, 122,000, 116,000, 140,000, and 116,000 viewers in the weeks since changing time slots.

Part two of Impact’s Best of 2018 will air next week, then the go-home show for their Homecoming pay-per-view will air on January 3. Impact will debut on the Pursuit Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern on Friday, January 11.

Impact Wrestling posts best ratings since time slot change

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Joseph Currier

This week’s episode of Impact drew the promotion’s best ratings since changing time slots.

Thursday’s Impact averaged 140,000 viewers on Pop TV, up 20 percent from last week’s 116,000. The rating in the 18-49 demo ticked up to a 0.05.

Impact has now drawn 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, 101,000, 124,000, 122,000, 116,000, and 140,000 viewers in the weeks since changing time slots to starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time. In the old time slot, the previous low mark for 2018 was 168,000 viewers.

The build to January’s Homecoming pay-per-view continued on this week’s Impact. Moose defeated Brian Cage by disqualification in the main event, with Eddie Edwards interfering and attacking Moose. Tessa Blanchard and Taya Valkyrie had a face-to-face segment ahead of their Knockouts Championship match at Homecoming, Fenix defeated Santana, and Rich Swann and Trey Miguel won Ultimate X qualifying matches.

Thursday Night Football ratings were up big for this week’s Los Angeles Chargers vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup. The game drew over 20 million combined viewers on Fox and the NFL Network.

The last two Impacts of this year will be Best of 2018 episodes.

Impact Wrestling viewership down five percent this week

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Thursday’s episode of Impact saw a five percent drop in viewership from last week.

Impact averaged 116,000 viewers on Pop TV last night, down from last Thursday’s 122,000. The rating in the 18-49 demo ticked up to a 0.04.

The episode was headlined by Impact World Champion Johnny Impact & Taya Valkyrie defeating Moose & Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard. In Ultimate X qualifying matches, Jake Crist defeated Willie Mack and Ethan Page defeated Matt Sydal. Dark Allie also made her in-ring debut as part of the storyline where Allie is being controlled by Su Yung.

Impact continues to settle into its viewership range since switching time slots. The show has averaged 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, 101,000, 124,000, 122,000, and 116,000 viewers in the seven weeks since switching to the 10 p.m. Eastern start time. The previous low for the year in the old time slot was 168,000 viewers.

Thursday Night Football ratings were down substantially coming off last week’s Dallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans Saints game that averaged over 24 million viewers.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since Slammiversary XVI:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000
October 18 — 189,000 (post-Bound for Glory episode)
October 25 — 98,000 (first episode after time slot change)
November 1 — 105,000
November 8 — 129,000
November 15 — 101,000
November 22 — 124,000 (Thanksgiving episode)
November 29 — 122,000
December 6 — 116,000

Impact ratings remain mostly even coming off Thanksgiving episode

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Coming off their Thanksgiving episode, Impact Wrestling ratings held fairly steady last week.

Last Thursday’s episode of Impact averaged 122,000 viewers on Pop TV, down slightly from 124,000 for the Thanksgiving night show. The rating in the 18-49 demo stayed at a 0.03.

Since moving time slots to 10 p.m. Eastern time, Impact’s viewership numbers have been: 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, 101,000, 124,000, and 122,000.

Last week’s Impact featured Eli Drake defeating Tommy Dreamer in a no disqualification match, the in-ring debut of the Rascalz as a team, Taya Valkyrie defeating Ray Lyn, Jordynne Grace getting another win against Katarina, and Pentagon Jr. & Fenix defeating Rich Swann & Willie Mack.

Ratings for last week’s episode were delayed due to Impact falling outside of the top 150 on cable for the night and those numbers not being made available until today. Thursday Night Football posted a huge number, with the Dallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans Saints game averaging more than 24 million combined viewers on Fox and the NFL Network.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since Slammiversary XVI:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000
October 18 — 189,000 (post-Bound for Glory episode)
October 25 — 98,000 (first episode after time slot change)
November 1 — 105,000
November 8 — 129,000
November 15 — 101,000
November 22 — 124,000 (Thanksgiving episode)
November 29 — 122,000

Impact Wrestling ratings up on Thanksgiving night

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Despite airing on Thanksgiving night, last week’s Impact drew the promotion’s second-best viewership number since changing time slots.

The Thanksgiving 2018 edition of Impact averaged 124,000 viewers on Pop TV, up from the previous week’s 101,000. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.03, which was up from a 0.01.

The episode was almost entirely built around Eli Drake’s Second Annual Gravy Train Turkey Trot. Team Fallah Bahh (Fallah Bahh, KM, Dezmond Xavier, Kikutaro & Alisha Edwards) defeated Team Eli Drake (Eli Drake, Jake Crist, Rohit Raju, Katarina & Glenn Gilbertti), with Gilbertti (Disco Inferno) having to put on a turkey suit after being pinned by Bahh.

In the weeks since moving to 10 p.m. Eastern time, the viewership numbers for Impact have been: 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, 101,000, and 124,000.

NFL ratings were strong on Thanksgiving night, with the New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons game averaging 21.727 million viewers on NBC.

Last year’s Thanksgiving edition of Impact averaged 169,000 viewers in the old time slot. The Thanksgiving episode in 2016 averaged 165,000.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since July’s Slammiversary pay-per-view:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000
October 18 — 189,000 (post-Bound for Glory episode)
October 25 — 98,000 (first episode after time slot change)
November 1 — 105,000
November 8 — 129,000
November 15 — 101,000
November 22 — 124,000

Impact ratings down, viewership stays just above 100,000

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Coming off their best numbers since moving time slots, Impact Wrestling ratings were down sharply this week.

Thursday night’s episode averaged 101,000 viewers on Pop TV, down from 129,000 viewers for last week’s special Final Hour episode. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.01, down from last Thursday’s 0.05.

Since moving to 10 p.m. Eastern time, the viewership numbers for Impact have been: 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, and 101,000.

This was the first episode from Impact’s tapings in Las Vegas and featured an X Division title match between Brian Cage and Sami Callihan in the main event, with Cage announcing that he’s cashing in the title for a shot at Johnny Impact’s World Championship at January’s Homecoming pay-per-view. Impact faced Matt Sydal in a non-title match on this week’s show.

The Thursday Night Football game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers was strong, with it drawing nearly 20 million combined viewers on Fox and the NFL Network. Last week’s game drew over 17 million.

Next Thursday’s Impact will air on Thanksgiving night and will feature Eli Drake’s second annual Turkey Trot match.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since July’s Slammiversary XVI PPV:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000
October 18 — 189,000 (post-Bound for Glory episode)
October 25 — 98,000 (first episode after time slot change)
November 1 — 105,000
November 8 — 129,000
November 15 — 101,000

Impact Wrestling ratings up for Final Hour episode

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Joseph Currier

For this week’s “Final Hour” episode, Impact Wrestling posted its best ratings since changing time slots.

Thursday’s edition of Impact averaged 129,000 viewers on Pop TV. The rating in the 18-49 demo also ticked up to a 0.05.

Impact has now averaged 98,000, 105,000, and 129,000 viewers for the first three shows since moving to 10 p.m. Eastern time. The previous low for a new episode on Pop was 161,000, and the previous low for 2018 was 168,000.

This week’s special episode featured Johnny Impact defending his Impact World Championship against Killer Kross in the main event, Moose vs. Eddie Edwards, and Jordynne Grace making her debut for the promotion.

Thursday Night Football was also up this week, with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ win over the Carolina Panthers drawing over 17 million combined viewers on Fox and the NFL Network.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since July’s Slammiversary XVI pay-per-view.

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000
October 18 — 189,000 (post-Bound for Glory episode)
October 25 — 98,000 (first episode after time slot change)
November 1 — 105,000
November 8 — 129,000

Impact averages 105,000 viewers for second episode after time change

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Impact Wrestling viewership was up a bit for the second episode after changing time slots.

Thursday’s Impact averaged 105,000 viewers on Pop TV, up from last week’s 98,000 viewers. The October 18 episode, which was the final show before Impact moved to starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time, drew 189,000 viewers.

Before the time change, the previous low for a new episode of Impact on Pop was 161,000 viewers.

The rating in the 18-49 demo was unchanged at a 0.04.

This week’s Impact featured a Bound for Glory rematch between Tessa Blanchard and Taya Valkyrie, Pentagon Jr. vs. Homicide, LAX vs. Matt Sydal & Ethan Page, Rich Swann vs. Willie Mack, and The Desi Hit Squad vs. The Beach Bums.

Last night’s NFL game with the San Francisco 49ers blowing out the Oakland Raiders averaged 11.059 million viewers on Fox and 2.152 million on the NFL Network.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since Slammiversary XVI:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000
October 18 — 189,000 (post-Bound for Glory episode)
October 25 — 98,000 (first episode after time slot change)
November 1 — 105,000

Impact drops below 100,000 viewers following time change

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Unsurprisingly, this week’s Impact drew the promotion’s lowest ratings since debuting on Pop TV.

Last night’s Impact averaged 98,000 viewers on Pop. This was the first episode to air since Impact moved time slots, with the show beginning at 10 p.m. Eastern time and ending at midnight. In the old time slot, last week’s Impact averaged 189,000 viewers.

This week’s show was headlined by Johnny Impact retaining his Impact World Championship against Fenix.

The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.04. That’s unchanged from the past couple of weeks.

The previous low mark for Impact was 161,000 viewers for the episode that aired on December 14 of last year, which went up against WWE’s Tribute to the Troops special. The previous low for this year was the 168,000 viewers that Impact averaged on August 9.

Thursday Night Football, which still airs against most of Impact, averaged over 14 million combined viewers on Fox and the NFL Network for last night’s Houston Texans vs. Miami Dolphins game. Impact also faced competition from the NBA on TNT, but there was no World Series game on last night.

Here’s a look at Impact ratings since Slammiversary XVI:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000
October 18 — 189,000 (post-Bound for Glory episode)
October 25 — 98,000 (first episode after time slot change)

Impact Wrestling viewership up slightly, still below 200,000

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Impact Wrestling didn’t get a significant ratings bump coming off Bound for Glory 2018.

Thursday’s episode averaged 189,000 viewers on Pop TV, up slightly from last week’s 183,000. The rating in the 18-49 demo was unchanged at a 0.04.

This was the third-lowest audience Impact has drawn in 2018 and the third straight week they’ve been below 200,000 viewers.

Impact will begin airing in a new time slot next week. Next Thursday’s episode, which will feature new Impact World Champion Johnny Impact defending his title against Fenix, will air at 10 p.m. Eastern time.

With the Denver Broncos blowing out the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday Night Football ratings were down significantly this week. Impact also went against a Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros baseball playoff game that drew 6.523 million viewers and a Philadelphia 76ers vs. Chicago Bulls basketball game that averaged 1.555 million.

This time last year, the October 19, 2017 edition of Impact averaged 267,000 viewers.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since Slammiversary XVI:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000 (Bound for Glory go-home show)
October 18 — 189,000

Impact Wrestling ratings down for Bound for Glory go-home show

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Joseph Currier

The go-home show for Bound for Glory drew Impact Wrestling’s second-lowest audience of the year.

Thursday night’s episode averaged 183,000 total viewers on Pop TV and a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo, down from last week’s 190,000 viewers and 0.05 rating. The only Impact in 2018 to draw fewer viewers was the August 9 episode, which averaged 168,000.

This is the fourth straight week that Impact viewership has been down.

This week’s show featured a summit between LAX and the OGz ahead of their Concrete Jungle Death Match at Bound for Glory, Austin Aries, Moose & Killer Kross vs. Johnny Impact, Eddie Edwards & Fallah Bahh, and more build to Sunday’s pay-per-view.

As was noted earlier today, Impact will be moving time slots starting later this month. Starting with the October 25 episode, Impact will move back two hours on Thursday nights and will begin at 10 p.m. Eastern time.

The Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants Thursday Night Football game that aired on Fox and the NFL Network averaged over 17 million viewers, up from last week’s 16 million.

In the year-over-year ratings, Impact was down by nearly 100,000 viewers. The episode that aired on October 12, 2017 drew an audience of 279,000.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since Slammiversary XVI:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000
October 11 — 183,000

Impact Wrestling falls below 200,000 viewers this week

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Joseph Currier

Impact Wrestling fell below 200,000 viewers for last night’s episode.

The show averaged 190,000 viewers on Pop TV, down from last Thursday’s 222,000. This is the second-lowest number that Impact has drawn in 2018, only ahead of the episode that averaged 168,000 viewers on August 9.

The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.05, which is down from last week’s 0.06.

This was the third episode from Impact’s television tapings in Mexico City. It featured a Lucha Bros & Brian Cage vs. oVe main event that ended in a disqualification and a promo segment with Austin Aries and Johnny Impact that continued the build to their World Championship match at Bound for Glory.

Next week’s Impact is the go-home show for Bound for Glory.

Thursday Night Football again aired on both Fox and the NFL Network this week, bringing in 16 million viewers in total. The Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Dodgers baseball playoff game that aired on the MLB Network averaged 2.123 million viewers opposite Impact.

For a year-over-year comparison, the October 5, 2017 edition of Impact drew 251,000 viewers.

Here’s a look at Impact viewership since Slammiversary XVI:

July 26 — 299,000 (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000
August 30 — 225,000
September 6 — 236,000
September 13 — 258,000
September 20 — 229,000
September 27 — 222,000
October 4 — 190,000