By Jason Powell

The following are the quarter-hour ratings for Thursday's TNA Impact Wrestling television show.

Q1: 1.10 rating - TNA Sacrifice video, Bobby Roode promo, Hulk Hogan out for a verbal exchange with Roode, several wrestlers walk onto the stage to show interest in challenging Roode for the TNA Title at Open Fight Night, Hogan books matches

Q2: 0.95 rating - Abyss footage, Bully Ray vs. Rob Van Dam, King Mo tease, two commercial breaks

Q3: 1.01 rating - Bully Ray and Joseph Park backstage, King Mo and Dixie Carter on MMA Uncensored Live footage, Gail Kim and Madison Rayne talk backstage, Austin aries entrance, 10-man battle royal with Madison Rayne watching on the stage

Q4: 1.03 rating - Battle royal continuation, A.J. Styles drama video, Styles promo in the ring

Q5: 1.23 rating - Styles promo continues, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian out to reveal video footage of Styles and Dixie Carter together at a hotel, Mr. Anderson talks backstage, Anderson and Hardy entrances

Q6: 1.14 rating - Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy, announces hype Open Fight Night, Knockouts entrances

Q7: 1.10 rating - Gail Kim vs. Brooke Tessmacher vs. Velvet Sky, TNA Slammiversary video, Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle entrances

Q8: 1.07 rating - Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle with Bobby Roode on commentary

Powell's POV: The overall show drew a 1.07 (rounds up to a 1.1) rating. Impact averaged 1.5 million viewers. The Joe vs. Angle match was hyped nicely throughout the show, yet still didn't draw a rating. Really, the only thing that drew a strong rating was the Styles, Daniels, and Kazarian story and part of that is due to the segment airing in the typically strong fifth quarter-hour. The first hour drew a 1.02 and the second hour scored a 1.135 thanks to that big fifth quarter-hour.

RECOMMEND THIS ARTICLE: