I hope TNA weathers this storm

I watch TNA regardless of what is happening but i will admit the ratings are a worry. And no i don't think we need to rush the Aces & Eights storyline its a slow build which is very rare to see in wrestling today!

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Originally Posted by Darkside Ron Garvin

I honestly think this is one of the major things that TNA has done wrong over the summer. They should have stayed in the original time slot and the fuck-all MMA show should have been a lead into TNA. That time slot was cemented for the TNA loyal but once they switch, it put a lot of viewers (especially West Coast) in a bind to catch it live. I don't think moving back to the original time slot would fix the ratings issue, but I do think it affected it from the start and helped made the option of just DVRing the show much more appealing.

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Yeah, but you know what is really weird?
It took weeks, maybe months for Impact's audience to adjust to the new timeslot, while WWE's audience was adjusted after, what 3 weeks, if not earlier? Of course the event of RAW 1000 probably helped A LOT.
I agree that they should've stayed in the same timeslot, but I also get why Impact was the lead-in for MMA Uncensored. It worked with UFC and that show is Spike's show, so they probably wanted the best ratings possible, while counting on Impact's audience to properly adjust to the new timeslot. If that show would have been the lead-in for Impact who knows if that show would still exist. But back to Impact, you can't check if your angle's are catching on to the audience, if the audience still has to adjust to the new timeslot, so your basically just treading water. They should've done 1 thing at a time, instead of changing time slot and going live all at once.

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Originally Posted by Automatic

Yeah, but you know what is really weird?
It took weeks, maybe months for Impact's audience to adjust to the new timeslot, while WWE's audience was adjusted after, what 3 weeks, if not earlier? Of course the event of RAW 1000 probably helped A LOT.
I agree that they should've stayed in the same timeslot, but I also get why Impact was the lead-in for MMA Uncensored. It worked with UFC and that show is Spike's show, so they probably wanted the best ratings possible, while counting on Impact's audience to properly adjust to the new timeslot. If that show would have been the lead-in for Impact who knows if that show would still exist. But back to Impact, you can't check if your angle's are catching on to the audience, if the audience still has to adjust to the new timeslot, so your basically just treading water. They should've done 1 thing at a time, instead of changing time slot and going live all at once.

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Said quite well my friend. I've been saying this since they went to the new timeslot. Cheers.

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Originally Posted by monctonvike

I mean that part of tna's 1.2 million fan base are loyal fans of the show. While at the same time there are many people who are big wwe fans that also happen to watch tna. For some it might be that they tune in every week, or for some from time to time.

IMO there are many reason ie less ppl watching wrestling period, new fall tv lineup, less ppv having tv service ect ect that I gave above but all in all

I have been mostly happy with what tna has been doing. For me in the end.I don't care how many other ppl watch the show I am happy to every week.

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I Tivo/DVR WWE and TNA every week because of my schedule, which doesn't give me the free time to watch the shows on their original air date. Therefore, I don't contribute at all to either companies ratings.

But I have to admit that I am also satisfied with TNA's product. Impact Wrestling (besides RAW) is the only show I look forward to watching. Smackdown, on the other hand...not so much.

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Originally Posted by magglis

I can see ratings going up after Turning Point because i'm expecting Aces and 8's revealing themselves at the PPV

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EWN just posted that they are gonna run the A8 angle for another 6 months and if they do they are getting lazy cause this angle is getting old !

Well TNA must be doing something right...............wwe stole 1 of its storylines

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Originally Posted by Nexus n' Eights

Well TNA must be doing something right...............wwe stole 1 of its storylines

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Stealing storylines is just part of the wrestling business.