The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on Pop TV 10/9 C.
* Ultimate X Qualifying Match: Matt Sydal vs. Ethan Page
* Ultimate X Qualifying Match: Jake Crist vs. Willie Mack
* Johnny Impact & Taya Valkyrie vs. Mosse & Tessa Blanchard
* Eddie Edwards update from Shady Acres Asylum
* Dark Allie in action
The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on Pop TV 10/9 C.
* Lucha Bros vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack
* Debut of The Rascalz
* Eli Drake vs. Tommy Dreamer
* Jordynne Grace vs. Katarina
* Taya Valkyrie in action
Last week’s Impact Wrestling numbers are just now coming out due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thursday’s Impact Wrestling episode, which aired on Thanksgiving and featured Eli Drake’s 2nd Annual Turkey Trot main event that saw the return of Disco Inferno, drew 124,000 viewers. This is up 23% from the previous week’s 101,000 viewers, which was the second-lowest viewership in the history of the show.
This is the fifth viewership for Impact in the 10pm timeslot on Pop.
Thursday’s show ranked #104 on the Cable Top 150. The show did not make the Top 150 the previous week.
A Hallmark Christmas movie topped the night on cable in viewership with 3.266 million viewers, ranking #1 on the Cable Top 150. The NFL games on Fox drew more than 70 million viewers with the pre-game, post-game and the actual game coverage.
Below is our 2018 Impact Viewership Tracker:
January 4th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 11th Episode: 276,000 viewers
January 18th Episode: 309,000 viewers
January 25th Episode: 310,000 viewers (Genesis episode)
February 1st Episode: 319,000 viewers (Reboot)
February 8th Episode: 294,000 viewers
February 15th Episode: 300,000 viewers
February 22nd Episode: 262,000 viewers
March 1st Episode: 365,000 viewers
March 8th Episode: 325,000 (Crossroads episode)
March 15th Episode: 350,000 viewers
March 22nd Episode: 362,000 viewers
March 29th Episode: 399,000 viewers
April 5th Episode: 294,000 viewers
April 12th Episode: 381,000 viewers
April 19th Episode: 373,000 viewers
April 26th Episode: 308,000 viewers (post-Redemption episode)
May 3rd Episode: 299,000 viewers
May 10th Episode: 295,000 viewers
May 17th Episode: 326,000 viewers
May 24th Episode: 263,000 viewers
May 31st Episode: 283,000 viewers (Under Pressure episode)
June 7th Episode: 296,000 viewers
June 14th Episode: 276,000 viewers
June 21st Episode: 262,000 viewers
June 28th Episode: 254,000 viewers
July 5th Episode: 304,000 viewers
July 12th Episode: 284,000 viewers
July 19th Episode: 275,000 viewers
July 26th Episode: 299,000 viewers (post-Slammiversary episode)
August 2nd Episode: 248,000 viewers
August 9th Episode: 168,000 viewers
August 16th Episode: 210,000 viewers
August 23rd Episode: 212,000 viewers
August 30th Episode: 225,000 viewers (ReDefined episode)
September 6th Episode: 236,000 viewers
September 13th Episode: 258,000 viewers
September 20th Episode: 229,000 viewers
September 27th Episode: 222,000 viewers
October 4th Episode: 190,000 viewers
October 11th Episode: 183,000 viewers
October 18th Episode: 189,000 viewers (post-Bound For Glory episode)
October 25th Episode: 98,000 viewers (timeslot change to 10pm)
November 1st Episode: 105,000 viewers
November 8th Episode: 129,000 viewers
November 15th Episode: 101,000 viewers
November 22nd Episode: 124,000 viewers (Thanksgiving episode)
November 29th Episode:
2017 Total: 16.147 million viewers
2017 Average: 311,000 viewers per episode
Sources: ShowBuzz Daily and WrestlingINC
Below is the Top 5 Must-See Moments from Eli Drake’s 2nd Annual Turkey Trot main event:
* Impact Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard in action
* X-Division Championship: (C) Brian Cage vs. Sami Callihan
* Eli Drake would like to speak his mind… As usual
* Impact World Champion Johnny Impact vs. Matt Sydal
* Impact World Tag Team Champions LAX in action
Impact Wrestling officials are reportedly looking for a new home on cable TV.
Impact’s current deal with Pop TV expires at the end of this year and officials are reportedly searching for a new potential TV partner in the United States, according to PWInsider. The contract runs through December 31st, potentially leaving the company without a TV home to start the new year.
Impact was recently moved to a later timeslot at 10pm and viewership has suffered. The change was seen as a major step backwards in the Impact – Pop relationship as network officials didn’t inform Impact of the change until several days before the first episode aired with a 10pm start time.
The 10 episodes before the time change drew an average of 215,400 viewers. The two episodes since the time change drew 98,000 viewers and 105,000 viewers, the lowest in company history. The first 10 episodes of 2019 drew an average of 306,900 viewers. It’s worth noting that the final three episodes before the time change drew some of the lowest viewership in show history – 190,000, 183,000 and 189,000 the week before the change. The show averaged 311,000 viewers per episode in 2017, 311,000 viewers in 2016 and 327,000 in 2015. The 2014 average was 1.15 million per episode on Spike and the 2013 average, also on Spike, was 1.26 million per episode.
Source: WrestlingINC
Tonight Impact Wrestling presents ‘Final Hour’ on Pop TV at 10/9c.
* Impact World Championship: (C) Johnny Impact vs. Killer Kross
* Brian Cage goes to Ohio
* Lucha Bro! vs. OGz
* Jordynne Grace makes her Impact Wrestling debut
* Eddie Edwards vs. Moose
* Eli Drake and Joseph Park address Impact Wrestling
The following is scheduled for tonight’s IMPACT on Pop TV at 10/9C.
* LAX vs. Matt Sydal & Ethan Page
* Desi Hit Squad in action
* Pentagon Jr. vs. Homicide
* Rich Swann vs. Willie Mack
* Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Tessa Blanchard vs. Taya Valkyrie
Tonight’s IMPACT on Pop TV is at it’s new time of 10pm ET/ 9pm CT
* Impact World Championship: (C) Johnny Impact vs. Fenix
* Gama Singh vs. Rahit Raju
* Moose & Killer Kross vs. KM & Fallah Bahh
* Tessa Blanchard’s rebuttal to Taya Valkyrie
* Su Yung vs. Kiera Hogan
Tonight’s Impact on Pop TV at 8/7C will have the fallout from Bound For Glory
* New Impact World Champion Johnny Impact’s Championship Address
* Impact X-Division Championship: (C) Brian Cage vs. Rich Swann
* LAX celebrates Bound For Glory triumph
* Scarlett Bordeaux Open Talent Search
* Ethan Page vs. Trevor Lee
* Allie vs. Alisha Edwards
Last night Impact Wrestling ended their biggest PPV of the year, Bound For Glory, by crowning a new Impact Wrestling Champion in Johnny Impact. Johnny captured the title by defeating Austin Aries in a match that was the culmination of a controversial and heated feud. Including Aries taking personal shots at Johnny’s wife, Taya Valkyrie, on Twitter.
Almost immediately after being pinned Aries leapt to his feet, stepped out of the ring, yelled a profanity at Don Callis and left while flipping off the crowd. It was a bizarre scene that left many at home, and in the ring, scratching their heads. Was this real? Or part of some outside the box story?
Bryan Alvarez notes in the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Live that Aries has, “gone home,” and will not be attending the Impact Wrestling TV tapings today, or tomorrow. Since Impact tapes weeks, sometimes months, in advance this means that Aries will not be included on Impact Wrestling TV for as long as the tapings are set to run.
To the best of Alvarez’s knowledge Aries has not been fired by Impact Wrestling. This led Alvarez to speculate that while aspects of the feud may have been real, Aries and Johnny are likely working together now. With that said, the press conference brawl that the two engaged in before BFG does appear to have gotten, “a little out of control.” Including one of the sponsors being pushed to the ground in the fracas. Apparently, Anthem and the sponsors had issues with how that press conference went down.
Source: WrestlingINC
Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Aries’ Impact Wrestling contracted allegedly ended at Bound For Glory.
Producer Petey Williams talked about everything surrounding the incident on the newest episode of Petey’s Wrestling Perspective Podcast that dropped on Monday. During the show, Williams revealed he was the agent for Aries vs. Impact and called everything in the production truck.
In regards to the finish of the match, Williams added: “Austin Aries’ contract is done. That’s all I’ll say. That match was his last match under contract with Impact.” Petey also claims Aries confirmed his contract status during a backstage conversation after the event where the wrestler explained he wouldn’t be at the next set of TV tapings.
For what it’s worth, Pro Wrestling Sheet spoke with multiple sources in the company following the incident who claim the no-sell moment was legit … not scripted.
Aries returned to Impact in early 2018 following his exit from WWE.
Listen to the FULL EPISODE HERE.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
