Impact Ratings for February 9, 2012

[Snowman1]

Credit www.pwtorch.com for the following information:

Q1: Impact opened with a 1.03 rating for a "Star Wars" themed opening video package, Sting confronting Roode & Ray, and one full commercial break. (down 12.5% vs. 2011-Q1 average)

Q2: Impact rebounded with a first hour-high 1.10 rating for A.J. Styles vs. Daniels and one commercial break. (down 4.8% vs. 2011-Q2 average)

Q3: Impact returned to the Q1 rating of a 1.03 for Magnus's memorable promo, tag team brawl, one commercial break, and introductions for an X Division match. (down 11.7% vs. 2011-Q3 average)

Q4: Impact dropped to a first-hour-low 0.99 rating for the end of the Aries-Williams-Shelley match and two full commercial breaks leading to the top of the hour, which dragged down the quarter-hour rating. (down 12.0% vs. 2011-Q4 average)

Q5: Impact increased to a 1.08 rating for this week's Hogan/Bischoff-Bischoff talking segment, plus one commercial break. This was the lowest-rated Q5 rating of the year. (down 12.3% vs. 2011-Q5 average)

Q6: Impact was virtually the same with a 1.07 rating for Mickie James vs. Velvet Sky in this week's Knockouts match, plus the "Star Wars" trailer, backstage segments, and one commercial break. (down 7.7% vs. 2011-Q6 average)

Q7: Impact declined to a second-hour-low 0.99 rating for video packages and a commercial break. (down 13.1% vs. 2011-Q7 average)

Q8: Impact increased to a show-high 1.12 rating for the Sting & James Storm vs. Bobby Roode & Bully Ray main event, plus one commercial break. This was tied with last week's Q8 rating. (down 4.9% vs. 2011-Q8 average)

Very disappointed with how the ratings have been in the Brother Love era as a whole, despite the product itself being much better. With the hype behind this episode, the Star Wars gimmick (which was undefined and not known it wouldn't be used), the Wembley Arena crowd, and a heat-drawing champion in Roode, you'd think the ratings wouldn't be so much worse than 2011.

Lol @ the one-hour main event Bischoff segment being the lowest rated of the year.

 

[seabs]

That's the second time in 2 weeks Hogan/Bischoff's segment has drawn terribly. Hopefully they realize no one wants to see this and just can it.

 

[Crayo]

Every segment is down from their average last year, damn.

 

[seabs]

Every segment is down from their average last year, damn.

It's pretty sad as the show has been really good as a whole.

 

[Bort]

Uh, oh... Bad ratings for a good show. It's a shame Bischoff keeps pushing himself and his son on top hour. Just fuck off already, Eric.

 

[Testify]

Tbh, I expected much better ratings or at least the same as last week's show, because it was quite good. Fuck it.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Uh, oh... Bad ratings for a good show. It's a shame Bischoff keeps pushing himself and his son on top hour. Just fuck off already, Eric.

And ratings somehow went up for their segment this week.

Hogan/Bischoff will say the problem is clearly not enough garrett bischoff storyline

we'll get 30 solid minutes of Garrett Bischoff telling his Dad he's a mean guy next week on Impact

 

[Bort]

I want a Scott Steiner shoot on both of them.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I want a Scott Steiner shoot on both of them.

I read this as 'I want Scott Steiner to shoot both of them'

and I would have agreed.

 

[Bort]

Lulz.

 

[Snowman1]

That's the second time in 2 weeks Hogan/Bischoff's segment has drawn terribly. Hopefully they realize no one wants to see this and just can it.

Yeah, but the Bully Ray and Bobby Roode segment was down a whole lot from the opening segments last year, the vast majority of which were Immortal promos. According to that, the fans want more Hogan and Bischoff talking about a bunch of irrelevant bullshit for 20 minutes.