Impact Wrestling viewership up one percent this week
Ratings for Thursday’s episode of Impact were about even with last week’s numbers.
The show averaged 212,000 viewers on Pop TV, up just under one percent from last Thursday. At 248,000, 168,000, 210,000, and 212,000 viewers, the last four episodes have been the four lowest audiences for Impact in 2018. All four went up against preseason football.
The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.05, down from last week’s 0.06.
Sami Callihan defeating Pentagon Jr. in a Mexican Death Match was this week’s main event. The show also followed up on the LAX vs. OGz street fight with an angle where the OGz were trying to run over a group of people that LAX and Konnan were in and hit a child with their car.
For a year-over-year comparison, the August 24, 2017 episode of Impact drew 296,000 viewers.
Here’s a look at the last 10 weeks of Impact viewership:
- June 21 — 262,000
- June 28 — 254,000
- July 5 — 304,000
- July 12 — 284,000
- July 19 –275,000 (Slammiversary XVI go-home show)
- July 26 — 299,000
- August 2 — 248,000
- August 9 — 168,000
- August 16 — 210,000
- August 23 — 212,000
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