TNA – Where Is The War?

Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan in Charge

I was in the middle of doing The Wheelhouse show when the ratings for the March 15 TNA Impact were released and didn’t get a chance to look at it until I got home to read an e-mail from the great Eric Gargiulo.

In it he sent me the ratings for TNA Impact and WWE Raw from the past Monday March 15th shows. WWE Raw received a 3.7 rating while TNA Impact in show #2 of the Monday Night Wars II headed by up by Eric Bischoff & Hulk Hogan received a 0.84 rating, the lowest rating for TNA Impact in four years.

As I figured TNA had a lower rating then last week’s show but I didn’t think it would be in the .8′s! I think re-runs of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” on Nick at Nite at 2am receive higher ratings that TNA Impact right now. Don’t hold that statistic to me, I can already hear TNA fans going “that isn’t true!” It’s all in jest but I digress.

Are the red flags waving in Nashville at the TNA offices and at the Spike TV section of the Viacom building yet? You would think right? They paid in what I’m sure is millions of dollars to bring in Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, The Band etc. You wouldn’t think so after reading Dixie Carter’s now infamous twitter page tonight after the announcement of the rating came out. Here is what she wrote:

Read more about it on CamelClutchBlog.com.

Posted on March 18, 2010 | Filed Under WWE