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I think u are missing what people are saying dude

they get a 1.0 on Thursday's unopposed... which means u factor in WWE fans probably watch on Thursdays thus allowing them to get a 1.0

so going head to head with WWE, many felt those that watch both shows which help TNA get a 1.0 would watch WWE therefore TNA would drop considerably.

The fact they kept their 1 and gained 50 percent viewership against WWE and a Fiesta Bowl College Football game is HUGE.

I said certain segments may reach low 2's and they came damn close.

No i get it. I don't know what a Fiesta Bowl is mind.... But most people i talked to about it seemed to be suggesting they might do a 1.3 to 1.7 due to the manic promotion and advertising they have been doing.

I'm pretty sure that Bret Hart took some of that away.

What i'm saying is that despite it being a good rating. If you had said TNA will get a 1.5 before the show.... no one including yourself would of said "Thats incredible". Was i the only person that expected a fair rise. People assume that loads of WWE fans just watched TNA but i always thought the majority of the rise would probally come from people who don't watch wrestling much anymore and were given TNA a whirl and you have to remember the fact that its live brings more viewers alone as its the quickest form of the results. When you have spoliers some people don't watch or record it so they can skim.... Live is a different kettle of fish. Yes its good and i don't wanna make it sound like they haven't done well, coz the show was good (another 50% viewers) and its a good platform for progress but people are acting shocked by the number as if there was no way which 1.5 was could happen, which i think is a little bit odd considering:

I say Raw does a 4.8, TNA does a solid 2.2

Nothing about some segments there dude!

1.6

I think it should get slightly higher then normal as all normal TNA fans will be watching it plus others who are aware of it, It shouldn't do double the ratings though, I can see the 1.5-1.8 as a 20-30% increase in ratings seems possible.

I would love to be wrong but I think TNA will do a 1.4 for this show. That would probably be their highest rating ever but they are still going up against RAW,not ECW and you can bet Vince will pull out all the stops.

All i'm saying is that i reckon Dixie Carter would have been disapointed with 1.1 (thats their Average) given the advertising and build up and i reckon she might have set 1.4 to 1.6 as a target. Of course she is gonna come out and sound like it unbelieveable. Whats she gonna say "Well we scored 1.5.... thought that might happen". Everyone in TNA is on a charm offensive and rightly so. Making it sound like they exceeded expectations is good for business.

Maybe i'm wrong but by reading reports and this board the general consensus seemed to be that TNA had a shot at anything between 1.2 and 1.7.