Early iMPACT! Rating #’s, Hardcore Justice Main Event

Partial Source: Pwinsider

– Devin Cutting sent this in: The TNA event in Charleston, West Virginia on September 8th, 2012 has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Go to http://tinyurl.com/pwevents for info about future shows.

– TNA has confirmed that Austin Aries will defend the TNA World Title against Bobby Roode at Hardcore Justice. As of this writing, there is no stipulation for the match.

– TNA iMPACT! Wrestling drew 1.32 million viewers Thursday night. While the official rating won’t be available until next Monday, the estimate is similar to last week’s 0.8. The viewership is an increase from last week’s two-year low of 1.11 million viewers. The show ranked #49 among cable TV shows for the night with demographic ratings remaining even with the last couple of weeks. We’ll see how the show does now that the DirecTV/Viacom issues are resolved. We noted earlier today that DirectTV and Viacom have negotiated and ended their dispute. The Viacom channels that were pulled from DirectTV have been returned to service. This is obviously good news for TNA, which airs on Spike TV and took a ratings hit the last few weeks without DirectTV and their 20+ million viewers.

– Here are some highlights from this week’s TNA iMPACT! Wrestling telecast:

– Once again, here is this week’s TNA iMPACT! Wrestling post-show: