Truthslayer's Thoughts On TNA Impact Ratings

[TheShootTruth10]

if tna would have stuck to what they use to do they could have been gaining more ratings right now. but the messed it up with bischoff and hogan.

[Stinger4Lyfe]

They won, but that was horrible news for the WWE. I didnt expect it to be so close so soon.

I mean correct me if i'm wrong, but i dont even think WCW was that close on the first night of Nitro...

I think people are growing tired of the same storylines and same ole song and dance as far as characters in the WWE.

Guys like Orton, CM punk & Shamus are and have been just dull as hell. And thats been ther heart of that company for a good while now.

[blackelvis70]

I would love for TNA to do an all-women, team based tournament similar to the world x-cup. Bringing in some women from Mexico and Japan could make for some great matches.

[Edgehead10075]

The MEM storyline has been an abject failure. None of the young guys have gotten a rub from it. TNgAy is a hopeless pile of crap. All of the people who defended that storyline for months by saying, "Just wait. They'll eventually put over the young guys," were WRONG.

[Edgehead10075]

It seems that a lot of people who are willing to watch Impact are not willing to buy the PPV's. That's obviously not good for TNgAy.

[Stinger4Lyfe]

@Edgehead10075

TNgay? lol how old are you? That sounds like something my 11 year old son would make up.

So hypocritical with everything you say there.

[TG5455]

TNA really needs to kick out Russo and Dutch.

[MikeNIN7]

tna don't save good matches for ppv like wwe does. TNA is WAY better.

[Edgehead10075]

You're SUPPOSED to save them for the PPV. Most people watch the weekly shows to see angles get drawn out, not to see great wrestling. TNgAy is a joke. BTW, their quality of matches is overrated.

[Edgehead10075]

BTW, TNgAy usually doesn't have much wrestling on Impact.

[Smiguelly]

... which means you're not a hardcore TNA fan.

[Gun2Nutz]

TNA's biggest ratings are like Raw's lowest.lol

[321EMK123]

not even i dont even think raw has gone below a 3

[Jasonkingkon]

yeah around 2.5 is the lowest i believe

they definitely got a 2.5 once

[Edgehead10075]

TNgAy has never gotten close to a 2.5.

[Jasonkingkon]

not talking about tna getting a 2.5 i said it was wwe's 2.5

[MCMGfan37]

your so creative with TNgAy

[Edgehead10075]

I think that TNA has gotten better. I like that the young guys are getting a shot now. I just hope that they don't do another "millionaires' club vs. new blood" type storyline.

[Rockwildon]

but it's true though.

[LibreVisionNetwork]

what did ya do 21 your hair, ya look like Michael J. Fox Jr.

[jsknuckle]

Honestly the biggest rating ever is sadly still going to be the hardcore TNA fans. They have not growth and honestly I don't think they have showed a lot of growth. Though I do not want to rain on their parade and don't mean to..I still believe that they are comprised of TNA hardcore fans.

[Iamb180]

Thank you for mentioning female wrestling fans and marketing towards us. Sometimes I feel like we get ignored a lot by the promotions as well as other wrestling fans.

[Dynamite229915]

Hope you got a little pit of money from coke. cool video

[davless152000]

tna got so freakin bad tna could of killed wwe if it didnt become popular like it is now its like when a good wrestling company like tna that gets popular they have to act like WWE and get boring and whats funny is wwe can pull off things tna cant by copying wwe this aint 96 anymore of monday night war

[JRiggz108999]

I think they could use a few trannys in the knockout division , like just wrestling and have these huge hogs and have it be like a guessing game if its a guy or a girl, then find out they got a huge wang, it would be awesome!

[conservativeinexile]

are you some kind of idiot tna's in ring product means lessing unless they sell ppvs.

[dstnarg]

I don't understand your view on shoot interview. You have said tshat you don't like them cuz it's hard to get the whole story. I feel that shoot interviews are much better then then newletters/internet cuz we are hearing from people who were backstage. Of corse you can't get the whole story, everyone has a view. At least with shoots the news and views come from peole who are backstage/involved unlike news letters/internet

[morrisvlog]

Dave Meltzer was of the opinion - until UFC contradicted it - that television ratings equal PPV numbers. I heard that the WWE had to do 140,000 buys on PPV to break even. If TNA were to stop and then restart PPVs the fans would be even less inclined the buy the PPVs

[TSlay1974]

True except that UFC was a PPV company first. I honestly think people are just in the habit of buying UFC PPVs and not watching the TV at least the more casual fans.

[kapengmabula]

how come your hair reminds me of sean penn in milk? (no offense, i just don't like it)

as much as i don't want to think that TNA is pulling in profits, they are but the price they have to pay is base their ability to draw in ratings not in terms of match quality but in shock value. it's so WCW

[ProWrestlingEntertai]

Wooo. Tslay endorses Coke!!!

[RurouniNall]

so the booking on tna is really bad right? i mean is it just me or is it like...so bad

[IKnowsWrestling]

Hint hint to Truthslayer. Cheerleader Melissa. They have her...yet they keep her under a fucking hood.

[HENbtr]

TV ratings don't equal money for TNA.

[steeltownbrown52]

TNA will probably have their Knockouts headline the company because of that rating. Poor Bill & Doug.

[152hbk]

good video

[SaviorHanad]

This guy is ugly.

[CODEBREAKER1988]

lol truthslayer oh my hair

[Deeznutz5150]

I heard "Son of a bitch" more times during the empty arena match than the # of times Jack Bauer says it on an entire season of 24. It kinda loses its verbal strength after a while.

[greatgames145]

kurt angle loves saying it and at the promo at the end he said it again

[SaviorHanad]

watch my respond video to tslay.

[bringbackwcw]

I agree with this completely

[SaviorHanad]

you're a nerd and tna fucking sucks.

[bringbackwcw]

you're a fucking waste of life.

Nerd? Who's the twat spending time trying to insult everyone commenting on this video??

Grow the fuck up.

[jjl077]

I was kinda shocked that TNA drew their highest rating ever, the fact is although this weeks show was somewhat decent the past 7 or 8 shows before that have been complete crap! The biggest problem i still see with IMPACT is booking that makes zero sense

. Now Petey and Sonjay are gone?! What is this company thinking? their identity changes constantly. They got a excellent knockout division but their heavyweight division has been booked into obscurity, and the X-division is pretty much dead!

[3rdhardy]

All the people TNA are letting go are ones that where not on the uk tour

[WWE4everRocks]

i mean tslay1974 wanted HHH vs orton for the title and he get it .

i think wwe does a great booking right now and we saw it with the 4.1 rating.

in the second hour they did 4.35 and then the rko which brings the ppl to watch the next week.

i think the tna rating was so good casue the pll wanted too see if they should watch wwe or tna now.

[BigRed1687]

I've always kinda thought TNA at this point should probably be only doing 6 ppv's a year, until they can build themselves up more. And far as the lnouckouts go I always thought they were overrated. It was never different than the diavs to me. I think some think this because when they started out the division they had a hot feud with Kim and Kong and everybody made it out to be the greatest thing ever.

[WWE4everRocks]

atm wwe is far better

[NYG4LIFE123]

For me its hard to even consider Empty Arena Matches real matches because there is no crowd. Crowd involvement plays a big role in the quality of a match, and if there is no crowd to feed off of, then there is a major part of the match that is missing.

[Broleta]

They didn't promote it as a "match" they promoted it as a "fight" with no ref.

[NYG4LIFE123]

Yeah but how can the Funk/Lawler Empty Arena Match be given "Five Stars" if it isn't really a match or at least missing one of the key components of what makes a match work?

[Canadianman28]

u rule

[godwar99]

lol is 1.3 their biggest rating?

[godwar99]

ur a faggot, mother-fucker

[Canadianman28]

ur a faggot

[easy414]

HAHA promoting coca-cola

[J0rdan691]

i like the Tna female wrestler that has the blonde hair and is in the beautifull people.

And she always shakes her ass while entering the ring.

I love that part

[greatgames145]

Doesnt everyone love velvet sky and angelina love

[piscataway53]

Both have blonde hair and both shake their ass while entering.

[greatgames145]

There fine as hell but cant really wrestle

[RoderickStrong]

They're like 2 Stacy Kieblers

[Lunacyk]

Angelina kinda can. But yeah Velvet...can't. But I HAVE seen Angelina do some pretty credible work in other places. I think maybe they're working their gimmick. Because you know they're supposed to be more like the competitions' "Divas". So they act more like models than wrestlers. As opposed to the other girls. I hope that's the case. Otherwise, I owe you a free beer lol! I just hope they kick it up a notch or two.

[Everything234]

they both have blond hair, and they both do the ass-shaking thing in their entrances, mister specific.

[AUSWrestleFan]

I would of gone and said the sting and angle "Match" would of been good if tenay and west weren't there, them talking was good enough but got ruined by the commentary talking over them.

[MicSomeMac]

coca-cola product placement in the beginning? lol

[astone08]

what do you think of dutt's departure

[y2jbrock]

lol hairrrrrrrrcutttttttt

[steeltownbrown52]

"Its stupid, It does'nt work, I don't agree with it, let me play with my hair some more""Its stupid, It does'nt work, I don't agree with it, let me play with my hair some more""Its stupid, It does'nt work, I don't agree with it, let me play with my hair some more""Its stupid, It does'nt work, I don't agree with it, let me play with my hair some more" LMAO shout outs cheeseboy93

[steeltownbrown52]

In-case some of you don't know what i'm talking about. cheeseboy93 did a vid on YouTube where he looped Doug Bateman(of rvdtito4life) mocking Truthslayer.

[seagreen152]

ok well this is just the qustion if this was a empty arena match no one but don west and mike tenay were surppose to be there with the camera crew and sting and angle no rules why the hell was the mem members there and security that match sucked they can never do rock mick foley again

[RoderickStrong]

Rock and Foley was not even the best Empty Arena match in history. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk from back in the day was hands down the best Empty Arena Match Ever. Both workers were busted open after it was all said and done.

[seagreen152]

i heard abou that match i want to see it but the rock and foley's was alot better than that one but i will say the jay lethal and creed vs Motor city machine guns match was very good

[RoderickStrong]

How was the Rock and Foley better when Funk and Lawler got an official five star rating?

[seagreen152]

no i said i wanted to see the terry funk vs jerry lawler match but i think that the rock vs mick foley was better than sting and angle empty arena match cause the arena was suppose to be empty how does security "mysteriously" come out to stop a match with no rules thats all

[HurtingYourFeelings]

RoderickStrong is a faggot

not the wrestler, the faggot using a Youtube channel called "RoderickStrong"

[RoderickStrong]

HurtingYourFeelings is a child molesting faggot who likes to spam vids for my comments to comment on them. He's a faggot who's obsessed with fucking me or something. He's a loser and needs to get a life. He's already spammed over 8 of my comments on vids with the same lame message. He's a multiple account fag who needs to get a life. One of those lame ass emo kids who's a product of a mentally challenged midget dad, and a fat whore of a mother.

[HurtingYourFeelings]

RoderickStrong is a faggot troll, make sure you ban this loser and/or hack to get rid permanently

not the wrestler, the faggot using a Youtube channel called "RoderickStrong"

Pass it On.

[BigDaddy0207]

I also think TNA should do smaller arena shows like ECW style make the PPV's crazy just like them fans would be into it more. Don't be like WWE TNA . TNA your not in competition with WWE just be yourself.

[Lunacyk]

They actually used to back in the day. In 02 until about 05. They ran the shows at the Memphis State Fairgrounds aka The Asylum. That place was HUGE! And they packed it well every night. I miss their old 4-sided ring. The 6-sided one just bugs me. It was a gimmick they used from Mexico and just didn't utilize it the way it should've been used.

[SaviorHanad]

TNA SUCKS. get on with your life you fucking

faggot.

[Lunacyk]

Uh-huh. And just who the hell are you, Mr. Aloysius Douchenozzle?

[IKnowsWrestling]

I kind of feel that TNA does need to use a regular ring again. This was also a big gripe I had when I went to Hard Justice last year was that the turnbuckles for the way they positioned seats on the floor, actually block your view inside the ring. It sucked. Not only that but honestly I wouldn't be surprised if some are turned off by the use of the 6 sides, both fans and workers alike because it's shown me at times that it does hinder some in ring styles.

[Lunacyk]

Seriously. I mean, I don't mean to sound like such an 'elitist/traditionalist', but it doesn't do a lot for me or anyone. And how do you expect to showcase your talent proper, if they get watered down by the ring itself. I totally get what you're saying. They always drive the point that the 6-sided ring is just like the regular but better. I say, fuck it. Just give them back the regular 4-sided one. Give them room to perform. Break out the 6-sided ring for a weekend or PPV here and there.

[IKnowsWrestling]

Yeah, the ropes don't have that much bounce, there isn't a lot of room to work. Bring the 6 sided out for Lockdown. They always try to bring the point home that the ring is six sided. So what? You used to try and claim that your promotion was in some way different, and you keep emphasizing your ring why? They need to go back to basics for a lot of things.

[Lunacyk]

Seriously man. Like why do you have something interesting and then screw it up? Some say it's good to imitate the WWE to achieve some measure of success. I don't think so. As the vets in the business say,"sometimes less is more."

[IKnowsWrestling]

Yeah man, and TNA could certainly use a whole lot less of somethings right now.

[IKnowsWrestling]

That's you actually. lol.

[SaviorHanad]

Can you show me prove that I comment on 1 other video of Tslay1974? exactly shut the fuck up if you cannot prove anything.

[IKnowsWrestling]

... lol. Show me proof that I comment all his videos. Now you shut the fuck up ya piece of shit.

[BigDaddy0207]

I agree 100% with TNA has potential they need to realize it and just see.

[abut]

Slayer's doing product placements with Coke? Doin big things, I see.

[lazystevie]

christian and gail back to wwe.

what more can u say about tna

[ElHeber2020]

Nice Haircut Tslayer

[BigDaddy0207]

TNA still isn't producing a better product.

[BigDaddy0207]

I agree with less PPV matches would mean more.

[Adampro123]

congrats to TNA and all but honestly im not happy they got there highest rating.becuase im not enjoying the product they have put on lately. if they could put on a good product and then get the high ratings then i would be very happy. but with them getting high ratings putting on something i don't like it will probably just mean more stuff i don't like in the future because it works ratings wise.

[DannyDayyon]

Thank you Adampro123 for being the only honest guy here. Seriously man.

Thats the REAL reason why internet smart marks like Truth rip TNA every week.

Its like a vicious circle for them: the smarks rip TNA then TNA does a big rating, the smarks rip TNA then TNA does a bigger rating, the smarks rip TNA then TNA does its biggest rating ever.

"The knockouts suck now, the X-division sucks too, MEM = NWO, Steiner and Nash are too old, push AJ and Joe, Fire Russo, ROH is better." ...Blah blah blah.

[ILWyep]

+1(Agree.)

[therealyanksup]

TNA did the Manhattan Center last year and only 4/9 rows at ringside were full. Id say they only drew around 700 fans. GRANTED, there was a huge storm that day. And the show was good with a great fan atmosphere.

[NYG4LIFE123]

I want less PPVs a year period. It won't happen for ob, but I would love it if both WWE & TNA went to 4 PPVs a year. Like it used to be.

Rumble, Mania, SSlam, & SSeries for WWE

Genesis, Lockdown, Slammy, & BFG for TNA.

I'd eat that up. Only 8 PPVs a year from 2 companies. It'd be bliss. It can't happen, but I can dream right?

[BigDaddy0207]

I agree with 4 PPV's

[hcwman88]

tna needs to bring back all the originals and keep the guys wrestling that put the company on the mat

[roylucier]

I agree with a lot of what you are saying on here, so you know, and always enjoy your shows. I was hoping I could throw a plug in here, I'm doing videos on wrestling trivia and reminscing on old wrestling angles, and am hoping to get some subscribers. YOU ARE STILL THE KING!! I just am more into the trivia aspect of the business. Thank you TSlay. How much do I owe you for the ad? LOL

[KcLegendary]

TNA impact ratings 1.3 ..thats nice to know, lets see if they can keep it up.

[solemnpears]

Against All Odds was on FOR FREE over here in the UK and I still didn't watch it. It's been repeated several times and I'm still yet to see it ...

[KCG013]

Same. However I did check the Shelley match. And the Beer Money one. ODB and Kong I kinda skipped but I checked it. Didnt bother with anything else

[ststriker]

I wouldn't have a problem with TNA or for that matter WWE putting on less pay per views a year (it'll never happen with WWE though). I also think you should have waited for the segment ratings to come out before you did this so you would have had a more accurate review.

[CesarManiaX]

TNA should have a working relationship with DragonGate since ROH broke away with DragonGate.

[TheNarcissist13]

I wish TNA would bring in Portia Perez or maybe Sara Del Ray or someone good. They need to realize the Knockouts are their top draw and they should build on that.

[TheMountainMan84]

I think that the TNA Knockouts are popular because there is actually a little variety. They aren't all the same young, white, thin, scantily clad types that WWE showcases.

You would never see someone like Awesome Kong or ODB on Raw. And that is a shame because they probably would draw more than any female wrestler in WWE.

[Thewwekiller]

Mystico should draw at least 60k buys, especially since he's one of the most over guys in Mexico.

[NYG4LIFE123]

My main problem with the spoilers was that Kurt Angle's name seemed to be all over the show, and I'm just sick and tired of him.

I got sick of Cena & Triple H and thats what turned me off to WWE, and its happened with TNA & Angle, which is hilarious because Angle bashed HHH after leaving WWE for the kind of things we're seeing out of him now (not working with young guys, taking up too much TV time, etc)

[cryptopsyamon]

amazing they have high ratings - the show has been awful for months now - and the last ppv was the worst thing ever imo - i wish the avg fan actually liked "wrestling" that is why i watch noah - all wrestling no fluff. great video bub

[hb6g6]

TNA Wasn't bad this week

[hemsley12345]

tna is ganna die

[victimsofthefuture]

If TNA is really excited that they got a 1.3 after 4 years on SpikeTV, then they really need to look at the bigger picture. When they started they were getting 0.8, so using this logic, it will take until the year 2025 to match Raw's ratings.

[VDR3LL]

It sucks that their ratings got to their highest point because then their gonna think that they're doing something right as far as storylines go. I haven't watched impact in like 2 months and there's nothing I want to see on it so I'll probably won't be watching it anytime soon.

[jaydub8907]

I know the exact reason TNA's ratings were the highest ever: the 30 seconds they had the camera up-close on Velvet Sky's ass during her entrance.

NEW TNA slogan: Velvet Sky's butt put my butt in this seat

lmao

[Cyrus4488]

PRODUCT PLACEMENT!!!!

[Big2thaTony]

I always felt that Trish Stratus was overrrated. I thought Lita and Chyna were more fun to watch and I found them more entertaining

[jaydub8907]

I think about that sometimes to, but what I realized is that her looks contributed to her legend too. She's like s super-ly beautiful girl (not that other Divas weren't beautiful, but Trish was just out of this world).

She was great in the ring also and the fans loved her

[Big2thaTony]

True. Trish was beautiful, I won't take that away from her and she did have talent but I think Lita was strongly overshawdowed by Trish and I felt Lita deserved more. Lita had more a punk rock sex image to her gimmick which really worked for her. Trish was hott but IMO Lita was much hotter. I have a thing for red heads! LOL

[vidsrgd]

i agree with everything u said in that comment

[liberate29]

Hehehe, nice product placement at the start

[DECLARK87]

Just because the IWC doesn't like something doesn't mean that the "mainstream" won't like it.You could say the same thing about movies.There are many movies that are panned by critics and yet they still do well at the box office.

[wrestlesite]

i hate how people all juump on the band-wagon when someone say's something sucked when it never .

[NYsportsfreakkk]

WHAT????????? their biggest rating ever? that show completely sucked!

[DBWOfficial]

Do you think that TNA as a Wrestling Company, when they first started out was just a Gimmick company? That got pretty popular.

[NYG4LIFE123]

What I learned from TNA's recent ratings is that apparently I don't know what's good.

I haven't watched the last two episodes and the ratings have gone up. Shows what I know I guess.

[jaydub8907]

lmao, don't think that. People voted Bush in office twice, I never put anything past the American people

[Edgehead10075]

They also elected Obama the commie, so I get your point.

[ratnick]

Their biggest rating ever for such a crappy show ? wow!!

I thought the Sting/Angle match was lame!!

[jaydub8907]

It was to me too. All I could hear was "I'm gonna kill you Sting! I hate you!"

[Johnnyawesome24]

TNA is lucky there is nothing really on tv on Thursday. I tune in for a few moments each week to see whether it is tolerable or not. I always turn it off after a while though, it is just so bad.

[chrismcallister2006]

this weeks impact was pretty decent. still too many backstage segments, but other than that it was pretty good and lmao @ sting and angles entrances for an empty arena match.

[Dante1Savage]

wow, why are you up at 4am?

As for the iMPACT! ratings I think that if people did tune in for Sting vs Angle the match they were shown which was needlesley Empty Arena and which ended when security came out to break up a fight which was meant to go until one man could not continue? These people I don't see tunning in again really, and as for buying the PPV good god almighty. Yes buy STing vs Angle in 2 weeks but we just gave it to you in a gimik match.

[rtgiardino1]

its 9 in new york

[GTpanik]

what happen to ur hair truth

[Dante1Savage]

looks much better than it did when it was middle parting

[KCG013]

I gotta say I lol'd at both these comments lol

[mmawrestlefan]

AGREED^

[wwechamp7]

you and rvdtito4life are the most clever and best people on youtube in my opinion

[KCG013]

Check out Smokey137. He's vids are good.

[BladeStrike]

*Takes the spammers place*

[piscataway53]

First comment.

Haha, take that...