By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

TNA Impact on Thursday, February 20 scored a 0.95 rating off a first hour 0.98 rating and second hour 0.93 rating.

Impact peaked in Q1 for the eighth consecutive week to start the year. Q1 drew a 1.08 rating, which was the only quarter-hour above the 1.0 level. Impact then finished with a 0.95 rating for the TNA World Title main event.

Impact Break Down

Q1: Impact opened with a 1.08 rating following its lead-in on Spike TV. The segment included promos setting up the TNA World Title main event between Magnus and Gunner, plus half of a commercial.

Q2: Impact took a now-standard dive to a 0.96 rating for Samoa Joe vs. Bro-Mans in a handicap match and one-and-a-half commercials.

Q3: Impact was about the same with a 0.98 rating for Bobby Roode and James Storm backstage, MVP backstage, Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim in a Street Fight, and one commercial.

Q4: Impact fell to a show-low 0.88 rating for video packages and two full commercial breaks.

Q5: Impact got a top-of-the-hour bump to a 0.98 rating for Bobby Roode trying to quit TNA before Dixie Carter lured him back to the company. There were no commercials.

Q6: Impact declined to a 0.91 rating for The Wolves vs. Bad Influence in an unhyped tag match and one-and-a-half commercials.

Q7: Impact hit a near show-low 0.89 rating for videos, the first-half of Magnus vs. Gunner, and one-and-a-half commercials.

Q8: Impact increased to exactly the show average 0.95 rating for the finish of Magnus vs. Gunner and one commercial.

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