4/18 Impact Wrestling Ratings; Title Matches Set for Next Week

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling brought in a 0.98 cable television rating. This is up slightly from the 0.93 draw on the 4/11 episode, featuring a Full Metal Mayhem match between Bully Ray and Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship.

This is the first time in 2013 that back-to-back episodes of Impact Wrestling fell below the 1.0 line, and can’t be good for TNA as they have switched to a live, touring format. The show averaged about 1. 27 million viewers across both hours.

TNA is advertising two championship matches for next week’s episode. Bobby Roode and Austin Aries will receive their rematch at the World Tag Team titles held by Chavo & Hernandez, while Mickie James gets her long-anticipated shot against the injured Knockouts Champ, Velvet Sky.