On another subject, now we have seen a small bit of Sharkboy, is he going to be seen back in the ring, maybe as tag partner to Suicide.

ratings are part of the whole wrestling thing for me and others..if you dont like em dont bother taking any notice, with the ratings talk this thread is pretty much dead

Been, erm, looking forward to tonight since I heard Bryan Alvarez rant about it, my PVR's been set up eagerly for days.

Maybe they'll have another technical fault during the women's match to save us all from it.

I have to admit that I only keep an eye on TNA ratings I don't care as much for WWE as they will always have their hardcore base.

sorry meant to say without the ratings talk, this thread would be dead.

maybe it's me then. i watch wrestling for what goes on in the ring and, providing they appeal, the angles and storylines. ratings have never really bothered me in the 22 years i've been watching wrestling.

but then i do tend to think TNA is unique in a sense. the so-called "IWC" has managed to make ratings one of the core reasons for TNA being in business, seemingly only for them having the cheek to go up against the WWE.

The ratings talk gets pretty dull especially when the same things are said every week by the same people.

I have to admit i've never been that intrested when it comes to ratings.I'm more intrested in the product itself & what they put on the tv.

I can't imagine sharkboy will have anything other than the odd appearance - i think the austin spoof was only a short term thing that they ran with. I guess it depends if Daniels can be persuaded to bring back Curry man as well ?

Daniels is currently playing Suicide again isn't he?

is tonights episode on challenge the one from thursday in the us?

It is.

He is. Apparently they came to terms with ROH for him to come back as Suicide only. But then I thought he was a better Suicide than Kaz anyway.

Yeah all the ratings talk really does get so boooring after a while.

Apparantly TNA is taping several episodes of Impact on Thursday. I wonder how they will fit them all in unless they start taping in the early afternoon.

Looks like Challenge have been sent the wrong tape! Tonights iMPACT! is all in glorious 4:3 stretchyvision! Lovely.

Isnt this the North Carolina shows?

I think they are taping two shows that day to take them upto to the next PPV.

Well that was a bit bland.

The promos were crap, including all the backstage stuff.

The Bully Ray/Taz thing was a bit pointless. I was expecting it to turn into a "Sharrupaa you're face" contest.

The end didn't even leave us with a need or desire to tune in next week.

Not a great episode by any means.

TNA posted this on their site about next weeks show (not a spoiler):

http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/q...1c8204d_XL.jpg

Maybe Hogan's the face and Dixie's the heel after all?

Edit: It's actually ironic as you would have thought last weeks Raw rating would of at last shown them surprises don't draw ratings and you need to advertise your product properly. Apparently not.

There is other reasons i am looking forward to this weeks show but it's for selfish reasons. I am a sucker for and apparantly gets

As far as the surprise goes, i'm not sure what it could be. I know a lot of TNA's backstage stuff doesn't get shown to the live audience so it could just be something they've filmed over the weekend and it will get tagged onto the end of the show.

I thought Angle turning up at the Jarrett's meal was pretty funny. "What? No Tip?"

Oh thats a relief. For a second there I thought Fatt Hardy showed all the wrestlers where he eats. They just looked bigger hahahaha

What happened to the commentry on last nights TNA?

i actually didn't mind the stuff between bubba and tazz - they've got a long history together so it makes sense. i can see bubba putting tazz through a table actually. maybe they'll do something with d'von's kids getting involved again and tazz goes down to make the save.

i know tazz can't take bumps any more due to his neck injury, as he's said himself, but i guess it goes back to what i said before the PPV - if bubba can put an 80-odd year old woman safely through a table then he can do it with anyone.

i'd also like to see them do something with AJ and Matt Hardy because I think that could be a decent match - if Hardy is up for it of course.

whatever the surprise is, i'm sure it'll change TNA forever!

I give it a guess... The big surprise is that Dixie comes down to the ring and announces the companies new younger talent and new PG promotion.

This then results in getting booed off by fans. And rubbish being chucked at her etc. Like they did when Jeff screwed Mr Anderson.