I didnt spoil anything! I posted in the WWE thread (Which is a spoilers thread!) and then someone copied that from there. The poster has apologised for that, so get a grip!

You dont have to go so over the top! Its a tv show yes it was spoiled but not to the point where your telling people to **** off! Thats just way too far and completely beyond the reasonable level of anger for a stupid tv show.

And because i didnt do anything i wasnt disrespectful, next time i will make sure to put every single one of my posts in spoiler tags! Thats just stupidity.

Had you just said that was out of order i would have apologised, even though i did nothing, but you went off on one and made yourself look ridiculous.

dont spoil....get over it peeps

Bloody hell 244,000 viewers for Impact. I was expecting maybe 5-10,000 increase in viewers but 44,000?!!!! That's a huge increase. I can only imagine what this weeks episode will get.

I wouldn't be surprised if it breaks the 300,000 barrier, a lot of casuals and WWE fans will be tuning in as well, given the huge nature of the show.

I think that Impact haven't hit their base audience yet. People are still unaware of there existence.

Bizarre that a small company with limited budget would be spending money putting billboards up in Stamford, Connecticut. What is the point? Anyway here is the TNA billboard outside the WWE building: http://www.tnastars.com/2011/05/16/t...-j-r-comments/

(I realize it was seen to have worked when McDonalds did it to Starbucks, but this just makes TNA look small).

Don't see the problem at all?

1) Connecticut is a big wrestling city
2) TNA are advertising their rebrand as widely as possible
3) Stunts like this have been around for well over a decade. Remember when DX would try to invade WCW?

Like the article itself says, it's not as if putting up a Billboard is a massive bank breaker.

going to be tuning in to impact tonight for the 1st time in around year can i expect to be entertained?

Exactly. Good old JR posted on his blog saying it was a waste a time of TNA paying for a billboard in Stamford. Does WWE own that area? Should WWE not be allowed to hold shows in Orlando?

'JR' is just a WWE slave. He'll never be critical against them or praise a rival company to Vince McMahon's. He is so desperate to be in Vince's good books that he'll put himself in the most degrading storylines or most difficult or pointless roles.

I've read the spoilers and, from what I can gather, the amount of wrestling on tonight's show is minimal, but there are a number of massive storylines reveals. So really how much enjoyment you get out of it will depend on how much you've invested in the storylines...although given the nature of the reveals, I can guarantee that they're spectacular, so even casual fans will hopefully be shocked!

Stamford, CT is a pretty small city - less than 150,000 people who are fairly affluent. The only real reason to advertise there would be to promote the brand to corporations. Or a publicity stunt for the IWC who already watch and criticize Impact.

To promote the TV show effectively TNA would do better putting billboards up in the downtown areas of NYC, LA, Chicago and Houston. Especially target the southern/midwest people.

i caught 2 minutes of it tonight (taped the rest) and saw the big reveal of matt hardy's partner.

and man does he look rough

Great show tonight purely for the reveals, although I think last week's was actually a better show all told.

I'm really excited to see where they go with this rebrand. "Wrestling matters here"...hopefully this means quality matches every week, instead of leaving them to the PPVs. I remember the good 'ole days of the Attitude era when you'd tune into RAW and Smackdown not just for the storylines, but also the occasional fantastic match they would produce. That's the territory I'm hoping this rebrand takes TNA into, genuinely exciting, unpredictable television.

Also, gotta say, for the first time in my life, I found Chyna attractive Looks like she's really shaped up, she reminded me of Amy Lee from Evanescence, but with bigger boobs!

Jeff Jarrett is fantastic, one of the best things about TNA right now, he plays the cowardly heel as good as anyone, almost as good as Triple H circa 2000.

I can't be the only one who says that more Eric Young = more ratings. The guy is comedy gold, was genuinely funny when he ran off with Gunner's TV title!

Caught a bit of this last night, was Eric Young the guy that put himself out of the battle royal

Yes he did. Eric had a massive head injury ages ago and now is this great character that isn' t always sure what he is doing. Ie taging partners in singles matches. So he thought that he had actually won the tv title. Hope he does.

First time I've watched Impact in around 3-4 months last night. I knew the reveals, but I was still surprised to see a genuinely entertaining show. The Battle Royal was one of the best I've seen in years, even though I groaned when Anderson won, as I have never been a fan of his.

Also, whats the view on Crimson around here? I've read a lot about him but last night was the first time I'd seen him in action. I think he's got a fantastic look to him, with a monster physique but not overly so, like the Rob Terrys and Mason Ryans of the world. Seems competant in the ring as well, and working the 'Can his streak go on as long as Joe's?' angle is a good one, will be interesting to see how it plays out, especially if him and Joe feud.

So yes, I will be watching the PPV and tuning into Impact next week. If they can build on this weeks show, TNA will have gained a viewer.

anyone who says it was a bad idea are just following what good ol JR said

why do wreslting fans follow SO much? noone has any faith in their own opinion.

also surprised with the high uk ratings considering it airs 4 days after US transmisssion

I think it illustrates one key thing - that there are a lot of casuals tuning into it.

Good to hear people speaking positively about it last night, even on my Facebook people I never knew who watched wrestling were tuning in and seemed to enjoy it. I really hope this is a new start for the company, as regardless of your own personal preference, whether it be WWE or TNA, you can't deny that the product is at it's best when there's healthy competition.

a show with not much wrestling will always do well, because its entertaining

only smarks tune in to see in ring wrasslin lol

So much for the so called wrestling orientated product

Actually if you pay attention

You really are so condescending its unbelieveable!

Is Mr Anderson purposefully the most annoying man on the planet?

And also, it saddens me that Samoa Joe is a mid card wrestler.