TNA Talent Meeting To Air On iMPACT!, Hogan Dissapoints, More

You can view Spike TV's commercial pushing tonight's episode of iMPACT! at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoWegW5f7wQ

In a first, tonight's edition of iMPACT! will air footage of a talent meeting TNA president Dixie Carter held prior to the show. Regarding this, she posted the following note on her Twitter account: "Met with talent before show. Preparing the troops for battle. 1st talent mtg w/cameras allowed. Look for footage at start of show tonight."

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Last week's episode of TNA iMPACT! scored a 1.3 cable rating, with an average audience of 1.7 million viewers. iMPACT! was ranked second in the Males 18-49 demographic among basic cable networks, with a 1.10 in that particular demo ? the program's highest figure since April of this year. Despite the heavy hype, footage of Hulk Hogan's press conference announcing he was joining TNA was the lowest rated segment of the show. Nonetheless, the show garnered it's largest average audience since July. Here is a complete breakdown of the quarter-hour ratings:

Q1: 1.21 – Desmond Wolfe/Angle promo; AJ Styles/Samoa Joe promo
Q2: 1.27 – Tara vs. Alyssa Flash; Team 3D promo
Q3: 1.26 – Motor City Machine Guns vs. Team 3D; Scott Steiner promo; Bobby Lashley vs. Eric Young
Q4: 1.30 – Bobby Lashley vs. Eric Young; Scott Steiner run-in; Kevin Nash promo; AJ Styles/Daniels promo
Q5: 1.24 – The Beautiful People vs. Christy Hemme, ODB and Hamada
Q6: 1.19 – Abyss vs. Dr Stevie; Matt Morgan vs. Rhino
Q7: 1.24 – Samoa Joe/Daniels promo; Homicide attacks Don West; Kurt Angle promo
Q8: 1.18 – Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe; Hulk Hogan press conference