TNA Impact Wrestling Quarter Hour Ratings For May 3 2012
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Q1: Impact opened with a 0.97 rating for the show-opening confrontation between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan following a video package. There was one commercial that followed Flair-Hogan.
The quarter-hour rating was well-below the standard average, but showed improvement compared to the previous three shows, which went 0.83, 0.87, and 0.88 in Q1. (Overall, down 17.6% vs. 2011-Q1 average)

Q2: Impact increased slightly to a first-hour-high 1.00 rating for the Knockouts tag match of Velvet Sky & Tessmacher vs. Gail Kim & Madison Rayne. There was also one commercial, followed by the beginning of RVD's in-ring promo. (down 13.5% vs. 2011-Q2 average)

Q3: Impact dipped back to the Q1 rating - 0.97 - for a confrontation between Van Dam and Bobby Roode, Devon vs. Robbie E., and one-and-a-half commercial breaks. (down 16.8% vs. 2011-Q3 average)

Q4: Impact dipped slightly to a 0.95 rating for a Gut Check backstage segment evaluating the show within the show, a Hogan backstage segment, and one-and-a-half commercial breaks. (down 15.5% vs. 2011-Q4 average)

Q5: Impact increased slightly to a show-high 1.03 rating for a five-minute Jeff Hardy vs. RVD match that could have meant more if promoted in-advance. There was also a standard commercial break and backstage segments following RVD-Hardy.
During this four-week swoon, Q5 has scored 1.11, 1.14, 1.10, and now 1.03. (Overall, down 16.4% vs. 2011-Q5 average)

Q6: Impact dipped slightly to a 0.98 rating for Austin Aries's and Bully Ray's latest confrontation, one commercial, and the first-half of Magnus & Samoa Joe & Styles vs. Angle & Kazarian & Daniels. (down 16.4% vs. 2011-Q6 average)

Q7: Impact dipped slightly to a 0.96 rating for the second-half of the six-man tag match, one commercial break, and the Gut Check in-ring segment with Ric Flair, Al Snow, Bruce Prichard, and Alex Silva. This was the lowest rating of the second hour, although it's not much since the entire hour was down. (down 15.8% vs. 2011-Q7 average)

Q8: Impact increased slightly to an even 1.00 rating for the main event of Bobby Roode vs. Mr. Anderson, plus one commercial break. It was in the middle of the Q8 pattern over the past four weeks - 1.00, 0.96, 1.02, and now 1.00. (down 15.1% vs. 2011-Q8 average)