TNA Impact Wrestling Quarter Hour Ratings For January 5 2011

Q1: Impact opened with a 1.23 rating for a show-opening exchange involving Sting, Robert Roode & Bully Ray & Kurt Angle, and Jeff Hardy & Abyss & James Storm. (up 4.4% vs. 2011-Q1 average)

Q2: Impact dropped to a first-hour low 1.09 rating. The segment included two commercial breaks and the first-half of a Knockouts Tag Title match, with the commercials dragging down the rating. (down 5.7% vs. 2011-Q2 average)

Q3: Impact rebounded to a near-show-high 1.22 rating for the second-half of the KO Tag Title match, backstage segments, and half of a commercial break. (up 4.6% vs. 2011-Q3 average)

Q4: Impact began a steady decline with a 1.16 rating for the first-half of RVD vs. Gunner and one-and-a-half commercial breaks. (up 3.1% vs. 2011-Q4 average)

Q5: In a rare occurrence from Q4 to Q5, Impact declined to a 1.12 rating for RVD-Gunner part 2, backstage promos for the main event, the first-half of an X Division tag match, and one commercial break. This was the first Q4 to Q5 decline since October 20. (down 9.1% vs. 2011-Q5 average)

Q6: Impact declined to a 1.03 rating for a segment with the second-half of the X Division tag, one commercial, and the first-half of the Wild Card tag tournament finals. (down 11.2% vs. 2011-Q6 average)

Q7: Impact declined to a show-low 0.99 rating for the tag match part 2 and one commercial break. (down 13.1% vs. 2011-Q7 average)

Q8: Impact rebounded to a 1.05 rating for the main event six-man tag match and one commercial break. (down 10.8% vs. 2011-Q8 average)