This partnership definitely what has been needed for the industry. Brings some new and interesting aspects. Especially for impact. Wonder what the rise in viewers has been.
Impact Wrestling ratings up for Hard to Kill go-home show
Impact Wrestling's go-home show for Hard to Kill saw an increase from last week in both overall viewership and the 18-49 demo.
Tuesday's episode of Impact averaged 161,000 viewers on AXS TV, up from the 148,000 viewers last week's show averaged. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.05. That's up from last week's 0.04 rating.
In the 18-49 demo, this week's Impact ranked 126th for the night on cable.
The show featured Impact World Champion Rich Swann facing Karl Anderson in a non-title match. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega also appeared ahead of teaming with Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Anderson & Doc Gallows) against Swann & The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) in the main event of Saturday's Hard to Kill pay-per-view.
Here's a look at Impact ratings on AXS TV since Omega's first appearance on December 8:
- December 8 -- 221,000 viewers (0.08 rating in 18-49)
- December 15 -- 177,000 viewers (0.04 rating in 18-49)
- December 22 (Best of 2020 part one) -- 133,000 viewers (0.03 rating in 18-49)
- December 29 (Best of 2020 part two) -- 103,000 viewers (0.01 rating in 18-49)
- January 5 -- 148,000 viewers (0.04 rating in 18-49)
- January 12 -- 161,000 viewers (0.05 rating in 18-49)