TNA Impact moves to Monday nights starting March 8th. Am I the only one who doesn't understand? Even before all the Hogan hoopla, ratings growth was strong and steady on Thursdays. Yes, I understand. Monday is traditionally wrestling night. Here's my question. Why tinker with a formula that's working well? Hogan and others are proving to draw. Why move to a night dominated by the competition and splinter the audience? If Impact were pulling in a 2.0 or higher, and could weather a bit of a ratings dip, I'd be all for the move. I honestly don't think the company is stable enough to go head to head yet. If TNA and Spike absolutely insist on walking this road, why not go 8-10? That way, there entire first hour is unopposed, and can be used to build interest in the remaining portion of the program. I see nothing but negative coming from direct competition.Sure, there was quite a long stretch of time where WCW overtook WWE in The Monday Night War. Look how that eventually turned out. With most of the people responsible for the demise of WCW running around backstage at TNA with their chests puffed out, it seems as though destiny is doomed to repeat itself. Who knows, maybe we'll all be pleasantly surprised. Maybe both companies will benefit. Maybe wrestling will see another boom in popularity. I'm just very skeptical.
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One of your best TNA post thus far, I totally agree on all points and frankly I'm scared for TNA at this point. I think Stupidity breeds Contempt comes to mind when I think of the administrators. I'm sure there are millions of WCW fan's who are crying at this because they knew the demise of WCW began with striking similarities. Hopefully TNA will at least stick to Thursday nites because we know they're not going to cut the snakes head off by competing directly with the 600lb gorilla
Till next week
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