TNA Impact Wrestling TV Viewership: A decline despite big hype for Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy in the Full Metal Mayhem match

Thursday's TNA Impact Wrestling television show drew 1.17 million viewers, down from the 1.425 million viewers who tuned in last week, according to Zap2It.com.

Powell's POV: TNA did a good job of hyping the Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy main event over the last two weeks, but they were not rewarded. At this point, there's nothing that suggests that going live every other week and taking the show on the road is paying off. That said, the overall product looks so much better and the wrestlers come across like bigger stars than they ever did in the studio. We hope to have the full rating later today.