TNA Impact Wrestling TV rating: Final numbers for the September 5 edition

Thursday's TNA Impact Wrestling television show drew a 0.98 rating, down a tick from the 0.99 rating the show drew last week. Impact averaged 1.310 million viewers, up from the 1.243 million average from last Thursday.

Powell's POV The NFL opened the 2012 season on a Wednesday night last year. In 2011, TNA drew a 1.02 rating with 1.4 million viewers when they went head-to-head with the first NFL game.