TNA Impact Wrestling quarter-hour ratings: A full breakdown of how the various segments performed on TNA's highest rated Thursday night television show

By Jason Powell

The following are the quarter-hour ratings for the October 20 TNA Impact Wrestling television show.

Q1: 1.38 rating - Sting promo, Sting calls out Hulk Hogan, Dixie Carter walks to the ring before the commercial break

Q2: 1.38 rating - Sting and Dixie Carter in the ring, Kurt Angle and Beer Money segment

Q3: 1.32 rating - Sting books the main event, Storm steps up and takes the title shot when Roode contractually could not, Eric Bischoff and Immortal confront Hulk Hogan backstage, two commercial breaks

Q4: 1.42 rating - Brooke Tessmacher and Tara vs. Angelina Love and Winter, Jeff and Karen Jarrett call out Jeff Hardy

Q5: 1.38 rating - Jarrett and Hardy pull apart, Angle promo backstage, Hogan and Sting video package, Eric Young announces to Robbie E and Rob Terry that he's bringing in a guy from Jersey Shore, Gunner calls out Abyss

Q6: 1.30 rating - Abyss vs. Gunner, Velvet Sky backstage, Gunner backstage, Velvet video package, Velvet, Karen Jarrett, and Traci Brooks in-ring segment

Q7: 1.34 rating - Knockouts continuation, Immortal and Hulk Hogan segment with Sting and Garrett Bischoff

Q8: 1.29 rating - Beer Money backstage, James Storm beats Kurt Angle for the TNA Title

Overrun (no rating provided): Fortune out to celebrate with Storm to close the show

Powell's POV: Great numbers by Impact Wrestling spoilers across the board. It is disappointing that the TNA Title change drew the lowest rating of the night. That said, on a typical night for TNA, that would be considered a good quarter-hour rating. Still, it will be interesting to track how the Beer Money duo perform in the ratings in the weeks ahead now that they're being spotlighted. It's definitely encouraging to see the ratings and viewership increase, and both TNA and Spike TV have to be thrilled with these numbers.