TNA Impact rating: How did Thursday's heavily hyped show featuring Sting, Hulk Hogan, Bart Scott, and Angelina from "Jersey Shore" perform in the ratings?

Thursday's TNA Impact scored a 1.36 rating (overrun not included), which is up from the 1.26 rating the show drew last week. The show averaged 1.8 million viewers. Last week's show averaged 1.5 million viewers.

Powell's POV: TNA loaded up this show with a wedding, an NFL player, a former "Jersey Shore" cast member, the advertised return of Hulk Hogan, and the semi-surprise return of Sting. I assumed it would draw a better rating than usual even though they did face tough competition from UFC on Versus. TNA officials should be pleased by the number, but the key is whether they did enough to hook the extra viewers to keep them coming back next week and beyond.