TNA Impact ratings quarter-hour breakdown: Familiar names in the highest rated segment, show ends on a positive note

By Rich Twilling

The following is a quarter-hour ratings breakdown of Thursday's TNA Impact.

Q1: 1.07 - Dixie Carter promo, suspends Ric Flair, Fortune lays out Serg Salinas, Hulk Hogan reinstates Flair, sets up main event of Angle, Pope, Anderson, and Hardy vs. Styles, Morgan, Kazarian, and Williams.

Q2: 0.95 - EV2.0 attacks Fortune, Kurt Angle backstage promo, Samoa Joe vs. Orlando Jordan, Jeff Jarrett approaches Joe.

Q3: 1.04 - Jarrett propositions Joe, Jarrett vs. Kevin Nash, Sting interferes, Sting calls out Hogan and Bischoff appears, Hogan hits Sting with chair.

Q4: 1.04 - Hogan asks Dreamer to stay away from Fortune but to take out Abyss, Beer Money vs. The FBI, Stevie Richards vows to take out Abyss, the Beautiful People make their entrance.

Q5: 1.15 - TBP segment with Madison Rayne, the Machine Guns promo, and the beginning of the Guns vs. Generation Me.

Q6: 1.09 - Guns vs. G-Me, Flair promo, Sting threatens Flair, Stevie brawls with Abyss.

Q7: 1.08 - End of Stevie and Abyss brawl, Rhino lays out Abyss, Styles promo, entrances for the main event.

Q8: 1.11 - Main event, EV2.0 and Fortune brawl to end the show.

Twill's Two Cents: No surprise to see The Beautiful People reuniting as the top rated segment of the show. TNA should be very pleased with their strong second hour and the show ending on an upward swing.