TNA News TNA President Dixie Carter comments on whether TNA Impact will change nights, and says she wants WWE to get good television ratings By Jason Powell Jun 30, 2009 - 09:54 AM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Dixie Carter is featured in an interview on the TNA website in which she discusses the company's seventh anniversary. She was asked about TNA Impact ratings improving while WWE ratings have generally declined in recent months. "We actually don’t want that to happen,” Carter said. “We want everyone’s ratings to go up. In order to succeed, we don’t think we have to take ratings away from anyone else. As a wrestling industry, we all have to grow the fan-base worldwide. “We can’t just say we’re going to beat Raw (in the ratings). Right now, that’s unrealistic. We had to start with a more obtainable goal to beat the ratings of our competitor’s third-rated show, ECW – and we’ve done that. I have heard people say, ‘It’s not a big deal to beat their lowest rated show,’ but I disagree. It’s a huge success for TNA, which five years ago had just 300,000 viewers in a Friday afternoon timeslot on Fox Sports. So now we’re setting our sights on their second-rated show, Smackdown – and that gap has closed significantly over the past six months.” Carter was also asked about the possibility of TNA Impact changing nights. "Nothing is set in stone, but no move is being planned right now," she said. "Our goal has always been to be competitive and go head-to-head against one of our competitor’s programs. So we hope that might happen sometime in the future.” To read the full interview, visit TNAwrestling.com. Powell's POV: The competitor's program is WWE Raw. Jeff Jarrett has been a big advocate of attempting to recreate the Monday Night War by running on Monday nights opposite WWE. It might sound crazy given the ratings difference between Raw and Smackdown, but the hope for TNA would be that people sample their show during the Raw commercial breaks and like what they see enough to stick around. If nothing else, I wish Spike TV would give TNA an opportunity to run a live special on a Monday night. I'd be curious to see what TNA could do if they started a two-hour show one hour before Raw went on the air. Dixie commented on a number of topics during the interview, including specific wresters and the TNA talent roster. HELP SUPPORT DOT NET! BECOME A MEMBER AT OUR CHARTER RATE OF JUST $5 A MONTH - GET THE FIRST LOOK AT EXCLUSIVE INSIDER DOT NET NEWS, TONS OF EXCLUSIVE AUDIO SHOWS, MESSAGE BOARD ACCESS, START YOUR OWN BLOG, AD-FREE MAIN LISTING: SIGN ME UP (or MORE INFO) GOT AN IPHONE OR IPOD TOUCH? THEN BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR NEW FREE iPhone APP: (click here!) (or SEARCH "pro wrestling" in iTunes App Store) FOR MORE BREAKING WWE & TNA NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE PWTORCH.COM (click here!) FOR MORE MMA & UFC NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE MMATORCH.COM (click here!) CLICK TO RETURN TO DOT NET MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY TNA News Latest Twelve Articles TNA Impact rating: Did the buzz regarding Hulk Hogan signing carry over to the second show since he signed with the company? TNA Turning Point PPV lineup: Seven matches advertised for next weekend's pay-per-view headlined by a three-way for the TNA Title 11/5 TNA Impact preview: More info on Hulk Hogan joining the company, three matches advertised Rob Van Dam comments on whether he's close to signing with TNA due to the arrival of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff TNA News: Dixie Carter shows signs of giving into an online campaign to get a wrestler back in the company TNA News: Dixie Carter comments on a conversation she had with Hulk Hogan