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Impact Wrestling viewership up one percent this week

Ratings for Thursday’s episode of Impact were about even with last week’s numbers.

The show averaged 212,000 viewers on Pop TV, up just under one percent from last Thursday. At 248,000, 168,000, 210,000, and 212,000 viewers, the last four episodes have been the four lowest audiences for Impact in 2018. All four went up against preseason football.

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The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.05, down from last week’s 0.06.

Sami Callihan defeating Pentagon Jr. in a Mexican Death Match was this week’s main event. The show also followed up on the LAX vs. OGz street fight with an angle where the OGz were trying to run over a group of people that LAX and Konnan were in and hit a child with their car.

For a year-over-year comparison, the August 24, 2017 episode of Impact drew 296,000 viewers.

Here’s a look at the last 10 weeks of Impact viewership:

June 21 — 262,000
June 28 — 254,000
July 5 — 304,000
July 12 — 284,000
July 19 –275,000 (Slammiversary XVI go-home show)
July 26 — 299,000
August 2 — 248,000
August 9 — 168,000
August 16 — 210,000
August 23 — 212,000