A Look at Decreasing TNA Ratings Possibly Leading to The End of Impact Wrestling’s UK TV Deal

November 1, 2016

As we noted earlier today, an announcement was made that Challenge TV in the UK will be dropping TNA Impact Wrestling from their schedule starting in January 2017.

With The UK being a hot market for wrestling right now, and Kurt Angle recently praising the sovereign state as a hot bed for pro wrestling, fans might be scratching their heads as to why Impact Wrestling is being dropped by Challenge TV. Irish wrestling writer Garrett Kidney, who tracks TNA’s UK viewership, Tweeted out the following after today’s announcement.

It’s interesting to note in the figures below that Impact Wrestling failed to rank in Challenge TV’s most watched shows in recent months, with the Challenge TV lineup consisting of mainly game show reruns:

TNA’s numbers in the UK fell apart in May and showed little sign of recovering. pic.twitter.com/hcLPkY51AM

— Garrett Kidney (@garrettkidney) November 1, 2016

For contrast, here’s TNA’s ratings for the first four years on Challenge. pic.twitter.com/WUf0ADUxuo

— Garrett Kidney (@garrettkidney) November 1, 2016

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.