TNA: Will the Ratings Boost Carry Over to This Week's Show?

TNA saw a jump in their ratings during Monday's special three hour broadcast live from the Impact Zone. Having a ton of surprise appearances certainly helped, but will last week spur an audience increase on this week's show?

Jeff Hardy was a huge ratings grabber for TNA, as well as Hogan's speech, and the little NWO Reunion. Some might say these were fluke ratings due to the special appearances and time slot, but others may say we are seeing TNA become bigger.

I wonder what TNA has planned for this week’s show? Will we see RVD's rumored TNA debut, will Jeff Hardy surprise everyone and win the World Title in a surprise match, will AJ Styles turn "heel" for the first time in two years? Who knows?

TNA has been enjoying the press and attention their head-to-head battle garnered them, but will it be enough to sustain growth, or will they drop back to below the 1.0 rating?

My hope is that TNA begins to grow larger from here. We have seen some match of the year candidates from TNA quite a bit in the past few years and it is no secret that many wrestlers want to come to TNA right now.

Some WWE names have been mentioned as wanting to go to TNA, while other Indy guys have been getting tryouts to come to the second largest wrestling company in the states.

If Hogan and Bischoff deliver on their promises of pushing the younger talent and we see significant changes in the format of the show, then I think TNA could become a whole new creature.

TNA has a unique opportunity to change wrestling as we know it with their recent exposure. People who have either never watch or stopped altogether are now checking out what the wrestling world has to offer.

This is no longer strictly the land of the giants it once was in the 80s and 90s, guys like Michaels, Jericho, Hardy, Styles, and Daniels have proven that size does not matter when it comes to wrestling success, it’s mainly about fan connection and charisma.

If TNA moves to Mondays and starts a second weekly live show then they could really grow quickly. 

The other side to this is we could see TNA fail quickly. They have been spending big bucks on new talent and major guests, so if they don't grow they could be digging their own grave. Each check Dixie writes will either be a coffin nail or a step in the right direction.

Time will tell. Do you think TNA will continue to grow or fade away?