UPDATE: TNA announced on Thursday that Impact Wrestling would move from Tuesday night to Thursday night on Pop TV starting on July 21st with a new timeslot at 8/7c. TNA issued the following:
IMPACT WRESTLING on Pop MOVES TO ITS NEW REGULAR TIME SLOT on Thursday nights at 8/7c starting July 21 with a supersize extended episode. The adrenaline-pumping action-packed IMPACT WRESTLING serves as the kick-off to the Bound For Glory Playoff, where 8 IMPACT Stars, including former World Champions Drew Galloway, Matt Hardy, EC3 and other top stars compete to become the #1 Contender for the World Title.
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ORIGINAL: It looks like Smackdown’s move to Tuesday night on 7/19 might have an effect on TNA. There is serious talk within TNA about moving Impact Wrestling to Thursdays. Dave Meltzer reported this news on this morning’s Wrestling Observer Radio.
The concern is that Smackdown would take away from Impact’s viewership. It might not be such a bad idea for TNA so stay on Tuesday night’s for a few weeks as an experiment to see if some of the Smackdown audience tunes in for the second hour of Impact. Smackdown will air between 8 to 10pm so only the second hour would have gone opposite of Impact.
Meltzer noted that nothing is official but the feeling is that the move to Thursday is considered probable.
