A Look at the Real Effect NXT Arrival Had on Impact Wrestling, Original Plans for NXT Airing on Network/Hulu

March 6, 2014

According to the Wrestling Observer, while last week's Impact Westling show, which went head-to-head with hour two of NXT Arrival, drew a 0.95 cable rating, the NXT Arrival special might not have been entirely responsible for the low Impact rating.

Impact last week had its usually strong lead-in from Cops, but the show saw a dramatic drop in viewers at 10:15pm EST, and by that time NXT Arrival was already over. One would figure that if people who regularly watch TNA chose to watch NXT that night, then they would switch back to Impact during hour two, but there was no ratings data to support that theory.

In related NXT news, we reported earlier today that tonight's edition of NXT TV was available to watch on Hulu during the afternoon, prior to the airing at 9pm tonight.

The original plan for NXT was to have the show air on the WWE Network on Thursday night, then have the show available on Hulu on Friday. So it's possible after this week WWE will be using that format for NXT.

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.