On forums across the net, I hear predictions about the potential of TNA losing ground to NFL games as far as ratings are concerned. What strikes me as interesting is that on a night that pitted Impact against the very first NFL game in the season, there was precious little change in viewership. If there is a link between NFL and the viewing of Impact or Monday Night RAW, it SHOULD be fairly easy to predict which weeks in the schedule would pose a sizable change.
In any case, historically, RAW has rarely been faced with significant dips due to NFL play Monday nights, at least not in the time span I spent most of my time viewing (2002-2009). More recent years may show something different, but those numbers would likely be attributed to the quality of the show, which despite what some fans believe, has become a shadow of its former "Attitude Era" self. That, however, isn't what this column is all about.
