Ratings for WWE Tribute to the Troops, Impact Best of 2018 part one


Tribute to the Troops 2018 averaged 1,127,000 viewers on the USA Network on Thursday night.
That number is down from last year’s Tribute to the Troops, which averaged 1,401,000 viewers. Tribute to the Troops 2018 drew a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demo, down from last year’s 0.42. This year’s event aired from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time, while Tribute to the Troops 2017 aired from 8-10 p.m.
AJ Styles & Seth Rollins defeating Daniel Bryan & Dean Ambrose, Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair defeating Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose, Elias & Finn Balor defeating Bobby Lashley & Drew McIntyre, and Ronda Rousey & Natalya defeating Sarah Logan & Liv Morgan and Nia Jax & Tamina in a triple threat tag match were the matches for this year’s Tribute to the Troops. The broadcast also featured an appearance by Jon Stewart and performances by country singer Morgan Wallen.
Part one of Impact’s “Best of 2018” episodes aired last night. The episode averaged 116,000 total viewers on Pop TV and drew a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down from the 140,000 viewers and 0.05 rating for last week’s new episode, which were Impact’s best numbers since changing to its later time slot.
Impact has now drawn 98,000, 105,000, 129,000, 101,000, 124,000, 122,000, 116,000, 140,000, and 116,000 viewers in the weeks since changing time slots.
Part two of Impact’s Best of 2018 will air next week, then the go-home show for their Homecoming pay-per-view will air on January 3. Impact will debut on the Pursuit Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern on Friday, January 11.