Because of a pre-emption due to the Westminster Dog Show, WWE RAW will not be airing on Monday night, February 12th. Instead, a taped episode of RAW will run later that week on Thursday night, February 15th.
SpikeTV and TNA are siezing this opportunity and going to war with WWE. TNA Wrestling has announced they will air an unopposed 2-hour special on Monday night, February 12th featuring "TNA's Best PPV Matches of 2006".
Now, the Wrestlinig Observer Newsletter reports TNA will also air a 3-hour primetime special on Thursday night, February 15th to go head-to-head with the taped off-night episode of WWE RAW.
TNA is looking to expose hundreds of thousands of WWE RAW viewers to their product on Monday night 2/12, when RAW is off the air. That momentum combined with a 3-hour primetime special 3 days later against a weakened off-night RAW is the best chance TNA's ever had to post a big number against WWE's flagship show.
This is a tremendous opportunity for TNA. Its been reported for months that TNA and SpikeTV have discussed a Monday night timeslot for iMPACT! If TNA does strong numbers for the unopposed Monday night special and their 3-hour Thursday night special against WWE RAW, a move to Monday nights might happen sooner than anybody expected.
