Remember, WCW Monday Nitro didn't start off a ratings winner; in face, early WCW was much like present day TNA: originally relying on the NWA title and running shows in a studio in Orlando. Nitro's first episode was at "Mall of America," if I recall correctly (I don't feel like looking it up), and the show itself as well as the wrestling boom didn't take place UNTIL Hogan joined the NWO.
TNA has everything to gain and nothing to lose, where at the worse, it'll just move back to Thursdays. On Monday nights, there are generally 5 million or so people watching wrestling, and if TNA can eat into just some of that by delivering on guys like Pope, Ken Anderson, Somoa Joe, AJ Styles, and their EXCELLENT Women's division, they will succeed.
In fact, I love Hamada and Awesome Kong as much as I love Pope. I hate that they suspended Kong and fired her best friend, Alyssa Flash/Melissa Anderson. Melissa is one of the best today, IMO.