There was something screwy happening with Nielsen ratings on Monday, TV by the numbers had something on it so I wouldn't read to heavily into it. Well I wouldn't read into ratings much ever, but this week especially.
Too bad that WWE, and Vince specifically, don't get this. At least, not
hour to hour. Quarterly (see: quarter year) trends,
maybe, but micromanaging ratings is pretty fucking stupid.
WWE/F
used to know that you should just work to put out the best, most compelling program you can--and over time you'll be rewarded with more ratings naturally. Nowadays, if someone loses viewers they immediately panic and shove him off TV ASAP. It's very short-sighted and has (predictably) caused them to bleed viewers for more than half a decade.
But maybe this is a good thing, and eventually the WWE will be
forced to sink or swim, instead of just floating there like a turd in a bowl.