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WWE Raw drops to lowest TV rating in 18 years
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The Silver
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"Goddamnit you all keep complaining about the ratings and saying Roman can't get over? I'll show you all how it's done"
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Vince does it again.
You can't deny that Vinnie Mac bump. I think it had actually waned a while back from overuse but they've held off long enough now and his presence was actually impactful this time.
Plus I think people are generally more interested in seeing him be a turd and/or show his ass.
Plus I think people are generally more interested in seeing him be a turd and/or show his ass.
Sir_Crocodile
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Yeah I'll be willing to tune back in if that happens.
MidnightMania
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The Extreme Rules match was awesome. Just an all out war where the camera guys don't even know what to focus on. Combine that with Vince and a title change, it is so good.
UberTag
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The talent was pretty much unchanged between the ratings crash and the ratings spike. The fundamental difference was in how they were booked and Creative.
Clearly actually making the effort to make your tired 3-hour weekly show mean SOMETHING goes a long way towards rallying viewer interest. And, the thing is, this was still largely booked around a central angle. That garbage Extreme Rules match was a delight but it didn't exactly advance any storylines, develop any feuds or get anyone over. This was a one-feud show... pretty much Roman's Redemption RAW... and it worked. Of course, if they put this amount of effort and attention to detail into their entire roster, they wouldn't need to hot shot an angle like this and would have an invested audience instead of a disenchanted one.
I hope they took notice of what the people want and next week bring back Sabu, the Sandman, and RVD.
Professor Beef
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NoRéN;189406724 said:
Roman Ratings
ElectricBlanketFire
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UberTag
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We are all Roman Reigns.
Liquidsnake
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Lol. Lats night was a top 10 worst RAW's I have ever seen.
ElectricBlanketFire
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"Ratings couldn't be here tonight..."
Uno Venova
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Sounds like this ratings slump isn't permanent enough for them to make any changes, Cena and no Football will probably be enough for them to keep things below mediocre quality.
How could you expect anything else from a Xmas Raw? Even back when Raws were good, Xmas shows were bad. If I was forced to sit in front of a TV last night, USA would have been the absolute last channel I turned on.
I still don't know how they're getting numbers that high.
Christmas Raw is next week, this was Slammy Raw.
Intheflorsh
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Raw was the worst thing I've ever seen Coca Cola sponsor outside of the assassination of union leaders.
Bring back Ho Ho Hogan.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I missed this week's RAW figuring they might have used everything they had in their pocket on last week's show. Looks like I made a good decision.
I guess putting strong effort into your 3 hour show two week's in a row would be far too disruptive to the shit parade Vince/Steph & Co. are so deeply invested in. Doing things outside your comfort zone is hard.
I guess putting strong effort into your 3 hour show two week's in a row would be far too disruptive to the shit parade Vince/Steph & Co. are so deeply invested in. Doing things outside your comfort zone is hard.
Keyser Soze
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They have had title matches every now and then. but the last change was April 8 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKqtFqpRLEk
Vince: THE RATINGS THE SAME DAMMIT!
Staff: But Vince, the viewership is still going down.....
Vince: SHUT UP! THE RATINGS ARE STILL THE SAME, WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1owcncKCHg
Roman ain't losing man. Not for like another 5 years now. If Vince himself had to put him over then its staying that way for a long long time.
Brock will probably enter the Rumble and get eliminated by Undertaker so they can feud again for several months.
Roman's next year of feuds will consist of HHH, Rollins and league of rejects. Probably Cena as well.
Tom Nook
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Yup, the staff member is probably looking for a new job.
I remember that one, but that's for the world title. I meant specifically the WWE title, since that is the highest regarded title (unless it is a Smackdown exclusive title or HHH isn't holding it).
Sir_Crocodile
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Cena over Mysterio after Punk left with the title in '11.
Thanks. Damn they couldn't even let Mysterio make a claim for a rematch? Wasted opportunity there.
A WWE Title Match happens all the time
I mean before this one they literally had the same match about 3 weeks ago but that was during the 2nd hour and ended in a DQ
IMO, the way they should go is have Brock enter at #1 and absolutely destroy everyone else. It's never been done before and it gives Brock that unstoppable image he had before the Taker feud.
People have won from the #1 spot before
He means destroy people from 2-30, just like one would do when they play a WWE video game.
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