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WWE Raw drops to lowest TV rating in 18 years
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of course they're going to blame the caucus
I'm pretty sure even last week's 2.93, which was full of post rumble hype and a 25 minute rock segment, was still way down from the year before.
this trend is just going to continue until there is a fundamental change in how the show is produced and written.
I'm pretty sure even last week's 2.93, which was full of post rumble hype and a 25 minute rock segment, was still way down from the year before.
this trend is just going to continue until there is a fundamental change in how the show is produced and written.
Something something Kevin Dunn.
UberTag
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There's always an excuse. That was just the one trotted out for this week's ratings failure.
Next week it'll be some nonsense about a post-Super Bowl hangover.
bean breath
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Well, these are the results they can expect for continually denying to have Daniel Bryan perform on their show.
ElectricBlanketFire
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He was hyping the triple threat main event at Fast Lane (Reigns vs. Ambrose vs. Lesnar)
Bruce Springsteen
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Did Daniel Bryan skyrocket the ratings when he was champ?
he was more of a draw than roman reigns
Please, the Iowa caucus was booked 1,000 times better than the Royal Rumble. We had all sorts of fun angles leading into that double main event and this year they even had some true heels on both sides of the isle.
Bruce Springsteen
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But didn't the ratings drop when he was champ? so it seems more of a general decline in the business than anything
Perspicacity
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Iowa is a state with a population the same size as a Raw viewing audience and almost as easy to ignore.
dream
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True, but I can't see American pro wrestling fans caring about "boring politics." There's no chanting involved, and they'd rather watch women wrestlers get slut shamed.
UberTag
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Daniel Bryan's tenure as champ was largely dominated by him getting beat up repeatedly by Kane.
Of course the ratings would tank. That was BY DESIGN. They wanted him to fail and prove that they were right and that their fans were wrong.
Bruce Springsteen
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So basically, ratings are used a gauge of the effectiveness of a wrestler when it's convenient for the argument
gotcha
While normally I'd agree with you, this year there is Trump.
No lies detected. The election is drawing some really good heat, feels reminiscent of WMX-7.
Smokey_Run
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At some point, they have to start making changes. I'm sure the excuse tossed around in the back right now is the long list of injured wrestlers, but even if they had everyone healthy, it'd still be the same old shit. I seriously don't think there will be any changes until Vince dies.
yes! that's how it's always been.
roman ain't catching any heat for these numbers. it's everyone else who's at fault.
Fucking creative is who should be taking the fall over Reigns. They've not done a compelling broadcast for more than a single straight week in close to 2 years now. I can only be arsed to watch segments of it if someone mentions that a match was good.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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WWE is what happens when a control freak like Steve Jobs gets old and irrelevant and won't let go or change a single damn thing ever.
Glorified G
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Should he take all the blame? No. But the extremely dull authority storyline and HHH's over protective booking that will give no rub or payoff down the road is a big reason. A heel that has been attacked unprovoked twice by Roman and comes back and wins the RR plus the title clean.
Perspicacity
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Are you saying you're glad Steve Jobs is dead or just that you wish Vince McMahon would die?
UberTag
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Why would they have to make any changes?
Vince loves his product.
Bonnie Hammer and USA loves his product.
The scam artists at Susan G. Komen love his product.
The WWE's shareholders love his product.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation loves his product.
Their advertisers love his product.
ESPN loves his product.
Apparently, lots of fans LOVE his product because they keep signing up for free months of the WWE Network.
So who really cares whether ratings keep dropping or if the product isn't watchable? The people that matter are happy.
Sinclair TV just bought The Tennis Channel, a network with a lot of clearance. From what I read they're turning it into a vehicle for all of their sports programming, likely including Ring of Honor.
Bruce Springsteen
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There will NEVER be another WCW level competitor for the simple reason the TV landscape can't handle more than one prominent wrestling show
there is a reason there is only one pro football, basketball, baseball.... league
Acerac
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The key is playing a game that takes up most of your attention. That way you can just glance over if/when something interesting is happening.
Ain't gonna speak to the other ones, but the reason there's only the NFL is because Congress is helping them out.
hydragonwarrior
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They need something over the top. Maybe alliance with Capcom and get Blanka in there with an electricity suit.
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Queen of Hunting
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they are nearlly at tna's all time highs haha, who thought that line would ever be said
Don't let WWE fool you. Wrestling is more entertainment than sport. There most certainly can be another huge national wrestling organization going.
Dark Ninja
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A prominent wrestling company can exist in streaming services. With regular TV dying, a wrestling show other than WWE on Netflix or Hulu would be great. Lucha Underground would fit the format really well.
And remember, Roman is over at the house shows. Mission accomplished.
Bruce Springsteen
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Lucha and all these other small companies can exist and be profitable but they will always just have a small fraction of the WWE audience, there is just too much content in 2016, that's why Vince says they have to compete with everything on TV
Ding ding ding, we have a winner.
They are so lucky they don't compete with anything other than MNF throughout the year. If there was anything else of significance on Mondays they would get wrecked even harder. Such a shit show. 3 hours of garbage.
Vince should just ask comcast for a 4th hour. Two commercial breaks during every match + more long segments of people talking on the mic without generating any significant feuds.
Vince should just ask comcast for a 4th hour. Two commercial breaks during every match + more long segments of people talking on the mic without generating any significant feuds.
PHOENIXZERO
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I miss the days when we'd get more info that at the very least gave us the quarter hour breakdowns.
Ninja Scooter
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I do wonder if wrestling has peaked. Like, is there anything that could be done to get non-wrestling fans into it the way they did during the Monday Night Wars/Attitude Era? I often wonder how much of that was a happy accident and lightning in a bottle.
One could argue they had it with Daniel Bryan, but we'll never know for sure.
I mean, what is the next "era"? There has to be one after the PG era. There just has to be.
TemplaerDude
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Raw was pretty lame last night, I would have tuned out after the first hour if I hadn't recorded it.
the vince is dead era
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