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Post by A-Rob on Sept 30, 2015 1:04:18 GMT -5
One step closer until Vince returns to TV.
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Mr Wrestling Jr.
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Post by Mr Wrestling Jr. on Sept 30, 2015 4:01:12 GMT -5
I didn't even watch the main event because the entire show had been such a pile of s#!t nothing could keep me watching.
Also, does RAW really need to be three hours? Why can't USA Network take the third hour from RAW and give it to Main Event? USA would have RAW, Main Event and SmackDown next year. And two hour RAWs again!
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Post by Himmy! on Sept 30, 2015 4:25:27 GMT -5
They need to drop the third hour. It's too long. Obviously the booking is poor too but I really think the amount of weekly content is a problem.
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Post by RV F'N D on Sept 30, 2015 7:31:43 GMT -5
The audience has been basically dropping off or remaining stagnant for a majority of this entire Cena era. There is almost nothing they have been doing that will draw in new fans, and they are barely keeping those of us who already watch now awake on a Monday night.
Desperation is the only thing that will punch Vince in the face enough to make any real changes, so I hope things really take a plunge for a while. Triple H fully taking over can't come soon enough.
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Post by cmiller79 on Sept 30, 2015 7:49:31 GMT -5
After the sh*tty raw we got last Monday night what did they expect?
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Post by J12 on Sept 30, 2015 9:52:02 GMT -5
Doesn't most of the majority just DVR shows now anyhow?? If so, wouldn't that make ratings go less and less because people aren't watching it when it airs live, but are watching it later on that night or the following day. It's a little bit more complicated than that. DVR ratings don't come in until later, and they matter, yes, but it doesn't lesson the dire situation they've put themselves in. The percentage isn't also as high as you'd think. The problem is, when WWE negotiated their deal last year (or was it two years now? I forget..), their biggest selling point was that they, like football, were among the only "DVR-proof" shows on television. They believed that they were putting out a product that people were not willing to miss live. That was their biggest bargaining chip when negotiating rights fees and sponsorships, and it's now basically gone out the window. Not to mention, if the DVR viewership shows an uptick, it sends a clear message to future advertising partners that WWE isn't at all what they claim they are. Advertising on Monday Night Raw is futile and pointless if a large chunk of the audience is time-shifting. In either scenario, things are really bad. As far as the Nielson rating argument, it's pointless here. Yes, it's an incredibly small sample size. No, it can't paint a truly realistic picture of watching habits, but it's all we have. It's not like it's just WWE being measured on the Nielson scale, it's everything. Everyone is on level playing field, and WWE is coming up terribly short. Whether accurate or not, the Nielson rating system is the first thing that investors, advertisers, and networks point to, and that goes for everything on television. ' The question now remains, where is the floor? We thought it was 2.7, then 2.5, then 2.4. How low can they go? And at what point does Vince realize that serious, wholesale changes need to happen from the ground up? |
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Post by Darkhawk on Sept 30, 2015 20:05:50 GMT -5
It's probably cuz I didn't watch Raw this week, glad I didn't.
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