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Post by -Lithium- on Oct 11, 2006 7:38:30 GMT -5
Wrestling is more popular today then it was in the down period in the 90s was right? I mean look at the average rating for RAW in like 93-95. Usually a 2.2 or something. Now its up to around 4.
I guess the point is, maybe IF there is another boom period, even if it doesnt gain as many fans as the Attitude Era did...maybe wrestling will still be as big as it was since there are alot more regular fans now then there were then...
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Oct 11, 2006 7:43:02 GMT -5
Its more popular now than, say, 1993-1995, but I dont think it'll come close to touching 1998's numbers any time soon.
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Post by -Lithium- on Oct 11, 2006 7:48:34 GMT -5
Pretty sure you mean 1999 (well if your talking about just WWF), but maybe...
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Oct 11, 2006 7:54:52 GMT -5
I remember when below 5.5 was considered a weak weak weak rating.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Oct 11, 2006 7:55:29 GMT -5
1998 was hotter overall with WWE AND WCW. WCW from 99 on was a joke. WWE may've had higher individual ratings in 1999 though.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Oct 11, 2006 8:58:40 GMT -5
I actually don't think sub 5.5 was ever considered disasterously weak.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Oct 11, 2006 9:00:21 GMT -5
I actually don't think sub 5.5 was ever considered disasterously weak. Nah people just got spoiled by the isolated incident that was the 8.something "This is your Life Rock" segment. |
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Post by Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture on Oct 11, 2006 9:14:37 GMT -5
I actually don't think sub 5.5 was ever considered disasterously weak. Nah people just got spoiled by the isolated incident that was the 8.something "This is your Life Rock" segment. The look on Rock's face was priceless when mankind put that together. I forget, did he bring back Yurple the Clown for that segment as well? |
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Oct 11, 2006 9:18:20 GMT -5
Nah people just got spoiled by the isolated incident that was the 8.something "This is your Life Rock" segment. The look on Rock's face was priceless when mankind put that together. I forget, did he bring back Yurple the Clown for that segment as well? Yes, he did. |
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Post by therob on Oct 11, 2006 9:21:42 GMT -5
I have actually noticed alot more wrestling fans latley. one day I went to the mall saw 3 kids with cena shirts 2 with rey shirts and 1 with a RKO shirt. all in the same day.
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Post by willywonka666 on Oct 11, 2006 9:40:32 GMT -5
what bothers me is the product is just a lil above average, if that, it's just passable, and fans seem to be satisfied with it. of course comparing it to 1997 is like comparing apples to oranges
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Post by s2k on Oct 11, 2006 10:09:33 GMT -5
Wrestling is more popular today then it was in the down period in the 90s was right? I mean look at the average rating for RAW in like 93-95. Usually a 2.2 or something. Now its up to around 4. I guess the point is, maybe IF there is another boom period, even if it doesnt gain as many fans as the Attitude Era did...maybe wrestling will still be as big as it was since there are alot more regular fans now then there were then... You'd have to look at the wrestling audience as a whole. In 1995, Raw and Nitro were both drawing around 2.5 each, so the total wrestling audience was around 5.0. If the WWE is drawing 4.0 now, while TNA is drawing 1.0, it pretty much washes out. I looked up the WWF/E buyrates from 1993-1995 compared to 2003-2005, and there's very little difference. To put today's numbers in perspective, the last head-to-head Raw and Nitro drew a 7.7 rating. Since the latter part of 2002, Raw has been swimming in the 3.5 end of the pool, which means they effectively killed more than half of the total wrestling audience when WCW died (they even killed some of their own fans). Now they are just taking advantage of being the only game in town. It's impossible for wrestling to have a "boom period" without drawing huge numbers. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a boom period. The '80's Hogan Era and Attitude/WCW Era were boom periods. It lead to massive financial success and mainstream exposure. The wrestling fanbase in both Era's grew dramatically. That would have to happen for another boom period to exist. |
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