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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Oct 21, 2014 17:11:31 GMT -5
Just curious, but feeling kind of lazy. Anyone care to help out?
Particularly I am interested in finding the lowest for the following:
WWF/WWE:
Monday Night Raw
Smackdown
Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
PPV
WCW:
Nitro
Thunder
Saturdya Night
PPV
ECW:
ECW on TNN
PPV
TNA:
Impact
PPV
AWA:
Their ESPN show
PPV (I think they had some)
Any others of note (maybe ROH, WCCW, etc?)
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help fill some of these in. They shouldn't be that hard to find, but again...lazy.
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Post by One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel on Oct 21, 2014 17:44:02 GMT -5
I know for a fact that the lowest rating Impact ever got on Spike was 0.5, but a pretty unfortunate portion of their Fox Sports Net ratings were worse than that.
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Post by thegame415 on Oct 21, 2014 18:11:06 GMT -5
I believe December to Dismember is the lowest PPV butyrate for WWE.
In terms of raw ratings, I believe a 1.9 is the lowest non-holiday/time change show. There's some shows at the end of 1996 that scored lower, I think like a 1.5, but I'm fairly certain they had earlier start times.
Same thing goes for nitro. I believe a 1.9 is the lowest ever, but there was aN earlier start show that had a 1.7 because of NBA playoffs.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Oct 21, 2014 18:15:08 GMT -5
I know for a fact that the lowest rating Impact ever got on Spike was 0.5, but a pretty unfortunate portion of their Fox Sports Net ratings were worse than that. Cool, thanks for the info! I was a little impatient so I looked up what I think is the lowest RAw rating ever. On October 14, 1996 a pre-taped show aired that scored Raw a 1.8 in the ratings. For those curious here are the results from cagematch.net: Vader (w/Jim Cornette) defeats Phineas I. Godwinn (w/Hillbilly Jim) Jake Roberts defeats Jerry Lawler (0:10) Freddie Joe Floyd defeats Hunter Hearst Helmsley by Count Out Faarooq defeats Alex Porteau Shawn Michaels (w/Jose Lothario) defeats Steve Austin by DQ Kind of funny that the lowest rated Raw ever was main evented by the biggest ratings getter in the history of the show. |
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Oct 21, 2014 18:16:14 GMT -5
This year's Bound for Glory. I doubt the number will ever come out publicly, but I promise you if it did that it would make December to Dismember look like Wrestlemania by comparison.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2014 18:22:55 GMT -5
Heroes of Wrestling did 29,000 buys; which is kind of amazing to think about.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Oct 21, 2014 18:22:58 GMT -5
I believe December to Dismember is the lowest PPV butyrate for WWE. In terms of raw ratings, I believe a 1.9 is the lowest non-holiday/time change show. There's some shows at the end of 1996 that scored lower, I think like a 1.5, but I'm fairly certain they had earlier start times. Same thing goes for nitro. I believe a 1.9 is the lowest ever, but there was aN earlier start show that had a 1.7 because of NBA playoffs. Yeah, it would be interesting to know both the lowest overall as well as the lowest for shows that ran at their regularly scheduled time. I'll see if I can find the Nitro number next, but again...lazy. So if anyone beats to it then thanks  This year's Bound for Glory. I doubt the number will ever come out publicly, but I promise you if it did that it would make December to Dismember look like Wrestlemania by comparison. D'oh! I completely forgot that TNA doesn't release buyrate numbers. I wouldn't be surprised if it was comparable to what those WBF shows got back in day. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2014 19:22:23 GMT -5
Only thing I remember off the top of my head was the the ratings floor for Raw was lower than the floor for Nitro, and I remember that because I've pulled it out several times debating people who say WCW "went out of business" because of low Nitro ratings.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Oct 21, 2014 20:59:50 GMT -5
I know for a fact that the lowest rating Impact ever got on Spike was 0.5, but a pretty unfortunate portion of their Fox Sports Net ratings were worse than that. Cool, thanks for the info! I was a little impatient so I looked up what I think is the lowest RAw rating ever. On October 14, 1996 a pre-taped show aired that scored Raw a 1.8 in the ratings. For those curious here are the results from cagematch.net: Vader (w/Jim Cornette) defeats Phineas I. Godwinn (w/Hillbilly Jim) Jake Roberts defeats Jerry Lawler (0:10) Freddie Joe Floyd defeats Hunter Hearst Helmsley by Count Out Faarooq defeats Alex Porteau Shawn Michaels (w/Jose Lothario) defeats Steve Austin by DQ Kind of funny that the lowest rated Raw ever was main evented by the biggest ratings getter in the history of the show. Wasn't that raw taped in Germany? |
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Post by thegame415 on Oct 21, 2014 22:44:05 GMT -5
Cool, thanks for the info! I was a little impatient so I looked up what I think is the lowest RAw rating ever. On October 14, 1996 a pre-taped show aired that scored Raw a 1.8 in the ratings. For those curious here are the results from cagematch.net: Vader (w/Jim Cornette) defeats Phineas I. Godwinn (w/Hillbilly Jim) Jake Roberts defeats Jerry Lawler (0:10) Freddie Joe Floyd defeats Hunter Hearst Helmsley by Count Out Faarooq defeats Alex Porteau Shawn Michaels (w/Jose Lothario) defeats Steve Austin by DQ Kind of funny that the lowest rated Raw ever was main evented by the biggest ratings getter in the history of the show. Wasn't that raw taped in Germany? That was a later one, with Bulldog vs Owen in the finals of the European title tournament as the main event. It was only a few weeks before WrestleMania. That's often cited as the lowest rated show, but there's worse. Really, I think that show is the turning point for them taking a new direction. The next week they debuted the Raw is War set and logo. Also, the lowest rated ECW on TNN show was an 0.7. In case you were wondering, the highest was a 1.3. |
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Post by cjh on Oct 21, 2014 23:03:15 GMT -5
Wasn't that raw taped in Germany? That was a later one, with Bulldog vs Owen in the finals of the European title tournament as the main event. It was only a few weeks before WrestleMania. That's often cited as the lowest rated show, but there's worse. Really, I think that show is the turning point for them taking a new direction. The next week they debuted the Raw is War set and logo. The show that was the turning point happened a month later on April 14. The show was taped and originated from two venues. 4/9/97; Johannesburg, South Africa 4/14/97: Henry & Phinneas Godwinn defeated the Legion of Doom at 9:00 after Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith interfered and Bulldog hit Road Warrior Animal with his title belt (4/7/97; Muncie, IN; Worthen Arena) Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/ Chyna) pinned Jesse Jammes at 14:52 with the Pedigree after the Honkytonk Man, who was doing commentary for the bout, tripped Jammes; after the contest, Honky revealed that his new protege would be at In Your House the following Sunday; moments later, Jammes challenged HTM to a fight then and there but Honky thought better of it Savio Vega (w/ Crush and one other Nation member) pinned WWF IC Champion Rocky Maivia in a non-title match at 17:35 with a roll up and using the ropes for leverage after avoiding the shoulderbreaker; after the bout, Ahmed Johnson made the save against the Nation Goldust defeated the Sultan (w/ the Iron Sheik) via disqualification at 13:00 when Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna interfered and, with the Sultan, triple teamed Goldust Vader & Mankind defeated the Headbangers via disqualification at 5:45 when Mosh sprayed a substance into Mankind's eyes, blinding him to the point where he mistakingly applied the Mandible Claw on his tag team partner (4/7/97; Muncie, IN; Worthen Arena) Ahmed Johnson pinned Crush at 11:30 with a roll up after Crush missed the heart punch; after the bout, Farooq challenged Ahmed to face both he, Savio, and Crush in one night and if Ahmed were victorious the Nation would disband The following week was Vince Russo's first show as head writer and had the segment where Steve Austin attacked Bret Hart in an ambulance. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Oct 21, 2014 23:59:00 GMT -5
Heroes of Wrestling did 29,000 buys; which is kind of amazing to think about. That's like what if 45% of my hometown ordered a shitty show? |
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Oct 22, 2014 0:25:29 GMT -5
Heroes of Wrestling did 29,000 buys; which is kind of amazing to think about. That's like what if 45% of my hometown ordered a shitty show? And it's still enough to outdraw this year's BFG probably |
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Post by Boo! on Oct 22, 2014 11:36:01 GMT -5
ECW used to do 20-45k
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 11:56:24 GMT -5
Wasn't that raw taped in Germany? I believe that was the one where Jake Roberts came out feigning drunk. He convinced Monsoon to let him wrestle, implying that he told he was faking. He staggered into the ring and when Lawler made a move, he "sobered up" and DDTd Lawler straight to hell. As I type that, I realize WWF missed out on an opportunity to make money with Jake Roberts "sobering up" ala Hogan "Hulking up" in the middle of a match. That would have been awesome. Jake starts out every match drunk, gets the crap kicked out of him for several minutes, then "sobers up" and hits the DDT. The more drunk he is, the more sober he becomes... so Jake pours tequila down his throat all the way down to the ring, draining the last of the bottle just prior to the opening bell. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 23, 2014 8:43:28 GMT -5
For what was basically a regional promotion that's pretty f***ing impressive. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 23, 2014 10:26:14 GMT -5
For what was basically a regional promotion that's pretty f***ing impressive. Shows you how hot wrestling was and ECW was. Probably helped that they weren't as much as the WWE and WCW shows plus they were once every two months. Also on the OSW review of ECW December to Dismember they said that the Wrestling Classic had the lowest amount of buys of any WWE PPV but that's probably due to not as many people having cable so the actually buyrate is higher. |
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Post by Jiren on Oct 23, 2014 19:42:06 GMT -5
Wasn't Nitro's the kiss concert show, or was it just that segment?
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Post by thegame415 on Oct 24, 2014 4:44:47 GMT -5
Wasn't Nitro's the kiss concert show, or was it just that segment? I did a little research. That segment (which was an overrun) got a 2.3. There were many lower segments, especially towards the end of Nitro. Maybe it was the lowest overrun? The real stupidity is that WCW put this on AFTER a match with Hogan vs Sting for the title. That segment got a 3.4. The main event of Raw with Triple H beating Mankind for the WWF title scored a 6.4 overrun. So, yes, WCW ran a Kiss concert against the WWF title match instead of a Hogan/Sting match. |
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