TNA Rating...Did Sting/Angle work?!

[hollywood]

mysterydriver said:

angryfan said:

My gyess is, and this is just a guess, the guys who've been with TNA for quite a while, who can't et more than two minutes of air time despite, you know, having been there from the start, are probably pissed. Hell, Have we noticed that every time they sign someone, then like three TNA mainstays who got regular TV time get about 30 seconds combined per month?

I say give them two more signings and, outside of Paparazzi Productions, we'll see nothing but former WWE/WCW guys.

On another message board, that was my "WWE Plan to Kill TNA." Every nine months or so, release a trouble maker (Orton, Carlito) and TNA will be quick to grab them and pay more than they should or are able to. This will disturb all current storylines as new hirings have to be shoehorned into the main event...immediately. Eventually, the constant switches and swerves will cause old fans to have WCW 2000 memories and just stay away.

Plan B? Thursday Night Heat.

Also, people I talked to about Impact (I didn't get to see it because I worked on a college project) asked me if Samoa Joe was injuried. Nope. Just pushed to the side.

And now with talks of RVD signing with them in the near future, I guess we can expect the TNA mainstays to get shoved even further down the card.

[EJS]

NBA playoff games this early still get more than double the ratings of Impact, so yeah I'd imagine it could drop Impacts viewership a few tenths of a point. Especially when you combine it with NHL playoffs, (which right now average only marginally better than Impact, more on par with ECW, but that's still probably taking thousands of viewers away).

TNA didn't take a huge dip, but yeah, that's still like over a hundred thousand less people watching this week than the past few weeks.

[AriadosMan]

mysterydriver said:

On another message board, that was my "WWE Plan to Kill TNA." Every nine months or so, release a trouble maker (Orton, Carlito) and TNA will be quick to grab them and pay more than they should or are able to. This will disturb all current storylines as new hirings have to be shoehorned into the main event...immediately. Eventually, the constant switches and swerves will cause old fans to have WCW 2000 memories and just stay away.

Plan B? Thursday Night Heat.

Also, people I talked to about Impact (I didn't get to see it because I worked on a college project) asked me if Samoa Joe was injuried. Nope. Just pushed to the side.

Don't give TNA any ideas! You know they'd snap for anybody WWE releases over their own talent in a sec, they've done it many times in the past...

It would be funny if SteinKo got higher ratings than the main event, they were actually entertaining and not hyped ad nauseum.

[xgothamcity]

also you have to take into account that maybe the same number of people watched but more people were watching tv at that time....

[EJS]

xgothamcity said:

also you have to take into account that maybe the same number of people watched but more people were watching tv at that time....

I thought that only applied to "shares"? This shit is confusing.

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You all realize that if like 10 people with a neilson box don't watch Impact!, that equates to a 0.1 dip in the ratings.

Ratings cutting in half would be a problem. Going up and down by 5-10% every week means nothing.

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hadesgigas said:

NBA playoff games this early still get more than double the ratings of Impact, so yeah I'd imagine it could drop Impacts viewership a few tenths of a point.

It is up a tenth of a point from this time last year.

[mysterydriver]

brentreznor said:

You all realize that if like 10 people with a neilson box don't watch Impact!, that equates to a 0.1 dip in the ratings.

Ratings cutting in half would be a problem. Going up and down by 5-10% every week means nothing.

Except that their Sting/Angle match couldn't get them out of normal numbers.

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

Here's my reason for not watching TNA.

Well, one reason is that I don't give a crap about Sting or Angle. I want to see new guys. Because I KNOW there's plenty of young, talented, charismatic guys that could be on top right now. I can list ten or fifteen without even thinking. But instead we have to watch the Old Guard.

Well, don't HAVE to. Which is what I'm doing. Not watching.

[destrucity]

phenom said:

Well, it explained WCW ratings when they went down during the NBA playoffs.

WCW was on TNT, a network that showed the games which resulted in Nitro occassionally being forced to move its timeslot

[What?]

People probably did what I did and knew instantly it'd be a 3 minute stalling session with run ins and a non finish.

[AriadosMan]

what said:

People probably did what I did and knew instantly it'd be a 3 minute stalling session with run ins and a non finish.

I was shocked that they'd stoop that low. Russo has NEVER done anything that unscrupulous before

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

TNA's biggest problem, and maybe one that seems to be changing, is that they need to be pushing their homegrown talent as the biggest stars in the company. Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Christian Cage (yeah, I know he's not homegrown, but the Christian in TNA is a different beast from the Christian in WWE) should be the top 4 guys in the company. Kurt Angle has truly added nothing to the program, and that is something I never thought I'd find myself saying. Sting is fun, but I hope he packs it in soon, and puts Christopher Daniels over if they feud. Jeff Jarrett is back, and you know what's good? He actually has the right idea, getting involved with Eric Young and Bobby Roode. Bobby Roode, say what you want, has all the tools to be a MAJOR main event player in TNA. He's the perfect reason why TNA NEEDS a midcard title other than the X Division belt.

[Aya Reiko]

hadesgigas said:

NBA playoff games this early still get more than double the ratings of Impact, so yeah I'd imagine it could drop Impacts viewership a few tenths of a point. Especially when you combine it with NHL playoffs, (which right now average only marginally better than Impact, more on par with ECW, but that's still probably taking thousands of viewers away).

TNA didn't take a huge dip, but yeah, that's still like over a hundred thousand less people watching this week than the past few weeks.

4/16 RAW: 3.7 (No playoffs) Source
4/23 RAW: 3.7 (Pistons-Magic, Game 2) Source

Consider your excuse debunked.

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I saw this on Gerweck and don't think its been mentioned yet:

- TNA is hopeful that the Kurt Angle-Sting dream match on Impact this Thursday night does a strong ratings number. The show has averaged a 1.0 cable rating thus far in 2007.

and then this on Wrestlezone

The reason that TNA is giving away the first ever Sting vs. Kurt Angle match away for free on Impact this week is likely due to the fact that they are in negotiations with SpikeTV to expand their timeslot and stronger ratings will help their cause.

so I guess (that if true) that's a fail.

[jcdenton]

jinxed said:

I saw this on Gerweck and don't think its been mentioned yet:

- TNA is hopeful that the Kurt Angle-Sting dream match on Impact this Thursday night does a strong ratings number. The show has averaged a 1.0 cable rating thus far in 2007.

and then this on Wrestlezone

The reason that TNA is giving away the first ever Sting vs. Kurt Angle match away for free on Impact this week is likely due to the fact that they are in negotiations with SpikeTV to expand their timeslot and stronger ratings will help their cause.

so I guess (that if true) that's a fail.

well thats a powerplay that back fired.

[Joekishi]

speakeasy said:

TNA's biggest problem, and maybe one that seems to be changing, is that they need to be pushing their homegrown talent as the biggest stars in the company. Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Christian Cage (yeah, I know he's not homegrown, but the Christian in TNA is a different beast from the Christian in WWE) should be the top 4 guys in the company. Kurt Angle has truly added nothing to the program, and that is something I never thought I'd find myself saying. Sting is fun, but I hope he packs it in soon, and puts Christopher Daniels over if they feud. Jeff Jarrett is back, and you know what's good? He actually has the right idea, getting involved with Eric Young and Bobby Roode. Bobby Roode, say what you want, has all the tools to be a MAJOR main event player in TNA. He's the perfect reason why TNA NEEDS a midcard title other than the X Division belt.

it's not thatthese guys are pushed down, it's that the guys that are thrust into the main event have no real appeal anymore. THanks to craptacular booking.

Bobby Roode sucks ass and is a bad example, had you said somebody like Lance Hoyt, i'd agree

[mysterydriver]

What is everyone's opinion on the Young/Roode/Jarrett segment.

People...and by people, I mean smarks... that I've talked to feel that Young/Roode is a mid-card segment and shouldn't have had the amount of time that it did. They feel the only reason it did was because Jarrett was the friend.

However...some people are just destined not to like Jarrett.

Does anyone else think this could have hurt the ratings or overall value of the show?

[EJS]

caster said:

hadesgigas said:

NBA playoff games this early still get more than double the ratings of Impact, so yeah I'd imagine it could drop Impacts viewership a few tenths of a point. Especially when you combine it with NHL playoffs, (which right now average only marginally better than Impact, more on par with ECW, but that's still probably taking thousands of viewers away).

TNA didn't take a huge dip, but yeah, that's still like over a hundred thousand less people watching this week than the past few weeks.

4/16 RAW: 3.7 (No playoffs) Source
4/23 RAW: 3.7 (Pistons-Magic, Game 2) Source

Consider your excuse debunked.

How is it an "excuse" and how is it "debunked"? Raw isn't Impact. One show can lose viewers to something and others can not lose viewers, it happens. Odds are if TNA lost a decent amount of viewers, some of them probably went to whatever is higher rated that night, basketball, Scrubs, whatever. Or people could have not watched anything, really it doesn't matter.

At any rate, I don't care, TNA hasn't had any real growth in the ratings in a while, this is only somewhat lower than their average. Whatever it means really doesn't effect me, until they start either taking off to the point where their show will get more time, or they tank so much that they get in danger of being dropped.

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mysterydriver said:

What is everyone's opinion on the Young/Roode/Jarrett segment.

People...and by people, I mean smarks... that I've talked to feel that Young/Roode is a mid-card segment and shouldn't have had the amount of time that it did. They feel the only reason it did was because Jarrett was the friend.

However...some people are just destined not to like Jarrett.

Does anyone else think this could have hurt the ratings or overall value of the show?

I liked it (but, I am also a fan of Jeff). To me having a main eventer and former champ drop down and into a mid card storyline really helps TNA. They have no midcard right now and maybe with Jeff dropping down it could help kickstart something there.