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Post by Chainsaw on Aug 1, 2007 12:03:28 GMT -5
It'll be interesting to see what they put on next weeks show. My guess is: A McMahon or HLA.
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Post by The OP on Aug 1, 2007 12:04:51 GMT -5
In all seriousness, it's not logical to blame a ratings drop on last night's show. If people watched it and didn't like what they saw, the rating would still come in. It's a rating of how many people watched the show, not how many people liked it.
If anything, it would have to do with last week's show, or something else that happened previously to last night.
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Post by bubbles on Aug 1, 2007 12:05:04 GMT -5
HLA? Riksihi's coming back? Rikishi wouldn't be a bad idea, those big brown buttocks were crazy over back in 2000
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 1, 2007 12:05:40 GMT -5
They built a whole brand around Cena and not Regal.
I mean, there's your problem.
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Post by WWE Trademarked My Name on Aug 1, 2007 12:06:13 GMT -5
I think alot of it has to do with the fact the main event was John Cena (vs) Carlito, not bashing either of them. I don't think lots of people actually thought Carlito had a chance since Cena's beaten so many huge stars lately and Carlito is thrown in there for one night. So I'm guessing quite a bit of people changed the channel before that match much like I did thinking this was another Superman win for Cena. But the rating still probably shouldn't have dropped THAT much.
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Post by Legion on Aug 1, 2007 12:08:41 GMT -5
I think it was Kawalimus. I believe he got the shareholders together and held off viewing. He said he would do it. He showed us. Now we see.
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 1, 2007 12:09:07 GMT -5
Yay! My RAW protest worked! Seriously, wow. I did not expect that. I wonder what's gonna happen now. Will Vince start listening to USA's suggestions? Will he think this is because he isn't on TV? What is the lead singer from ABBA called?
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Post by ricofederico on Aug 1, 2007 12:12:51 GMT -5
It all comes back to the fact that the product just isn't very interesting these days. The Benoit situation may have something to do with it, but I don't think that the drastic drop can be attributed completely to that. If Vince doesn't want things to spiral out of control he needs to make changes. The charcters, storylines, and booking have all been really slack dating back to '03. You have to give people a reason to watch your show. jt
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Post by Nice Guy Cody on Aug 1, 2007 12:12:52 GMT -5
The rating was bad, but people need to use the word BOMB less often. It REALLY loses it's effect. Although it's close to an actual bomb, I dunno if it's quite there yet. Although the Force tells me that thousands of TNA zombies will hit this thread proclaiming doom!!!! They prefer to be called 'mindless drones'. But yeah, now they almost got half the audience RAW normally gets. Those extra two sides to their ring is finally paying off. Rwally? Cuz is this was a TNA thread, we'd have fifty people in here going "OMG TNA 2 GOEZ BANKRUPTZ BY 2MORROW!" Yeah, they're the apologistic mindless drones around here, all right. But one thing's for sure, this rating drop sure isn't because of the current state of the product. That's impossible, WWE NEVER does anything wrong. It MUST be the fault of people who have different opinions! Those mindless drones! Yeah!
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Post by kawalimus on Aug 1, 2007 12:15:14 GMT -5
I think it was Kawalimus. I believe he got the shareholders together and held off viewing. He said he would do it. He showed us. Now we see. I wish. It bombed cause people are sick of the lameness and want what they wanted to see. They don't wanna see bad comedy skits. This Raw was step in right direction but sadly nobody saw it you know why? Cause WWE already made its bed and now its gotta lie in it. When you put lame crap on the air you gotta expect people to stop watching. Vince will do anything make you hear what you want to hear. But when he says things they you really want to hear and what you want. And he dont really mean it. That's why they gotta make more interesting television for people watch. Not a 3rd rate Mad TV or SNL.
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Post by The Peoples Elbow on Aug 1, 2007 12:15:24 GMT -5
Carlito + Raw = Bad Rating
Someone hit the "No Carlito" button, now!
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Post by Next Level was WRONG on Aug 1, 2007 12:15:46 GMT -5
Strange how this all began to happen after they moved Victoria to Smack Down isn't it? And Kenny. And Viscera. I'm fairly certain Viscera's absence is the one that has done the most damage.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 1, 2007 12:16:48 GMT -5
I think it was Kawalimus. I believe he got the shareholders together and held off viewing. He said he would do it. He showed us. Now we see. Dude, I know you're joking, but please don't validate his undeserved ego anymore by referencing his delusions. It just encourages him.
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Post by The OP on Aug 1, 2007 12:18:10 GMT -5
Why is everyone so quick to dismiss the idea that the Benoit tragedy has to do with falling ratings? Scandals = bad ratings. I think people don't like that theory because then they don't get to blame WWE creative or whoever their own personal online whipping boy is.
I mean, blaming Carlito? I'm not even a Carlito mark, but that's just ridiculous. That's obviously not it.
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Post by Legion on Aug 1, 2007 12:18:38 GMT -5
I think it was Kawalimus. I believe he got the shareholders together and held off viewing. He said he would do it. He showed us. Now we see. Dude, I know you're joking, but please don't validate his undeserved ego anymore by referencing his delusions. It just encourages him. Lol, sorry dad!
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Post by Nice Guy Cody on Aug 1, 2007 12:21:42 GMT -5
Why is everyone so quick to dismiss the idea that the Benoit tragedy has to do with falling ratings? Scandals = bad ratings. I think people don't like that theory because then they don't get to blame WWE creative or whoever their own personal online whipping boy is. Because enough time has passed between the incident and now that such a big, sudden drop wouldn't make sense? If it were a week after the incident, yeah. But not a month and a half. You sure that's not a little backwards? That people are trying to make the Benoit tragedy the whipping boy so they don't have to accept anything bad said against the wonderfully gifted people at WWE creative.
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Post by The OP on Aug 1, 2007 12:26:03 GMT -5
They did start to drop immediately after the incident. Granted, that doesn't explain this sudden bigger drop, but neither do ideas like "it's because the show has sucked since 2003".
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Post by mrprofessionalx on Aug 1, 2007 12:26:08 GMT -5
It will probably keep on dropping. Some falls on this whole Benoit mess, but the majority falls on WWE for putting out such crappy programming this year.
It should be interesting to see what they do in order to get ratings back up & if the return of HHH will do anything to help or not.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 1, 2007 12:31:02 GMT -5
Why is everyone so quick to dismiss the idea that the Benoit tragedy has to do with falling ratings? Scandals = bad ratings. I think people don't like that theory because then they don't get to blame WWE creative or whoever their own personal online whipping boy is. Because enough time has passed between the incident and now that such a big, sudden drop wouldn't make sense? If it were a week after the incident, yeah. But not a month and a half. You sure that's not a little backwards? That people are trying to make the Benoit tragedy the whipping boy so they don't have to accept anything bad said against the wonderfully gifted people at WWE creative. My opinion is that the terrible fallout has snowballed and contributed to the drop-off alongside the staleness of the product, not that it was the sole factor. I don't know who's been calling the WWE writers "geniuses" as of late.
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Post by rrey619 on Aug 1, 2007 12:33:46 GMT -5
So why hasn't Smackdown experienced the same effect? The last show did a 2.6, right in line with what it normally draws. A lot of Smackdowns for the past two months drew a 2.4.
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