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Post by Timmy8271 on Dec 1, 2007 21:24:04 GMT -5
This next week's ratings will be interesting when they do head to head with ECW. If they can somehow stay at a 1.1, I think that will be a success.
Where's the "ratings don't matter" guy?
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Dec 1, 2007 21:29:58 GMT -5
The way I see it, TNA is stuck in the middle. It doesn't have the brand loyalty that most of the remaining wrestling fanbase has for the WWE and it's grown too much to have the underground, underdog vibe of Ring of Honor. It's just a solid number two, which is one of the problems WCW had compared to the WWF and ECW back in the day. The brand loyalists won't get it a chance, while some RoH and Indy fans may hold up their nose to it.
The negative hyperbole people have towards the product doesn't help, which is rather unfair given how good their shows have been since going two hours. At this point a lot of people have made up their minds about TNA and they won't budge.
That's fine. Don't cater to the Internet smark audience. Go out there and find the fans that were driven away back in 2001-2003. Retrieve the Attitude audience and let them know there's a new alternative out there. Find inventive, fresh ways to advertise.
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Post by MiLo Duck on Dec 1, 2007 21:37:35 GMT -5
I think it will be more difficult for TNA to distinguish itself WCW style, due to the fact that during that era WWE, WCW, and even ECW were breaking ground at such an excellerated pace due to competition that there exists few conventions to break that would actually get anyones attention. Stars jumping ship, kayfabe being challenged, and more extreme wrestling styles are part of the standard arsenal of the wrestling world these days.
All TNA can do to that effect is establish more compelling characters, storylines, and feuds to compliment their already talented roster's in-ring abilities. This extra effort takes advantage of the WWE's complacent attitude towards its quality in favor of the personal whims of Vince, Hunter, Ace, etc. The WWE doesn't care and it shows, that's a sticking point that TNA should hit upon.
Now the prospect of an ABC, NBC, CBS, or FOX deal in light of the recent writers strike should be not only something that TNA hopes for, it should be something they are temporarilly willing to bend over backwards to see realized. The value of having themselves as a leed in, or follow-up to a successful mainstream program would provide so much for them on an exposure point of view that, if that were possible, it would be my number one goal.
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Post by CrazySting on Dec 1, 2007 21:58:53 GMT -5
This next week's ratings will be interesting when they do head to head with ECW. If they can somehow stay at a 1.1, I think that will be a success. Where's the "ratings don't matter" guy?[/quote I'm actually not sure how the TNA ratings will do. If it was raw or smackdown it would get massacred, but ECW? That's a glorified heat. Tna do need to drop this idea of a Monday night timeslot, they'll never be able to beat WWE in a ratings war. The most they will ever be is the 2nd biggest US promoition. I don't mean that in a bad way since somebody has to be number 2, and it still counts for something.
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Post by machinegun on Dec 1, 2007 22:09:38 GMT -5
TnA has done amazingly. I couldn't stand it (Though I did watch because it was wrestling and had guys like Christian who i liked) but the 2 hours has done it wonders.
It just needs time. I really love the way TNA is going
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 1, 2007 22:13:45 GMT -5
Tna do need to drop this idea of a Monday night timeslot, they'll never be able to beat WWE in a ratings war. The most they will ever be is the 2nd biggest US promoition. I don't mean that in a bad way since somebody has to be number 2, and it still counts for something. I won't say never, but they are certainly way too young to be considering it right now.
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Post by machinegun on Dec 1, 2007 22:17:51 GMT -5
Tna do need to drop this idea of a Monday night timeslot, they'll never be able to beat WWE in a ratings war. The most they will ever be is the 2nd biggest US promoition. I don't mean that in a bad way since somebody has to be number 2, and it still counts for something. I won't say never, but they are certainly way too young to be considering it right now. Definitely Unless they acquire Batista, Orton, HHH, Cena, HBK and Taker all in one swoop it would never happen at this point
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Post by Adam Pacman Khan (akkilla) on Dec 1, 2007 22:59:00 GMT -5
TNA needs to advertise. By Themselves. Not depending on a few fans or street team members. Commercials and ads and billboards and......everything! They don't even put the small paper ads in the DVD cases! WTF?! And not to the internet. Defiantly not the net. TNA gets a lot of hate around the net for practically every little thing or big thing they do, some deserved and some not (The ring, the fans, the building, the presentation, the announcers, the seriousness, the comedy, not pushing this new guy, not pushing this old guy, pushing this old guy, pushing that young guy, trying the same things, trying something different, blah, blah, blah). A person is turned off before he even has to watch a minute of it when you got people rolling their emoticon eyes at something every week. A couple of internet writers don't make it any easier, either, with them just yelling and bashing everything in news or reviews, and I'm not just thinking about Alvarez, either. *sigh* At least the rating went up from the last week... yeah in actuality I missed a few impacts last year around this time and read some peoples comments here and i was turned away from it, but i gave TNA a shot and realized i love this show.
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