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Post by chunkylover53 on Mar 7, 2012 21:21:22 GMT -5
It was the first night of Steve Austin as WWF champion, then. Seems like a good reason for ratings to jump. It still doesn't explain why the rating for the night after Wrestlemania didn't shoot up as well and it does seem strange that Austin winning the Royal Rumble and his feud with HBK didn't move the rating, but it was him being champion and being corporate champion (as thegame415 mentioned) that did. You can say that the week before helped. Triple H reforming DX, the first ever inferno match announced, The Rock becoming leader of The Nation, and the official start of the Austin/McMahon feud. Because it made fans want to tune in for the following week. |
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Post by CH Punk on Mar 7, 2012 21:50:32 GMT -5
You got Trish vs Lita date wrong tho. It happened on the December 6th episode of RAW Oops, fixed and thanks. It still doesn't explain why the rating for the night after Wrestlemania didn't shoot up as well and it does seem strange that Austin winning the Royal Rumble and his feud with HBK didn't move the rating, but it was him being champion and being corporate champion (as thegame415 mentioned) that did. You can say that the week before helped. Triple H reforming DX, the first ever inferno match announced, The Rock becoming leader of The Nation, and the official start of the Austin/McMahon feud. Because it made fans want to tune in for the following week. Oh, it does make a lot more sense now. |
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Post by molson5 on Mar 7, 2012 22:37:02 GMT -5
Hmm, what happened on April 6 1998 that generated such interest? It was the Raw after the Raw after Wrestlemania. This Raw included the "shoot" promo from Mick Foley about the fans chanting Steve Austin's name the week before as Foley and Funk we're getting beaten by DX. The show also included Steve Austin coming out in a suit as a "corporate champion", ripping it off, and punching Vince in the balls. The card for this event is awful. DX vs DOA as the main event, plus such memorable matches as Dan Sevrn vs Flash Funk and Luna vs Matt Knowles. This got better ratings than recent Raw's? It goes to show you that when the product is hot, anything will draw. Wow, just a little threadjack, that's one of two wrestling shows I went to in Syracuse when I was in college - the other was WCW Thunder where David Arquette won the title. I was sitting second row ringside and I (and I assume, everyone else), couldn't hear a single word Foley said during that promo. The audio was awful in that place. Also, I remember everyone around me booing Austin, completely buying that he had "sold out" or something because he was wearing a suit. Of course, we couldn't hear a single word of that promo either, but everyone popped when Austin punched Vince in the balls and threw the fancy clothes in the crowd. Them were the days. As for the ratings, X-Pac's return the week before was very, very big. The WWF was clearly no longer on death watch and talent was starting to come the other way. That was a big moment in the Monday Night Wars, so it's not surprising they got a ratings boost out of it the next week. |
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Mar 7, 2012 23:37:13 GMT -5
Hmm, what happened on April 6 1998 that generated such interest? Wasn't that the Raw where they promoted an Austin v McMahon match that never actually happened? EDIT: Oh okay, I guess that was the following week. |
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Post by flatsdomino on Mar 8, 2012 0:02:18 GMT -5
Which was the week in '99 where Mick Foley threatened to "thunk his junk" on Davey Boy Smith's face, and then came out with a giant inflatable penis? Was that the one where Undertaker and Vince chain wrestled in the main event for three segments? I wanna know how that did.
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Post by CH Punk on Mar 8, 2012 0:06:11 GMT -5
Which was the week in '99 where Mick Foley threatened to "thunk his junk" on Davey Boy Smith's face, and then came out with a giant inflatable penis? Was that the one where Undertaker and Vince chain wrestled in the main event for three segments? I wanna know how that did. Can't remember but Nielsen was on break for that week and they didn't get a rating. |
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Post by Lancers on Mar 8, 2012 0:10:32 GMT -5
Which was the week in '99 where Mick Foley threatened to "thunk his junk" on Davey Boy Smith's face, and then came out with a giant inflatable penis? Was that the one where Undertaker and Vince chain wrestled in the main event for three segments? I wanna know how that did. I want to say that happened in September of 1997 because I recall that was around the same time they had Ken Shamrock hypnotized into thinking he was a calico cat, which of course culminated in the very first (and to this day only) litter box challenge between Shamrock and about 15 stray cats from behind the Arco Arena in Sacramento. I know that segment pulled a 4.9 |
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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on Mar 8, 2012 11:13:30 GMT -5
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Post by That Mickie Fan on Mar 8, 2012 11:38:31 GMT -5
I'm still intrigued about this Taker/ Pool Cue Ball thing
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Post by chunkylover53 on Mar 8, 2012 11:49:02 GMT -5
The only thing I remember about that RAW was Shawn Michaels making one of his rare visits, yet when he was the top dog, ratings were in the 2.0s. Go figure. |
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