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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Dec 28, 2016 18:21:30 GMT -5
H1-2.974M
H2-2.878M
H3-2.715M
total 2.856M
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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 28, 2016 18:34:35 GMT -5
Given the MNF game that is not bad.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Dec 28, 2016 19:21:10 GMT -5
Isn't that quite good rating for a show around Christmas?
Holy shit, I think this is my first positive post about WWE in 2016. It's only taken until December 29th but it finally happened!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2016 19:48:50 GMT -5
Vince can open Raw and promise to take a dump in the ring for 3 hours and 10 minutes and you can be sure that 1) the arena will be filled, and 2) about three million people will watch it on TV.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Dec 28, 2016 21:04:37 GMT -5
Vince can open Raw and promise to take a dump in the ring for 3 hours and 10 minutes and you can be sure that 1) the arena will be filled, and 2) about three million people will watch it on TV. Man, that's depressing. It's true, but depressing. |
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 28, 2016 21:10:40 GMT -5
I'm never shocked when RAW's viewership drops. The entire vibe is just a corny variety show, and really good performers are put in boring f***ing angles and matches. Skip ahead one night to SmackDown, and you've got a great WWE Title match and John Cena cutting one of the best promos of his life. They know how to make RAW good, they just for whatever reason want it to be MADTV.
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Dec 28, 2016 21:12:19 GMT -5
Vince can open Raw and promise to take a dump in the ring for 3 hours and 10 minutes and you can be sure that 1) the arena will be filled, and 2) about three million people will watch it on TV. But isn't that what he's been doing since, I guess, 2012? (I say this as someone who hasn't watched WWE in almost a year and who hasn't watched Raw in 16 months) |
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Post by King Devitt on Dec 28, 2016 21:23:25 GMT -5
Vince can open Raw and promise to take a dump in the ring for 3 hours and 10 minutes and you can be sure that 1) the arena will be filled, and 2) about three million people will watch it on TV. This is what amuses me when people argue with me when I say that Vince is horrible at his job and is making money in spite of himself. I'm going to use this as a counter-argument to their defense of him. |
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Dec 28, 2016 21:26:05 GMT -5
Boxing Day numbers, so not too shocked.
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Post by cabbageboy on Dec 28, 2016 23:22:12 GMT -5
Actually, WWE's ratings have seriously tanked since 2012. In 2012 and 2013 Raw averaged basically a 3.0. It went down slightly to a 2.95 in 2014, but then the past 2 years it has been all downhill in a really alarming way. 2015 saw Raw slide to a 2.64. This year? 2.28 (and that was from Gerweck, which hadn't added the month of Dec. yet). Frankly I think these numbers are a solid indicator that what WWE has been doing the past 2 years just isn't working and isn't working in a big way.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Dec 28, 2016 23:23:13 GMT -5
Not THAT bad considering they were going up against not only MNF, but the Dallas Cowboys
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 28, 2016 23:48:06 GMT -5
I'd.... I'd tune in if Vince promised he'd take a shit in the middle of the ring.
I think 5 million other people would too.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 29, 2016 0:55:09 GMT -5
I'd.... I'd tune in if Vince promised he'd take a shit in the middle of the ring. I think 5 million other people would too. I'd be curious if anyone had to put over his turd. |
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 29, 2016 0:59:11 GMT -5
I'd.... I'd tune in if Vince promised he'd take a shit in the middle of the ring. I think 5 million other people would too. I'd be curious if anyone had to put over his turd. Who was the dude he used to chase around backstage with shitty underwear? He'd make that guy go out there and clean it up with a teaspoon |
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Post by Welfare Willis on Dec 29, 2016 2:24:12 GMT -5
I'd.... I'd tune in if Vince promised he'd take a shit in the middle of the ring. I think 5 million other people would too. I'd be curious if anyone had to put over his turd. Somehow, JR. |
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Post by Germansuplex on Dec 29, 2016 3:25:43 GMT -5
I'd be curious if anyone had to put over his turd. Somehow, JR. "AS GAWD IS MY WITNESS, IT'S BROKEN IN HALF!" |
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Dec 29, 2016 3:29:50 GMT -5
I'd.... I'd tune in if Vince promised he'd take a shit in the middle of the ring. I think 5 million other people would too. I'd be curious if anyone had to put over his turd. Sid would show up and we'd have the first ever literal WrestleCrap match. |
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Dec 29, 2016 10:59:35 GMT -5
Apparently, Smackdown Live! beat RAW in the ratings for the first time.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 29, 2016 21:41:05 GMT -5
Apparently, Smackdown Live! beat RAW in the ratings for the first time. That is incredibly significant. SmackDown in any incarnation on any network has never done that. The audience has finally caught on that a fun and well-paced 2 hour show is a lot more enjoyable than a plodding and repetitive 3 hour show. I'm sure WWE will just chalk it up to John Cena's return hype, but Cena's been on SmackDown since July. The ratings bump putting them above RAW says to me that if Cena hadn't taken a couple of lengthy breaks since the split, SmackDown may have been consistently beating RAW for weeks. |
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Post by Reflecto on Dec 30, 2016 3:15:29 GMT -5
Apparently, Smackdown Live! beat RAW in the ratings for the first time. That is incredibly significant. SmackDown in any incarnation on any network has never done that. The audience has finally caught on that a fun and well-paced 2 hour show is a lot more enjoyable than a plodding and repetitive 3 hour show. I'm sure WWE will just chalk it up to John Cena's return hype, but Cena's been on SmackDown since July. The ratings bump putting them above RAW says to me that if Cena hadn't taken a couple of lengthy breaks since the split, SmackDown may have been consistently beating RAW for weeks. Hopefully this will mean that WWE realizes the problem: Raw is booked around MOMENTS, Smackdown is booked around STORIES. Unfortunately- you may or may not get a moment if you build around moments, but a well-booked story will ALWAYS climax in a MOMENT. If WWE can realize this, Raw can be saved and hopefully they do. ...who are we kidding- AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, American Alpha, the Wyatt Family, John Cena, Becky Lynch and Alexa Bliss will be on Raw by the Rumble. |
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