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Post by romanstylesiii on Apr 9, 2019 16:42:48 GMT -5
This also applies to concerts. Most sports leagues and entertainment streams are desperately trying to shorten their shows because of declining ratings.
Why is WWE going the other way? Their ratings have taken a bigger hit than these other sports leagues that are trying like hell to shorten their game lengths, but they continue to become longer.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Apr 9, 2019 16:49:46 GMT -5
Becauss vince is a mad old bastard
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Apr 9, 2019 16:50:35 GMT -5
Because they misheard the phrase “less is more”.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 16:50:53 GMT -5
Vince is actually trying to shorten the football game for XFL 2.0
Yet, WrestleMania gains about an hour every year.
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Post by Rican on Apr 9, 2019 16:52:41 GMT -5
It's gonna be what does them in one day. If SmackDown really goes to three hours that may be it for me.
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Post by Perd on Apr 9, 2019 16:55:26 GMT -5
The only thing people should do 7 hours at a time is sleep. And a lot of us have a hard time doing that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 16:55:44 GMT -5
Could be a Triple H thing. Look at his promos and matches; hell, even Takeover matches - while generally awesome - tend to go a few minutes longer than necessary. 'Succinct' is a four-letter word to him.
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Post by wildojinx on Apr 9, 2019 16:56:07 GMT -5
It's gonna be what does them in one day. If SmackDown really goes to two hours that may be it for me. I'm afraid I've got some Bad News for you. But I wish wrestling would go back to embracing a 1 hour format for their tv shows. NXT and ROH are an hour long and are able to fit lots of good stuff in that limited time. |
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Post by Chiral on Apr 9, 2019 16:56:18 GMT -5
Hearing Avengers Endgame is like "sigh I guess I can handle 3+ hours with trailers." and that's like less than half of just Sunday's wrestling, not even including the whole week.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 16:57:15 GMT -5
You’d think that since Vince is in the “entertainment business” he’d know that you always leave the audience wanting more.
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Post by Rican on Apr 9, 2019 17:03:57 GMT -5
It's gonna be what does them in one day. If SmackDown really goes to two hours that may be it for me. I'm afraid I've got some Bad News for you. But I wish wrestling would go back to embracing a 1 hour format for their tv shows. NXT and ROH are an hour long and are able to fit lots of good stuff in that limited time. LMAO oops |
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Apr 9, 2019 18:25:34 GMT -5
Well, the big reason is that "content produced and consumed" is one of the fed's major metrics for both inverters and internally. So longer 'manias, mean more content, means everyone backstage can pat themselves on the back that "wwe's audiences consumed 800 thousand hours of content this quaters, we're doing great."
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Post by Prince Petty on Apr 9, 2019 18:45:48 GMT -5
Vince is insane, and apparently thinks that the longer an event is, the better it is. But also thinks that giving an event a number, to show how long it has existed, is bad.
The current structure of Wrestlemania is not for the fans. If it's for anyone, it's for the roster, so as many as possible can get on the show, no matter how long it is. It's so weird, because they'll happily leave people off TV for months, then shove them into a match on the Wrestlemania pre-show. I guess it also ties into the WWE's obsession with hoarding as much talent as possible.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 20:05:23 GMT -5
True, a lot of baseball fans want a pitch clock to speed up the game
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 22:18:08 GMT -5
2 hours for Raw and SD and 3 to 3 1/2 hours for all PPVs, WrestleMania included, would be perfect for me. This past WM didn't need to be 7 1/2 hours to feel special with the moments it gave us.
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