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Post by Glitch on Dec 10, 2020 17:15:24 GMT -5
This makes me wonder how many we're lapsed fans who stopped watching wrestling when wcw folded. Sting's appearance back on Tnt most likely meant more to them than seeing him pop up in wwe (the place they didn't watch during the monday night wars).
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Post by spagett on Dec 10, 2020 17:15:51 GMT -5
Don't worry I'm sure Triple H is planning 3 or 4 ladder matches for next week to try and claw back some viewers.
Enjoyable show and a great number, hope they keep building momentum. I firmly believe once we get back to proper fans in the arena AEW will really take off.
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Post by polarbearpete on Dec 10, 2020 17:17:15 GMT -5
Wonder if the rapid-paced, Attitude Era-style booking (pacing-wise, not lewd content) of the last two weeks’ shows has helped out the ratings?
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Post by salz4life on Dec 10, 2020 17:27:20 GMT -5
I'm all in on AEW because I'm really invested in seeing what happens with Omega. The rest is really good, but the Omega storyline reminds me of the "old days" for me.
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Post by optikk on Dec 10, 2020 17:32:00 GMT -5
Nice. that's a great rating.
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Post by Venti on Dec 10, 2020 17:33:47 GMT -5
Wonder if the rapid-paced, Attitude Era-style booking (pacing-wise, not lewd content) of the last two weeks’ shows has helped out the ratings? I have a theory that it may have. People mock the constant comments about "bringing back the Attitude era" and yeah those comments can sometimes be ridiculous, but I think there's some truth that there are tons and tons of people who've stopped watching since those days because wrestling had become dull. Like I've watched WWE on and off for many years, but I'd always have it in my mind that "it's not as exciting as it used to be." Dynamite was a show packed with characters and angles, and it made me want to tune in to see what happens next. There's a lot of wrestlers they have I personally dislike(Bucks, Omega, to name a few) but I will admit that their show just feels energetic. When people wish for the Attitude era back, I feel like they really just miss the excitement and fun angles. That's just my opinion of things.
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Post by Kalmia on Dec 10, 2020 17:36:50 GMT -5
Wonder if the rapid-paced, Attitude Era-style booking (pacing-wise, not lewd content) of the last two weeks’ shows has helped out the ratings? I have a theory that it may have. People mock the constant comments about "bringing back the Attitude era" and yeah those comments can sometimes be ridiculous, but I think there's some truth that there are tons and tons of people who've stopped watching since those days because wrestling had become dull. Like I've watched WWE on and off for many years, but I'd always have it in my mind that "it's not as exciting as it used to be." Dynamite was a show packed with characters and angles, and it made me want to tune in to see what happens next. There's a lot of wrestlers they have I personally dislike(Bucks, Omega, to name a few) but I will admit that their show just feels energetic. When people wish for the Attitude era back, I feel like they really just miss the excitement and fun angles. That's just my opinion of things. Yeah, the strength of the Attitude era was never the lewd or OTT stuff, it was how it made you care about virtually everything on the card and never gave you a reason to turn it off. AEW has so many quality and over acts, from top to bottom, that it is Attitude-esque.
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Post by Venti on Dec 10, 2020 17:36:53 GMT -5
This makes me wonder how many we're lapsed fans who stopped watching wrestling when wcw folded. Sting's appearance back on Tnt most likely meant more to them than seeing him pop up in wwe (the place they didn't watch during the monday night wars). I was talking about this to my roommate who is not a wrestling fan(when I do watch Wednesday wrestling, she usually sits with me) I told her about how when WCW was bought, there was like millions of fans who were just run off from watching wrestling. It might be possible that there's people finally coming back to it because they see something that doesn't have Vince's name attached to it, and they recognize Sting.
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Post by chrom on Dec 10, 2020 17:44:05 GMT -5
This makes me wonder how many we're lapsed fans who stopped watching wrestling when wcw folded. Sting's appearance back on Tnt most likely meant more to them than seeing him pop up in wwe (the place they didn't watch during the monday night wars). I was talking about this to my roommate who is not a wrestling fan(when I do watch Wednesday wrestling, she usually sits with me) I told her about how when WCW was bought, there was like millions of fans who were just run off from watching wrestling. It might be possible that there's people finally coming back to it because they see something that doesn't have Vince's name attached to it, and they recognize Sting. That's been brought up numerous times the past 20 years, where the WCW fans had gone off to after they went out of business. AEW seems to slowly be bringing them back into the fold.
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Post by Perd on Dec 10, 2020 17:45:48 GMT -5
While Sting is definitely a draw, I I think the bigger takeaway is that, if you put on consistently good shows, if you do interesting things, people will tune in. A new boom period probably ain’t happening. But put on good shows and you’ll have plenty of viewers.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 10, 2020 17:45:56 GMT -5
Wonder if the rapid-paced, Attitude Era-style booking (pacing-wise, not lewd content) of the last two weeks’ shows has helped out the ratings? I have a theory that it may have. People mock the constant comments about "bringing back the Attitude era" and yeah those comments can sometimes be ridiculous, but I think there's some truth that there are tons and tons of people who've stopped watching since those days because wrestling had become dull. Like I've watched WWE on and off for many years, but I'd always have it in my mind that "it's not as exciting as it used to be." Dynamite was a show packed with characters and angles, and it made me want to tune in to see what happens next. There's a lot of wrestlers they have I personally dislike(Bucks, Omega, to name a few) but I will admit that their show just feels energetic. When people wish for the Attitude era back, I feel like they really just miss the excitement and fun angles. That's just my opinion of things. This week really showed a significant contrast with RAW. Dynamite is trying to pack a lot into two hours. No minute feels wasted. You can go too far with it, but there's a sense that you'll miss something if you tune away. With RAW (this week especially), it had tons of recaps and segments that were either repetitive or went on too long. I get that it's tough with a 3 hour show but they're really stretching to get it there. It's been a while since it felt like RAW teased something that made you feel like you couldn't check your phone or change the channel.
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Post by fw91 on Dec 10, 2020 18:01:05 GMT -5
Would it be off base for me to say it’s all Sting?
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Dec 10, 2020 18:12:58 GMT -5
Would it be off base for me to say it’s all Sting? Part of it is because of Sting, no doubt, but the exciting title match aftermath and seeing what Omega would do next certainly played a role.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 10, 2020 18:13:31 GMT -5
Would it be off base for me to say it’s all Sting? Being that he was one of the very first things in the show,probably. I think if WWE has show anything is that just having a big star appear isnt enough to keep people. But we will see if the viewers drop hard after Sting when the quartely comes out.
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Post by fw91 on Dec 10, 2020 18:14:34 GMT -5
Would it be off base for me to say it’s all Sting? Part of it is because of Sting, no doubt, but the exciting title match aftermath and seeing what Omega would do next certainly played a role. I mean i don’t want to undersell AEW’s success, but Kenny’s been around a while and the ratings are rarely this high. Mostly in the 700-800k range.
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Post by 06vwgti on Dec 10, 2020 18:24:13 GMT -5
Part of it is because of Sting, no doubt, but the exciting title match aftermath and seeing what Omega would do next certainly played a role. I mean i don’t want to undersell AEW’s success, but Kenny’s been around a while and the ratings are rarely this high. Mostly in the 700-800k range. He also wasn't the champion and was mostly just "there" not being primarily featured.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Dec 10, 2020 18:29:02 GMT -5
I think Sting likely gets more credit than a good Kenny Omega angle, but also that the good Kenny Omega angle helped...and will probably be what people stay for if they're inclined to after checking the show out for Sting. (Which they may not be.)
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Post by toodarkmark on Dec 10, 2020 18:29:09 GMT -5
Part of it is because of Sting, no doubt, but the exciting title match aftermath and seeing what Omega would do next certainly played a role. I mean i don’t want to undersell AEW’s success, but Kenny’s been around a while and the ratings are rarely this high. Mostly in the 700-800k range. The election is over and a certain percentage of people are coming back to watching AEW over the news. Also, word of mouth is starting to spread about the high quality of wrestling. And Sting is drawing a chunk of people interested in what's going on. Also, Omega's character is different now, and the buzz about what's going on interested people. They've been hanging around top 2 or 3 shows in the demo lately, this is just adding to it.
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Post by Shark on Dec 10, 2020 18:31:27 GMT -5
I mean i don’t want to undersell AEW’s success, but Kenny’s been around a while and the ratings are rarely this high. Mostly in the 700-800k range. He also wasn't the champion and was mostly just "there" not being primarily featured. But even during his climb to the title the last couple months, they weren't doing numbers like these. I'd give Sting alone about 80% of the credit and 15% to the excitement of there being a new champion.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 10, 2020 18:35:12 GMT -5
It will all come down to the quarters but obviously Sting deserves a lot of credit for generating a ton of buzz. Kenny has also gotten people talking too to be fair to him. If the spike this week was mostly around Sting, then there's your answer. But he was on early and if the viewership held steady throughout, then they're putting on a show that people who tuned in out of curiosity wanted to stick around to see.
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