mrbananagrabber
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Aug 1, 2022 19:47:54 GMT -5
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Post by CeilingFan on Aug 1, 2022 19:49:48 GMT -5
Moving it to Thursday would hurt Impact, an AEW ally. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2022 20:00:00 GMT -5
Sadly I don’t think it matters the day or the timeslot there’s no real demand for more AEW or atleast this version of AEW. They didn’t help matters not trying with the show(TK has admitted that) for most of its run. They would have to completely overhaul the show but if the network is happy whatever. |
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Post by markymark on Aug 1, 2022 20:02:13 GMT -5
Moving it to Thursday would hurt Impact, an AEW ally.
I mean they are about to have their Impact+ special Emergence clashing with Rampage next week....
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Post by CeilingFan on Aug 1, 2022 20:17:35 GMT -5
Moving it to Thursday would hurt Impact, an AEW ally.
I mean they are about to have their Impact+ special Emergence clashing with Rampage next week....
Well, they could do Rampage on Saturdays. |
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champchumpchange
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Post by champchumpchange on Aug 1, 2022 20:31:11 GMT -5
Yeeeesh
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Post by raymondo316 on Aug 1, 2022 21:03:03 GMT -5
The constant moving time slot really screwed everything up, they haven't recovered from that.
Also doesn't help that there's rarely anything must see on the show, heck I didn't bother watching last Friday and I normally always watch it live.
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Post by markymark on Aug 1, 2022 21:38:52 GMT -5
My idea is to turn Rampage into the Sports Entertainment show that would at least make it different from AEW Dark and Dynamite.
The Rampage from 2 weeks ago had the Rap battle, perhaps that helped in the rating?
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Post by Instant Classic on Aug 1, 2022 21:45:43 GMT -5
They don’t do anything on Rampage to make it worth while. It’s background noise.
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champchumpchange
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Post by champchumpchange on Aug 1, 2022 21:52:25 GMT -5
Main-evented by Anna Jay and Ruby Soho
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2022 21:54:36 GMT -5
I said it before Rampage debuted & I say it now Tony needs to watch 98/99 WWF the way 2hr Raw & 1hr heat played off eachother was brilliant. People forget for about a year Heat was regularly the #2 or sometimes #1 wrestling show in the ratings. I’m not saying rampage will be a ratings bonanza but it needs to be closer to a 1hr version of dynamite with that level of starpower & important things happening.
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Post by raymondo316 on Aug 1, 2022 22:04:30 GMT -5
Seriously though, AEW has less than 18 months left on their TV deal, so negotiations on a new deal will start soon. If Tony wants a big money increase on this next deal from TNT/TBS or another network, he really needs to get his act together and start taking Rampage seriously, because these Rampage ratings will not help negotiations whatsoever.
He could end up in a situation where networks want Dynamite, but aren't interested in giving them a Rampage timeslot.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 1, 2022 22:13:11 GMT -5
The constant shuffling around the timeslot really killed its momentum for sure, but also the show is just so utterly pointless. Very little happens on Rampage that isn't contained to it and most meaningful story progression occurs exclusively on Dynamite.
Like, it's probably fine if you're someone who wants to watch as much wrestling as possible, it's some extra bonus content, but in terms of just following the main story beats it's useless.
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Post by The Trashman on Aug 1, 2022 22:38:20 GMT -5
Saturday always should have been the day in the old 6:05 slot
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2022 22:48:11 GMT -5
It was a really uninteresting card, even though I thought it was a solid episode.
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Facetious
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Post by Facetious on Aug 1, 2022 23:05:51 GMT -5
They don’t do anything on Rampage to make it worth while. It’s background noise. Pretty much my main issue. It always feels like a slightly more prominent Dark. I'm sure it is fine to solid wrestling, but it isn't doing enough to make me tune in. |
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Post by sfvega on Aug 1, 2022 23:26:08 GMT -5
They'd need to rebrand Rampage. But with a name that is still grabby and impactful. Like Thursday Night Lightning, or something along those lines. Something that people associate with being ready to rumble. |
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Post by Dub H on Aug 1, 2022 23:59:07 GMT -5
The constant moving time slot really screwed everything up, they haven't recovered from that. Also doesn't help that there's rarely anything must see on the show, heck I didn't bother watching last Friday and I normally always watch it live. I mean there was almost rampage exclusive storylines featuring upcoming favorites. There was a lot fo storylines that progressed there but even then most of the time it feels like 2/3 is filler. That combined with moving timeslots and bad current timeslot really made sure the show didnt recover. It kinda needs a mini-reboot and maybe have its own small roster that occasionally appear on Dynamite |
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Post by dpg on Aug 2, 2022 0:50:46 GMT -5
I've never understood why Rampage was launched, but Dark was kept? It isn't needed. I can see why Elevation has stayed, but not Dark.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 2, 2022 1:03:55 GMT -5
Like 85 percent of the problem has been the time slot bullshit. They could be airing anything, and it'd be a problem building any kind of momentum when it gets f***ed around.
Secondly, Rampage is often good, but outside of the Team Taz vs Swerve/Lee feud, it feels like they've had a lot of times where not a lot of consequence happens on there. I also don't think Jericho does it any favors by being on commentary. He's got no consistency. At least he's toned down screaming at the top of his lungs and stepping over peoples' lines.
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