Well another threat was started about the Raw rating but this is about the WWE as a whole.
Look the ratings are not as good as they were during the "Attitude" era and they aren't high across the board on all of their shows. Since the 3.0 came out for RAW it seems a lot more people are starting to predict the downfall of WWE.
Saying how they are losing money and the giving $1million away is a desperate attempt for ratings and how it failed miserably and the WWE is failing.
Guess what? The WWE isn't failing. The WWE is still one of the top watched shows on ALLLL of cable TV in the US. That is pretty impressive when you consider it has been on cable TV for a few decades now.
In addition the WWE doesn't make their money from ratings. They make their money from ticket sales, (Which have been fine), PPV buys (Also fine), Merchandise (From what I've read doing great), and DVD sales. (They are always the number 1 selling sports DVD every week.
Eric Bischoff was on VOW a couple weeks ago and expressed how upset he gets at the internet fans because they love to talk about the ratings but not a single one of them could tell you how they are calculated, and what exactly the difference between a 2.9 and 3.0 is.
The ratings aren't everything. While they do reflect a sample of how many people actually watch your program each week they do not give you a true estimate.
The WWE isn't losing money, in fact they are making money hand over fist if you pay attention to the market.
Ratings are down now because they are in a transition mode. New starts are starting to be built and eventually ratings will go back up. (Kennedy, MVP, Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase Jr,)
The WWE wasn't drawing huge ratings numbers back in the late 80s/early 90s but they were making money. And that was it is about.
Sad as it is the WWE doesn't really care if the fans love the product. As long as they are making money off the product there is no reason for drastic changes.
So all of those who are predicting the WWE's demise...just shut up.
Look the ratings are not as good as they were during the "Attitude" era and they aren't high across the board on all of their shows. Since the 3.0 came out for RAW it seems a lot more people are starting to predict the downfall of WWE.
Saying how they are losing money and the giving $1million away is a desperate attempt for ratings and how it failed miserably and the WWE is failing.
Guess what? The WWE isn't failing. The WWE is still one of the top watched shows on ALLLL of cable TV in the US. That is pretty impressive when you consider it has been on cable TV for a few decades now.
In addition the WWE doesn't make their money from ratings. They make their money from ticket sales, (Which have been fine), PPV buys (Also fine), Merchandise (From what I've read doing great), and DVD sales. (They are always the number 1 selling sports DVD every week.
Eric Bischoff was on VOW a couple weeks ago and expressed how upset he gets at the internet fans because they love to talk about the ratings but not a single one of them could tell you how they are calculated, and what exactly the difference between a 2.9 and 3.0 is.
The ratings aren't everything. While they do reflect a sample of how many people actually watch your program each week they do not give you a true estimate.
The WWE isn't losing money, in fact they are making money hand over fist if you pay attention to the market.
Ratings are down now because they are in a transition mode. New starts are starting to be built and eventually ratings will go back up. (Kennedy, MVP, Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase Jr,)
The WWE wasn't drawing huge ratings numbers back in the late 80s/early 90s but they were making money. And that was it is about.
Sad as it is the WWE doesn't really care if the fans love the product. As long as they are making money off the product there is no reason for drastic changes.
So all of those who are predicting the WWE's demise...just shut up.