Impact Support Club House

[.]

Why oh why bring Bradley up, put him such big names during the BFG series only to never use him again when there was potential there? This is like Christian York all over again.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Why oh why bring Bradley up, put him such big names during the BFG series only to never use him again when there was potential there? This is like Christian York all over again.

He was used as a jobber in the BFG series, which every year has shown us (Robbie E before him), is a necessary role. I have little issue with it.

York was a different scenario. Showed promise, sorta captured a lot of fanfare based on his Gut Check performance, but had a lot of flaws exposed in the subsequent weeks, which probably scared the company off from continuing his push.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Before they faced off, I had no idea how much bigger than Styles Magnus is! Wow...

Magnus is a big dude. I'm not sure what it is about him, if it's just ring gear, or what, but he comes off as small, when he's really not.

He's billed at 6'3, 240lbs.

 

[.]

Yep.

 

[Danger Burger]

Yep.

Is that the Dublin show? Shoot, I nearly bought tickets.

 

[Cereal Killer]

Just something a little fascinating:

WWE RAW - At the turn of the millennium RAW was drawing a 5.8 on the Neilson rating. In 2012 it averaged a 3.0. In a little over ten years the show has bled away almost half its audience.

WWE Smackdown - In 2000 Smackdown was bringing in a 4.7, compared to 2012's 1.9. That's something like a 35% audience retention rate over twelve years.

WWE ECW - Founded in 2006, the show managed a 1.8 average over its first year, but quickly collapsed and was canceled in 2010 when it started regularly failing to hit a 1.0. Once again a loss of 50% of the viewing audience.

WWE Superstars - The broadcasts began in 2009 with a 0.9 ratings average. But 2011 the rating had plummeted to a 0.5, and the network pulled the plug.

WWE NXT - The show didn't even last a year.

Ring of Honor Wrestling - The show ran for two years, during which it never managed to place on the Neilson ratings deapite having Ric Flair show up at one point. Once the contract with HDNet expired the network declined to renew and the show went off the air. ROH has since signed an objectively inferior network deal with lower coverage.

TNA Impact - Impact began running in 2006 with a 0.8 rating, and is now averaging a 1.1, making in the only wrestling broadcast of the past ten years to have actually improved its television audience.

 

[.]

What do ratings matter when your live events are only drawing up to 350 people?

You're doing yourself no good comparing TNA to other promotions.

 

[Cereal Killer]

I said it was something fascinating. That is all. If you're talking about a live event's crowd attendance, why can't national TV ratings be brought up?

 

[DarksideEric]

Just something a little fascinating:

I'm not sure that's entirely correct:

At USA, the year-round dynamo “WWE Raw” averaged a big 4.61 million viewers, helping pin down Monday night for the net.

Source: http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/tbs-usa-lead-the-way-among-top-rated-cable-nets-of-2013-1200949512/

Your quote also states NXT hasn't even lasted a year...

 

[Coco]

WWE RAW - At the turn of the millennium RAW was drawing a 5.8 on the Neilson rating. In 2012 it averaged a 3.0. In a little over ten years the show has bled away almost half its audience.

I don't think this guy understands how ratings work.

 

[Cereal Killer]

This was originally posted by Gelgarin, and the ratings were based upon averages. The NXT part was meant to say that they didn't air in the States.

 

[DarksideEric]

This was originally posted by Gelgarin, and the ratings were based upon averages. The NXT part was meant to say that they didn't air in the States.

Yes, and it's incorrect.

 

[Cereal Killer]

What is? That the average was 4.6 instead of 3.0?

 

[DarksideEric]

What is? That the average was 4.6 instead of 3.0?

It states the average in 2012 was 3.0.

I provided a source that states the average of 2013 to be 4.6.

That makes the statement of "TNA is the only show to increase in the past decade" to be incorrect since 2013 comes after 2012 and 4.6>3.0.

 

[Danger Burger]

It states the average in 2012 was 3.0.

I provided a source that states the average of 2013 to be 4.6.

That makes the statement of "TNA is the only show to increase in the past decade" to be incorrect since 2013 comes after 2012 and 4.6>3.0.

But eh... 4.6 is less than 5.8?

Besides, I think Coco said something important.

 

[DarksideEric]

But eh... 4.6 is less than 5.8?

Besides, I think Coco said something important.

Yes, 4.6 is less than 5.8.

It's also greater than 3.0.

It's an increase from a prior year.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

Also just thought I'd point this out that the 4.6 is the number of viewers not the rating

 

[DarksideEric]

Also just thought I'd point this out that the 4.6 is the number of viewers not the rating

1 point = 1.3 million viewers.

Give or take.

So, even with the number being the total number of viewers, the rating it still higher than the prior year.

4.6/1.3 = 3.5 rating.

 

[Cereal Killer]

How's Smackdown doing?

 

[Dirk]

I love TNA and all, but Total Divas is real competition. I can understand wanting to look at Eva Marie's chest and face for an hour or so (or one of the Funkadactyls if you're an ass-man (or -woman, no judgement)), but that shit is drivel compared to a real wrestling show with talent that is equal to or greater than those in the WWE!

TNA broke into the ones? That's great. I can probably double the distance I usually get on my drive when playing gholf (which I don't do ) and it wouldn't be an achievement, because the bar was set so low.

But here's the kicker - I don't know why TNA isn't in a position to compete with WWE. I LOVE TNA (I don't always understand some of the backstage shit, but hey...) and the only reason I can think of as to why they aren't a threat is that the world just doesn't give a crap about wrestling anymore and WWE still has half of their fanbase left who watch it out of habit.

 

[DarksideEric]

How's Smackdown doing?

Not sure, do the research.

 

[Cereal Killer]

I love TNA and all, but Total Divas is real competition. I can understand wanting to look at Eva Marie's chest and face for an hour or so (or one of the Funkadactyls if you're an ass-man (or -woman, no judgement)), but that shit is drivel compared to a real wrestling show with talent that is equal to or greater than those in the WWE!

TNA broke into the ones? That's great. I can probably double the distance I usually get on my drive when playing gholf (which I don't do ) and it wouldn't be an achievement, because the bar was set so low.

But here's the kicker - I don't know why TNA isn't in a position to compete with WWE. I LOVE TNA (I don't always understand some of the backstage shit, but hey...) and the only reason I can think of as to why they aren't a threat is that the world just doesn't give a crap about wrestling anymore and WWE still has half of their fanbase left who watch it out of habit.

To be fair, Total Divas has a completely different audience and purpose. TNA is for professional wrestling fans while Total Divas is for teenage girls and perverts (with a small wrestling fan attraction).

While ratings are low, wresting isn't on the decline. Several factors like the internet, more channels and more edgy TV has an affect on TV ratings. Take Friends for example, it's episode finale had 75 million viewers. What is thought to be the "best thing on TV" or whatever, Breaking Bad only hit 10.3 million viewers.

Why aren't they competition? I suppose the booking style is for a minority while WWE's is for most audiences. You have Cena for the kids, Punk for the adults, Divas for the feminists, etc. I prefer the TNA roster by miles but the WWE's is more marketable. It's like that I guess.

 

[Dirk]

Looks like Joe is going to get that push he bitched about. I'm happy for him.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Smackdown is generally sub 2, around 1.6-1.9 generally. But that's going off of memory. The occasional show will break 2 I believe.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Looks like Joe is going to get that push he bitched about. I'm happy for him.

According to what, spoilers? If so, I want nothing to do with them!