klunderbunker
Welcome to My (And Not Sly's) House
3.0. And the Summer of Punk continues to do almost nothing!
Raw does a 3.0 rating; AKA Slyfox resists the urge to putdown Punk's drawing ability
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Monkey_Mania
I Am The One Who Knocks
I've come to the conclusion that I don't give a rip about the ratings. Raw hasn't been this good in a lot of years. I'm more entertained than ever.
Remy LaCroix
Lou Thesz' Favorite Son
Ratings are down/not improving, so I'mma bash on the current WWE storylines and blame the writers! LOL
shattered dreams
Hexagonal Hedonist
I know I quit watching the Punk segments a few weeks back (no fault of his).
The belief that ratings and quality have any sort of correlation is one held solely by fools. The folks who make a big deal about the ratings are the ones that are interested by things like drawing power and the business end of wrestling. While I'll admit I occasionally get suckered into a debate about ratings or drawing power, I'm like you in that I'm much more concerned with a quality wrestling product than how much money it is making. I'll let Vince and friends fret over that.
Joe's Gonna Kill You
The Hunt is On
Damn I thought they'd be higher O well, I've also been enjoying Raw more then before this angle started.
The Dragon Saga
Whale in a Teardrop
I've been enjoying RAW and Smackdown a lot more, respectively in the past two to three months.
What was RAW up against? Monday Night Football or something?
What was RAW up against? Monday Night Football or something?
George Steele's Barber
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4.6 million viewers. That's gonna sell a shit ton of Randy Orton place settings.
The_Grimace
Nothing can kill The_Grimace!
if you one of those rating watchers, I don't think they count the wonderful invention DVR. I mean I can't watch wrestling monday nights to I DVR and watch tuesdays. And I for one don't care about ratings I like the product right now.
El Rev sXe
If you have ghosts...
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Occasional Pre-Show
Or, may be, when a casual fan sees punk talking he cheers (or just admire), but doesn't feel the need to see every promos of his every Monday night, because they know what this is gonna converge into. Or, may be, when he sees another WWE star (relatively unknown) talking something which is going over their head, but they just know that this is another rebel-against-authority story. Or, may be, people don't relate to anti-authority characters anymore, and they have more important things to do.
Which ever way you wanna put it, Punk new story isn't as epic for masses, as it is made out to be. It has been entertaining and bringing the best out of Cena and punk both. But I can't imagine that my old roomies (who basically watches WWE for Cena and Khali) is going to invest emotionally into it. So, may be, that punk is not as imposing or engaging (like Austin and Rock) as people are making out to be.
Which ever way you wanna put it, Punk new story isn't as epic for masses, as it is made out to be. It has been entertaining and bringing the best out of Cena and punk both. But I can't imagine that my old roomies (who basically watches WWE for Cena and Khali) is going to invest emotionally into it. So, may be, that punk is not as imposing or engaging (like Austin and Rock) as people are making out to be.
I had thought the same thing. But then I remembered I hate del Rio and ratings weigh much less than intrigue to me.
Those who believe this statement are the only fools around.
How can you say something is good if it bores people to the point of not wanting to watch it? You are familiar with the concept of pro wrestling, right?
Big Nick Dudley
Nick
They need The Rock. He should stop acting, out of loyalty.
Yeah, wrestling does bore most people. Thus it sucks. Good point as always, boss.
That's not completely fair. There have been many many high quality shows in the past that were canceled due to poor ratings simply because the subject matter wasn't mainstream enough. And I certainly think that applies to Pro-Wrestling as a whole right now. Right now Pro-Wrestling is in a slump as a whole. Not many people are interested in it these days like they were in 1998, and Bill Goldberg was The Man.
(Sorry had to plug Goldberg) Honestly I think the quality is way up now, but it's not quite high enough to generate a buzz like it was doing during the golden ages and the attitude era. It's going to have to go up higher even still and then it has to do the hardest thing of all, STAY THAT WAY. It has to stay long enough for people to get back into it, and see for themselves it's good.
Big Nick Dudley
Nick
High drawing power doesn't automatically equal quality. What do you have to say for Transformers III? Not much, I'd guess.
In the same way that a good wrestling match isn't a product of the number of moves used during it, a good argument isn't the product of the quantity of words used to compose it. So really, he doesn't need to say much to win. Now what do you have to say about that?
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Bernkastel
Reaper of Miracles
I would agree with you, but Justin Bieber's music sells like a motherfucker but most people over 20 would say he sucks.
I'd be willing to bet that WWE's audience as been shifting little by little, the 18-24 demographic continues to get smaller, while the 13-17 demographic continues to gets larger. If that's true, it's going to affect the direction of the storylines. Basically the simplier the better, and the CM Punk storyline isn't what I'd call simple.
Smooth Sexual Chocolate
Grapefruits of Wrath
Nickleback