Some of you guys are pretty fickle. And, Cody is probably one of the best guys AEW has besides Omega, Jericho, and Moxley
I thought MJF's non turn was just excellent.Im a little dubious on factions as it is, but I was happy with how they introduced the Inner Circle yesterday. Just keep it small. I would be okay if there were no new members to be honest. I was a little worried when they teased MJF that this was going to turn into the nWo.
AEW on TNT opened with 1,138,000 viewers and ended with 1,036,000. Overall, the end of the Young Bucks vs. Private Party and the Jericho interview, a segment that was the peak in a number of major markets, actually lost 44,000 viewers overall. Darby Allin vs. Jimmy Havoc lost 196,000 viewers. The women's tag match gained 58,000 viewers. Jon Moxley vs. Shawn Spears gained 27,000 viewers. And the main event and post-match angle gained 53,000 viewers.
The word is [OWE] is done in China, all the staff and wrestlers have moved on. The plan is to relaunch the promotion in Cambodia. T-Hawk & Lindaman may bring some of the Chinese wrestlers they trained to Japan or Cambodia. Cima and T-Hawk are going to continue to work for AEW and they are working on Lindaman coming back.
For the first week of AEW in the U.K., the Friday night at 11:20 p.m. debut airing averaged 81,000 viewers, which is lower than ITV 4 had been doing in the time slot. The Sunday morning 8:20 a.m. airing did 36,000 viewers, which would be in the range (slightly above) what the time slot had been doing. The Monday night one-hour airing on ITV did 279,000 viewers, and this is clearly the key time slot. While this is lower than the year average in the slot, it is higher than the time slot had been doing in recent weeks. Keep in mind all these numbers came on a deal put together at the last minute, that only the hardcores knew about, with very little if any promotion. Unlike in the U.S. where the promotion was so strong that you'd think the first weak would be higher, here one would think when the show gets established there is room for growth. But the negative is the time slots appear to be floating, starting a few minutes earlier or later each week depending on other programming, and that gives the feel of filler and may make it harder to build an audience. Regarding other U.K. ratings this past week, Impact on Friday at pretty much the same time as AEW did 57,000 viewers. Raw with Tyson Fury, who is huge in the U.K., did 49,000 viewers and Fury's first segment doubled the usual audience. Smackdown did 71,000 viewers on Friday late night from 1-3 a.m., doing nearly as much as AEW did in a better time slot, although Smackdown was live and AEW's show had viewers able to watch first both on FITE for a subscription fee and then on Thursday on the ITV hub. The 71,000 was unusually high given all the stars including Dwayne Johnson, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, etc. were advertised plus the Kofi Kingston vs. Brock Lesnar match. But it's pretty clear with the Monday ITV time slot that AEW will far and away be the most-watched promotion on U.K. television, and the gap with WWE will grow wider in 2020 when WWE moves to BT
I'm convinced this is it. He's the antithesis of the Young Bucks' style, and WrasslERA eats them up.It's either that or the old school style is just completely lost on the current generation of wrestling fan.
Foreal. If The Elite got pushed to high hell there'd be complaints that all they're doing is putting themselves over. Kenny is 2nd in card with their biggest mainstream star. AEW is doing a great job of introducing all their unknowns and making them stars.
Darby vs. Jimmy. Yikes. Was something exciting going on in baseball then, or people just didn't like it?
Also, more Riho.
Having had only tuned into the previous week as the entirety of my wrestling experience, between the Havoc promo, the emo v. emo aesthetic, and the opening going in on excessive finger-biting, I was ready to tune out. The fact that they both look like they got their facial accessories carpooling to a recently opened seasonal Halloween store doesn't help.Darby vs. Jimmy. Yikes. Was something exciting going on in baseball then, or people just didn't like it?
Also, more Riho.
haha okay, done, tweeted it out to kenny. it'd sure be nice if he saw it.
He's too fucking old for his gimmick. He's north of 35 years old, balding, and still shops at Hot Topic. MJF was spitting truth.Havoc has generally been a turnoff but a lot of people seem to have good opinions of him from his previous work. Is this something like the Dark Order where the presentation so far just hasn't been right? They need to let him talk more, or have some kind of angle, or really lean into the hardcore stuff. Just putting him out there to wrestle standard matches comes across pretty flat.
18 months from now, and assuming that AEW steadily establishes their brand, is WWE in panic mode?Bayley and Balor were, basically, the main reason NXT became so popular. It's insane how vince and dunn killed them cold blood.
"i like money, but only the money i created with my own very hands DAMMIT"
18 months from now, and assuming that AEW steadily establishes their brand, is WWE in panic mode?
Have we ever seen WWE in panic mode in the past?
And what would it look like? Perhaps it was the Attitude Era, but some have argued that it manifested with the Billionaire Ted bits.
We've already seen what WCW in panic mode looks like, but the WWE doesn't have the tenuous financial standing that WCW did during the Monday Night Wars.
I can't think of many bland and boring wrestlers that pop the roof off.
So let me get this straight. Cody is bland. AEW really did terrible ratings because people just left their TVs on and didn't watch (but this doesn't apply to USA network I guess). Vince isn't concerned about NXT ratings despite pulling out every stop to get good ratings. Jimmy Havok is goofy.
I burned my fingers trying to recap these takes.
So let me get this straight. Cody is bland. AEW really did terrible ratings because people just left their TVs on and didn't watch (but this doesn't apply to USA network I guess). Vince isn't concerned about NXT ratings despite pulling out every stop to get good ratings. Jimmy Havok is goofy.
I burned my fingers trying to recap these takes.
So let me get this straight. Cody is bland. AEW really did terrible ratings because people just left their TVs on and didn't watch (but this doesn't apply to USA network I guess). Vince isn't concerned about NXT ratings despite pulling out every stop to get good ratings.
I'd only want to see Bea Priestley join and that's all.Im a little dubious on factions as it is, but I was happy with how they introduced the Inner Circle yesterday. Just keep it small. I would be okay if there were no new members to be honest. I was a little worried when they teased MJF that this was going to turn into the nWo.
Pushing the idea that "Cody Rhodes is bland" is a hot take is laughable.So let me get this straight. Cody is bland. AEW really did terrible ratings because people just left their TVs on and didn't watch (but this doesn't apply to USA network I guess). Vince isn't concerned about NXT ratings despite pulling out every stop to get good ratings. Jimmy Havok is goofy.
I burned my fingers trying to recap these takes.
Right. Launching a promotion with the Young Bucks thats beating the WWE in head to head ratings. Not interesting enough for you.Pushing the idea that "Cody Rhodes is bland" is a hot take is laughable.
"The most interesting thing about Cody Rhodes is his last name" is not even Pop-eyes Spicy tier.
Right. Launching a promotion with the Young Bucks thats beating the WWE in head to head ratings. Not interesting enough for you.
The guy doesn't even go by Rhodes anymore. Not sure how he's getting all these pops without it.
He's a great businessman! Kudos to him. Seriously. AEW is a monumental achievement. Doesn't mean I care to see him on my television as an entertainer.Right. Launching a promotion with the Young Bucks thats beating the WWE in head to head ratings. Not interesting enough for you.
The guy doesn't even go by Rhodes anymore. Not sure how he's getting all these pops without it.
Nope. Nope. Nope.To be fair, he is going by Rhodes but can't use the name because 'Cody Rhodes' is owned by WWE.
So let me get this straight. Cody is bland. AEW really did terrible ratings because people just left their TVs on and didn't watch (but this doesn't apply to USA network I guess). Vince isn't concerned about NXT ratings despite pulling out every stop to get good ratings. Jimmy Havok is goofy.
I burned my fingers trying to recap these takes.
I can't recall another time where people wanted something, got it, then became so damn critical of it.So let me get this straight. Cody is bland. AEW really did terrible ratings because people just left their TVs on and didn't watch (but this doesn't apply to USA network I guess). Vince isn't concerned about NXT ratings despite pulling out every stop to get good ratings. Jimmy Havok is goofy.
I burned my fingers trying to recap these takes.
And that's why Dustin gets less of a reaction!He's a great businessman! Kudos to him. Seriously. AEW is a monumental achievement. Doesn't mean I care to see him on my television as an entertainer.
And your last point, lol. Do you think the audience suddenly forgot his lineage because he dropped his surname on TV?
I agree. He started strong and has been incredibly consistent for AEW.Cody has been the MVP of AEW so far
No one can convince me otherwise