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WWE and AEW weekly ratings discussion
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If WWE goes down, the industry is likely completely dead to the general public.
Personally I don't want the WWE to fall - I just want it to not be complete shit.
I wouldn't read a lot into the AEW drop given the competition, we'll see where it is when there's a lack of strong competition.
LOL at Raw's rating, what game is it going against next week?
LOL at Raw's rating, what game is it going against next week?
Maybe a couple of years back when they used to intentionally kill the third hour (main eventing with enzo etc).
That main event last night was about as bad as it gets.
Just double checked, the record is actually this year. They went from 2.84M to 2.14M with no football competition for this years rumble go-home show.
Thankfully I haven't watched raw in 4 years lol. I find out how bad it is vicariously through dave/bryan and through era posters.
On a side note, I wonder how USA feels about the commentators on Raw constantly talking about FOX, FOX execs and SD now that it isn't on USA anymore. It's annoying as hell as a viewer, I can only imagine how USA feels about it.
It was a draft show so they shouldn't care.
If they're doing it next week however...
They were doing it last week too (talking about SD and it being on Fox).
Last week was the hype up to the show and WWE having to get the channel change over, I'm sure USA understand that. From now on the only time Raw commentators should mention Fox regularly is if they have another draft or if there's a survivor series coming up (so expect it soon lol).
That said I wonder if they'll still do a raw vs smackdown gimmick for survivor series, would either network want to "Lose" and be considered as the B show? Even if we all know Raw is now the B show...
Hey guys, I just want to know if those Raw figures dro-
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We eatin' tonight!
It doesn't really have to be. New York and Boston are 2 of WWE's biggest territories, but the Pats are HUGE in Boston. No Pats fan will watch Raw over the Pats, especially with the Pats having an undefeated season and going against a division rival. Numbers in Boston for next week should be rough. Could impact New York/New Jersey (prob WWE's biggest market) as well if the game is competative.
I doubt it. I gave up on it. Still do not see why folks are so hyped about it.
Last week was the best wrestling show I have seen in close to 6 years.
Bro, last week was some of the best wrestling TV in ages. Probably over a decade. It was fantastic.
Last week's episode was fantastic so I can see why people are rooting for it to hang on this week but I'm not holding out too much hope that it'll stay in the 1.0 range.
Possibly a team sweeping an advancing to the World Series.
Edit: NVM. That's tonight.
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Nationals are gonna do it, but looks like they'll still be up against a Yankees/Astros game, so they'll take a hit regardless.
And because you didn't like it, there's no way the show does over 1.0? 😒
We're hitting our marks people, now let's make it CONSISTENT!
We're hitting our marks people, now let's make it CONSISTENT!
No draft Friday or Monday, and Monday's going up against the defending SB champs on MNF. I like our chances, friends 🤗
Well it seems to keep going down so you tell me. WWE is dropping and people assume it's cause WWE is just sorry ( a lot of it is). BUT AEW, the savior of wrestling, is also not lighting the world on fire even as a new product, despite all the stans and fans pushing it hard and it still managed to drop significantly. I think wrestling vis is just niche now, and AEW will be even more niche than WWE. And as such yeah I imagine it will generally be below A million views with a show or two going over, just like how WWE has spikes every so often but generally stays around the same and even down a tick.
The drop was expected. They are overachieving, because TNT actually thought that they would be in the 0.5 to 0.65 range at best, and they are doing 1.x+ weekly rating. I think that they should surpass the 1.12 they did last week.
And that's with the Omega/Janela match left to AEW Dark. Crazy.
Also I want to be clear. I hope it stays around. It's good to have competition. WWE was at its best when WCW was kicking their ass and reading their results.
*The most optimistic expectations from TNT and AEW for AEW's biggest show (its first TNT show) end up consistently exceeded, being almost a third of what it's consistently gotten every week so far*
WWEERA: "all is lost lmfao pack it up losers"
WWEERA: "all is lost lmfao pack it up losers"
Yeah, like TNT and AEW are just going to be happy if ratings continue to drop because the first few weeks were high. I'm pretty sure they want long-term success.
And they will continue to exceed 500k viewers. I love it, especially because you know the WWEstans hate it. We even see it in this thread 😂 they've got nothing left. Period
Waiting for them to announce Cena or Austin. Hell, maybe Sting. Or maybe a GUEST GM! The sky's the limit for gimmick ratings ploys!
Should be good!
Wish the Yankees weren't playing tomorrow at 8pm, though. I'll be happy once baseball's done and we see what AEW can get when it's not dealing with playoff sports.
It needs to drop the corny storylines and change itself, I'd suggest it actually starts becoming a real contact sport and move away from scripted outcomes.
NXT 712k
AEW 1.014mil, remains consistently in the mil+ range, remains over double what TNT wanted the average episode to get, and it's even in the top 5 for the day now!
(To repeat a line below for the slow ones here: over double the network expectations, in a business where the most watched show in the country with decades in the timeslot only gets 3 million viewers. For the really really slow ones here, and I know they're here: Very Good. V e r y G o o d)
Also remains over double what NXT got in the 18-49 demo. Anth0ny lol at this
AEW 1.014mil, remains consistently in the mil+ range, remains over double what TNT wanted the average episode to get, and it's even in the top 5 for the day now!
(To repeat a line below for the slow ones here: over double the network expectations, in a business where the most watched show in the country with decades in the timeslot only gets 3 million viewers. For the really really slow ones here, and I know they're here: Very Good. V e r y G o o d)
Also remains over double what NXT got in the 18-49 demo. Anth0ny lol at this
Not next week. We're dropping below 900,000, friend. And NXT is going sub 650,000.
That sucks for NXT as it's the only WWE show that's watchable and kept away from Vince's influence.
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