Official Wrestling News Thread

[Agent_Ro]

So Sasha can't get them to a million, what a shame.

Who expected that?

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

Also…



Her opening segment drew a Millie

 

[Chi-Town B]

When they can't get the ratings then it's we don't care about them

 

[VIBE]

IWC is home of some of the most insufferable fans around

I am a well-known Sami (and KO) hater. I dont like them at all. But, I do give credit where it is due and Sami has done good work. But it’s still fuck ‘em.

 

[Chi-Town B]

Who expected that?

People

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

I am a well-known Sami (and KO) hater. I dont like them at all. But, I do give credit where it is due and Sami has done good work. But it’s still fuck ‘em.

Then you have 90% of the IWC beat brother

 

[PhenomTheMac]

Also…



Her opening segment drew a Millie

The big bang theory drew a millie if we being real about it.

But yeah her debut had a million viewers. The main event had 627k! Damn near 400 thousand people were watching and dipped out before the show was over. Why? Because Tony Khan can't book.

 

[PhenomTheMac]

But I'm sure Wbd are loving the rasslin show that loses 40% of its audience. That new TV deal is coming up aaaaany day now.

 

[OGDirtyD]

Those 2 (Willow and Riho) shouldnt of main evented as they are not huge draws to be fair or they should of announced Sasha would be involved later in the night to keep interest in that match.


The show was solid tho.

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

The big bang theory drew a millie if we being real about it.

But yeah her debut had a million viewers. The main event had 627k! Damn near 400 thousand people were watching and dipped out before the show was over. Why? Because Tony Khan can't book.

It doesnt change the fact her opening segment drew a millie

When you're watching RAW or Smackdown you dont walk away wondering what the ratings will be like the next day so lets not pretend that it matters to you now.

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

I remember posting about how IYO has been a ratings monster for months and how the CTRL storyline has been the highest rated thing on Smackdown for months and nobody gave a fuck lol lets not do this

 

[OGDirtyD]

I remember posting about how IYO has been a ratings monster for months and how the CTRL storyline has been the highest rated thing on Smackdown for months and nobody gave a fuck lol lets not do this

It only matters to them because its AEW. The gimmick runs strong with some. That IWC shit has bled into ABW unfortunately.

 

[PhenomTheMac]

What gimmick? If you want to bury your head in the sand and act like losing 400 thousand viewers is in any way a good thing so be it.

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

It only matters to them because its AEW. The gimmick runs strong with some. That IWC shit has bled into ABW unfortunately.

these niggas are not wrestling fans

 

[already home_17]

I feel Sami pain tho fr. DB labeling the fans as fickle during his earth's champion run was some of the realest shit ever said.

 

[TonyDubbz]

The just are what they are at this point for all the shows

theres not gonna be any major changes

there was a time whenever everybody was harping on ratings tho @Iceberg_Taylor it may of been before you started tuning in like that again idk but it was moreso when AEW was in its first 2 years and during the time they were up against NXT. I think people still; go on about it because during that time they did make a big deal about them cause they were on the up and up, especially agaisnt NXT but like I was saying it just is what it is now, nobody should expect any huge rating jumps aside from a 1 off due to a super card or a big appearance from a part timer.

 

[OGDirtyD]

What gimmick? If you want to bury your head in the sand and act like losing 400 thousand viewers is in any way a good thing so be it.

Brother you know you just be hatin and/or trollin when it comes to anything AEW does. If its so bad why even bother wasting your time..unless trollin is your thing which is the gimmick im referring too.

 

[TonyDubbz]

If we being real the last big FREE AGENT needle mover was Punk and we saw proof of it. WWE even tried to put Mercedes up against him and it didnt work then so yea

 

[PhenomTheMac]

Wrestling ain't popular anymore , that's just what it is

I won't say that its dying but the fan bases aren't growing either. It's the same people watching

Exactly. Until we get a boom in pop culture shit just a up hill battle.

Exactly.

Folks need to understand AEW was literally built from the ground up. Gotta give them time.

WWE SmackDown falls below two million viewers against NBA playoffs

The show finished first on network TV but trailed ESPN's coverage of the NBA playoffs.

www.f4wonline.com

Let's be for real. A lot of these old wrestling dudes are mad because Tony Khan didn't offer them a job. TK even had him on for the Inner Circle town hall after critiquing AEW so it's not that. It wasn't until Bischoff got disrespectful and Tony had to get at him about playing a part in running WCW into the ground. Like what is he talking about AEW not growing?

AEW’s future is uncertain with WarnerMedia making ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ in budget cuts

This is what happens when new management takes over.

www.cagesideseats.com

“[Warner Bros. Discovery is] gonna be eliminating new scripted programming...they’re gonna cut some of the scripted shows. Some of the ones that are around they’ll renew, but they will not be making news ones, apparently. So when these shows die off, the ones that are around now, in theory there will be no more scripted programming on TBS and TNT.

As far as what it means for AEW...when you’re talking about a company looking at making hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts, and another company partner that’s looking for a substantial rate increase on what they are getting on a new contract, which would be in 2024, you can do the math...”

This is a sampling of posts from THIS THREAD from 2 years ago. So we been discussing ratings. But now it's a problem. Peep that last comment though...