Some Wrestling News & Rumours 2019 Thread ***NO CHAT***

Scavenger XIII

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

the difference is his toothless threat is a real toothless threat

Welcome to the toothless aggression era!

Stereomaniac

He kind of sounds like a lot of the punters around here who complain about WWE every week!

Lithium93_

Sheamus involved in a fan incident at WWE live event

http://www.wrestlingnews.co/sheamus-involved-in-a-fan-incident-at-wwe-live-event/

Pentecost

I assume it was a plastic bottle? An empty one of those wouldn't do too much damage!

Monokne

jaykhunter wrote: »

Yes, congratulations on being a generic IWC member Mick, complete with the "ooh WWE had better shape up or I'll quit watching" toothless threat.

Considering the audience has dropped by 20% in a year, those threats aren't toothless. I'm not watching and it takes a lot to drive me off.

the groutch

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Sheamus involved in a fan incident at WWE live event

http://www.wrestlingnews.co/sheamus-involved-in-a-fan-incident-at-wwe-live-event/

It's a shameful thing, lost your head.

jaykhunter

Monokne wrote: »

Considering the audience has dropped by 20% in a year, those threats aren't toothless. I'm not watching and it takes a lot to drive me off.

Sure I'm not watching either but like ourselves, I'd wager almost all of them haven't actually quit wrestling; they still keep an ear to the ground. As soon as something decent happens (like the Rumble, Mania) they'll be back. And then post-Mania lull will happen all over again! Especially as someone who loves wrestling/WWE/getting a payday dearly like Mick

jaykhunter

Just had a look at some ratings. Dammit, that's like a half million or more down from this time last year. Serious drop.

RAW ratings
November 2014: 2.7 2.82 2.75 2.74 3.05
November 2015: 2.45 2.31 2.22 2.27 2.15

Stereomaniac

Maybe if they keep the belt on Sheamus for 12 months it will lift.

Monokne

jaykhunter wrote: »

Sure I'm not watching either but like ourselves, I'd wager almost all of them haven't actually quit wrestling; they still keep an ear to the ground. As soon as something decent happens (like the Rumble, Mania) they'll be back. And then post-Mania lull will happen all over again! Especially as someone who loves wrestling/WWE/getting a payday dearly like Mick

I agree with this principal, but the key is that every time they drive a segment of their audience off, whatever comes back is less than what went away. In 2010 they were still hitting the 5 million mark on occasion. In 2015 they are scraping above 3 million. There are people who are staying switched off.

Stereomaniac

Do you think that 15 years ago it was more possible for them to gain new viewers of any age, whereas in 2015 the only people who start watching having never seen it before are children?

Monokne

There is no evidence that they are gaining younger viewers. If you look at the demographic stats, the percentage of the audience that is under 18 has never been lower.

They put out a bad product, and too much of it. It makes it virtually impossible to expand the audience. Who has that much free time anyway?

Lithium93_

WWE reducing the amount of shows for their next European tour
http://www.wrestlingnews.co/wwe-reduces-the-amount-of-shows-for-their-next-european-tour/

Lord TSC

Lithium93_ wrote: »

WWE reducing the amount of shows for their next European tour
http://www.wrestlingnews.co/wwe-reduces-the-amount-of-shows-for-their-next-european-tour/

The only days where there will be split crews are Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20.


*Checks Dublin date*

x43r0

Lord TSC wrote: »

The only days where there will be split crews are Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20.


*Checks Dublin date*

*checks Raw taping*

All good!

Agent Coulson

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Loughc

Let them come across boards!!!

Moneymaker

I haven't even started with the tirades I could give about this product right now.

Also we haven't had a good Omackerel rant in forever. It's long overdue :pac:

Lithium93_

Someone in the company must be reading this forum, as WWE sent out a survey: WWE is concerned with low ratings, fans asked why they are not watching Raw

http://www.wrestlingnews.co/124772-2/

2 of the questions from the survey, whoever greenlit this http://i.imgur.com/iWKad22.jpg

Do you ever change the channel during an episode of Raw (including during commercial breaks)?

Do you ever fast forward during recorded episodes of Raw?

gerrybbadd

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Someone in the company must be reading this forum, as WWE sent out a survey: WWE is concerned with low ratings, fans asked why they are not watching Raw

http://www.wrestlingnews.co/124772-2/

2 of the questions from the survey, whoever greenlit this http://i.imgur.com/iWKad22.jpg

That's one massive Picard!

Are ratings a big a deal as they once were though, with PVR etc? I know, I used to only watch Raw throughout the week, very rarely live. Does PVR content get factored into ratings now at all?

A Brad Maddox Guy

I could be wrong but I think they do get separate PVR figures in America but they'd be of much lower marketing value than live ratings since people generally just skip the ads.

Lithium93_

gerrybbadd wrote: »

That's one massive Picard!

Are ratings a big a deal as they once were though, with PVR etc? I know, I used to only watch Raw throughout the week, very rarely live. Does PVR content get factored into ratings now at all?

Indeed it is a massive Picard, I would say because of the USA Network, ratings might be a high priority for those in positions of power, must be panic/chaos in Hartford with ratings plummeting, plummeting badly if they have to send out surveys.

CastorTroy

Moneymaker wrote: »

I haven't even started with the tirades I could give about this product right now.

Also we haven't had a good Omackerel rant in forever. It's long overdue :pac:

Coming soon: A 3 hour special edition Boards.ie PW Podcast. Part 1 of 2.

gerrybbadd

CastorTroy wrote: »

Coming soon: A 3 hour special edition Boards.ie PW Podcast. Part 1 of 2.

I would love this. Love it

Monokne

A Brad Maddox Guy wrote: »

I could be wrong but I think they do get separate PVR figures in America but they'd be of much lower marketing value than live ratings since people generally just skip the ads.

The +7 number is less than 10% so it is not that significant. And yes, it is pretty meaningless because people aren't watching the ads.

Stereomaniac

Who do these surveys get sent out to, do you have to be a part of some sort of list somewhere?

martyos121

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Who do these surveys get sent out to, do you have to be a part of some sort of list somewhere?

Think they only send them out to the Roman Reigns Fan Club, which is just Kevin Dunn, who keys in the answers Vince tells him to.

Stereomaniac

What about Howard Finkel and Pat Patterson?

Lithium93_

Mick Foley’s son to join the WWE Creative Team
http://www.wrestlingnews.co/mick-foleys-son-to-join-the-wwe-creative-team/

Pentecost

Should stop Pop berating creative I guess