The Ratings Thread - a lot of people watched wrestling on Super Tuesday, sort of

[AtlantaWhaler]

Fair, though it seems obvious they're trying to pop the rating while selling the next rights package.

And at this point, it can't be argued that it's not working.

Probably. Coaching as well.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Probably. Coaching as well.

For sure with Becky working Stratton. Not so much Dom lol. Not that he's a bad worker or anything, just still learning himself.

Didn't Ziggler go work Bron at one point?

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

For sure with Becky working Stratton. Not so much Dom lol. Not that he's a bad worker or anything, just still learning himself.

Didn't Ziggler go work Bron at one point?

I don't know who's coaching who. Some of them seem to float back and forth like Corbin and Crews. Though, that's likely to get them the additional coaching as well.

 

[GKJ]

For sure with Becky working Stratton. Not so much Dom lol. Not that he's a bad worker or anything, just still learning himself.

Didn't Ziggler go work Bron at one point?

Ziggler won the title off him.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Ziggler won the title off him.

There's a guy who, once his in-ring career is over (Depending on if he decides to continue it outside WWE) should absolutely be training at the PC.

 

[Emperoreddy]

NXT did better in overall viewers this week. 857K to 800K

Dynamite did better in the demo .28 to .22

Surprised they dropped that much with Edge's debut

 

[Reality Check]

 

[GKJ]

NXT did better in overall viewers this week. 857K to 800K

Dynamite did better in the demo .28 to .22

Surprised they dropped that much with Edge's debut

They peaked for that though at about 850k.

 

[Emperoreddy]

They peaked for that though at about 850k.

True was the high point of the show (though it was over run), high point within the 2 hours was MJF (which has been the norm, MJF always draws)

The first hour did really poorly, dragged the overall rating down.

NXT's peak was over 900k this week and it was Becky's promo segment.

Big time Becks draws

 

[Jussi]

Strange, I don't see the thread title mentioning NXT beating Dynamite...

 

[Emperoreddy]

Strange, I don't see the thread title mentioning NXT beating Dynamite...

It only sort of did. Dynamite had the higher demo.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Strange, I don't see the thread title mentioning NXT beating Dynamite...

You're so weird.

 

[Jussi]

You're so weird.

You're the weirdest!11!!!

 

[Sheppy]

Strange, I don't see the thread title mentioning NXT beating Dynamite...

You're so predictable.

 

[Jussi]

You're so predictable.

This whole board is predictable.

 

[Sheppy]

"We don't view AEW as competition"

 

[GKJ]

Weird it didn’t come up for like the 3 years the title was outdated.

 

[Jussi]

Weird it didn’t come up for like the 3 years the title was outdated.

Would it have made a difference?

 

[GKJ]

Would it have made a difference?

No.

 

[yahhockey]

I believe someone here said their guide did not list Dynamite. Seems that wasn't an isolated incident. Not that the initial ratings include DVR views but it could have impacted those as well. I don't think the issue cost them 100k viewers or anything ridiculous however it is a piece of the puzzle. There were a lot of flashbacks and video packages, very WWEish, not their best effort Wednesday.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Yeah the listing issue effected DVRs but wouldn't effect that ratings number.

The audio issues on the other hand could have, but according to Thurstin, there wasn't a huge noticeable drop during the audio issue part of the show. Slight drop in overall viewership but the demo actually went up that quarter.

Lowest rated quarter featured Callis. Highest rated quarter featured MJF.

Highest segment overall was Edge, but that was in the overrun which generally doesn't count (but I think it does hurt the narrative that Edge isn't a draw that's popped up)

 

[GKJ]

 

[Emperoreddy]

So tonight delivered and we got two really fun shows.

Now starts the worse part, the ratings discourse.

 

[Sheppy]

So tonight delivered and we got two really fun shows.

Now starts the worse part, the ratings discourse.

This. I watched both shows and both were solid.

I just don't understand why people can't enjoy two separate wrestling companies. Competition is GOOD.

The tribalism is just so nauseating.

 

[Emperoreddy]