[Art13]

It's unusual how the opinions of the live audience seem to contradict those of the home audience...

While the 10,000+ people in the audience are giving Punk a huge pop, chanting his name and wearing his merch, the 10,000 watching at home don't seem all that interested in him. It would be interesting to see what would happen if they changed the participants of the Nielsen sample audience.

[Yankees4Life]

No, I get pissed because there always dirtsheets about the WWE pissed about their ratings. Why ? They couldn't care less about them. I don't why would they get pissed, for. That's whats annoying.

[Apokolips]

Originally Posted by Mr Premium

Let's face it, this issue only gets brought up because of the IWC's ultra blind/deluded assessment of CM Punk.

We never talk much about ratings before he got title.

Ummmmm people were talking about ratings way long before Punk's Rise, So dont play that card it's people like you who give us Punk fans a bad name.

[HitItLikeABongoDru]

Originally Posted by Art13

It's unusual how the opinions of the live audience seem to contradict those of the home audience...

While the 10,000+ people in the audience are giving Punk a huge pop, chanting his name and wearing his merch, the 10,000 watching at home don't seem all that interested in him. It would be interesting to see what would happen if they changed the participants of the Nielsen sample audience.

The Nielsen sample is statistically significant so in theory it wouldn't make any difference

[Cycloneon]

well it does to the wwe and their network. A LOT.

[Azuran]

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

Nah, it's only a matter of time anyway, he's going to the B show after WM...hopefully Orton is coming back to RAW.

Punk and Daniel Bryan in the same show. Holy crap, for all we know, there probably won't be a B-show come next year.

[Rock316AE]

Vince disagree, yes, hard to believe Punk marks.

Originally Posted by 777

Better ratings equals more money from advertisers.

This.

[Raven73]

Cena and Merchandise

Rock and ratings and gates

Austin and ratings


Common theme? It's how they're measured. When arguments come up, the numbers don't lie.

[Mr Premium]

Originally Posted by Art13

It's unusual how the opinions of the live audience seem to contradict those of the home audience...

While the 10,000+ people in the audience are giving Punk a huge pop, chanting his name and wearing his merch, the 10,000 watching at home don't seem all that interested in him. It would be interesting to see what would happen if they changed the participants of the Nielsen sample audience.

Cena and Orton still gets louder reactions than him whether its cheers or boos.

[BreakTheWallsDown2]

Its amazing how many people don't read the post and just glanced at the title.

I used to think like a lot of you and thought ratings measured how good of a wrestler someone was. Well they've pretty much made the whole roster champion in the last 2 years and NOTHING has changed. Casuals dont just watch when specific people are on, they think "Oh hey wrestling on Im going to go watch", not "Hey John Cena is in the main event, Ill tune in tonight for sure". Its just a neverending storyline that you tune into when the current plot interests you or if you have time, but the characters are all interchangeable.