[apokalypse]

it's fucking creative fault...back in the day they have every storyline and have something for all cards, looking at the fucking Product we have large percent of squashed match and no fued plus alot of guys going no where.

one thing i blame on wrestler is they got no fucking personality and fucking one dimensional characters along with shit on mic.

remember last year? WWE hit fucking reset bottom few times putting focusing on Rock/Cena and screw the rest..Cm PUNk thing could have became something but now i's starting to hear few negative.

[BackstreetMan]

Do you all honestly think the massive drop in fan interest since Punk's reign is just purely coincidental?

You people have been repeatedly moaning about the lack of creativity on the story lines for the past 4 or 5 years yet the numbers at least until 2010 has still been stable in the 3.2 to 3.5 region.

Then suddenly they gave the title to Punk and you have numbers that drop below 3.0 every freakin' two weeks.

That is still creative's fault? Of course it's their fault too, but why did that phenomena only started happening when Punk got the strap?

Even Miz and Alberto "Can't draw heat" Del Rio's title reigns managed to maintain viewership stability around 3.1-3.3 averages.

[Green Light]

I'm pretty sure Del Rio's reign had terrible ratings, that's why they hot-shotted the title back onto Cena

Anyway the show is fucking terrible right now so it shouldn't be a surprise that ratings are low (although to be fair I haven't watched in weeks because I assumed the shows were gonna be terrible judging by the main feud)

[Vyed]

Speaking of Del rio's title reign, its weird that they took the title off him at Night of champions just because RAW did 2.9 with him as champion ONCE, but punk's reign has hit way worse numbers many times yet he's still the champion lol.

Not a punk hater or anything, just sayin....

[BackstreetMan]

Originally Posted by Vyed

Speaking of Del rio's title reign, its weird that they took the title off him at Night of champions just because RAW did 2.9 with him as champion ONCE, but punk's reign has hit way worse numbers many times yet he's still the champion lol.

Not a punk hater or anything, just sayin....

Just what I pointed out. Compared to Punk, dude was actually a decent draw. Punk's numbers make Del Rio SCSA-like in comparison.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by Vyed

Speaking of Del rio's title reign, its weird that they took the title off him at Night of champions just because RAW did 2.9 with him as champion ONCE, but punk's reign has hit way worse numbers many times yet he's still the champion lol.

Not a punk hater or anything, just sayin....

You're assuming that `story' is even true though. 95% of the wrestling folklore and "facts" are fictional hot piss spawned from a dirt sheet and copy-pasted from one sheet to the next with the goal of whoring up click counts to make money off mouth breathers. lol @ subscription dirtsheets. I take everything they say with a grain of salt unless it's the very very rare times the story is quoting an actual wrestler that works for the company.

[kokepepsi]

Raw got a 2.7 when Del rio was champ. Like a week before or on the go home show of Night of Champions.

All the smarks were like "lol he is gonna lose the strap"

Cena makes him tap and wins

[kokepepsi]

Oh and during the Del Rio reign

HHH and Punk were having a feud and carrying the show ratings wise.

[Therapy]

Del Rio was in Tensai territory with crowd reactions. It was absolutely no shocker his reign was so short. You'd think WWE would have learned from that. It became a running joke how cookie cutter his shtick was.

Expensive car - Check
Destiny - Check
I'm so great - Check

That was it.. Yet, here we are about 6 months later and he's EXACTLY the same as he was then. I feel so bad for these guys who are given absolutely no freedom to run with their character and expand on it a bit.

[Vyed]

Just checked. Del rio's reign did low ratings two times 2.9 and 2.7. The 2.7 RAW was head to head with MNF first week of the year, Patriots/Dolphins did a strong 10.62 and Raiders/Broncos 8.21 rating.

Not really his fault tbh, dont know why they took the title off him.