[Vyed]

Calm down folks, the 2hr Go-home RAW show for last year's Summerslam, Aug 8th 2011, did only 3.09 rating which was a disappointment(although Viewership was higher with 4.54m average compared to this week's 4.30m for regular 2hrs). Adult 18-49 actually dropped 17.8% compared to previous year and teen males also went down 38.4%. And Punk retained/won the title last year by defeating Cena. Del rio cashed in and won, but that had nothing to do with ratings, Cena-Del Rio was original plan but Punk's shoot promo kinda changed everything from MITB.

Point is, One week's low rating is nothing to worry about. I still believe Punk is set to retain by pinning Big show at summerslam. He will most likely drop it to the Rock at rumble, Cena wins Rumble 2013 on the same night and there you have it, your Wrestlemania 29 main event.

Once in a lifetime 2. :Rock4

[Choke2Death]

Originally Posted by ChickMagnet12

Prepare yourselves.

Been ten months too long. I think it'll happen at Night of Champions as that picture shows, though. Not SummerSlam, which is where Show is there only to take the pin.

[NearFall]

Originally Posted by Choke2Death

Been ten months too long. I think it'll happen at Night of Champions as that picture shows, though. Not SummerSlam, which is where Show is there only to take the pin.

Ten great PPV matches

But I disagree with the Night of Champions statement. I think this is happening at SummerSlam



Nobody can Rise Above Cena

[Choke2Death]

Nah, it'll take place in NoC because it's in Cena's hometown and they want to give him another "moment" there. Plus they want to drag the Punk/Cena feud as long as they can, so it's wiser for them to let Punk pin Show after Cena does the job (as in FUs Show) so they have an official one-on-one on NoC and a couple of rematches until a traditional elimination match at Survivor Series with Punk overcoming the dirty way somewhere down the road so he takes the Rock Bottom at Royal Rumble.

[NearFall]

Originally Posted by Choke2Death

Nah, it'll take place in NoC because it's in Cena's hometown and they want to give him another "moment" there. Plus they want to drag the Punk/Cena feud as long as they can, so it's wiser for them to let Punk pin Show after Cena does the job (as in FUs Show) so they have an official one-on-one on NoC and a couple of rematches until a traditional elimination match at Survivor Series with Punk overcoming the dirty way somewhere down the road so he takes the Rock Bottom at Royal Rumble.

That makes more sense. More so, when I think of it, Punk mentioned the new Title Design probably debuting after NOC. So Cena might introduce it as a new start to his reign or something.

[BANKSY]

DJ PAULY D'S TWITTER IS NOT A DRAW.

[chucky101]

they have 1 hour of crap, tout/paulyd/recaps so much crap, i mean how many times did they show the lesnar/hhh stuff, am i dreaming or did i see that same long promo 4-5 times in 3 hours

the show was terrible at 2 hours, now we have 1 hour of extra garbage on top of it

how any of you can defend the product right now is laughable and shows your just a fanboy, you would defend satino sitting in the ring for 2 hours on a chair

[chucky101]

i forget to mention the new scooby doo movie, nothing changing folks, last year they had the chance with the summer of punk, they had something there, and ruined it

now we have the same crap, cena always the focus, he will win the title if not sunday it will be a matter of time, scooby doo movies, linda just won some race yesterday

this PG era is going nowhere anytime soon

[KO Bossy]

Time to channel my inner Jericho.

I love the hypocrisy on this forum. Ratings are up? Oh it must have been Daniel Bryan or Mark Henry or whoever else is the flavor of the week. Ratings are down? Punk's fault. Without fail, a bad rating is dismissed as being the fault of Punk, my guess whether he's champ or not. Allow me to educate you.

-The WWE title has been so completely devalued that its not longer a main draw, taking a back seat to several superstars
-Punk himself has been devalued by constantly getting booked to be second and often third fiddle to whatever Cena and occasionally Hunter, Shawn or Taker happen to be doing
-The June 4th edition of Raw was John Cena's big return after being accosted by Big Show at OTL. The main event was John Cena vs Michael Cole (the infamous BBQ sauce segment). The show drew a 2.92. I guess by all of your logic Cena isn't a draw either.


I find it absolutely hilarious that people can convince themselves into hate. Just face facts and say you don't like Punk. Its your right to have an opinion. Whatever you hate, his look, his moves, it doesn't matter. But at least stop the blind hate and give a justifiable reason for your dislike. You come off as so much more credible when you do. If you choose to ignore certain evidence, that's your call. At least say "I guess the ratings drop isn't all Punk's fault, I still don't like him." You can't look at this bad rating and blame it solely on Punk, its not the least bit logical. Was he out there for all 180 minutes? Was he the main focus of the show? Were his actions what a major angle hinged on? No. So think realistically-how can a bad rating for all 180 minutes be blamed on one single guy who was out there for maybe 20? It can't be. And you're delusional if you think it can.

If you're desperate to blame someone for it, perhaps try Vince McMahon? You know, he's the one who runs all this stuff, supervises the shitty writing, supervises the atrocious booking, supervises the crappy commentary, pushes for the social media plugs, organizes the card so we have time for 100 commercial breaks, etc. My God, he was the one in Michael Cole's ear telling him to say how the Piper's Pit sucked. He's devaluing his OWN product.

[Choke2Death]

Lol, I think those who blame Punk for it are just joking. I dislike Punk and still think it's hyperbole to blame him solely for the terrible ratings, specially when he's not the main focus like last year.