View Poll Results: Did WWE cross the line with Jerry Lawler tonight?

**Dopesick** · 11-16-2012, 03:19 PM

The ratings should only matter to WWE employees.

Grass420 · 11-16-2012, 04:09 PM

The segment was fine.. people need to quit being cry babies.

If WWE wants to make an edgier product they will have to bring Raw back to two hours.. as the product gets edgier people who are not used to that or never watch anything else on TV besides wrestling (you know The Joker in batman was a much more evil villan than CM Punk? Are you people this offended by the batman movies)

i want more stuff like this, edgy stuff that makes you hate the villan.. i hate that whole "im gonna kick your butt" - it is so unreaistic and so unappealing.

This PG era needs to go and so do the PG era fans. the people who say "WWE was PG in the 90s" are forgetting that WWE almost went bankrupt in the 90s.. if WWE didn't put out edgier entertainment like everything else that is on TV there would be no WWE today.
the same goes for now.

WWE is a mock reality show.. what good reality/drama show is PG? all the good ones are TV-14.. the PG ones get cancelled so QUICK.. the difference is WWE has a huge bankroll,

If WWE does not get away from PG there will not be a WWE in 5 years. GUARANTEED!!!

as WWE goes to edgier programming they will loose their PG fans, the children and all that. (and of course, people who don't have a clue what they are talking about will show the ratings and say.. "see that means this edgy stuff is bad, ratings are going down".. the ratings will continue to go down as they get more edgy for a bit.. but they will pick up and get back into the 4.5+ ratings..

Evil Peter · 11-16-2012, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Choke2Death

They are. If ratings don't matter then explain how they are going to promote themselves to an audience otherwise? Only Punk marks that try to cover up for the fact he's a failure on that front or defenders of today's terrible environment try to argue against it.

If it was really important they wouldn't do three hour shows since that lowers the ratings. The reality is that they earn more money this way, which shows that you can't just go on total numbers. Since Punk is one of the most consistent in gaining viewers with his segments most attempts to discredit him this way just comes off as cheap hate.

**Obfuscation** · 11-16-2012, 08:59 PM

Only WF can make a topic about Punk & Heyman faking a heart attack towards Jerry Lawler into about ratings.

#Mark · 11-16-2012, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Choke2Death

They are. If ratings don't matter then explain how they are going to promote themselves to an audience otherwise? Only Punk marks that try to cover up for the fact he's a failure on that front or defenders of today's terrible environment try to argue against it.

It really doesn't matter though.. Do you realize how many of the Audience Download, stream or DVR RAW?

**ZombieSham** · 11-16-2012, 10:07 PM

I voted that they crossed the line, BUT I was judging by PG Era standards. It was in bad taste and cheap, cheap heat, but hell, so was half of the Attitude Era and it was fantastic.

Maidenrugby · 11-17-2012, 07:47 AM

They didn't cross any line. Jerry would have agreed to it and he is healthy again now, so what's the problem? It was a very good way to generate even more heat for Punk and Heyman - I liked it.