[mb1025]

Originally Posted by dxbender

People aren't saying ratings aren't important, but why people on here care, is what makes no sense. WWE getting a 3.2 or 3.15 rating has NO difference to anyone on this site, yet they obsess over it as if they've invested their life savings into WWE stocks. Though even TV ratings don't seem to have an impact on the WWE stock price.

Because ratings is what keeps your TV on the air. If you like to watch the WWE people would be interested to know what their ratings are like because it impacts if they will able able to watch the WWE in the future.

I have been saying on other forums that WWE is lucky that there isn't a WCW type company right now. Looking past going to 3 hours WWE is looking very much like WCW 2000 everyday.

I also think a lot of people are over looking that the WWE is just rinse and repeating their road to WrestleMania's every year. You always the have moment of staring at the banner or the big name coming back to get in a promo battle. You have the same names rumored to be involved with the same names. You put Taker in a match we know he won't lose.

I remember Chris Jericho was interviewed on the Monday Night Wars DVD and he said you couldn't tell what day it was in WCW well the WWE is right there in that same boat.

Nothing is new. Rock and Punk felt like we turned back the clock and replaced Cena with Punk. They used the same material and PUnk went back to breaking the 4th wall. Would be nice if we didn't hear that stuff all the time, but we do. Kind of has no impact after watching it all the time.

[ROGERTHAT21]

It doesn't really matter what anyone says, whatever the rating say...the buyrates will show The Rock and Punk are both big draws. But mainly Rock, of course. A mark gotta mark.

[uknoww]

Originally Posted by ROGERTHAT21

It doesn't really matter what anyone says, whatever the rating say...the buyrates will show The Rock and Punk are both big draws. But mainly Rock, of course. A mark gotta mark.

the rock will show that he is a big draw maybe the biggest one in wwe history
but cm punk?c'mon man he is the worst drawing champion since diesel 1995

[TomahawkJock]

Kinda hard to say Punk is the cause of it all when the rest of the show is utter shit as well.

[jonoaries]

Originally Posted by dxbender

People aren't saying ratings aren't important, but why people on here care, is what makes no sense. WWE getting a 3.2 or 3.15 rating has NO difference to anyone on this site, yet they obsess over it as if they've invested their life savings into WWE stocks. Though even TV ratings don't seem to have an impact on the WWE stock price.

People are looking for validation. They want to be able to use buys, TV ratings etc to justify their biases and nostalgia. Its a talking point and nothing more. Nobody even knows what USA Network or WWE's thought process about TV ratings are or why things are how they are, they just want the talking point.


Its impossible to know unless you work in these places how important these numbers are to them and why. So in reality, they just want to use them to perpetuate their personal biases and to validate their opinions. Considering we all stating our opinions in here, most don't feel they need any validation of their personal opinion, but some do, its a sad state of affairs where your satisfaction of with what you see depends on what other people see.

[Evil Peter]

Originally Posted by jonoaries

People are looking for validation. They want to be able to use buys, TV ratings etc to justify their biases and nostalgia. Its a talking point and nothing more. Nobody even knows what USA Network or WWE's thought process about TV ratings are or why things are how they are, they just want the talking point.


Its impossible to know unless you work in these places how important these numbers are to them and why. So in reality, they just want to use them to perpetuate their personal biases and to validate their opinions. Considering we all stating our opinions in here, most don't feel they need any validation of their personal opinion, but some do, its a sad state of affairs where your satisfaction of with what you see depends on what other people see.

I agree with you. For some it's ammunition to use so they can try to make their opinion into fact. Am exercise in complete futility but they are still trying.

It becomes even less relevant when the numbers are what they are but WWE still shows faith in Punk, giving him a record breaking run. That says a bit about what WWE thinks, although that shouldn't matter much to anyone what they think about Punk. Whether it's good or bad, it's our own opinions that matter.

[wb1899]

Its no secret that for USA Network (and 99% of the other channels) only the A18-49 numbers (Live+SD and C3) are important.

[JY57]

http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe/...be_a_STAR.html

- The internal belief is that RAW will stick to three hours at least through WrestleMania 29. This doesn't mean that it will go back to two hours after WrestleMania but there will definitely not be a change between now and then. There are top officials who believe that going to three hours hasn't been good for the product.

Source: F4Wonline.com

whoever those top officials are deserve a raise

[D.M.N.]

Hour 1 - 4.29m
Hour 2 - 4.32m
Hour 3 - 4.65m

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...i-more/164357/

[purple_gloves]

Originally Posted by D.M.N.

Hour 1 - 4.29m
Hour 2 - 4.32m
Hour 3 - 4.65m

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...i-more/164357/

No real surprises then.