Yeah, a new thread to talk about numbers and all that other pointless crap that comes with wrestling. So chat away about how someone's segment only drew so many viewers and how it's all their fault.
It's the numbers WAR, where marks and shit cry and moan over a bunch of numbers to try and justify their points of view.
I actually expected a worse rating, because the Slammy's always suck and do terrible ratings, as the fans learnt a long time ago that they are not worth the watch. Also, it's 4 days before Christmas, it's the holiday season, so yeah compared to the last year's ratings it might look bad, but for 2015 it's actually a decent rating for a holiday season show
Last weeks Raw started with Stephanie and Reigns in the ring but we got an announcement that Vince was coming so that brought interest. This weeks Raw started with Stepahnie and Reigns in the ring but all we got was Usos vs. New Day and Ambrose vs. Sheamus. Quite the come down on last week.
WWE Raw rating for the December 21, Slammy Awards edition
Monday’s WWE Raw scored a 2.33 rating, down from the 2.66 rating the show drew last week. Raw averaged 3.377 million viewers, down from the 3.88 million average from last week.
Powell’s POV: Raw lost 500,000 viewers from last week, but it’s still a decent number when compared to some of the numbers they were delivering prior to last week. The December 22, 2014 edition of Raw delivered a 2.66 rating with 3.521 million viewers. The 2014 Slammy Awards aired on December 8 last year and produced a 2.66 rating with 3.70 million viewers.
Are we still blaming Talent for the ratings? Look I am not Reigns biggest fan. But I agree by proxy by being the world champion, he is the main focus. So of course he is going to be the scapegoat. Just like Rollins was. Their is no distinction between the two. You can call Punk the Scapegoat for poor ratings, you could say Bryan was, Rollins was, Sheamus was, and Now Reigns is. The reason why the ratings are poor, is because hardly anyone is watching cable or network tv these days. Ratings have declined by 10-11% the past year alone. And it is December, ratings are usually low. IT is going to take an overall, fundamental change of the product to increase ratings. The time of a draw is gone. Rollins nor Reigns well change much, just enjoy them for very different reasons. And stop placing blame on the talent, they don't book the show.
Next week's rating the real bottom will drop out again. Denver vs Cincinnati is one of the better MNF matchups of the season. I could see the rating possibly breaking the 2.0 barrier.
WWE SUPER SMACKDOWN LIVE AUDIENCE ON USA NETWORK WAS....
By Mike Johnson on 2015-12-23 16:02:41
The 12/22 live broadcast of Super Smackdown Live on the USA Network garnered 2,264,000 viewers, a little below what the 12/17 episode of WWE Smackdown on Syfy brought in 2,332,000 viewers. http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=98614&p=1
In all fairness to the live version, doesn't that usually do less than the taped shows (since people are used to taped editions)? If so, Ambrose really came through and his IC Title reign kept SD from sinking even further.
If however they usually do better and this decrease is out of the ordinary, then Reigns fails to draw again and needs to be de-pushed before he sinks the ship as a whotrolololle.
I thought a live edition would do better due to live shows being alot more exciting than taped ones, and no spoilers to read on the internet. Doesn't matter, I guess. Either way not a good number and Raw ratings are back in the crapper after 1 week.
Um...isn't that a big increase in comparison to the 2.16 ratings and lower than 3 million viewers we were getting just weeks before? Not sure why anyone would be blamed here. It's a good thing in context.
I prefer to go by attendances and again they're down and empty seats are aplenty, Fans getting told to move closer together so they can do the old camera trick to make the place look full, Reigns is not a draw and never will be
Live Smackdown always "flops" in numbers because WWE usually does a shitty job of telling viewers it's LIVE on a different night. I didn't watch Raw so I don't know how they advertised this week's Smackdown. It's still a larger number than usual in comparison to the previous week's taped version iirc, which points to most people just getting it out of the way in time for Christmas Eve because who the hell is gonna watch Smackdown on Christmas Eve?
WWE Smackdown rating: Final numbers for the December 22 live special
Tuesday’s WWE Smackdown scored a 1.53 rating, down from the previous week’s 1.68 rating. The show averaged 2.264 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.332 million viewers.
Powell’s POV: The number was down, but WWE will double dip with a replay of Smackdown tonight on Syfy. The December 19, 2014 Smackdown delivered a 1.51 rating with 2.027 million viewers. The December 19 show was a replay of a show that aired live earlier in the week.
8 PM: 1.16 demo rating (3.443 million viewers)
9 PM: 1.11 demo rating (3.374 million viewers)
10 PM: 1.15 demo rating (3.316 million viewers)
Monday’s episode brought in 3.378 million viewers and a 1.14 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic, down 13% and 15% from last week’s 3.885 million and 1.34 demo rating.
- Monday's WWE RAW ranked #1 among non-sporting events for the night in Nielsen's Twitter TV ratings. RAW had a unique audience of 1.788 million, which represents the number of Twitter accounts that commented on the show. This is up from last week's 1.177 million. RAW had total impressions of 10.385 million, which represents the number of times tweets about the show were seen. This is up from last week's 8.969 million impressions. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/1229/606189/did-jerry-mcdevitt-really-appear-on-wwe-raw/
----- Updated SmackDown Numbers
- Thursday's WWE Super SmackDown replay of Tuesday's live special drew 1.228 million viewers. This is down from Tuesday's 2.264 million viewers and last Thursday's 2.332 million viewers. The final rating was a 0.92, down from Tuesday's 1.53 rating and last Thursday's 1.68 rating.
- Thursday's WWE Super SmackDown replay of Tuesday's live special drew 1.228 million viewers. This is down from Tuesday's 2.264 million viewers and last Thursday's 2.332 million viewers. The final rating was a 0.92, down from Tuesday's 1.53 rating and last Thursday's 1.68 rating.
I love how when the WWE beats sporting events they include that in the Twitter numbers but when they lose to them, they don't so they can claim they were #1 no matter what.
The WWE is always fudging the numbers to claim they were #1 .
Also just because you have a high twitter impressions doesnt mean its positive tweets lol And based on last nights show, it was probably mostly bad.
Where is Wrestmania taking place? I hope it is an easy place to fill.
I finally come back to wrestling and the numbers are this low.
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