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What would it take for RAW to go back to TV-14?

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#1 ·
What do you think would have to happen for RAW to go back to TV-14?
 
#2 ·
Their current "target" audience to grow up. By that, I mean like if WWE was wanting to target 8 year olds in 2008, then around 2014 is when those same people would be like 14. It happened before during new generation era where it was a younger fanbase, and they grew up by time attitude era came around
 
#4 ·
I bet guys like Triple H [who seem to be next in charge along with his wife] want to go back to TV-14 but it's Linda and Vince, their situations and all that. So yeah I'd say it's gonna take new ownership. Someone who's got a clean slate in the public eye, unlike Vince who has had to walk on egg shells a lot in the past 20 years, that can do whatever the hell they want for a while.
 
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#50 ·
That wouldn't cause WWE to go PG. That cause them to book their shows better and have a better wrestling product.

Raw is the main show and it turn its content influences everything.

Huge drop in toy sales
Since 2010 they have been up significantly. Mattel rebooted them and gave them much more exposure in stores.

Huge drop in sales of child friendly babyfaces (e.g Cena, Ryder, Santino, Mysterio, Cara etc)
They keep buying Cena gear. WWE shop orders are strong.

Losing several sponsors
Since moving to PG they gained new family friendly sponsors: 7-Eleven, Mars, Mattel etc. They are working with ABC family, not to mention the Scooby Doo franchise under Warner Bros.

The CW drops WWE
Saturday Morning Slam has proven another success.
This is the only logical answer I saw in this thread.
How can they know it if they don't try it?
Because what's the point of fixing something that isn't broken? There's no problem with the rating with the show, the problem is Vince and Creative not knowing how to write compelling storylines or book talent anymore. That's the thing a lot of you don't realize. PG isn't the problem.

Oh God, a higher rating wont magically make things better there's alot more to it then that.
Thank you. Too bad so many people here can't stop being so ignorant and think a little further than, "PG IS Y DIZ SUCKZSZ!!!1!"

I still don't get why TV-14 is necessary.

If it takes obsessive cursing,blood, and T&A for you to be entertained, then you need to grow up.

BTW, the best year for wrestling IMO ('97) was PG. All PG.
Thank you, as well.

Explain. How is it bullshit?
Exactly this.

Tv-14 =/= A good product. They still need good writers/booking to make the product better. They would still need wrestlers that actually have gimmicks and not just a name in some wrestling gear. As much as I loved the AE, they're were some fucking terrible moments as well. And we don't need a AE 2.0 now to have a good product.
Exactly, blood, gore, and T&A don't make a good wrestling show. That's the point so many don't get. It takes good writing and talented wrestlers.
God, you people are ignorant.
Glad I'm not the only one that noticed.
So never.......smh shame

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They can still do compelling storylines without being TV-14. Even if WWE was TV-14, it would still be shit, but you would have more over the stop shit on TV.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
#7 ·
Why would you want Raw to go back to TV-14? It was a grotesquerie, with people turning in to see what kind of shock programming would happen next and not tuning in because it was a quality wrestling/entertainment program.
 
#10 ·
Raw is the main show and it turn its content influences everything.

Huge drop in toy sales
Since 2010 they have been up significantly. Mattel rebooted them and gave them much more exposure in stores.

Huge drop in sales of child friendly babyfaces (e.g Cena, Ryder, Santino, Mysterio, Cara etc)
They keep buying Cena gear. WWE shop orders are strong.

Losing several sponsors
Since moving to PG they gained new family friendly sponsors: 7-Eleven, Mars, Mattel etc. They are working with ABC family, not to mention the Scooby Doo franchise under Warner Bros.

The CW drops WWE
Saturday Morning Slam has proven another success.
 
#13 ·
I honestly don't think the lack of TV-14 is the problem. The only stuff that TV-14 prevents are: blood and sexual references. None of those are necessary to entertainment. I'll admit that Rock made hilarious sexual references, but it wasn't necessary. In fact, when Austin and Rock were gone, the sexual references were done just for the sake of it, and arguably ruined the product: Katie Vick storyline with HHH and Kane, Edge/Lita 'screwing' in the middle of the ring. The controversy wasn't worth the cash, cuz there was no cash resulting from it. And WWE does not need the Kiss My Ass club, or Trish barking like a dog.

So that's it, just blood and sexual references. And the blood isn't necessary for a great match either.

The fact that Cena always says and does the right thing, and acts humble, is still just Cena, and no one else. (And its what makes the most popular wrestler today stand out) And its not TV-14, its WWE wanting to show parents/media a clearly definable good guy. Do Punk, Orton, Sheamus, or Ziggler need to go to TV-14 to be great at what they do?
 
#28 ·
Exactly this.

Tv-14 =/= A good product. They still need good writers/booking to make the product better. They would still need wrestlers that actually have gimmicks and not just a name in some wrestling gear. As much as I loved the AE, they're were some fucking terrible moments as well. And we don't need a AE 2.0 now to have a good product.
 
#22 ·
Exactly. People on this site just don't get what PG is.

The most watched shows on TV are all PG! PG doesn't mean no blood,no swearing,no (as King would say) "puppies".

Almost everything WWE did in ruthless aggression era they could do on TV today with a PG rating.

WWE is rated PG-V. Not PG-DVSL. Family Guy is rated something like PG-DL and look at the language they use on that show.
 
#24 ·
I can understand trying to limit blood and language and the women and all that, but the Brodus Clay/ Santino crap is just nonsense... Bringing kids in the ring to dance around... Good Lord, LOL. Thats why people like me read the dirtsheets and forums and stear clear of that crap show until the real legends return. :) Have a nice day :)
 
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