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SHFT/PWD 245: RATINGS...The Thread

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WWE Raw is consistently in the top 25 most watched shows weekly, and top 10 shows yearly. They don't really have a ratings problem.
 
When Dave Meltzer is saying the exact same thing that I am....

 
Lol at fools in here saying the ratings aren't an issue....

Dave FUCKING Melzter said it is the scariest ratings to date but you fools in here know better then he does...



Reality... Do you live in it?
 
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Look how athletic Cena is. Orton canning it up as per usual.
 
Awesome commercial but what did Ambrose throw into the fire? We will never know:(

 
The Barrett, Shamus, Rusev v Ziggler, Neville, and Cesaro match was actually quite entertaining

Had a nice build... and that part where everyone kicked each other was actually pretty creative...
There was a couple of muck ups but overall was pretty smooth...
 
Has anybody mentioned that Rollins actually won a match?!! Probably not and that's because it was against Ryback:)
 
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez review Raw




At about 30 minutes in they discuss the ratings. Meltzer says that Monday Night Football as well as "Cord cutters" are not the reason for the record low ratings week after week. He explains why and instead he blames the product just like myself...

I guess he wants the WWE to fail so that he won't have anything to talk about anymore which would lead to his retirement... :)
 
Razgriz said:
The Barrett, Shamus, Rusev v Ziggler, Neville, and Cesaro match was actually quite entertaining

Had a nice build... and that part where everyone kicked each other was actually pretty creative...
There was a couple of muck ups but overall was pretty smooth...
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Agreed, it was fresh and entertaining. A storyline for each of them is needed badly though. Happy they got rid of Barrett's stupid cape.
 
the RNN segments were always good. I hope that there are more backstage segments where guys were wearing their street clothes, and not their t-shirt or ring gear. To me, it looks just kind of weird for a grown man to be wearing his own t-shirt all the damn time, or in ring gear, just hanging out.
 
Major controversy from a few years back, fucking Neckbeards were raging over this! So pretty much the WHOLE IWC I guess....;)

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Twitter Meltdown!!!!!
* Ashley Matthew: It was uncalled for because it showed disrespect to the Divas division. He made the title look like it was meaningless. Plus, when he did that, he could have potentially hurt someone so his actions could have easily been a safety issue. It also could have potentially damaged the belt and I’m sure those things aren’t cheap.

* Brandon Pena: I am torn between the two, tbh I think it is acceptable act as a heel, but then WWE is always disrespecting the Divas Title so I think it would have been interesting to see how the reaction would have been, had it been one of the male titles.

* @ClydeEDawkins: I know it’s an act, but you don’t disrespect a prestigious title like the Divas Championship, especially after AJ Lee just won it.

* @DamnThatPanda: Him kicking the Divas Title potentially could serve as further fuel to the Del Rio/Ziggy feud. Nothing like scorning the girlfriend.

* @DevinDWinters: Whether he was trying to garner heel heat or not, I think that was entirely uncalled for. Even before it was evident that he was turning heel, when I saw him kick that title, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to like him after that. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but I feel like it shows a lot about the attitude of the boys in the back regarding the Divas. There’s no way that that was scripted, so he took it upon himself to disrespect the title. Gross.

* Dylan Serna-Gutierrez: He probably kicked it because he too, like many Diva fans, hate the design and is hinting for the belt to be re-designed so it can be taken seriously. Just has to. It’s all part of a storyline and his heel character, I don’t take what wrestlers do seriously unless it’s totally unscripted and causes actual harm to fans and other WWE personnel/wrestlers.

* @FUTUREloveee_: Tacky. Too bad Jacqueline wasn’t the current champion. Del Rio getting handled would have more than made up for it.

* @HeelsArePeople2: When I first saw it I thought it was too much and it got to me, but that’s a sign of a good heel move.

* Jonathan Carmona: No matter how many people bash the title and claim that it’s not prestigious, he shouldn’t have done that. What he did is very insulting and a slap in the face to all the women who have given their all and have sacrificed so much in their life to earn that title. It’s disrespectful to AJ who is the champion, especially after the stellar performance that she had with Kaitlyn beforehand. As a women’s wrestling fan in general I was very upset when I saw what he did. Even more so since he wasn’t officially a heel until after the match. If AJ would have gone and kicked the WWE Title everyone would have raised hell.

* Josue Guzman: I personally didn’t have a problem with the whole situation. Del Rio was just trying to get some cheap heat and looking at WWE’s track record, they have a history of going to great lengths to get heat from the audience. Remember CM Punk mocking Jerry Lawler’s heart attack and Paul Bearer’s death?
As disrespectful as the whole situation with Del Rio may have been, it served its purpose and got a reaction. I mean its not like he kicked the Divas Title into a trash can right?

* Martin Bentley: Del Rio was in the midst of a heel turn, so I was fine with it.

* Mary-Helen Clark: It was definitely uncalled for, but it also looks badly on AJ for leaving it on the floor. She could have placed it on the ring steps or on the apron, but she instead chose to chuck it on the ground. Both things were less than cool.

* Mikky Pérez Cascales: He shouldn’t do that, just for being respectful to the Divas. Maybe it’s not the most prestigious title of the WWE but that doesn’t mean a championship for women is less than a men’s title, so I think acting as a face or as a heel you cannot do that. Let AJ kick the World Title, everyone on the internet and on the WWE will be criticizing her for doing it.

* @pikatrick: If anyone kicked the World Title around, they would have have their ass fired. The Divas division gets no respect. Double standard.
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The New Day are using the Freebird rule. I have been too amused by their antics to notice.
 
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