NXT vs AEW Ratings Thread

[Larry]

i see what youre trying to do, but the sport leagues/wrestling promotion analogies NEVER make any sense

one is a huge giant entity

one is a developmental offspring of that huge giant entity

and the other is a new exciting thing that while not quite as big as the huge entity, has a solid foundation and is still growing in popularity


No analogy will ever be 10000% accurate because of circumstance, but you get the idea. Everything I just said can be applied to WWE/NXT/AEW

 

[Wacky D]

one is a huge giant entity
one is a developmental offspring of that huge giant entity
and the other is a new exciting thing that while not quite as big as the huge entity, has a solid foundation and is still growing in popularity
No analogy will ever be 10000% accurate because of circumstance, but you get the idea. Everything I just said can be applied to WWE/NXT/AEW

these analogies never work because wrestling isnt really a sport. the outcomes are scripted, and nobody has a monopoly on the top talents. these analogies might work if youre talking about a sport like soccer where the talent seems to be spread around. unless youre willing to go back to the days when we had multiple major basketball leagues, like when the ABA was around.

NXT hasnt been a developmental entity in nearly a decade. theres nothing developmental about NXT aside from a handful of people. if this was basketball, alot of the NXT wrestlers would be in the WWE all-star game, and some would be MVP candidates. they literally stopped having takeovers on the same weekend as "main roster" ppvs because NXT constantly stole all the shine. you dont see the NBA changing the g-league's schedule in fear of it over-shadowing the NBA. you dont watch the g-league expecting to see better players than lebron.

the big 3 is basically a retirement league built around players who peaked 15 years ago - which is more in line with the "main roster". especially now with raw & smackdown being centered around Edge all winter.

 

[TheGodling]

You guys. What is the goal of all of this? What's the end game? What is it that is desired with these ratings?

From my basic perception a lot of TSC posters aspire a career in marketing analytics so they are closely following the ratings weekly taking theory into practice and see if they can pinpoint the exact elements that causes ratings to fluctuate so they can take this knowledge and further their careers.



Alternatively, it's possible that these posters are just marks taking this shyt way too serious.

 

[Larry]

these analogies never work because wrestling isnt really a sport. the outcomes are scripted, and nobody has a monopoly on the top talents. these analogies might work if youre talking about a sport like soccer where the talent seems to be spread around. unless youre willing to go back to the days when we had multiple major basketball leagues, like when the ABA was around.

NXT hasnt been a developmental entity in nearly a decade. theres nothing developmental about NXT aside from a handful of people. if this was basketball, alot of the NXT wrestlers would be in the WWE all-star game, and some would be MVP candidates. they literally stopped having takeovers on the same weekend as "main roster" ppvs because NXT constantly stole all the shine. you dont see the NBA changing the g-league's schedule in fear of it over-shadowing the NBA. you dont watch the g-league expecting to see better players than lebron.

the big 3 is basically a retirement league built around players who peaked 15 years ago - which is more in line with the "main roster". especially now with raw & smackdown being centered around Edge all winter.

I hate arguing semantics


I literally just described the gist of my comparison in the post you’re quoting


NXT is not lead flagship programming. You know it isn’t. We know it isn’t. The entire world knows it isn’t. Raw and Smackdown are. The reason call ups still happen, and new wrestlers from the independents always go through NXT before graduating to the main roster, is because it’s a farm system. No matter how many times main superstars pop in and out, it’s still developmental. They literally have a coaching staff that teaches people how to wrestle and cut promo dude.


No matter how much you want to pretend NXT is a big deal to make AEW seem like a bigger one, it’ll never be that

 

[Uncle Phil 36]

Tbh your comparison sucks, but appreciate the effort

 

[AMcV'88]

I can't believe in the year of 2021 ratings are being discussed. who's really watching them live ?
must be bad enough having to pretend the product is good but point scoring about ratings wins over NXT

 

[Wacky D]

I hate arguing semantics


I literally just described the gist of my comparison in the post you’re quoting


NXT is not lead flagship programming. You know it isn’t. We know it isn’t. The entire world knows it isn’t. Raw and Smackdown are. The reason call ups still happen, and new wrestlers from the independents always go through NXT before graduating to the main roster, is because it’s a farm system. No matter how many times main superstars pop in and out, it’s still developmental. They literally have a coaching staff that teaches people how to wrestle and cut promo dude.


No matter how much you want to pretend NXT is a big deal to make AEW seem like a bigger one, it’ll never be that

i cant tell if youre purposely being dense & talking in kayfabe, or if youre just a casual.

NXT hasnt been developmental in nearly a decade. sure, they never stopped branding it as developmental, but in reality, its the brand that they use to funnel big name free agents from other promotions, that otherwise wouldnt have signed with the WWE. they re-package them to the point where they can be labeled as WWE stars and introduce them to WWE marks as such.
and they use the show to bring in and/or bring back wrestling fans that dont care for raw or smackdown.

theres nothing developmental about that, and its well-known that they really dont teach you chit at the performance center, which is why the majority of people who have no real wrestling background before their WWE training, dont do well when they go to other promotions. the most they do is teach you how to work the WWE style, which is always behind-the-times.

its also the brand they use to lore non-marks away from other promotions. hence, the reason why the sole purpose of NXT right now is to neutralize AEW.

NXT is indeed a big deal. otherwise, their takeovers wouldnt be packing the same exact venues as the WWE's biggest annual events the night beforehand. but again, those days are over because NXT kept stealing the spotlight. i see you ignored tha part.

i see you fell back on the big 3 nonsense as well.

again, i see what you were trying to do. these analogies just dont add up tho.

 

[Reality Check]

 

[Flex Luger]

I’m just here did the incoming fukkery

 

[jerniebert]

Look like AEW won again.

 

[Max.]

Big show news stimulus package

...it takes news of ex wwe guys to get yall out of omega main event n japanese guys getn 747k

 

[Bonefan32]

Impact Wrestling ratings down from last week's two-month high

This week's Impact averaged 170,000 viewers on AXS TV, down from the 197,000 viewers that last week's episode averaged.. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.04, down from last week's 0.06 rating.

In the 18-49 demo, Impact ranked 113th for the night on cable. Last week's show ranked 117th.

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If only they were on a bigger channel,then we would have a real war

 

[jerniebert]

 

[Max.]

Aew 934k
Nxt 692k

Tony khan gona sign kenny smith to do a ladder match next week

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

almost a mil if Shaq came out to this jawn: