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Ratings are important because it will lead to AEW and NXT doing more wild shyt that Raw and Smackdown won't do.

We'll see but the biggest mistake that AEW has made imo so far is not making Omega, Bucks, and Cody winners. If I tune in and see these hyped dude getting hoed every week I'm wondering what it was all about.
 

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Ratings are important because it will lead to AEW and NXT doing more wild shyt that Raw and Smackdown won't do.

We'll see but the biggest mistake that AEW has made imo so far is not making Omega, Bucks, and Cody winners. If I tune in and see these hyped dude getting hoed every week I'm wondering what it was all about.

They would have gotten dragged and accused of "Jeff Jarrett-ing" AEW.
 

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Ratings are important because it will lead to AEW and NXT doing more wild shyt that Raw and Smackdown won't do.

We'll see but the biggest mistake that AEW has made imo so far is not making Omega, Bucks, and Cody winners. If I tune in and see these hyped dude getting hoed every week I'm wondering what it was all about.


This...u know how u get someone over?

By booking the elite strong and a year from now u put private party over the bucks..u let pac or page beat Y2J.. .
U let MJF beat cody...
U let (i cant even think of a talented person) beat omega...

These dudes are scared to book themselves like the nwo...so they job themselves out to dudes like best friends? Page is literally 50/50 booking.....theres no other belts...

The elite get beat the fukk up
Lucha bros get beat the fukk up
 
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Was a pretty significant drop for AEW, a lot of viewers lost. I didn't even watch it myself this time, even though do plan to catch up.

I think AEW is good for wrestling and a bright spot, I watch them more than WWE now but they do make mistakes, which I guess is natural for a new company.

If they drop under 500 I'd say that's a very big concern, cause of the pattern developing. They need time and trust to turn it around. How long is their deal?

I said this even when ratings were better, they weren't capitalising on momentum or getting the buzz needed to grow. Every week should be unmissable. Needs to be reasons to tune in beyond matches, sometimes they are rehashing matches too. The last weeks haven't felt like it's unmissable to me. I think they dropped the ball with the MJF ish, the day after the turn they should have had him start the show and cut an intense promo and given a logical reason, it's seems too quickly he's turned into another guy.

Their women's division isn't interesting me, apart from Awesome Kong and Brandi cause they have a story. They need to improve in many areas but also not crack under the pressure because cracking is what leads to the end of whole companies when they get too desperate.

I'm not sure excluding Cody from the title picture was the best idea because the fans like him and it's a bit of a downer for them. The Young Bucks should have probably been the team to go with as the tag champions too. Maybe they were too concerned with nlt appearing like they were putting themselves over but they should just do what's actually best for the company.

Characters and storylines are important. Also the show being episodic in nature, every week you should have to tune in to get the next part of the story. Hopefully they can imporve. I've enjoyed a lot of what they've done but there's room to tighten up on lacklustre ish and imporve too. Don't want to rest on their laurels, they can't afford it as a new company.
 

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Rhea Ripley and Keith Lee are hotter than anything Jacksonville Dixie is booking at the moment.

Have they given Moxley a live mic yet? Might wanna try that, seems like a no brainer.
 
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Their booking has been a bit too 50 50 at times. It's like everyone has to prove they have to job, some people should hardly ever lose so when there's a threat they might it's. a huge deal. Look a Taker, imagine if when he first started in the first months he was taking l's, would kill off the character, you have to make people believe.

I don't even agree with the wins and loss records being shown. Tale of the tape for certain matches great but you don't need to remind people of the talents losses. Sports do it, but wrestling isn't a sport, so you're punishing guys for doing their jobs/the job. If they really wanted could have it available online somewhere but it doesn't need to be shoved in people's faces. Wins and losses should matter but mostly wins, as predetermined entertainment you have the opportunity to manipulate things and shape the narrative. Their should be stakes and you could talk about people's winning streaks but you don't want to see someone's losses shoved in your face like that. It looks silly when a talent is coming out there with more losses than wins, it makes them look like a jibber cause the general public don't understand. I'm not sure if there's any undefeated people left and you need them. Need to build people up so they mean more, was a time when Hogan hardly lost, you have to build and build to mkae the massive stars or everybody just blends in together. You need a hierarchy, it should be flexible and room for movement and growth but you need distinguishable top stars.

By doing 50 50 booking it makes it seems like wins and loses don't matter, not sure Pac should have lost at all yet, it didn't feel necessary when he was building momentum, I don't even remember who he lost too, Omega maybe. Who he'd beaten himself prior if so, so it's harder to build momentum.

Not sure Ryo should be world champ, you could build her story first, as the smaller lady who keeps craftily getting the wins the build her to a title shot like it's her life's dream or something but she's in the top spot when she's so new.

The Young Bucks would have lent more credibility to the tag titles, don't see why they weren't made champions, they are the best and most identifiable team.

Private Party look like very talented athletes but I don't like the name or the gimmick. Feel like they could be used better.

Paige record right now is 5-6, he's 1 of their top guys but shoving that record in our face makes it seem like he's a bum. They are sometimes trying to be too clever for their own good. You can borrow sports elements but you don't need to stick to them rigidly unless it benefits the company and the talent, that's the luxury have of being entertainment first.
 

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They would have gotten dragged and accused of "Jeff Jarrett-ing" AEW.
There's a line of course but they went out of their way early on to put everyone over but themselves. Also, Jeff Jarrett sucked and everyone knew that.
 

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Omega is supposed to be 1 of their top stars but his record is 7-4, over half of his matches he's lost. It's arguable he shouldn't have lost at all yet. By building momentum of numerous talents you can then have them oppose eachother in mega matches. Too many of their top stars are losing, not only that but they are shoving their losses in your face everytime you see them.
 

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They would have gotten dragged and accused of "Jeff Jarrett-ing" AEW.

By nothing but a vocal minority :manny:

Things like the Bucks losing to Private Party on a surprise rollup just so Private Party could lose their next match out for the sake of putting over new guys for a week didn't do anything for anybody. Bucks went out in round 1 & their still talked about on commentary like the best & most important team in the company & Private Party isn't doing anything. If they wanted to put somebody over so badly they should have done it in the finals.

AEW as a company has been given a pass for their booking that's just as all over the place & dumb as everywhere else.
 

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Omega is supposed to be 1 of their top stars but his record is 7-4, over half of his matches he's lost. It's arguable he shouldn't have lost at all yet. By building momentum of numerous talents you can then have them oppose eachother in mega matches. Too many of their top stars are losing, not only that but they are shoving their losses in your face everytime you see them.

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I noticed they started with nonstop matches
Now theyre slowly adding and doing more segments and promos
That jericho party last week was straight wwe raw style
 
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