RIP Brand Split: This Wildcard Rule is trash

[dh86]

They aren't direct competitors. The product being more popular means more money for all involved.

Hour 1 of Smackdown is rumored to air on FS1 which is absolutely a direct competitor to USA

 

[THE 101]

#NWG exposing themselves.

Again.

That corny try hard fakkit is not #NWG

 

[Killer Instinct]

WRONG. I thought you were supposed to be the wrestling geek here?

Attendance: down another 11% last quarter.

Ratings: down 13%

For a DECADE the ratings and live attendance was going down 2-4% at MOST...

Women enter the picture as normal wrestlers... down 30% in ratings and attendance in THREE YEARS. During WRESTLEMANIA SEASON.


“Everyone knows wwe been STEADY declining” 2% a year vs 14 percent a year... lmao

“Plans could change” - dave

Im used to alternative MARK history like “russo ruined the wrestling biz”, “samoa joe is a draw” and “hulk hogan is a bad guy for making money while not being able to “work””. Believe vince mcmahons reason of “big name talent wasnt around “ (which means aka the women aint DRAWS....) , while homie dh said he started slowing the girls down last night.


So thanks for accusing me of not knowing what im talking about when you so caught up in girls wrestling MaRKen. When you read it in your bibl—-... i mean observer youll understand i hope

Women!

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Just merge the main 3 fukin titles
They should be the wild cards and.float

House shows can be split
You have the womens world,men's tag and if title on one show, men's world,women's tag and US on the other it's not hard

Yup.

Which I've been preaching for ages.

 

[dh86]

Just merge the main 3 fukin titles
They should be the wild cards and.float

House shows can be split
You have the womens world,men's tag and if title on one show, men's world,women's tag and US on the other it's not hard

They will never help themselves from having the same guys and same stories on each show. From last weeks observer:

McMahon was directly asked if the decline in ratings is based on talent aging or fans getting tired of the talent. He was asked how long it takes to build another Cena or Reigns.

Paul Levesque answered with a very controversial one, saying that there is no direct timing. The reality is you can’t just make a star at that level. You have to luck into them, and then not ruin them before they make it.

“First of all, we don’t bring in superstars, we create them,”


Ending the split creates new problems

 

[Francis White]

Vince is going through what Eric Bischoff talked about going through when AOL took over Time Warner and how it was the decline of WCW because they kept involving themselves in wrestling when they knew nothing about wrestling. I hope WWE doesn’t have the same out come as WCW

This makes no sense. This is a business and they paying for a product to make them money. They aren’t even on Fox yet and the ratings been down.
The product is trash right now. Seth is nowhere near being a star nor is Roman. The man is still wearing shield gear and is stale as fukk. They need to go with a sink or swim policy of letting these guys freestyle off a script. Also the roster is bloated and more people need to be either in NXT or just cut outright. Women division is a total waste now. Monday night Raw buried it. Women tag division is dead and I wouldn’t be surprised if the iconics get sent to NXT again. Page is terrible as a manager and needs a new role in NXT UK.
If anything start a women’s division on the network but as of now on the main roster it’s over.

 

[dbp]

All good points in this thread, but its stuff we've known for years.

WWE caters to an audience of one, and until he dies or is on the brink of bankruptcy, nothing will change.

and maybe this is it. But we'll see, I've gotten my hopes up before.


edit: Also, has there ever been a form of entertainment that's had such open disdain for its fanbase like wrestling? Willfully going against those that the fans organically choose. Taking shots and making fun of the marks/smarks. You don't see Disney / Marvel and any artists doing this.

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Hour 1 of Smackdown is rumored to air on FS1 which is absolutely a direct competitor to USA

They air different nights they aren't competing for ratings. It's the same brand so WWE being better/more popular means more money for all

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

All good points in this thread, but its stuff we've known for years.

WWE caters to an audience of one, and until he dies or is on the brink of bankruptcy, nothing will change.

and maybe this is it. But we'll see, I've gotten my hopes up before.


edit: Also, has there ever been a form of entertainment that's had such open disdain for its fanbase like wrestling? Willfully going against those that the fans organically choose. Taking shots and making fun of the marks/smarks. You don't see Disney / Marvel and any artists doing this.

Can’t think of any other entity that basically has a hostage audience where they can do it without the fans dumping them in mass for the competition. They lose a ton of viewers on a steady basis as is, but imagine if another promotion had a big tv deal

 

[TL15]

Been back to #NWG the past 3 weeks. Looks like it'll be that way for the foreseeable future. Vince needs to die . There's no reasons the ratings should be this low to where they would need to end the brand split. This old lost cokehead wants to write all the shows and thats why the ratings are shyt.

Just a funny notion

How are you NWG and then saying "There's no reasons the ratings should be this low"


like nygga... you aren't helping the ratings

 

[John Reena]

This remind me of da mid 2000’s when RAW had JBL, Jericho, Cent, Orton, Edge, HBK, HHH DOMINATING tha show. No midcard, just them dudes. Michael Cole screaming at da top of his lungs: “Tha fans just wanna see STARS! STAR POWER!” It was AWFUL.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Wild Card rule is gonna backfire and lead to even more unhappy talent and probably more injuries.

Guys at the top of the card are gonna get worn out doing 20-minute matches on both shows every week, and the guys and girls at the middle or the bottom are gonna be pissed because their TV time is being taken away by guys doing 20-minute matches on both shows every week.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

#NWG consistently telling us they don't watch and stay in these threads

 

[Him]

#NWG consistently telling us they don't watch and stay in these threads

So just because we don’t watch means we can’t visit the forum?

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

So just because we don’t watch means we can’t visit the forum?

there's a libra underground thread and a stickied new japan thread