Viewership and ratings aren’t the same thing.
Viewership isn’t a rating, it’s just viewership.
NXT had higher viewership, Dynamite had a higher rating - .23 vs .22
It’s like comparing total wins vs. NET rating in college basketball.
One is just a number that says you won X games or in the case of tv the gross number of people watching. It doesn’t provide any further context.
The other is a formula that gives you a number representing performance. In the case of a tv rating, it’s how many houses were watching tv during the duration of the program in relation to how many of those TVs were watching that specific program.
Stop it. Meltzer & Alvarez said NXT wouldn't beat Dynamite because NXT got a 718k, then when Dynamite's rating was lower they switched up and tried to make it about the demo. Also viewership is what they overall rating is attributed to, that's why every show's rating is based on the number of people watching it, and not some demo number that only matters when you're trying to appeal to advertisers.
Probably a drop in the bucket for Endeavor that they can write off.
So the book on Endeavor is that they're cheap, but they'd be willing to spend money on something this pointless?
What's more believable? WWE doing this or Meltzer completely fabricating the story? I don't think Dave sat down and wrote about it for no reason... maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle.
The problem with AEW stans and WWE stooges is that they will take Dave's word as gospel WHEN it fits their narrative.... don't pick and choose when u want to believe him
WWE fans make fun of Meltzer al the time, he carries no wait with the WWE crowd no matter what stance he takes. As for what's more believable, The number might do something like that if they were head 2 head and losing but they're not. There's literally nothing to gain from making an awful show look awful. People need to stop acting like this is WWF vs WCW in 1998. If you don't think Meltzer will create bullshyt based off some random shyt, then you really haven't been paying attention to him.