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MassRafTer posted:Haha it was Backlash 2016. Fitting. Do we know what the Jinder/Orton house shows are doing? I expect those will do worse
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Ratings out and this Raw did worse than the one taped from London. 2.66 average Unhinder the Jinder woof
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May 23, 2017 23:14
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Anyway now that I'm home and not phone posting, the Observer break down of the Raw Ratings by Big Dave http://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-raw-ratings-reach-another-record-low-week-236116 And yeah, the WWE is pretty much screwed next TV rights negotiation unless they heat the product up soon
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May 24, 2017 03:07
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I eagerly await Jinder getting the 1 year epic reign to out do Okada and prove he is the #1 worker in the world
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May 24, 2017 03:31
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So Bate/Dunne have one of the best WWE matches of the year by not working a WWE style so what do we get on 205 live with Tozawa? A WWE style street fight 
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May 24, 2017 03:52
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Chris James 2 posted:Imagine thinking Zayn or Cesaro stand a chance of progressing from here You've got to think at least Cesaro is either looking at ROH or New Japan the moment his contract is up. It's not like Vince hasn't had crazy ideas like this before. It's just when he had them he had cold hard bad PPV buy rates to tell him the idea sucked and he changed directions. In the era of network subs he's not gonna see those numbers till it's way to late.
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May 24, 2017 05:05
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They'd probably offer Omega decent money but than F it up and say he needs to spend a year in NXT. Hell they'd do the same to Okada too Edit: VJeff posted:Maybe those guys are holding out for 2019 because when the TV deal sucks a dick, Vince'll get forced out and for all his flaws, HHH's booking philosophy seems to be "push the guy that is good and talks good and wrestles good and gets over." The only down business number for them right now is TV ratings though, everything else is doing okay. They just keep foolishly believing the TV ratings is due to Cord cutting/NBA/whatever. Now granted we haven't seen what the Orton/Jinder house shows will draw in the US. Given the way Backlash ticket sales went once that main was announced I expect them to be bad. So unless we see a huge upswing in merchandise/Network subs in India we should see probably some of the worst Network era numbers SatoshiMiwa fucked around with this message at 05:41 on May 24, 2017 |
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May 24, 2017 05:35
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I mean who is going to bid against USA? ESPN? Fox? Given the ratings decline and the state of TV I don't see anybody putting up any kind of cash. And if they go network only for the show...well that's a huge loss of money they won't be able to replace.
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May 24, 2017 06:06
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In theory the WWE should be able to make Conor McGregor/Ronda Rousey megastars easier cause they control wins and loses. Of course in practice the WWE can't make a top guy worth a drat right now....
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May 24, 2017 07:27
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I think Braun could be/could of been a mega star if they just had him fully destroy Roman and had him go over Brock. It'd also help to take a bit of heat off Roman and you could have Roman beat Braun later. But they 50/50 him so some of the heat died of and welp he hurt his elbow
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May 24, 2017 07:42
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Yeah, the only firm Wrestlemania plan is Brock vs Roman, which given the way ratings are going seems like a Wonderful idea. But yeah, Braun in the end would of lost to Brock and than Roman would beat him and than we're in Rumble season get in!
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May 24, 2017 07:51
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Listening to WOL/WOR for the week and it seems the WWE wants to go long term with Jinder to build India business up. At the very least he's going to be Champ until they get the next quarter numbers so Summerslam will be the earliest he'll drop the title. To even *gasp* the Mania program being him vs Cena. This is gonna be Diesel reign bad isn't it?
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May 27, 2017 18:30
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Have to wonder if they're looking at any blowback at Jinder being Champ is going to be brushed off using the "Roman Reigns is booed but business is still good" excuse?
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May 28, 2017 01:10
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But you see everybody wants to work for the WWE! It's an honor to work there and they really shouldn't pay fair wages for the talent... Honest question - What would wrestler potentially be paid if they had an MLB like sports union back in the 70's?
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