Eat. Sleep. Wrestling Thread. Repeat. - Part 140

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Just watched True Life: I'm a Pro Wrestler. The Tony Atlas parts were very depressing.
 
Did you guys hear that Prince Devitt is on the verge on getting a WWE contract?
 
Devitt and Kenta would be awesome but I wonder if Kenny Omega ever has a chance
 
Van Petrol said:
Put it this way, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him back in the E somewhere down the line.

While most of the happenings surrounding this situation from his side seem (and most likely are) legit (i.e. injuries, burnout, loss of passion for a company with direction such as this one), Punk is a very clever guy. You need only to look how he was basically out the door in 2011 with seemingly no care or worry either way from the E, and within 5 minutes had them bent over a barrell almost begging him to stay and willing to meet the demands he had. It could all be part of the plan.
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They met some of his demands, not all of them. Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened. It could be part of a plan. Maybe he timed this correctly with the reaction to the Royal Rumble and the media's attention to Daniel Bryan's plight. Maybe he just got tired of everything and walked out.

Or maybe this is a work. At least I hope.
 
Maybe this will lift some spirits after today:

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The Sage said:
They met some of his demands, not all of them. Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened. It could be part of a plan. Maybe he timed this correctly with the reaction to the Royal Rumble and the media's attention to Daniel Bryan's plight. Maybe he just got tired of everything and walked out.

Or maybe this is a work. At least I hope.
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Yeah, I was more referring to his personal demands (i.e. monetary, etc) rather than company direction, lol. I'm in no doubt that he is at the end of the tether with everything, but I think it could be a culmination of all that mentioned. This may be one last chance to make a final protest towards things. If something comes of it, however unlikely given the way things are, then cool, if not, then Punk is pretty much set for life, and doesn't need them as much as they probably could do with him on board.
 
Wow, just heard about Punk. :csad: He is my favorite. Such a shame. I really hope this is a work. I doubt it though.
 
Also just in case, someone in WWE or otherwise, tries to use ratings as an excuse to screw Bryan over:


6/17 Randy Orton vs. Bryan gained 248,000 viewers for a 3.13 quarter rating in the 9pm time slot.
Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...dvHcxx7olrg.99

7/15 Cena picking Daniel Bryan as his SummerSlam opponent was the other big segment of the night, gaining 669,000 viewers for a 3.41 overrun rating. This was one of RAW's best segments of the summer.

Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...0VAoIcUYSAw.99

In the segment breakdown, RAW opened with a 2.99 quarter rating with John Cena, Brad Maddox and Daniel Bryan doing the SummerSlam contract signing.

Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...GZ3MAVMuwXq.99

7/22 Bryan vs. Antonio Cesaro gained 150,000 viewers, which is good because that time period is usually loses viewers. Bryan vs. Ryback in the end of the Gauntlet Match plus John Cena coming out and the backstage segment with Vince McMahon and Maddox gained 331,000 viewers, a weak gain, for a 3.20 overrun rating.

Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...RsJscPGXgio.99

8/19 The big main event angle with Triple H, the McMahons, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan and The Shield gained around 670,000 viewers for a 3.6 overrun rating.

Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...gM0tHWPHSOh.99


8/5 The main event with The Shield vs. Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton and John Cena gained around 700,000 viewers for a 3.4 overrun rating.

Read more at http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...KXXqvFW1jfP.99

Daniel Bryan’s Gauntlet match against The Shield gained 1,092,000 viewers for a 3.7 quarter rating, which are excellent numbers.

http://dailywrestlingnews.com/826-ra...gauntlet-more/

9/16 - Q12: Raw jumped to a 2.32 rating for Bryan vs. Reigns and one mid-match commercial.

Raw benefited from 202,000 viewers coming over from the football game between 10:51 and 10:55 p.m. leading to the finish of the match.

- Over-Run: Raw jumped to a 2.65 final rating for the post-match activity involving babyfaces making the save for Daniel Bryan.

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/W...l#.UqkpgeI0goF

9/23 Daniel Bryan’s pre-match promo, the Rhodes attacking The Shield during their entrance, one commercial, and the start of the handicap main event registered a peak audience of 1.515 million viewers at 10:35pm for a 1.96 quarter rating. Raw felt to a 1.78 quarter rating for the end of 11-on-3 handicap main event, plus two full commercial breaks. The show ended with a 2.21 rating for the finish of the main event. The segment peaked with a pedestrian 1.436 million viewers when Raw went off the air at 11:04pm.

Source: PWTorch

9/30 Raw closed with a 1.367 million viewers at 11:09pm with a 2.05 rating for Bryan-Orton face-off.

Source:PWTorch


- Q8: Smackdown finished strong with a 1.21 rating for Bryan vs. Barrett, plus Randy Orton's post-match attack.

Included was peak viewership of the show in the final few minutes of Q8, highlighted by 900,000 m18-49 viewers at 9:58 p.m

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_73042.shtml#.Uqkxu-I0goE
That's just a frickin sample of the viewership that HIS SEGMENTS have brought in. 1 MILLION with THE SHIELD and 900,000 with F__CKING WADE BARRETT. Part-time or Full time, when was the last time someone was over enough to bring in THAT many viewers with a faction of new comers on the roster or someone like Wade Barrett?

People tend to use revisionism to throw the "didnt Draw" tag on Bryan but the proof is there. Bryan's segments themselves have produced gains in viewership REGARDLESS of who WWE feels they should blame.(99.9% of the time they should be blaming themselves)
 
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Here's my thoughts on the ratings: If everytime someone tunes in, Bryan is getting his butt kicked, why would they stick around? Who sticks around to watch their hero get beat up all of the time? Had they put the machine behind him, protected him and really pushed him, he could be a stronger draw. I'm sure Cena wasn't drawing serious numbers in his few months and it had to build up with him looking strong. And PPVs weren't built up well and ended up being weak. Let's not even get started on Battleground.
 
Damn, that dude got banned real quick. I was about to reply to his post and everything.
 
The Sage said:
Here's my thoughts on the ratings: If everytime someone tunes in, Bryan is getting his butt kicked, why would they stick around? Who sticks around to watch their hero get beat up all of the time? Had they put the machine behind him, protected him and really pushed him, he could be a stronger draw. I'm sure Cena wasn't drawing serious numbers in his few months and it had to build up with him looking strong. And PPVs weren't built up well and ended up being weak. Let's not even get started on Battleground.
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Funny thing is DESPITE that Bryan's segments still bring in viewers most of the time whether it's 200,000 or 1 million viewers is simply left up to chance. I've got some numbers posted above in bold
 
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Just DM me your Punk questions

‏@ronfunches 10m
@ ColtCabana is he eating enough
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I can't wait for Monday. I hope there's like post-Wrestlemania Raw nuclear heat.
 
I just hope this Punk issue doesn't overshadow Daniel Bryan and kill his support.
 
The Sage said:
Here's my thoughts on the ratings: If everytime someone tunes in, Bryan is getting his butt kicked, why would they stick around? Who sticks around to watch their hero get beat up all of the time? Had they put the machine behind him, protected him and really pushed him, he could be a stronger draw. I'm sure Cena wasn't drawing serious numbers in his few months and it had to build up with him looking strong. And PPVs weren't built up well and ended up being weak. Let's not even get started on Battleground.
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and the other thing is......there's only so long you can drag a storyline out before people get bored/fed up with it.

how long as the Bryan vs Authority storyline been going on?

since SS ( which was, what, July/August? ).

and most of the storyline has been Bryan getting screwed over by the authority.

so........
 
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