Wrestling: The Action Soap Opera Thread - Part 14

[TX85]

why would you wan't Smackdown to have low ratings??,cause YOU don't like what's going on??

 

[venom892]

Why do you care if we don't?When any other show does something to a character you don't like you stop watching.Wrestling should be no different.

 

[BlackLantern]

probably not....you, Metallo, HR, etc are a small, very vocal, but SMALL part of the general viewing audience

 

[Project862006]

LMAO also according to PWI Kharma has some heat on her from fellow divas because they are afraid to work with her and think she is unsafe in the ring since apparently Alicia Fox got her shoulder separated by a close-line at SD Taping.

 

[BlackLantern]

then the Divas should get tougher....its a wake up call, if you want to be a women wrestler, youre going to take beatings...just like the guy

 

[TX85]

I don't care if someone like something&someone or not!,it's there opinion But why hope for the Smackdown show to fail in ratings and stuff??

I care about that cause I'm a fan,I'd hate to see it get bad ratings&fail in other ways while people laugh and say"good,I was hoping for that!"and that's BS cause Smackdown has fans with some who ever prefer it over Raw!!

People say that about movies&shows"I hope it bombs,looks horrible!".....F'n pathetic and selfish of a fan!!,IF you don't like it then don't watch and just forget all about it But there's no need to wish doom on something cause YOU personally hate it!

 

[Nemi]

why would you wan't Smackdown to have low ratings??,cause YOU don't like what's going on??

Because a lot of us don't like what's going on and low ratings is the only way to get them to change things.

 

[Hellion]

then the Divas should get tougher....its a wake up call, if you want to be a women wrestler, youre going to take beatings...just like the guy

To go back to the days of Jackie, didn't quite a few ladies say she could give a beating...and they could take it...

...what exactly can Chyna bring to TNA......she hasn't been relevant for wrestling for years and...is she still crazy? At least is supposedly short term...and ditto to who said they fired Lethal, a great talent, and they bring in Chyna?

 

[TX85]

It's also about how the GA reacts to people&things&not just ratings!!,Orton could somehow get low ratings while he's champ.....But nothing will change IF he's still over at shows every week!

 

[Metallo]

why would you wan't Smackdown to have low ratings??,cause YOU don't like what's going on??

Uh..he's not the only one. I don't like whats going on either. A lot of people apparently don't like whats been going on. Why should people watch a show they don't like? If he wants to tune out isn't that his very right as a fan? Nobody can force him to watch. If WWE WANTS people to watch their show they should offer a product people want.

The damn problem with WWE is that people watch now out of habit and Vince takes the audience watching for granted. When the fans get pissed off he gets mad at them and not at the guy he sees in the mirror.

If people don't like what they see they should vote with the ratings. Thats the only way to change it. If people still watch when WWE offers sh** WWE will just try to feed us more sh** like this because they know we'll take it.

Whether it was Del Rio or Christian losing it to Orton, Having such short title reigns devalues a title. I liked that Miz at least had a respectable reign.

I agree. Stuff like that just makes the title look weak. Christian beat a rookie in a match that is his specialty then lost it to Orton in his first defense. Makes his run as champ look bad and since there is no build up to the title change it doesn't help matters. The belt got hotshotted instead of Christian having enough time to put over how special it is to be champ.

I tend to care more when there is a build up. I'm not against surprise title wins if they elevate a new star but this does nothing for anyone.

Yeah they could have put the title on Orton on next weeks show and built up the match on this Fridays show. They didn't even use this to try and draw ratings.

Well **** what Vince sees.

I suddenly don't see the need to watch Smackdown anymore. The Christian Del Rio stuff gave me a reason to at least tune in from time to time. I hope enough people say "**** Smackdown" and stop watching it to make a noticeable drop in ratings.

Exactly. Vote with ratings. Of course it might end up like ECW being replaced with the now inferior and even lower rated NXT but thats not the audiences fault it was WWEs. WWE has no one to blame but themselves if fans don't watch Smackdown.

 

[Wheels]

People won't stop watching SD because of this. Orton is over huge and doesn't get boos like Cena. We (The IWC) are the only ones who give a crap about this situation.

 

[Wylie Times]

When any other show does something to a character you don't like you stop watching.Wrestling should be no different.

Exactly.

If you want to show your displeasure with anything on TV you stop watching. It'd be stupid to keep watching something you don't like.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I don't watch Smackdown because I don't have SyFy. Them leaving the CW was good because the WWE doesn't fit the CW's demographic.

 

[Metallo]

It's also about how the GA reacts to people&things&not just ratings!!,Orton could somehow get low ratings while he's champ.....But nothing will change IF he's still over at shows every week!

Uh ratings are still a BIG deal for WWE. To say nothing will change if Smackdowns tv rating drops a point is just not true. WWE is becoming more and more concerned with tv ratings every week. Thats even their own reason for why Christian didn't get to keep the strap long. I'd imagine some people at the live shows will voice their displeasure (unless WWE takes their signs and edits their boos/chants ) which is possible.

The casual audience is going to watch no matter what. But most of them would also watch if Christian was champ instead of Orton. A lot of them watch WWE for the brand name not just the stars. Christian holding the belt a month would not drive the audience away in droves so their reasoning for taking the belt off him in 2 days is beyond stupid.

People won't stop watching SD because of this. Orton is over huge and doesn't get boos like Cena. We (The IWC) are the only ones who give a crap about this situation.

Its not going to make a big difference. But to go along with ANYTHING WWE does like sheep would be just as stupid.

Anyone who does that is just as programmed as WWE likes to think their audience is and that only makes the WWE product worse in the long run.

Orton is over but he's still not the money making machine Cena is nor does he have as many fans as Cena (and Cena himself isn't an Austin level megastar).

WWE's ratings aren't unmovable. Last time I checked when fans weren't being satisfied with what they saw and many people stopped watching. Otherwise ratings today would be almost as high as they were during the attitude era. They aren't. People voted with their tv remotes then too.

Over time if WWE keeps on feeding the audience crap and if enough people get sick of it they'll see the difference. And even if WWE isn't bothered by it their sponsors will be. Why the heck do you think we have this PG rating now (besides Linda's Senat campaign)?

 

[Nemi]

It's also about how the GA reacts to people&things&not just ratings!!,Orton could somehow get low ratings while he's champ.....But nothing will change IF he's still over at shows every week!

Well Christian has been over at shows for years and his title reign lasted all of two days. There are dozens of people who got pushed despite getting no reaction from the general audience at all. But you are right, it isn't just ratings it's also Vince not giving a ****.

 

[TX85]

Uh..he's not the only one. I don't like whats going on either. A lot of people apparently don't like whats been going on. Why should people watch a show they don't like? If he wants to tune out isn't that his very right as a fan? Nobody can force him to watch. If WWE WANTS people to watch their show they should offer a product people want.

Uh..A lot of people as in mostly the IWC!?,Of course they shouldn't watch something somebody don't like and I never said they should cause I even said IF you don't like it then get over it and forget all about it than b**ng about it online and hoping for the shows to fail!!

The GA wan't mostly Cena/Orton/Mysterio and that's what they get!!

It always was/is&always will be(as should be)all about the GA than the smaller IWC fanbase!

 

[Kaleb]

Damn Miz is lucky he didn't get seriosly hurt.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The only way I see this ending is Punk getting a deal like the Rock, or something in which there's a deal where he gets to keep his name in and out of the company.

I don't know about that, Punk is not in the same bargaining position The Rock was.

probably not....you, Metallo, HR, etc are a small, very vocal, but SMALL part of the general viewing audience

You're right, taste doesn't run in depth. HBK retiring killed most of my interest, this years wrestlemania finished it off, I'm just treading water now so I don't really care that Christian got the belt took off him, it was pretty much what I expected, and now a brand to be built around Orton while Raw continues the serial killing mission that is the SuperCena push? ....Yeah, maybe old crazy LS wasn't all wrong...........

then the Divas should get tougher....its a wake up call, if you want to be a women wrestler, youre going to take beatings...just like the guy

You are gonna be so pissed when Kharma jobs to K2 and the general, LARGE majority eat it up.

 

[BlackLantern]

the unwashed masses are what they are....

 

[Hunter Rider]

Uh..A lot of people as in mostly the IWC!?,Of course they shouldn't watch something somebody don't like and I never said they should cause I even said IF you don't like it then get over it and forget all about it than b**ng about it online and hoping for the shows to fail!!

The GA wan't mostly Cena/Orton/Mysterio and that's what they get!!

It always was/is&always will be(as should be)all about the GA than the smaller IWC fanbase!

The problem is the GA are like a herd, they simply drink whatever is put in front of them, and Vince is so deluded he doesn't even look at the possibilities to make more money, he simply sits back shovelling the same tired **** that draws low and does nothing to try and put some life back into the business.

 

[Nemi]

And after that she'll probably end up in a romantic relationship with Santino where she will be the man.

 

[TX85]

The casual audience is going to watch no matter what. But most of them would also watch if Christian was champ instead of Orton. A lot of them watch WWE for the brand name not just the stars. Christian holding the belt a month would not drive the audience away in droves so their reasoning for taking the belt off him in 2 days is beyond stupid.

That's very true and I sure agree that this execution with Christian as champ then losing it 2days latter was done very bad!!,But they will also watch even after Orton gets the title on Smackdown cause sure many may be upset about it But they sure won't give a f**like the IWC and will still be giving there money to WWE than say"F*WWE,I'm done".

IWC are pissed now But they will still end up watching the next PPV on streams and mostly Raw anyway as the GA actually pays(moslty)for ppvs and end up forgetting all about this Christian thing while the IWC will still be posting for weeks&months how WWE screwed Christian!!,While by that time other things will be going on.

Most of IWC's problem is they wan't everything there way 100%and now now now!!

 

[Metallo]

Uh..A lot of people as in mostly the IWC!?,Of course they shouldn't watch something somebody don't like and I never said they should cause I even said IF you don't like it then get over it and forget all about it than b**ng about it online and hoping for the shows to fail!!

The GA wan't mostly Cena/Orton/Mysterio and that's what they get!!

It always was/is&always will be(as should be)all about the GA than the smaller IWC fanbase!

How the hell do you know its JUST the IWC? Have you asked every person in the f***in country that watches WWE or are you just asuming? If the general audience didn't care about WWE coasting we'd still be seeing attitude era ratings.

If it was JUST about the IWC the WWE's PPV buys would be dropping like stones in the water. Its stupid to ignore the facts.

The IWC isn't big enough for WWE's PPV buys to drop by almost 50 percet in some instances but they are.

 

[Kaleb]

I don't know about that, Punk is not in the same bargaining position The Rock was

I'm pretty sure The Rock having the rights to his name was one of the main reasons why vince is so adament on owning the rights to every wrestlers name that comes into the wwe,I don't think he wants to see that mistake happen again.

 

[TX85]

Damn Miz is lucky he didn't get seriosly hurt.

yes he is!,I was surprised the ref didn't do an"X"sign!