So smark favorites are running the card and ratings continue to collapse, GOATsso never lied

[TheGreatShowtime]

GOARTon has me dying

 

[NoMorePie]

 

[Tommy Fits]

There is only one wrestler worthy of the GOAT name, you're throwing it around like it means nothing

 

[Kevin_Nash]

When Hunter was champion, ratings were doing better. There's only one legitimate solution to the ratings issue:

Spoiler

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Eh it's the company's fault more than the talent but the guys they have front and center right now aren't helping any.

None of the guys in the main event picture right now strike me as legit potential main event players... sans KO.

AJ Styles is already stale and boring and I change the channel when he's on.

 

[boriquaking]

Breh their champ isnt a draw.

 

[DaHNIC82]

Ratings collapse so does it mean Kliq runs the business to the ground?

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Ratings been in the toilet for a long, long time. No one cares.

 

[Scotch Hall]

CONSIDERING HOW OFTEN THE OLD GUYS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE YOUNG GUYS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES ALL DAY, EVERY RAW MATCH THEY PRODUCE SURE SEEMS LIKE WE'RE WATCHING TWO KIDS SPAM MOVES IN TEKKEN OR STREET FIGHTER, BROTHER!

You do bring up a good point but Jim Ross just likes to bytch now . The cats today playing video games is way better alternative than doing xanax, coke, and everything else the road brought.

 

[RammerJammer]

Ratings collapse so does it mean Kliq runs the business to the ground?

Yes

 

[mrken12]

Ratings collapse so does it mean Kliq runs the business to the ground?

That's always been true.

I mean he has a point, those NXT "ratings killers" are all Triple H's pet projects

#AutismAwarenessMonth

 

[RammerJammer]

That's always been true.


#AutismAwarenessMonth

Hey if people want WWE to become a weekly Bellator 149 with old ass dudes fighting and folks having cardiac arrests in the ring then

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Russo is an idiot and hasn't worked for a wrestling company that turned a profit in nearly 20 years. He is stuck on a business model that doesnt exist anymore and he wasnt on the business side anyway. WWE is shedding casuals but extracting more and more money from hardcores at the same rate. Shopzone shipments are up every quarter, WM legit sold the most tickets of any live wrestling event in North America ever, and USA Network added MORE wrestling to their schedule.

 

[DocZulu]

We shouldn't have threads like this at the TSC.

It is irrelevant whether they are Indie, New Japan or homegrown WWE wrestling talent. It's all about booking, gentlemen (and ladies).

Everything follows from the booking/writers: the amount of time the wrestlers are given the move sets that are available to them, to the way that matches are called and their degree of over-exposure.

Sidebar: I haven't watched RAW since the 2015 Wrestlemania. Waiting for TSC heads to tell me that the 'E has changed.

Ive tuned out on raw completely. Its not due to who is on the card, its just raw in general.

Even when you got dope guys in a match, its a "Raw" match. They rarely have dope opening exchanges, you get rest holds that lead to nothing, a spot where they get thrown outside for a commercial break, a comeback, then a finish with either a roll up or a finisher. Rinse repeat. Plus it seriously seems like the wrestlers are told to only use their signature moves and nothing else. You already know what every match is gonna look like before it even starts.

Same for tag matches. Its just build to the hot tag, cause thats what some 65 year old told them every tag match should look like. No variety whatsoever.

WWE right now only worth watching for PPV's, cause maybe they will let them rock and have a nice match.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

I personally think things are alittle strange right now because there wasnt a natural "passin of the torch" moment yet

Daniel Bryan beat Cena then HHH then Orton

But no one will be able to beat Daniel Bryan. He Abruptly retired and CM Punk left WWE.

Instead, its just a bunch of young lions thrown into the main event without that passing of the torch moment.

Thats what draws fans in. "Old Veteran vs Young Lion" Hell thats what made Seth Rollins so credible. He had a Wrestlemania match with Randy Orton and a Summerslam match with Cena. Dude is officially crowned as a mainstay for years to come

So when Orton, Cena, Brock, and HHH return to have storylines with the youngsters, busines should pick up

Im a firm believer that Summerslam is gonna be must see this year like it was last year. I liked how it was 4 hours and supposed to have been taken seriously.