Nitro ratings, 9/12/99-10/10/99
3.27
3.1
3.03
2.87
2.6
Nitro ratings, 10/17/99-12/26/9
3.3^
3.47
3.2
3.3
3.07
3.43
3.13
3.03
2.8
3.23
2.87

Wasn't no 2.5-3.5 jump. nikka ain't even draw one 3.5 rating

. As you can see, there was a slight bump for a month out of intrigue to see if he could turn it around, but once his nonsense started to kick in, it dropped right back down. I know you're gonna point to those last 2 shows but they were blatant throwaway shows as WCW prepared for the new creative direction. I didn't include all of Spetember because WWF being pre-empted drew pre-Russo WCW a couple of 4.0 ratings and that obviously wouldn't really be fair.