Wrestling Thread 8: Follow The Buzzards • Page 925

WWE - Twitch

 

The twitch stream was really well done

 

didn't think they'd get me excited for a katana chance heel turn

 

Man 3 years ago Dynamite was pulling 936k viewers last night it was 672k

what has changed?

 

I really think it’s just that WWE is hot. There’s a number of people that didn’t want an alternative to WWE they just wanted WWE to be better

 

Yeah I think this is it tbh.

Despite the EVP storyline being fun to me. I can see why people wouldn’t really care for it.

also a majority of cable is legitimately dying if you look at more than just wrestling ratings.

 

Me

 

Drew get mad at this guy not AEW

 

I mean, some of it is definitely the post-CM Punk bubble bursting; obviously he wasnt there yet 3 years ago, but Hangmans story was red hot, etc. And CM Punk really tribalized things, so when he was gone, the fanbase was more hardcore (but also inherently smaller)

edit: ANd yeah, obviously the bloodline story and WWE being better all last year helped a LOT in pulling viewers away

And the rest is TV/cable being down. Without showbuzz its hard to say exactly what viewers dropped, but from May 12 2021-> May 10 2023, the Chicago NBC shows dropped from ~7mil to ~5.5mil viewers. Masked Singer went from 5mil to 3.5mil. Vanderpump probably had a big drop off after the drama stuff, but they went from 1.4mil to 500k. Hell, even AEW was up in the demo (.31 v .32) and down like 80k fans

 

AEW has also lost like all of their biggest stars and hasn't exactly done a great job at creating new ones aside from MJF and Darby

Cody in 2022
Punk in 2023
Sting in 2024

Swerve is the World Champion right now and is playing second fiddle to The Young Bucks. And if viewership is your main indicator of what the fans like, making the Bucks your main program should have Tony in jail

I do think injuries are playing a decent factor right now too. MJF, Kenny, Hangman, and Cole are all hurt so their main event scene is a bit dry

But also WWE being hot is a major contributor

 

No way, we are co chairmen of the Baron Corbin fan club

 

Also, as much as I like most of what AEW is doing right now, its not "you have to watch every week to follow the stories" kind of stuff. I imagine an AEW fan who tunes in to the go-home and PPVs will have it pretty well figured out for most of the stories.

Some of the characters are red hot (Swerve, Toni, etc), but their actual story arcs are kind of plodding

 

oh well. i'll be tuned in next week as usual

 

lotta oldheads prob don't tune in anymore knowing there is no chance to see sting come whoop some ass

 

The way they book babyfaces has annoyed me more than anything. Once somebody gets over they don’t know what to do with them except beat them up every week. I get that heels need to get heat, but it gets tiring when you do the same thing for four weeks in a row.

Ospreay is off to a great start though.

 

I miss the "have them work a 30min main event match against a legit opponent" thing they did for Hangman, etc

 

I love @Taketimeandfind

 

Catching up on Raw… backstabber on the table has to be the stupidest thing ever

 

It’s a cool song, but it’s slow and plodding when he’s presented as a daredevil maniac with no regard for his body. With as god awful as AEW production is for music, it’s barely audible most times and lacks the immediate recognizable note that tells you who is coming out.

 

you are the guy the belt accidentally fell on in the ladder match after all his opponents were busy fighting each other, yes

 

After looking at the Collision/Rampage card, I’m not that bummed I didn’t go. AEW definitely has an issue with booking random matches with no build that have highly predictable outcomes for a lot of the weekly TV and especially those two shows.

 

Tiffany Stratton Faces Backlash for Racist Jade Cargill Video

Woof

 

Pretty certain that everyone knows that opening riff by this point.

 

That is pretty bad and incredibly stupid on her part.