VERY interesting report on who draw viewers in WWE

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

Cumulative, yes.

 

Per segment, no.

 

Eddy has had 4 more segments than Benoit.

 

EDIT: 5 segments more, actually.

[Guest Anglesault]

Cumulative, yes.

 

Per segment, no.

 

Eddy has had 4 more segments than Benoit.

OK.

 

I forgot to check # of segments.

[Guest TheGame2705]

I looked over my graph and it shows that apparently, hardly anyone backs The Mack.

[Guest Anglesault]

I looked over my graph and it shows that apparently, hardly anyone backs The Mack.

Or Test.

 

Test has no in ring talent, no charisma, no mic skills, no heat, and is ratings DEATH.

 

Test is SO fucking Shane just to keep his job.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

I'd still take Mack over Test

[ISportsFan 0]

Cumulative, yes.

 

Per segment, no.

 

Eddy has had 4 more segments than Benoit.

OK.

 

I forgot to check # of segments.

The difference between Eddy and Benoit is about 1,000 people per segment. That's pretty statistically insignificant. The main point is (or at least the main point should be) that Benoit gets more viewers than people who were on the same level as Brock and Angle for some of this period, which includes Cena, Big Show, and Undertaker (who never loses). Same with Eddy. Same with Benjamin. Same with Haas (except Big Show).

 

Jason

[Guest Anglesault]

I've got an idea.

 

I shall e-mail the WWE with these cold, hard Test facts and demands ome kind of explanation for his push.

 

WWE Responds: "He's got a great look"

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

Great look... pppffftt... These numbers show that it means nothing more often than not.

 

Go read some of the rookies' bios at wwe.com sometime. It's all about "look look look". I'll even suggest three to read: Grenier, Conway and Cade. I'll even bet that Orton's says something similar even though I didn't read his last time I was at the bio page.

[Guest Anglesault]

. I'll even bet that Orton's says something similar even though I didn't read his last time I was at the bio page.

He's quick, agile, technically sound, and as female fans will tell you, he has the looks to make an impact

[Guest TheGame2705]

I'd do Randy Orton too but I thought he sucked in the ring until I saw him in the Degradation Chamber match at SummerSlam. Regardless he still has nothing above Mike Sanders "white bread" mic skills.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

I wouldn't have much of a problem with this 'look' business if it actually translated to something relating to what goes on in the ring (i.e. Brock looks intimidating and is even stronger than he appears). But my beef is how some of these guys are going to be great because they look pretty, not because they're any good. Orton exemplifies this. Hell, in Grenier's wwe.com bio it says how his looks got him noticed by their officials. So they're good-looking, fine, but it's not exactly going to motivate me to buy a PPV.

 

Anyway, this is way off-topic so I'll leave it at that.

[jester 0]

I've got an idea.

 

I shall e-mail the WWE with these cold, hard Test facts and demands ome kind of explanation for his push.

 

WWE Responds: "He's got a great look"

Test has potential.

[Jack_Bauer 0]

I would have to say I have enjoyed some Test matches. Stick him in the ring with Scott Steiner and that has NO chance of showing.

[CanadianChick 0]

Why are some people acting like a low positive number is awful? They are still gaining viewers. I think the only thing this shows is that people without a push who are getting extremely high ratings should be pushed to the moon and pushed guys who are getting extremely low ratings shouldn't get pushed. If a non-pushed guy is getting a low positive number (like +50 000 or something like that) doesn't mean they shouldn't get pushed. They are still getting viewers.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Why push a guy who is more of a risk as opposed to someone like Benoit who is a proven winner? You can't push everybody, so if Christian is outdrawing RVD with the same push, you push Christian instead of RVD. It only makes sense.

[CanadianChick 0]

Oh, I know that. Of course you would push Chris Benoit over someone like RVD with those numbers. But if pushing someone with a lower positive number is not nessesarly a bad idea. They are still gaining viewers without a push as opposed to someone who is getting a push and gaining even less viewers.

 

Although I still don't understand the Trish rating. Whenever Gail Kim was on, Trish was too. So how could one have such a bad number and the other a good one?

[Guest Anglesault]

I would have to say I have enjoyed some Test matches.

Sure. He had a good match in 99, and again in 01.

 

I know, my logic of "none of his matches hitting *** in over two and a half years means he sucks" is apparently flawed because he still has potential or something.

 

Stick him in the ring with Scott Steiner and that has NO chance of showing.

 

Stick him with anyone but Eddie or Shane (which was fun, if not fundamentally good) and you have a bad match.

 

Angle AND Jericho both failed to get a good match out of him.

 

I don't remember any Test/Benoit to compare it to.

[SamoaRowe 0]

I remember Angle vs Test being really good and Jericho vs Test getting standing ovations at house shows.

[buffybeast 0]

A-Train +350,000 +70,000

 

People can not longer justifiably request A-train to be removed from their televisions.

[KTID 0]

Apart from those (like me) who are offended by how bad his work is.

[Murmuring Beast 0]

Let's not start this again.

[Guest Anglesault]

I remember Angle vs Test being really good .

That really bad one from around X Seven?

 

 

and Jericho vs Test getting standing ovations at house shows

 

I recall two lousy TV matches.

[KTID 0]

Let's not start this again.

 

 

(in childish voice): HE STARTED IT!

[Jobber of the Week 0]

Kurt Angle +6,032,000 +402,130

Zach Gowen +7,269,000 +484,600

 

Ric Flair +5,078,000 +282,110

Mick Foley +2,870,000 +574,000

Bill Goldberg +6,833,000 +427,060

 

:(

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Test did some good matches with Val Venis. One at the house show I went to and that one on Heat a few weeks ago.

[Guest TheArchiteck]

Booker T isn't a draw??

Whats wrong with these viewers???!?!

[Use Your Illusion 0]

Triple H DRAWS MORE than Jericho

 

Eat shit and die, Smarks.

 

UYI - Real identity: Paul Levesque.

 

Fuck off.

I said SMARKS, not full-blown 12 year old marks

 

No need to take offence

 

UYI

[Guest Ronixis]

This is intresting.

 

RAW has a stable Main Event, and unstable lower card.

 

Smackdown has a stable lower/Upper Midcard/Tag Teams.

 

And not suprisingly, The McMahans lead the way in ratings.

 

Well, G-Berg is a draw.

 

Why can I say, they love Asian Chicks. And yes. She has not gone threw the Boob Job.

 

They just need to retool RAW NOW. The Main Event is fine, but save the lower card.

[Guest Basswitch]

I refuse to believe this.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Goldberg is not a draw according to buyrates. What is required of Main Eventers and Midcarders are two different things?

 

The current main eventers aren't draws, and haven't been since Wrestlemania X-8. Goldberg and the McMahon's aren't the collosal failures that Nash & Orton are, but they aren't doing much either. I'm not saying Benoit and company are either, but they might be. Push the guy who might succeed, rather than the guy who you know will fail.

 

What these numbers do show, is who in the midcard are the guys you want to push (ex. Shelton Benjamin) and those who you don't (ex. Rodney Mack).