Guest Loss Report post Posted July 29, 2004 Like Meltzer said, start the match at the 9:00 hour, but don't announce it as a 60-minute match. Announce other stuff to happen after the match to make it seem legit. When it didn't happen, no one would complain because they'd get a great match. At least in theory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Promoter 0 Report post Posted July 30, 2004 Loss, from what I understand the real wrestling record for most watched match is Rikidozan/Lou Thesz with a whopping 87.0 rating according to Meltzer's Tribute book and Hogan/Andre still have the record for North America at a 51.1. This is keeping things in context though. The Thesz-Riki match was in Japan, not the US. Different dynamic (as I explained in my previous posts). The total population size is different, and so is the TV viewing habits (Back then, you had NHK, and NTV and that was about it). The most intersting fact of the Thesz-Riki match is the re-broadcast it either the next day or the day after and got nearly the exact same rating. And the kicker is that even in that 24-48 hour period, the number of TV in Japan went up considerably (someone once said by almsot 50%, but I find that figure very suspicious; but due to the impact of this bout, the number of TV sets in Japan better than tripled in a about six months). How would you take this into account with the numbers you stated? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Loss Report post Posted August 2, 2004 Hogan/Andre happened on network television, not cable. I'm referring to US cable matches. Perhaps I should have clarified this, but I thought we already discussed this once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2004 Like Meltzer said, start the match at the 9:00 hour, but don't announce it as a 60-minute match. Announce other stuff to happen after the match to make it seem legit. When it didn't happen, no one would complain because they'd get a great match. At least in theory. How would they explain the multiple falls? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2004 Like Meltzer said, start the match at the 9:00 hour, but don't announce it as a 60-minute match. Announce other stuff to happen after the match to make it seem legit. When it didn't happen, no one would complain because they'd get a great match. At least in theory. How would they explain the multiple falls? I really hope you're kidding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Loss Report post Posted August 2, 2004 Like Meltzer said, start the match at the 9:00 hour, but don't announce it as a 60-minute match. Announce other stuff to happen after the match to make it seem legit. When it didn't happen, no one would complain because they'd get a great match. At least in theory. How would they explain the multiple falls? They wouldn't have them. They'd just run an hour match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
