Rendclaw Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Or the Undertaker looking 90 years old trying to sell this ridiculous "pure striker" gimmick that he wants to get over so badly because he is such an MMA fanboy LIES! LIIIIIIIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All they need is Taker doing some kickboxing with K-1 fighters. The deadman needs to go to Thailand!! It'll work dammit! I would pay money to see that happen, just to watch his knees and ribs get destroyed by a legit kickboxer. Tong Po, anyone?
RavishingRickRudo Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 The problem is they don't know how to cook. Period. They can't pick out the right steak. They can't find the right seasonings. They don't know the proper heat settings. And they don't know how long they should keep the meat on the grill. And to make matters worse, throughout this whole process, they think they are baking a cake.
RavishingRickRudo Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Or the Undertaker looking 90 years old trying to sell this ridiculous "pure striker" gimmick that he wants to get over so badly because he is such an MMA fanboy LIES! LIIIIIIIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All they need is Taker doing some kickboxing with K-1 fighters. The deadman needs to go to Thailand!! It'll work dammit! I would pay money to see that happen, just to watch his knees and ribs get destroyed by a legit kickboxer. Tong Po, anyone? I think I have the perfect scenario down. Takers urn gets stolen. So he goes to Bangkok to get it back. In the process he gets involved in an underground fight ring. We shall call it. Ong Take.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Saturday night is UFC territory, Vince. Learn your lesson. Actually Saturday night is BOXING territory, and speaking of boxing I bet the Rahman/Toney heavyweight title fight on HBO(Not PPV) took alot of viewers.
Lord of The Curry Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Saturday night WAS boxing territory.
CanadianChris Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Saturday night is UFC territory, Vince. Learn your lesson. Actually Saturday night is BOXING territory, and speaking of boxing I bet the Rahman/Toney heavyweight title fight on HBO(Not PPV) took alot of viewers. Not likely, considering it started at 10:00. Only the west coast would have been affected.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Saturday night WAS boxing territory. Still is, just look at how much the Vargas/Mosley fight made compared to the UFC fight the same day.
Vyce Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 As much as I loathe the MMA nonsense, I would probably pay good money to see Taker get destroyed by a MMA fighter.
Hunter's Torn Quad Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 At least it did better than Joey.... A series about an actual Joey would do better than Joey.
2GOLD Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 I'm shocked the NCAA tournament only did a 6.0 rating. Was anyone watching television last night at ALL? Maybe they can say it was a combination of people rushing out to see V for Vendetta and the NCAA tournament plus going against a movie starring Bruce Willis.
Guest Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Saturday night is UFC territory, Vince. Learn your lesson. Actually Saturday night is BOXING territory, and speaking of boxing I bet the Rahman/Toney heavyweight title fight on HBO(Not PPV) took alot of viewers. Hell no. That fight was terrible.
buffybeast Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 The problem is they don't know how to cook. Period. They can't pick out the right steak. They can't find the right seasonings. They don't know the proper heat settings. And they don't know how long they should keep the meat on the grill. And to make matters worse, throughout this whole process, they think they are baking a cake. LMAO. WWE is usesless in the kitchen.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Saturday night is UFC territory, Vince. Learn your lesson. Actually Saturday night is BOXING territory, and speaking of boxing I bet the Rahman/Toney heavyweight title fight on HBO(Not PPV) took alot of viewers. Hell no. That fight was terrible. People didn't know that before watching the fight genius. Toney = Ratings.
Guest Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 I think when people saw that Toney was fatter than shit, they changed the channel. Besides that, nobody cares about the heavyweight division anymore. Genius.
Twisted Intestine Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Or the Undertaker looking 90 years old trying to sell this ridiculous "pure striker" gimmick that he wants to get over so badly because he is such an MMA fanboy LIES! LIIIIIIIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All they need is Taker doing some kickboxing with K-1 fighters. The deadman needs to go to Thailand!! It'll work dammit! I would pay money to see that happen, just to watch his knees and ribs get destroyed by a legit kickboxer. Tong Po, anyone? If Jack Osborne can win a professional kickboxing fight, so can Taker.
Hunter's Torn Quad Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 On The Law, Meltzer said that WWE and NBC are both pointing the finger at each other with each blaming the other of not advertising it properly. He also said that while the contract calls for a minimum of two specials a year, there is nothing that says it has to be in prime time, so the next special could be stuck in an afternoon or late night slot where a bad rating won't mean so much.
USC Wuz Robbed! Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Saturday Afternoon Main Event doesn't have the same ring to it.
RavishingRickRudo Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 What about Late Afternoon Main Event? It's much more fitting.
USC Wuz Robbed! Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Well yes it does fit for the initials...
skullman80 Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Well yes it does fit for the initials... +1
Guest Dam(o)nYankees Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Perhaps a main event featuring Shane McMahon was the cause... Nonsense. Its Jericho's fault.
justcoz Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 I'm kind of glad that they did a low rating. Pulling in a strong rating would only be encouragement for their current product. I know this rating will not force change within the creative direction of the company but I hope it's at least a glimpse of the writing on the wall if no changes are made. Stephanie and company have had six years and have yet to really make any new stars or one money producing angle. This is the weakest Wrestlemania I think I've ever seen in all of my years watching. There isn't one intriguing scenario in the entire card, minus a Bret Hart appearance based on a 1997 storyline. If there was any night for WWE to go balls to the wall their first night back on prime-time Big Time network television (NBC is a different animal than UPN) should have been that night. There is no reason that some familiar names like Hogan, Ventura, Mean Gene, Heenan or Piper couldn't have been added to the mix. This was the night to not just build to Wrestlemania but also celebrate all the characters that make wrestling what it is. Old and new. I would have totally marked for Hogan on SNME. It would have been fitting and they could have even did a Austin-Hogan WM tease to pull in some last minute buyrates. No... WWE is a formula and they don't break that. The show looked and felt like any other Raw or Smackdown. The pattern was the same. We had two real wrestling matches. No old school backstage interviews. No classic SNME flashbacks. Just the same old shit.
The Amazing Rando Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Weekend At Saturday's Main Event! ...because that shit was pretty much DOA.
JimmyHendricks Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 On The Law, Meltzer said that WWE and NBC are both pointing the finger at each other with each blaming the other of not advertising it properly. He also said that while the contract calls for a minimum of two specials a year, there is nothing that says it has to be in prime time, so the next special could be stuck in an afternoon or late night slot where a bad rating won't mean so much. Well, I don't think the WWE is to blame, as they promoted the shit out of it, like they do every PPV. I didn't see ONE commercial on NBC, ever. Of course, I don't really watch NBC, except for Leno and Conan, so perhaps I missed a SNME promo during "Passions" or something.
Eclipse Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Wow, that's HORRIBLE. I totally was expecting something higher than that. Of course, this is not gonna be a company changing thing, since they could care less about the ratings. I wonder what NBC is gonna do now...
Si82 Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 On The Law, Meltzer said that WWE and NBC are both pointing the finger at each other with each blaming the other of not advertising it properly. He also said that while the contract calls for a minimum of two specials a year, there is nothing that says it has to be in prime time, so the next special could be stuck in an afternoon or late night slot where a bad rating won't mean so much. They'll blame anything but the product itself won't they?
Chazz Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Basically. Vince will find a way to justify/rationalize this somehow, sort of like how he manages to justify still having his daughter as head of creative despite what she has done ,(or hasn't done), in the past 5 1/2 years.
Silence Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Perhaps a main event featuring Shane McMahon was the cause... Nonsense. Its Jericho's fault. How can WWE blame an ex-wrestler for a show he wasn't even on?
Placebo Effect Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Perhaps a main event featuring Shane McMahon was the cause... Nonsense. Its Jericho's fault. How can WWE blame an ex-wrestler for a show he wasn't even on? Joke Your head
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