Guest Dam(o)nYankees Report post 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? If watching this company for the last five years has taught me anything, its always Jericho's fault. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 Weekend At Saturday's Main Event! ...because that shit was pretty much DOA. Wow, that's HORRIBLE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted March 20, 2006 Here's a possible comparison we can do: The 1st one off SD! special (Rock vs HHH) on UPN in 99 vs Last SNME The boom period special vs today's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted March 20, 2006 April 28, 1999, SD! Special 5.8 rating Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
what 0 Report post 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. Yeah, a 3.0 would look a lot better in the SNL spot then it would in prime time. That'd probably be their best bet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 If watching this company for the last five years has taught me anything, its always Jericho's fault. WWE probably would blame him if he were still with the company. Now that I think about it, even though he wasn't on the show, WWE might blame Paul London for the bad rating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 or Lance Storm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dam(o)nYankees Report post Posted March 20, 2006 If watching this company for the last five years has taught me anything, its always Jericho's fault. WWE probably would blame him if he were still with the company. Now that I think about it, even though he wasn't on the show, WWE might blame Paul London for the bad rating. What does him being in the company have anything to do with his culpability? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post 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. Yeah, a 3.0 would look a lot better in the SNL spot then it would in prime time. That'd probably be their best bet. NBC must really be starting to hate Vince by now. But to be fair to the E, I don't recall one ad on NBC during the Office or My Name is Earl or ER or Law and Order that even mentioned SNME. The flip side is they promoted the hell out of the show on the WWE shows (I'd imagine SD since I don't watch it) and the number doesn't even get up to their normal placing. Still it was a Saturday night and judging from the ratings, most people went out to either clubs or sports bars cause the numbers sucked across the board. WWE just happened to be the lowest of the suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humongous2002 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 SNME was promoted all over RAW and SD, the reason it got such a poor rating was because the casual fans don't give two shits about Shane, Cena, HBK, HHH, Orton, Taker, Mizark, JBL,a broken down Austin, Angle, Rey and unfunny skits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twisted Intestine 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 So... who DO they care about? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pochorenella 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 Possibly the only two big names not mentioned? Hogan and The Rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted March 20, 2006 HBK Vs. Hogan at Summerslam did well, and that involved HBK, although it may have been more Hogan. I can't defend SNME's number nor can I try to attempt too. It was a poor, low number that honestly surprised me. This isn't the first time where I've watched a show and been in the minority in my positive feelings for it afterwards. The same thing happened at New Years Revolution. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 So... who DO they care about? Batista. I bet an apperence by Batista would spice up the ratings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zaius 0 Report post 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. Yeah, a 3.0 would look a lot better in the SNL spot then it would in prime time. That'd probably be their best bet. NBC must really be starting to hate Vince by now. They need to get in line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve J. Rogers 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 That's late-season XFL-level bad. Nobody's watching, Vince, no matter how much you delude yourself. You know they will blame NCAA for the bad rating What was the expected rating? It's a Saturday. SNME use to do above a 8 or 9 in ratings the last time it was on NBC... Thats because they aired during Saturday Night Live's timeslot. After a night of doing whatever you came home and watched it, rather than airing during prime time which is a real killer for WWE's main target demos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaosrage 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 HBK Vs. Hogan at Summerslam did well, and that involved HBK, although it may have been more Hogan. I can't defend SNME's number nor can I try to attempt too. It was a poor, low number that honestly surprised me. This isn't the first time where I've watched a show and been in the minority in my positive feelings for it afterwards. The same thing happened at New Years Revolution. I just downloaded SNME. From watch I watched (The first 30 minutes and the main event), it was a great show. Why did some people here not like it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 I thought for the most part people liked NYR? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skullman80 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 HBK Vs. Hogan at Summerslam did well, and that involved HBK, although it may have been more Hogan. I can't defend SNME's number nor can I try to attempt too. It was a poor, low number that honestly surprised me. This isn't the first time where I've watched a show and been in the minority in my positive feelings for it afterwards. The same thing happened at New Years Revolution. I just downloaded SNME. From watch I watched (The first 30 minutes and the main event), it was a great show. Why did some people here not like it? After the first match...it went downhill bigtime. I can't remember how long that match was, but that was the only match in the first hour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaosrage 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 After the first match...it went downhill bigtime. I can't remember how long that match was, but that was the only match in the first hour. Nah, the Edge/Foley segment was good too. That's all I got to see because Raw came on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UseTheSledgehammerUh 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 By the way, the first ever Smackeown! main event was Rock & Austin Vs. Taker & HHH, and featured the first appearence (and formation) of the Corporate Ministry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Promoter 0 Report post Posted March 21, 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. I toast to this post!!!! The wwe is just 1995 dead right now. Yeah, they are making money more than that year, but there's more to it than that. The wwe use to sing that song in 1997 when they got killed in the ratings. However, they still had more life to it than they do now. SNME wasn't that bad a show imo, but that's not saying much compared to the tripe they have done over the months. As a stand alone show it was not embarassing. I was expecting the smackdown special nonsense from last year personally. There is no excuses to be made. Wrestling was in prime time for The Main Event in 1988 and 1989 and drew even higher than last Saturday's top prime time shows. The fans are just being smart and avoiding the wwe's crap. I really wish they would just fire the creative staff and Stephanie and hire people who know about pro wrestling and about character development and plot. This may not be popular around here, but the wwe needs someone like Vince Russo who works on character development. They need someone like the head writer in 2000 to create good plots. They need BOOKERS for matches and need someone like Pat Patterson doing creative match finishes to turn this crap around. I'm pissed because seriously, this is the first time I really do not care at all about WrestleMania in all my years of watching and that includes the horrible WM 13 build. At least they had Bret and Austin and they are even using THAT to try to salvage this year's Mania. WM 9 looked more interesting than this year's event for crying out loud. Vince really needs to wake up along with HHH, Stephanie, Linda, and Shane. They are lucky they don't have someone like a Bischoff with a passion to take him out with a wcw around. Not lucky for us though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
