CI Wrestling Thread #56

[billCgmx]

If you’re looking for wall-to-wall in ring wrestling, watch AEW. The storylines don’t make a lot of sense and are sometimes awful

That's the biggest issue with AEW. And if you tune in to the WWE's PLE, which usually do, it's also filled with highlight clips and commercials between matches. Neither company can seem to strike the right balance.

 

[K-mac18]

I think I saw Collision did around 250,00 viewers Saturday night, thought that one would be lower.
Will be interesting to see what happens with the numbers when they start streaming on Max.

Probably mentioned this already but AEW is running Dynamite in Cincinnati on January 15th and then Collision at Broadbent Arena in
Louisville on January 16th.

 

[HeismaNole]

If you’re looking for wall-to-wall in ring wrestling, watch AEW. The storylines don’t make a lot of sense and are sometimes awful and the booking is geared towards people who love indie wrestling, but they routinely give you an hour plus in ring wrestling on a two hour show.

In WWE the matches are just a small vehicle to drive story. They’re more about talking you into watching/buying a ticket and saving any wrestling of substance for PLEs.

Yeah, that's a perfect description. I favor WWE because I like the pageantry and storyline aspects. Two guys in a ring with no storyline doesn't really appeal to me. It's fine to have some of that stuff but to not have overall bullet points of a storyline is just a bad idea if you wanna bring in a new audience.

 

[Booker Noe]

They need to move Collision to Thursday night anyway.

 

[Nightwish84]

WBD doesn't do AEW any favors. A late Friday night show and competing with every sport imaginable for most of the year and PLE's every month on Saturdays. Not to mention moving the shows around as much as they do. I would've loved all this as a kid though. I watched WWF and USWA, and later on WWF, ECW, and WCW (including WCW Saturday Night and Clash of the Champions). I'd occasionally watch Shotgun Saturday Night and would usually catch Sunday Night Heat too. Guess I was a sicko when Tony Khan was in a wing of his dad's house creating Hologram.

 

[Wesley91581]

That's the biggest issue with AEW. And if you tune in to the WWE's PLE, which usually do, it's also filled with highlight clips and commercials between matches. Neither company can seem to strike the right balance.

The major difference is AEW assumes you’ve followed every bit of the backstory/storyline so you’re already a “sicko” or “Superfan” or you’re just there for the dream match

WWE does a lot of clips especially on the PLE to “tell the story” in case you haven’t been watching the raw/sd the “here’s how we got here”

It seems like wwe has no problem switching tag or mid card belts on raw/sd but the world title will only switch on a wm/summerslam

 

[Wesley91581]

Also that Mina girl that just lost to Mariah is wrestling Sasha at Tokyo dome for the wrestle dynasty show.
Shes putting up her rev pro belt so Sasha can be a triple belt holder.

 

[billCgmx]

When does Sasha get the AEW Title off Moxley?

 

[Wesley91581]

When does Sasha get the AEW Title off Moxley?

All in Texas probably!

 

[Wesley91581]

So WWE is a bigger draw than NBA!

Last Saturday, WWE aired its first Saturday Night's Main Event program on NBC in 16 years. The return pitted WWE directly against the semi-finals of the NBA Cup, with the Rockets-Thunder matchup airing on ABC.

The NBA and its media lackeys spent Tuesday morning touting a head-to-head victory for the NBA, citing a 1.89 million to 1.59 million viewer advantage. But the framing is dishonest.

The WWE event was simulcasted on NBC and its complementary streaming service, Peacock, on which 789,000 watched the program live. In actuality, WWE drew 2.3 million viewers compared to the NBA's 1.89 million viewers.

Discounting Peacock's viewership runs contrary to how viewership data is reported in 2024. For example, NBC always combines Peacock viewership with linear viewership when publishing ratings for its weekly Sunday Night Football presentations. The network also coupled the viewership from NBC and Peacock when promoting the numbers for the 2024 Summer Olympics last July and August.

Moreover, WWE fans are accustomed to streaming events on Peacock, where each premium live event exclusively airs — including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and the Royal Rumble. Hence, the closer-than-normal linear-to-streaming breakdown. Specifically, about a third of WWE viewers streamed the event on Saturday.

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Wesley91581]