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I was having a conversation about Mercedes's AEW debut with my cousin Ray and he had me wondering. He said If you put Rhea, Charlotte, Bianca, Bayley, Becky or any WWE woman in the same position as Mercedes Wednesday night you would get the same viewership result. He said that none of those women are really draws and it's actually the "WWE brand" that's the draw. People tune in to see WWE first and foremost before anything because it's been around so long people instantly associate WWE with wrestling. It's in the fabric of pop culture. The only real game changer wrestlers are Rock, Roman, and Cena. I had to agree with him.
 
Mastermind2002 said:
I was having a conversation about Mercedes's AEW debut with my cousin Ray and he had me wondering. He said If you put Rhea, Charlotte, Bianca, Bayley, Becky or any WWE woman in the same position as Mercedes Wednesday night you would get the same viewership result. He said that none of those women are really draws and it's actually the "WWE brand" that's the draw. People tune in to see WWE first and foremost before anything because it's been around so long people instantly associate WWE with wrestling. It's in the fabric of pop culture. The only real game changer wrestlers are Rock, Roman, and Cena. I had to agree with him.
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Homie we've all said that! FCUK ME! I know @EPDC has said this.
 
Mastermind2002 said:
I was having a conversation about Mercedes's AEW debut with my cousin Ray and he had me wondering. He said If you put Rhea, Charlotte, Bianca, Bayley, Becky or any WWE woman in the same position as Mercedes Wednesday night you would get the same viewership result. He said that none of those women are really draws and it's actually the "WWE brand" that's the draw. People tune in to see WWE first and foremost before anything because it's been around so long people instantly associate WWE with wrestling. It's in the fabric of pop culture. The only real game changer wrestlers are Rock, Roman, and Cena. I had to agree with him.
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Can't disagree with your cousin. People tune in to watch WWE and not any specific person.
It's almost like going to see the circus or a Broadway play.
You're going to see the show or the act and not specifically any one performer or actor.
WWE has purposely shifted the focus to the brand any not any one or two people.
That ended up biting WWE in the ass when guys like The Rock and Stone Cold left the company and they had no else that was a draw.
 
I went back and watched this week AEW Dynamite this morning!!..It was a good show this week as well...Damn Boston had showed out and had the place packed for Dynamite!!..I see Mercedes Mone made her appearance at AEW!!...I never watched her wrestle just saw clips of her on the internet and Youtube..But I looking forward to see what she's going to do at AEW!!...The matches that had for the show were good as well...The Samoa Joe vs Warlow match was good...I like that Young Bucks and Okda vs Eddie Kingston, Penta, and Pac match!!... :yes: ....That segment with Will Opseary was nice to get ready for his match at the next ppv vs Danielson!!...I really like the match with Darby Allin vs Jay White..that was a good match!!...I'm glad that Bullet Club Gold turn on The Acclaimed..:yes:...I was getting tired of that BS of them joining together..That was lame..Now, I hope they will take the Trios Belts off The Acclaimed!!...The last match with Willow vs Riho was nice as well..

Overall, it was a good show!!..AEW had two good Dynamite shows back and back!!....They are starting the new year right so far!!..Keep it going!!..:yes:
 
Mastermind2002 said:
I give Riho a pass because despite her being small she works her ass off to deliver good matches and she's generally a kind hearted person. She doesn't deserve the hate she faces online. Is she my favorite Joshi wrestler? Absolutely not! Wouldn't even be in my top 20 but she goes out there, plays the underdog role well and works hard to win over the crowd and for that I'll give her credit.
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I like Riho....She always have pretty good matches!!..
 
Mastermind2002 said:
Jamie Hayter isn't a NXT Reject. Neither is Thunder Rosa, Mariah May, Deonna Purrazzo, Hikaru Shida, Athena, Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, Julia Hart, Serena Deeb, Skye Blue, Riho and then you add the Stardom women like Mayu Iwatani, AZM, Mina Shirakawa, Utami Hayashishita, Syuri and the list goes on. She DOESN'T NEED WWE at all. WWE will be fine and AEW/Mercedes will be fine.
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Don't forget about Queen Aminata... :yes:
 
Mastermind2002 said:
At this point I'm baffled as to why they can't draw for their TV shows. It's weird too because they can draw for their ppvs but can't do it for the tv shows. You put a World championship match on right after Mercedes's debut and the viewership still drops. People essentially turned the channel when your World Champion is wrestling. That's very telling.
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Mastermind2002 said:
The big question going forward is how do you fix the tv shows and get people watching. They can draw for their ppvs but can't draw for their tv shows.
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Brother Mastermind2002, You know how TK does it...His thing is to have good action packed shows and booked matches to start fueds and good story lines!!..All of that will set up their PPV's..You know their PPV's is a hit!!


As far as the TV ratings goes, It might not at the level people expected and the numbers are up and down sometimes...But, I believe that people are watching AEW!!...They might not watch it when the time it comes on TV but I think people are going back on streaming sites or anywhere on the internet where they can watch it.....You can't have successful PPV's and people talking about AEW if they are not watching it!!


The TV ratings are high or low sometimes but AEW is going to be fine!!.... :yes:
 
Simply Sickenin' said:
I know tv ratings are still important to the networks. It just annoys me when people rush to post the numbers like they have a dog in the fight. :lol:
At the end of the day, I want all these companies to do well. Competition is key to growth and creativity. Lord knows WWE can always use a reminder that there are other options in the world.
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I agree with you on this!!...
 
blackman80 said:
...But, I believe that people are watching AEW!!...They might not watch it when the time it comes on TV but I think people are going back on streaming sites or anywhere on the internet where they can watch it.
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The only people who are watching AEW are AEW fans and that base is not enough to translate into big enough numbers to make an imprint on wrestling fans or compete with the juggernaut that is WWE.

Man, look at their social media footprints, WWE has 100 Million subscribers on YouTube alone. AEW has 4 million.

There are camera review YouTubers that have a larger audience than AEW.

AEW may be on cable TV but their audience is still pretty much a niche market.

They continue to fail at breaking through and being thought of as "mainstream" wrestling.
 

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