Two issues I have with it….

The whole worker vs boss angle…Stone Cold and Vince did it to death. Maybe it can work if you do it fresh and but this can get bad quick.

Also…them releasing that footage of Punk handling him….now beating up on TK? Looks weak.
I'm not ready to shit on this angle just yet, I'm curious to see where it goes.
There's potential, but with AEW's track record I don't have confidence they'll be able to advance the story in a compelling way.
I could see the attack on TK coming a mile away because Perry was holding TK's arm up ala Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty during the barbershop breakup. Only thing missing was the superkick.
And my God, if TK wants to be on TV taking bumps he needs to learn how to sell better.
He looked worse than Vince McMahon taking a stunner back in the day. :lol:
 
Fam, I can follow the story they are trying to tell. His suspension was warrented because he was the catlyst for everything. That aside, by showing the footage, again, from their point of view, Punk is the heel, and Jack is the face/ victim, and as long as they're chanting "Cry Me A River" Punk is not immaterial in this. They're forcing the "heel turn" when fans clearly wanted to cheer for him, hopefully they execute whatever plan have and make it something entertaining.
There's a big difference between coming up with a sound storyline and a "story" being concocted after the fact to justify doing something stupid.
This is clearly the latter.
 
Probably on one of his infamous Grey Goose binges right now, lol.
I used to rock with Jericho heavy back in the day, but he just needs to go away right now and take time off.
Maybe come back in a managerial role.
Same, huge fan of young Jericho. One of my favorite matches when I was younger was jericho vs sabu in what looked like a high school gym. They went so damn hard for like 50 people lol great match.
 
:lol:Bro if The Elite come out and announce the Jags draft pick I'll pop so fucking hard. I wasn't gonna even watch the draft now I'm gonna tune in to see what happens.




tHe NfL Iz TaLkIN AbOuT KhAn aNd AeW Hur dUr.

Jesus Christ aew fans are idiots.


No offense, Not you guys, y'all are cool lol
 
LOL, maybe this is a way to get TK to finally give up booking
We can only hope!
We all hate Tony's booking and how recency bias is a thing. I was watching this video last week and reminded me how good AEW was the first couple years. There's only a few angles that legit stand out as bad. AEW was at it's peak during Covid while using talent as the arena crowd.

 
We all hate Tony's booking and how recency bias is a thing. I was watching this video last week and reminded me how good AEW was the first couple years. There's only a few angles that legit stand out as bad. AEW was at it's peak during Covid while using talent as the arena crowd.


AEW wasn't good it was a new company and we were all hoping that it would succeed.
 
Looks like last night's stunt only made the ratings worse :smh:
Still don't understand why Swerve didn't open the show and cut a promo as the new champ
Yes, there was NBA playoffs, hockey, pickleball tournament, the new 24-hour gas station down the street, yadda yadda yadda.....
Now watch, they'll blame Swerve for these low-ass ratings
 
Looks like last night's stunt only made the ratings worse :smh:
Still don't understand why Swerve didn't open the show and cut a promo as the new champ
Yes, there was NBA playoffs, hockey, pickleball tournament, the new 24-hour gas station down the street, yadda yadda yadda.....
Now watch, they'll blame Swerve for these low-ass ratings


None of this will be blamed on Swerve. It was a heavy playoff night. Look at the numbers as provided by Brandon Thurston. NBA pretty much dominated the night. Even Raw's ratings were down more than usual because of the Playoffs.

 
At this time of year it will be hard for wrestling in general to pop a great rating with NBA and NHL playoffs going on. Ratings will be down across the board. Honestly, I'll be happy when wrestling goes to streaming. That way you aren't dependance on an outdated Neilson rating system and fans can just focus on enjoying wrestling.
 
I don't care one iota about ratings but I do have a question for the AEW weekly ratings poster(s).

What have the WWE ratings been like over the last couple weeks? I know I haven't personally watched anything wrestling related since the Tribal Cheif laid down for the 3 count.
 
I don't care one iota about ratings but I do have a question for the AEW weekly ratings poster(s).

What have the WWE ratings been like over the last couple weeks? I know I haven't personally watched anything wrestling related since the Tribal Cheif laid down for the 3 count.
SMACKDOWN
Wrestlenomics is reporting that the April 19th episode garnered 2,333,000 million viewers and scored a 0.63 rating in the key 18 – 49 demographic.

In comparison to the previous week’s 0.76 demo rating and 2,499,000 million viewers, the numbers were down by 17.1% and 6.7% respectively.

The latest episode marked the lowest point for WWE SmackDown since the March 29th show, which drew a 0.60 demo rating and 2,201,000 million viewers.


RAW
1,597,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.52

Competition note: Raw was #3 for the day in P18-49, behind first-round NBA playoff games on TNT: Lakers vs. Nuggets (1.24 P18-49 rating; 3,615,000 total viewers) and Knicks vs. 76ers (0.95 P18-49; 2,945,000 total viewers).

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (1,807,000): -12%

This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,920,000): -17%

Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (1,888,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (1,804,000): -2%

Current Apr 2024 P2+ average (1,888,000) vs. Apr 2023 (1,927,000): -2%



NXT which is the WWE g league
661,000 viewers. Viewership increased by 6% from last week’s show, which averaged 625,000 viewers. The episode that aired two weeks ago averaged 647,000 viewers.
 
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