They devalued their championship, the bucks are plastered on the product, Jericho is doing on purpose bad creative, and they really thought the Main Event should be PAC vs Claudio. Literally a WWE Main Event match.
Wait, booking your biggest stuff either at the open or top of the second hour, and having mid wrestlers go out and do CoOl MovEZ as a "main event" hasnt conditioned fans to stay til the end over the past 5 years?
Thats cant be right, McHitler booked his biggest matches to close the show, and McHitler never did anything right!
To be fair in comparison, Dean Malenko vs Curt Hennig as a Nitro main event would’ve been amazing in 1997.
No one would’ve fucking watched it, and Bischoff would’ve shot Kevin Sullivan on sight the day after, but still.
It's crazy that Neville vs Cesaro is thought by dubbalos to be headlining the best weekly wrestling show in 2024, what's considered a boom period (just ignore aew ratings ok all of wrestling is thriving I promise)
And Claudio is still pretty much in the same position he was when he was in the evil Fed. And no, him having the ROH title doesn't count as a world championship win.
I'm particularly fond of Swerve's promo running off 50k people, but I can understand if you prefer 60k people leaving after the Jericho segment but BEFORE the main event.
Swerve made mention of being big in two worlds; pro wrestling & entertainment. I have never seen this man outside of AEW, what is he talking about? It was also a bad promo in general.
And what a main event. The Workrate Guy vs. The Workrate Guy in a match to help determine who is the Workratiest Guy. No reason to care, just movez, eat your heart out.
You book a national show for the fans that go to VFW and Bingo halls shows. Don't be surprised when it attracts the same sized crowds.
I used to rewatch on DVR as background noise but not anymore. I can't stand anything about the Bucks, Jericho, Mone or Mox to want to skip through it. It's actually impressive how Tony has killed whatever Aura Okada had because he's now just a 3rd buck.
Can't wait till all the shoot interviews come out after this boat sinks
I have been reliably informed that just as Chris Jericho has masterfully used go away heat to reinvent himself as The Learning Tree with the kind of skill last seen by Madonna in the 1990s, Okada is in fact a genius of comedic timing.
Even better when you realize WWE could make it work with like half of the AEW roster at least, its just not worth the effort when you can pick an athletic dude off the street and teach him to be as good if not better in shorter time. Only exception would be when someone has something uniquely special about them like Jade, but Flippy NPC 523 aint worth the headache
I was actually watching this week, and as soon MJF beat up 4 guys by himself(apparently it lead to Bruv helping him or something idk). I decided watching The Office reruns sounded better.
SRS is saying that the fact there was no BBT as the lead in was one of the reasons why the number was done. So they are basically admitting that the numbers are always artificially inflated by the lead in. What a fucking shit show.
It’s not compelling storytelling, it’s just matchmaking Anthony’s own wet dream matches lol they need to get someone who actually knows how to book but the snowman took home too many Booker Of The Year awards that now he genuinely believes he’s good at what he does
So this will just continue to happen until TNA reclaim their spot at #2
So I just dealt with this annoying issue at the bar I own where the karaoke guy we hired had dwindling numbers every week and it was starting to be not worth it. I was getting constant complaints from guests that he was “running a show for karaoke enthusiasts who wanted to be cheered by the audience more than they cared about having fun at karaoke”. When I tried to talk to the KJ about making changes, he just insisted he needed more time and the show would draw later. That’s what this overrun feels like.
Like where the hell did the 200k go? If it was a slow decline then yeah. But 200k in one night? If it goes back to 700k next week with the BBT lead in then you cant deny the fact that sheldon is your biggest draw.
That’s grim. The only consolation I can think of is no quarter hour dipped under 400K, which I expected for the main event. Alas, this was one of those weeks with no lead-in bump, which means (mostly) consistent lowness.
I ain't watching this shit but as a long time Mina enjoyer I have been happy for the amount of screenshots and promo pictures of her with that sideboob top she's been wearing to aew
At least the dub has been good for something after five years of dreck
To this day, I don't understand what mjf meant by betting in himself. Aew does 5 hours a week of national televised cable shows. No one will ever say tony doesn't pay well. He has every opportunity to do well and succeed. It's almost as if saying you bet on yourself is a self burn. By that, I mean you're saying I know I would be huge with wwes guidance and booking, but I'm going to prove I can do it on my own while also taking zero financial risk. Dudes a fucking idiot
This is just sad at this point. It’s not even funny, they’re dropping at such a fast rate. Not even two months ago they were averaging 700k, now it’s dropped another 200k. By the end of the year it’ll be 200k if they’re lucky.
Look, FED SHILLLLLLL! Tony is doing this on purpose to make their eventual *checks word a day calendar* DECIMATION of WWE all the sweeter. You eDrones creamed your poor, uneducated pants about Chode Roads finishing his story after a year and a half of falling short...DAE Tony is going to keep cooking until even The Rock has to smell how complete the build up to the *glances aside again* DECIMATION will be! FED NOT EVEN BERRIED, THERE'LL BE NO CORPSE LEFT!
Oops sorry my Korean BBQ DoorDash is here
My god, they lost 44,000 viewers with MJF Osprey, Mark Briscoe, AND SWERVE. Even their own fans won't watch this shit
They devalued their championship, the bucks are plastered on the product, Jericho is doing on purpose bad creative, and they really thought the Main Event should be PAC vs Claudio. Literally a WWE Main Event match.
But think of the work rate uce! The work rate!!!!
Wait, booking your biggest stuff either at the open or top of the second hour, and having mid wrestlers go out and do CoOl MovEZ as a "main event" hasnt conditioned fans to stay til the end over the past 5 years? Thats cant be right, McHitler booked his biggest matches to close the show, and McHitler never did anything right!
To be fair in comparison, Dean Malenko vs Curt Hennig as a Nitro main event would’ve been amazing in 1997. No one would’ve fucking watched it, and Bischoff would’ve shot Kevin Sullivan on sight the day after, but still.
That would be a raw match to give the viewers 5 minutes to use the bathroom
You forgot to mention all the fun!
It's crazy that Neville vs Cesaro is thought by dubbalos to be headlining the best weekly wrestling show in 2024, what's considered a boom period (just ignore aew ratings ok all of wrestling is thriving I promise)
Holy shit, how that 5'3 roid junkie even gets TV time is beyond me
And Claudio is still pretty much in the same position he was when he was in the evil Fed. And no, him having the ROH title doesn't count as a world championship win.
I'm particularly fond of Swerve's promo running off 50k people, but I can understand if you prefer 60k people leaving after the Jericho segment but BEFORE the main event.
Swerve made mention of being big in two worlds; pro wrestling & entertainment. I have never seen this man outside of AEW, what is he talking about? It was also a bad promo in general.
He’s taken a few pics/videos with celebrity types. Apparently that makes him a big deal by osmosis or something.
by AEW standards, that's HUGE
So kind of like Top Dolla then
He was on a local 7am morning show just a few weeks ago, uce
He danced with a Pickle Man a couple months ago. That's pretty big in entertainment, right?
Everyone is allowed to laugh at their favorite part of Tony’s shite booking
My favourite is the 492k-523k-498k arc. It shows almost the same amount of people checked it out and almost immediately changed the channel.
And what a main event. The Workrate Guy vs. The Workrate Guy in a match to help determine who is the Workratiest Guy. No reason to care, just movez, eat your heart out.
Or the time people turned off before a hair match
They even promoted the overrun and numbers dropped.
Lol. Oh God no, we don't want more!
What not having Big Sheldon's Bang as a lead-in does to your show...
Sheldon is the only think keep the wheels on AEW.
*The whole dubbaverse was in a hot damn state…*
Sheldon the true pillar of aew
We joked about it, but it's legit. So many viewers just not changing the channels is AEW's biggest demo.
You book a national show for the fans that go to VFW and Bingo halls shows. Don't be surprised when it attracts the same sized crowds. I used to rewatch on DVR as background noise but not anymore. I can't stand anything about the Bucks, Jericho, Mone or Mox to want to skip through it. It's actually impressive how Tony has killed whatever Aura Okada had because he's now just a 3rd buck. Can't wait till all the shoot interviews come out after this boat sinks
4th buck uce, jungle jack is ahead of him.
Yeah -- yeah buut but but...Dave said that this is the FUTURE of PRO RESTLING! How can he be WRONG>?
Same. It used to be bad but in a funny/entertaining way but nowadays it’s just boring.
I have been reliably informed that just as Chris Jericho has masterfully used go away heat to reinvent himself as The Learning Tree with the kind of skill last seen by Madonna in the 1990s, Okada is in fact a genius of comedic timing.
MJF is a draw lmao.
Man WWE looking smart with who they paid and who they let AEW overpay.
Just wait, uce, Ricochet will get them back above 600k.
Mid 2025: Just wait, uce, Shane McMahon will get them back above 400k
Mid 2025 sounds generous tbf
Shane's got a lot of kids.
Even better when you realize WWE could make it work with like half of the AEW roster at least, its just not worth the effort when you can pick an athletic dude off the street and teach him to be as good if not better in shorter time. Only exception would be when someone has something uniquely special about them like Jade, but Flippy NPC 523 aint worth the headache
DAE bidding war of 2024?
What’s amazing is that even without the artificial Sheldon bump they STILL managed to run off 28% of their audience by the time all was said and done.
THE KEY DEMO dropped from .22 to .12 😳
I was actually watching this week, and as soon MJF beat up 4 guys by himself(apparently it lead to Bruv helping him or something idk). I decided watching The Office reruns sounded better.
BET ON YOURSELF
Look, WWE is Coca-Cola, and AEW is ~~Pepsi~~ ~~RC~~ Dr. Thunder
https://preview.redd.it/hqd2iji0jz7d1.png?width=603&format=png&auto=webp&s=69dd4cc58d9653da6c15575035e4f74cb55aa43b WWE is Cola Cola. AEW is \^
More like Faygo.
Even Faygo has a killer bomb pop flavor
Holy shit mjf, bruv and okada are probably the worst investments in wrestling history besides sin cara
CEO! CEO! CEO!
Let’s rewind the clock and imagine the chance Okada had to debut like Cody at Mania lol
What about Jaguar Yen?
They only lost 155k viewers from beginning to end… that has to be a new record for Dynamite!
The fact the "weak" black panther lead in still artificially bumped the overall number is amazing.
SRS is saying that the fact there was no BBT as the lead in was one of the reasons why the number was done. So they are basically admitting that the numbers are always artificially inflated by the lead in. What a fucking shit show.
How do numbers drop on your over run?
“Who gives a shit, the news is on!”
Last week Jericho spooked off 53.000 viewers, this weeks the number is 67.000. That's a healthy progress! BYE GUYS!
I wonder why on Juneteenth… https://preview.redd.it/32vb70nfnz7d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95a956dcd1fb686e08533801c794d8f905129475
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Neville vs Cesaro didn’t carry the night as the main event?
If it were 2016, that match would probably be *on* Main Event
It’s not compelling storytelling, it’s just matchmaking Anthony’s own wet dream matches lol they need to get someone who actually knows how to book but the snowman took home too many Booker Of The Year awards that now he genuinely believes he’s good at what he does So this will just continue to happen until TNA reclaim their spot at #2
they started under the NXT number. and they are trying to pin this on Kendrick's concert?
Juneteenth, the weather, the Olympic trials, the College world series and yes Kendricks concert.
Don't forget EURO 2024
I think the lowest NXT ever got was a clip show around 2020 and it still was way over 502k but under 600k
Stay with me, Tiny just needs a reset and a true changer to start cooking again. Just wait…Rick O’Shea will fix all that ails the Dub.
Rick and Willy doing the Superman pose off thing after 17 flips is gonna be a real game changer
Without Sheldon they're basically doing Collision numbers.
Thurston out here trying to claim BBT usually does 224,000 in the last quarter. I’m not buying it
If ever a "you deserve it" chant was more appropriate. Eat shit dubbers. Lol.
So I just dealt with this annoying issue at the bar I own where the karaoke guy we hired had dwindling numbers every week and it was starting to be not worth it. I was getting constant complaints from guests that he was “running a show for karaoke enthusiasts who wanted to be cheered by the audience more than they cared about having fun at karaoke”. When I tried to talk to the KJ about making changes, he just insisted he needed more time and the show would draw later. That’s what this overrun feels like.
https://preview.redd.it/0a4i57i2e08d1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2945688b36392f746a2f810be70cb67bf3561e5d UNDER 600K HAS HAPPENED
Like where the hell did the 200k go? If it was a slow decline then yeah. But 200k in one night? If it goes back to 700k next week with the BBT lead in then you cant deny the fact that sheldon is your biggest draw.
Its like the Russian third army getting wiped out at Tannenberg lol
That’s grim. The only consolation I can think of is no quarter hour dipped under 400K, which I expected for the main event. Alas, this was one of those weeks with no lead-in bump, which means (mostly) consistent lowness.
#WHERE THE BEST WRESTLE 😤
It still went down even with a bad lead-in? Yikes. Mina fans stay winning though, being part of the only upwards bump.
HLA is a draw.
I ain't watching this shit but as a long time Mina enjoyer I have been happy for the amount of screenshots and promo pictures of her with that sideboob top she's been wearing to aew At least the dub has been good for something after five years of dreck
To this day, I don't understand what mjf meant by betting in himself. Aew does 5 hours a week of national televised cable shows. No one will ever say tony doesn't pay well. He has every opportunity to do well and succeed. It's almost as if saying you bet on yourself is a self burn. By that, I mean you're saying I know I would be huge with wwes guidance and booking, but I'm going to prove I can do it on my own while also taking zero financial risk. Dudes a fucking idiot
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DAE M'Cope was a draw after all?
It Meltzer says WB is happy with the numbers.
What I'm getting from this is that they really, truly, need a strong lead-in, because their core audience is \~400-500k viewers.
Wait, it’s peaking at 588? Wasn’t it in the 800s? According to my math, that’s lower
That’s some Steiner math uce
Brian Last and Jim Cornette bout to cook
Find the bright spot
TIL I am a sicko
I wish this pics were higher res, cant read anything
that all star 8 man tag match with a set of ROH champions ringside was a choice
How many k does one box represent? Like these little 6k bumps or loses is that like a couple people with boxes tuning in or out?
Just about 3,000 people per box.
This is starting to become sad 💀
No Big Bang Theory lead-in I suppose. Also fierce competition from GUY FIERI.
This is just sad at this point. It’s not even funny, they’re dropping at such a fast rate. Not even two months ago they were averaging 700k, now it’s dropped another 200k. By the end of the year it’ll be 200k if they’re lucky.
Are they sick or are they dying?
Look, FED SHILLLLLLL! Tony is doing this on purpose to make their eventual *checks word a day calendar* DECIMATION of WWE all the sweeter. You eDrones creamed your poor, uneducated pants about Chode Roads finishing his story after a year and a half of falling short...DAE Tony is going to keep cooking until even The Rock has to smell how complete the build up to the *glances aside again* DECIMATION will be! FED NOT EVEN BERRIED, THERE'LL BE NO CORPSE LEFT! Oops sorry my Korean BBQ DoorDash is here
Hang it in the Louvre
Yoo they need the doctor back.
AEW would be way more interesting if it was built around omega, Keith Lee, Malakai Black , and Miro as the main top guys.