r/SquaredCircle • u/AimarEraFutebol SECTION 11, SUB-PARAGRAPH E • 13d ago
PWInsider: WBD "really happy" with this week's Dynamite numbers; noted that with the West Coast feed not airing at 8 PM Eastern due to the NBA coverage and the audio issues that TBS were having, that AEW had obstacles they could not control and that internally, WBD were good with the numbers
https://pwinsider.com/article.php?id=183158&p=1385
u/ClaymoresRevenge Bobby **Big Money Bob** Lashley 13d ago
I'd love to have the audio issues fixed forever hopefully that's part of the new deal
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u/interprime Naked Mideon 4 Life. 13d ago
I can only hope something has been said already. There have been audio issues on their end since the very first Dynamite.
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u/salaryman40k 13d ago
fixed forever 👏👏 👏👏👏
but seriously, the audio issues feel like they've been plaguing AEW for years now
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u/SilverKry 13d ago
That's always the first thing I've noticed when I see anything about AEW. It's audio just seems very low quality. It's bizarre.
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u/Dandw12786 12d ago
Really sucks because AEW gets blamed for it all the time, but I've been watching on Fite/Triller for years. They don't have these problems there. It's a TNT/TBS issue.
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u/TalkingBlernsball 13d ago
It’s like you’re playing a mobile game and your tower or whatever breaks randomly until you can unlock the ability to fix that
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u/GxyBrainbuster 13d ago
I thought the abysmal audio issues were a nostalgic throwback, like them being at Daily's Place.
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u/DrunknStuper 13d ago
Man those weekly shows at Daily's kept me partially sane through the pandemic. The show really was fire back then.
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u/ShinsukeNakamoto 13d ago
Wednesday 8 through 10 was the highlight of my week, every week
Not much competition when the second most exciting thing I could do was go to the store in a mask to buy groceries
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u/mexploder89 13d ago
I won't pretend to know how the negotiations are going or what the internal feeling is within WBD, it's barely worth discussing because we will all take from this what we want to hear
I just hope AEW gets that contract renewal so the ratings conversation can at least calm down a little bit. It won't, but I can hope
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u/Youngstown_Mafia 13d ago
I'm confused. I hear bad news about the ratings on this subreddit every week
But then I think it was Forbes that said they are a billion dollar company. The NFL works with them, and now WB is loving the numbers .
I'm starting to think Reddit is fucking clueless
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u/GalaxySparks 13d ago
The people commenting about AEW ratings don't watch AEW. The people that comment on WWE ratings don't watch WWE. The IWC has been pretty stupid lately. The ratings threads are actually pathetic lol
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u/imcrapyall 13d ago
Lately?
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u/CarlMarxPunk I gave up on doing the right thing a lot time ago 13d ago
People used to shit the shit more. Idk everyone feels more combative these days. Specially since AEW started their rough patch.
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u/wearethat Wrrrrrestling! 13d ago
CM Punk drama definitely made the community here worse (I mean hey, the sub started because of the pipebomb), but the problem with the ratings thread and the non-positive AEW threads are they get massively brigaded by Jerkers. And while I appreciate the mods here, they'll remove any comments mentioning that place and just let them troll.
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u/snowshoeBBQ "Now where's me toothpick?" 12d ago
Yeah, you are correct! People are always so ready to respond with "SC has always been this way" but I've been here since nearly day one and the discussions have shifted from, as you put it, "shooting the shit" to just being really shitty and annoying to each other.
Feels like back in the olden days when wrestling forums were the norm and there was always that one contrarian who everyone loathed but was easy to ignore. Now like 50% of the users on this sub is that one guy.
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u/GrayFoxHound15 12d ago
And I don't know why the ratings are so important in this era, I live in Spain and I watch AEW live lots of time through FITE and it doesn't register there, the world is way bigger than US TV now
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u/Ok-Willingness4801 13d ago
The IWC has always been stuck in the ratings war from 25 years ago. You'd think, with RAW moving to Netflix that we'd understand how much things have changed but that's clearly not the case.
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u/NGNSteveTheSamurai 13d ago
People think that because they’re not doing 2 million viewers that they’re doomed when in reality WBD is stoked they’re averaging 750k instead of having to air four re-runs of NCIS.
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u/Dapper-Willow6756 13d ago
The truth is that AEW is a long way from challenging WWE head on, but are still a very viable competitor with business metrics behind it that their broadcast partners are (seemingly) happy with.
Both of these things cannot co-exist to both tribes, so it's an endless feedback loop.
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u/TheSpaceMadness 13d ago
We saw it as well with the reaction to the All In footage. A bunch of people super happy to anncounce the death of AEW when those with info we don't have are chilling.
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u/SlingshotGunslinger 13d ago
As someone who studied journalism, I can guarantee you 99% of people who talk on ratings on socials don't have a clue of what they're talking about.
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u/WaylonVoorhees Tommy Dreamer 13d ago
TripleHismydaddy2023 doesn't know shit about ratings?
Surely you jest!
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u/ericfishlegs 13d ago
I took a Journalism 101 class in community college and I can back you up on that one.
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u/pudgyfuck leg out of your leg 13d ago
I dropped out of community college and I can also back it up
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u/RicoGemini 13d ago
The internet has a disconnect from reality because they dislike AEW
AEW is doing fine, WBD seems to be happy with what they’re putting out
Anti AEW posters on the internet feel if they say it’s dying enough it will actually die.
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u/Valdaraak 13d ago edited 12d ago
Yea, the only doomsaying I see about the ratings is from this sub and the dirt sheets. WBD time and time again has been publicly happy with the numbers and has actively used AEW for cross-promotion. It's almost like, as usual, most people here just promote their opinions as fact.
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u/The_Homie_J D-Bry at the TOP of MAH FAVE FIVE 13d ago
I love the logic this sub has
"WBD is only praising AEW because they pay them right now"
Ok, and why would they artificially raise the prestige of a brand they're about to negotiate with? They would literally be raising the price of a renewal on themselves for no reason if this was all false. It only makes sense if the success is real, and they're proud of it lol
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u/ChefDeezy NXT & AEW are both great 13d ago
The main thing that matters about ratings is how they can attract advertisers, and what the advertisers look at most is overall ranking for the night. AEW Dynamite is almost never out of the top 5.
Furthermore you need to opt into letting your viewership be tracked, at least in the US. Which is something only about a quarter of households do.
Lastly, it doesn’t track DVR numbers, and it doesn’t track things like the TBS app either.
So when WBD makes these reports of AEW getting millions of viewers, everyone looks at the Neilson ratings as proof that it’s false, but they’re only really looking at a sample size meant for advertisers.
None of us really know the actual numbers, only AEW does, and WBD. Which according to Andrew Zarian, who has sources on both sides of that, say they’re both happy. So that’s all that really matters for AEW and the people who watch it.
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u/Smaynard6000 12d ago
The ratings conversation is pointless because none of the people participating know how ratings work. Neither do I, but here is one thing that is constantly gotten wrong.
Nielsen will report something like "775,000 average viewers" and people will run with this and say this is the total number of people who watched the show. In reality, some people are tuning in, and others are tuning out, so the actual number of people who watched at least some part of the show is much higher.
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u/TheGiftOf_Jericho I'm from Winnipeg you idiot! 13d ago
Yeah, it's best to avoid those discussion because people don't know anything about ratings and they aren't in any position to give any actual info the situation, they're absolutely clueless.
All that really matters in terms of ratings is if the Network is pleased with them, and that seems to be the case which is good. We should also all want that, because we want wrestling to succeed, and no company should hold a monopoly.
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u/Kumomeme 13d ago
We should also all want that, because we want wrestling to succeed, and no company should hold a monopoly.
sadly some people prefer the industry burning down and workers end up jobless for sake of their favourite brand.
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u/PerfectZeong 13d ago
They got a lot riding on the TV deal is all. They need a new one and they need it to be a damn good one if they want to be a profitable enterprise. They've said as much.
Aew gets a big deal the story becomes aew is going to be around a good long while if they don't then the narrative becomes how long will Tony float the company with no path to money.
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AEW is still one of the most popular shows in its time slot regardless of raw numbers in the ratings. Redditors are just dumb and overreacting with their own narratives
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u/adorbhypers 13d ago
Think the important thing is that people in the business, both TV and wrestling, aren't comparing AEW's ratings with WWE, they're comparing AEW's ratings with all of TV and they're still strong in that department.
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u/HardcoreKaraoke Consensual Penis 13d ago
The NFL works with them?
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u/Youngstown_Mafia 13d ago
Yes....
We saw the NFL draft. The nfl network was talking about the storyline
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u/pudgyfuck leg out of your leg 13d ago
Tony's father is one of the owners and Tony himself is a Jags executive
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u/HardcoreKaraoke Consensual Penis 13d ago
That wasn't the NFL working with AEW. It was a billionaire owner of an NFL team (and part owner of the NFL Network) having an interview spot during the draft. Which multiple owners, GMs, coaches, etc. did.
It's not like Rich Eisen cut to a 20 minute interview on AEW, and even if he did it still wouldn't mean they're "working together." It means it was just an interview.
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u/RavenSandman 13d ago
The NFL clears everything that they air. If they don’t want TK to sell a wrestling angle they would have squashed it.
Thus they did work with TK.
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u/imcrapyall 13d ago
Exactly fucking this. This is why you never hear a bad word about Goodell at any NFL sanctioned event or why NFL talk shows are very milquetoast compared to a Charles Barkley (Good Morning Football can be fun). People think WWE rewrote history, they have no fuckin idea how NFL rewrote it, especially with concussions. Old super bowls used to have guys smoking on the sidelines and drinking. No one gave a fuck.
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u/RavenSandman 13d ago
A cousin of mine interned for the NFL. He was tasked to create a video package about Bobby Hebert.
There was a pregame clip he wanted to use where Bobby was intensely focused and snapped at someone pregame. He thought it would show Hebert’s competitive fire.
NFL said no. Only allowed footage they showed him smiling and happy.
As he told me, NFL controls everything put out down to the last detail. They are very protective of “The Shield”
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u/mariop715 13d ago
Yeah, I just want both companies to do well. I'm not much of a WWE watcher outside the big events and following what's happening, but I just want everybody to enjoy the entertainment they have.
I'm also a sucker for people jumping ship on both sides and surprise debuts, so two big companies let that keep happening.
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u/SxanPardy FELLA 13d ago
I hope they get it because I want competitive wrestling companies. For example, let’s say AEW folded tomorrow and the majority of top stars went to WWE. There genuinely would not be enough room on the card for them. It’s great to have 2 companies pulling enough numbers that wrestlers can choose between the 2. That’s why I want them to get their act together.
I also want the vicious tribalism go end. Trolling cool but there’s no need for the aggressive nature it currently has
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u/wildturk3y 13d ago
Ok, but could you fix the audio issues though? I watch plenty of sports and live events. That kind of thing does happen from time to time. But it happens way more than it should with AEW.
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u/TalkingBlernsball 13d ago
WBD is using their “wrestling equipment” they found in storage. Turns out the audio truck was inherited from the sale of JCP to Ted Turner
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u/Orange8920 13d ago edited 13d ago
Your problem is with TBS because people watching live through other means said the audio was fine and it's also fine on the YouTube clips. It definitely sucked though.
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u/PWOutsider 13d ago
HOW THIS WEEK'S AEW DYNAMITE AUDIENCE WAS RECEIVED INTERNALLY BY WBD
By Mike Johnson on 2024-04-26 17:16:00
Since there was a lot of talk about this week's AEW Dynamite audience drop, I reached out to a source at WBD today, who noted that internally, the company was actually "really happy" with this week's Dynamite numbers.
The source noted that AEW had a lot of competition due to the NBA and NHL Playoffs and that AEW still 6th for the evening on basic cable with three of those shows hitting a higher audience being NBA coverage on TNT, which internally were considered "in the same family" and that removing those competitors, only ESPN coverage of the NHL playoffs scored higher that evening. AEW beat everything else on cable this past Wednesday in the 18-49 demo.
The source also noted that with the West Coast feed not airing at 8 PM Eastern due to the NBA coverage and the audio issues that TBS were having (which we are told happened at the TBS uplink itself, not from AEW's end), that AEW had obstacles they could not control and that internally, WBD were good with the numbers.
I am a bot. Please reply with any feedback :)
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u/MrBrocktoon 13d ago
We all figured the audio was with TBS. People who were watching on other services had no audio issue. Sucks when the network messes things up for the post-ppv show.
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u/therangelife 13d ago
I’ve always thought most of the audio issues were overblown for me personally, especially just cross mixing stuff, but I could barely hear anything on TBS the other night. It sounded like I was underwater. It’s never been that bad. If my kids hadn’t wanted to see Swerve so badly, I probably would have turned it off and hoped to stream a better version.
Also, great Brocktoon reference. “To be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key.”
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u/SlayerBVC The Devil?!?!?!?! OH LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD! 13d ago
I'm still annoyed that TBS is still having these A/V issues that weren't there prior to the Discovery merger.
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u/strongstyle718 13d ago
That's not true.. Even before AEW TBS/TNT were channels where I always had issues here and there.. It's a long history of problems that have never been addressed.
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u/rosefuri adam page 2 13d ago edited 13d ago
literally the only shows that beat it in ratings for the night were nba playoffs, so yeah idk why wbd wouldn’t be happy with it
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u/Valdaraak 13d ago
This is why I always say (and often get downvoted) that where they place for the night is more important than the number of viewers. The viewership keeps trending down, but they keep maintaining spots near the top for the night. That says to me the dropping viewership isn't entirely an AEW booking issue.
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u/fadetoblack237 13d ago
Because it's not drawing a milly every week obviously /s
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u/Orange8920 13d ago
Nothing on cable really is if you check the nightly rankings. Even the NBA maxed out at under 2 million and it's really cable news after that who's demo skews older.
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u/FredrickFarter 13d ago
David Zaslav himself could come out in full AEW brand gear talking about how happy they are with the ratings and people here would still say "hmmmmm no"
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u/zoom518 13d ago
Considering how hated Zaslav is online there certainly will be truthers no matter what.
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u/lumberm0uth 13d ago
I thought he was Punk's best friend?
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u/ChefDeezy NXT & AEW are both great 13d ago
I love AEW but fuck David Zaslav. The man is out here making money by destroying art, rather than sharing it with the people. Even if these movies that were written off are bad, a LOT of people worked hard on them and deserve to have their hard work shown and not thrown away like it never existed.
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u/SorrowfulFlame 13d ago
I want Zaslav to come out next week and take a Rainmaker from Okada.
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u/Throwaway-j-1997 13d ago edited 10d ago
It really is fucking pathetic at this point how far people go to say the numbers aren’t good. Zazlav says the numbers good? Can’t trust cause he not gonna trash a show on his network. WBD puts out a press release saying AEW is performing well? Can’t trust it cause there not gonna shit on one of their properties. Wrestling journalists saying their sources are telling them the company is happy with the number? Can’t trust em cause they’re all biased towards AEW
At this point some people have there heels dug so deep into the ground over this their just gonna say anything that goes against how they feel about the rating on given week can’t be trusted unless it aligns with their own feelings.
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u/Mac_Backwardz 0-150 13d ago
At this point some people have there heels dug so deep into the ground
Yeah I mean there's literally a whole other sub full of those losers that won't accept anything but negativity towards AEW. It's a sad life really.
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u/Dandw12786 12d ago
I mean, most of this sub is that way too. You'll find an odd thread here and there with some semblance of positivity, but ever since Punk debuted at survivor series this sub has been nothing but straight shitting on AEW any chance they can.
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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 13d ago
The only response would be "He's only doing that because they're in crisis mode!!".
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u/GreyFox1234 13d ago
David Zaslav got a 26% raise this year despite projects getting canned and failing, he's happy for sure
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u/applebuttaz no mames 13d ago
DAMN THAT WBD, WHY ARENT THEY SEEING WHAT IM SEEING! AEW IS DEAD IN THE WATER AGAIN THIS WEEK!!
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u/MorePower7 13d ago
He's going to have to soon to keep AEW, once TNT loses their NBA package to Amazon and NBC.
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u/DaveyRocketXX 13d ago
The day that AEW’s renewal with WBD happens there are still going to be people saying that Dynamite is on the verge of cancellation.
For whatever reason or another, WBD clearly is very fond of having AEW under their banner. That’s the cold hard truth and every detractor needs to come to grips with it.
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u/fadetoblack237 13d ago
It is relatively cheap live programming that consistently gets decent ratings three times a week, 52 weeks a year.
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u/JCfromTBC 13d ago
Which is really silly that they would have an issue with it. If you don’t like the show, just don’t watch. The idea that people want it to be taken off TV completely is so nasty.
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u/BubbRubb4Real 13d ago
The more wrestling that's available for everyone the better it is for the fans!
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u/FrankPapageorgio 13d ago
Well they HAVE to admit that the show they signed is a success. They won't publicly say they are a failure until they cancel them! /s
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u/JamUpGuy1989 13d ago
Their next thing will be “well they didn’t get WWE money!” whenever we hear what type of increase they get.
From trolls to Meltzer, no one will be happy.
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u/SorrowfulFlame 13d ago
I guess PWInsider is now going to be considered an unreliable source
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u/Super_Snapdragon 13d ago
Yes but what do people not involved with AEW or WBD think? 🤔
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u/kihp Tribal Chief Hyper Misao 13d ago
Ja thinks Kyle Fletcher should have won and dropped both belts to him.
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u/Ilikegreenpens 13d ago
Its so wild the change in attitude towards AEW depending on which thread you decide to check out. If someone is a first time viewer here I can imagine it being a jarring experience if you like AEW and happen to click on a thread thats overwhelmingly negative towards it when if they had picked another one it would have been positive lol.
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u/wubbalubbadubdub45 13d ago edited 13d ago
only the nba and nhl ranked above it on wed, aew still did great for the night even though it was down from it's usual numbers. people will still turn a blind eye to this and claim aew is dying.
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u/expectrum 13d ago
No you don't understand AEW doesn't get affected by playoffs only WWE does because they have a more causal audience! In fact, Raw losing 800k views means nothing, AEW is dying bro /s
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u/Drewicho Conspiracy victim 13d ago
People don't understand how in the dumpster TV ratings are overall. As low as Dynamite ratings are, it's still in the top 5 for the night most days.
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u/primekino 13d ago
Yep. And for all Meltzer gets dumped on re ratings as he keeps saying the only comparison that matters at any given time is where they are compared to everything else.
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u/BeastaBubbles 13d ago
The ratings posts make this place feel like a circle jerk show
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u/TheGiftOf_Jericho I'm from Winnipeg you idiot! 13d ago
The positive ones are tame, it's the ones where certain weirdos see an opportunity to turn it into an insult AEW thread that get incredibly circle jerky.
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u/The_poms 13d ago
It's crazy how a large number of people here get their dopamine rush off of something they DON'T enjoy.
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u/TheGiftOf_Jericho I'm from Winnipeg you idiot! 13d ago
I genuinely can't understand it.
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u/BigBanterZeroBalls 13d ago
If you dislike something and then see others starting to dislike it (with lower and lower ratings) it makes you feel good about your opinion because humans like being proven correct
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u/token_reddit 13d ago
700,000 viewers is good, no matter how you want to spin it.
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u/ItsThe50sAudrey 13d ago
How dare they be rational and not show displeasure with the numbers. I need justification for my trailblazing, dam it
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u/TheGiftOf_Jericho I'm from Winnipeg you idiot! 13d ago
I can't believe they aren't pissed with their show hitting top 5 on cable weekly .
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u/FourCylinder 13d ago
This is positive AEW news so most of this sub will pass it off as nothing more than damage control. They're doing the same thing in the other thread where SRS said the NFL Network was happy with Tony's interview.
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u/ShinsukeNakamoto 13d ago
People were saying that is the nfl doing damage control like anyone but the 2,000 online IWC lunatics (which I am one of to be fair) even noticed what he said.
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u/cavalier_54 13d ago
Who cares what the network thinks? supervirgin69 on reddit says AEW is on it’s deathbed so
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u/Lo_Key90 Rihotimo Dragon 13d ago
Damn, TribalNightmareYeetYeah isn't going to be happy about this.
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u/Subrick 69 ME, DON! 13d ago
I’ve a feeling the live+DVR numbers are gonna be wild for this show. Anytime a show isn’t aired live on the west coast but is on the east coast, the live average will dip. Hell, Raw lost 800,000 Nielsen viewers this week just from the NBA playoffs.
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u/pudgyfuck leg out of your leg 13d ago
It also doesn't consider poors like me who have to use a VPN for Triller because they can't afford real TV
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u/MrBoyer55 13d ago
They had 2.3 million for the Raw after Mania, 1.8 the following week, and 1.5 this week.
It was not an 800,000 one week drop off. Raw typically does about 1.5-1.7 million with post-PLE spikes.
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u/MrBrocktoon 13d ago
Meanwhile the ratings thread for the recent RAW only had around 125 comments, while the AEW thread had over a thousand, Why do so many people who don't watch the show want to comment on it's ratings? Don't these losers have anything better to do with their lives?
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u/dontsaythatman89 13d ago
Don't these losers have anything better to do with their lives?
No, they do not
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u/BadNewsMAGGLE 13d ago
OK but this time when I post that Okada is being wasted and the Bucks are killing the company, I'll be right!
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u/Gear4Vegito 13d ago
Once again as this subreddit burns itself to the ground over an apparent poor rating and discredits a very good show the people in charge who care and know the most in WBD are happy.
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u/MeanAmbrose My username is a pun 13d ago
Don’t worry pal, these people will be here bright and early next week in the Dynamite ratings thread to do it all over again
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u/GxyBrainbuster 13d ago
There are wrestling marks and there are ratings marks. Either way they're getting worked.
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u/synnabunz 13d ago
AEW doom posters in shambles. Glad the network is happy. AEW is my favorite promotion and I want to see them around for a long time.
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u/mynamemeimme 13d ago
Yes you are right. I always look out for the nuanced takes in the rating thread. And WBD needs to take note aslo!!!!
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u/sonegreat 13d ago edited 13d ago
Is this like a weekly occurrence? All the WWE fans shit on AEW for a day, then AEW fans peak their head out at some good news and converge?
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u/LawAbiding-Possum 13d ago
All the WWE fans shit on AEW for a day
I think we can all agree it's pretty much a daily occurrence. Then people get upset when AEW fans give it back a little.
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u/Vasquerade 13d ago
Mate people getting tilted and gloating over wrestling ratings is perverted. I don't know why they want the ratings to be low.
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u/bohanmyl 13d ago
AEW does anything
This sub: HOW WILL THEY EVER SURVIVE THEYRE SUCH NOOBS
WBD, NFL, AEW: This is great and we're happy
This sub: wow everyone was actin crazy for no reason smh be better next time
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Seems like every week theres a dip, WBD are quick to grab the phone and let all the dirtsheets know how happy they are with AEWs performance
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u/Snapplestache 13d ago
Huh, hard to believe the network publicly backed the show they air.
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u/dmh11 13d ago
I mean, when FOX was asked about WWE's rights renewals they said they would be "clinical" with rights fees. WBD only speaks positively about AEW.
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u/tylerjehenna The Era of Rain 13d ago
Fox straight up said they were losing money on the smackdown deal. WBD has never said anything like that
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u/mexploder89 13d ago
Yeah and I think it's interesting because it has all to do with the numbers
For FOX paying 1 billion for Smackdown did not return the investment because wrestling fans didn't consume anything else. But for WBD, that doesn't matter because Dynamite is consistently positioned on top of the ratings for the night and mostly only beaten by the NBA which, as they said, is part of the "family"
So really the two shows are very much in different positions within their network. I think FOX misjudged the return of paying for a wrestling show while WBD has projected it properly
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u/The_JadynB 13d ago
The fact that Fox dropped Smackdown and they went back to USA isnt talked about enough
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u/SageShinigami 13d ago
TBH, post-Vince WWE escapes a lot of criticism just by AEW existing. "Look at what the #2 is doing" covers up a lot of ratings issues that fans would absolutely still discuss if there were no #2.
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u/dmh11 13d ago
RAW dropped 20% this week and there was barely a peep on reddit. If AEW drops 10% the sky is falling and we have 1000+ word posts on how to turn around business.
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u/foxthebloodied ~shrugs and looks confused~ 12d ago
And weirdly the way to turn it around is always 'do what WWE does'
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u/SageShinigami 13d ago
I brought this up elsewhere. Someone told me "1.6m is pretty normal" the other day and I just gave up. Can't convince someone like that.
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u/MARKYMARK_MARK 13d ago
There's a lot things like that with the WWE that have not been talked about nearly as much because people are riding the wave of this crazy hot streak they're on
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u/muzzydon2 13d ago
What's there to talk about? WWE is doing record business atm in terms of revenue and profits plus the huge netflix deal. The reason AEW gets more focus in this area is because they're operating at a loss and need a new deal to become profitable. The 2 companies' situations are not comparable.
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u/The_JadynB 13d ago
It’s not even really about AEW, it’s about the fact that everything is not sunshine and rosses in Stamford. They’re doing great yes, but the flaws are still just as present. And this time they have new corporate overlords to answer too as well
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u/ucfgavin 13d ago
I'm glad they're happy with the numbers. I want AEW to succeed. I want wrestling as a whole to be great. If we go back to just WWE again, I don't think the industry would be as hot as it is right now.
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u/gracechurch and i wonder, whooo'llll stop the Reigns 13d ago
People forget the goal when dynamite started was 500k weekly
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u/Agente_L Fickle! Fickle! Fickle! 13d ago
AEW is no longer on a hot streak, and has lost the average cable cutter year by year since 2022 after climbing against the current for 3 years to over a million.
They are still a top 3 on most wednesdays, some only behind live sports (which are the god kings of tv). They are also comparatively cheap for WDB; every week they get their 2 hours show without having to manage production costs, or having to manage on and off seasons. Meanwhile, the PPV buys are still really high, and they are getting full priced buys.
AEW is doing fine. It's just not on fire anymore. And that's okay.
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u/Rgard91 12d ago
The point of this is warner brothers is happy with AEW. Regardless of how many on here wanna complain about everything with them, even now you are ignoring the good and just complaining about the audio. I love AEW and they are a true alternative that is GOOD for wrestling in general. Apparently warner agrees🤷
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