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**The CyNick** · 02-11-2004, 03:34 PM

Yeah I'm a little less convinced about Eddie, but I would agree with Rob that its still better than 50-50. Like Ive said before, I think a chase story in a couple of months would be better for Eddie and the SD title, but I can see the logic in giving him the title on Sunday.

I understand what they are saying over at Rajah because Ive been saying the same thing for about 4 weeks now (i think I'm being ripped off....)

This year's show is very similar to last year's effort in terms of promotion.

The biggest matches on that show in terms of advertsing was Austin v Rock ont he RAW side and Vince vs Hogan on the SD side. The two title matches were on a second tier, then the HBK-Jericho match got next to no publicity whatsoever, and the rest of the card was filler.

This year, you have the two inter-promotional matches that will likely get the most publicity. Goldberg-Brock and Kane-Taker are both getting publicity on both RAW and SD, and in terms of mainstream fans, I think these two matches will be more likely to drive buyrates then Eddie/Kurt or Benoit/HHH/HBK.

On top of that you will have an even deeper card, with a Rock/Foley match (which will get more play than either title match), and as crazy as this may sound, the soon to be announced Stacy/Jackie vs Torrie/Sable could get more of a push because of the Playboy crossover. I mean who do you think Howard Sterm will ask to come on his show, Chris Benoit or Eddie Guerrero to talk about their title match, or 4 hot chicks to talk about shaving their pubs?

I dont think the multiple main events hurt the buyrate last year, I think the problem was that they overestimated the value of a Hogan-McMahon match would have. And they didn't go with the Angle-Lesnar sports story concpet like they did with Rock-Brock at Summerslam (which was their last really successful show in terms of a buyrate). I think if they would have played up Angle's injury and Brock's quest to become champion they would have done much better, and then Kurt's return would have meant a lot more in terms of drawing money. But thats just me.

I think this would have been a good year to unify the titles, and then at least that would stand above the other matches in terms of imporatnce, but I dont think they see that as a problem, yet.

02-11-2004, 03:34 PM	#8
The CyNick Make the IWC Great Again Posts: 8,922	Yeah I'm a little less convinced about Eddie, but I would agree with Rob that its still better than 50-50. Like Ive said before, I think a chase story in a couple of months would be better for Eddie and the SD title, but I can see the logic in giving him the title on Sunday. I understand what they are saying over at Rajah because Ive been saying the same thing for about 4 weeks now (i think I'm being ripped off....) This year's show is very similar to last year's effort in terms of promotion. The biggest matches on that show in terms of advertsing was Austin v Rock ont he RAW side and Vince vs Hogan on the SD side. The two title matches were on a second tier, then the HBK-Jericho match got next to no publicity whatsoever, and the rest of the card was filler. This year, you have the two inter-promotional matches that will likely get the most publicity. Goldberg-Brock and Kane-Taker are both getting publicity on both RAW and SD, and in terms of mainstream fans, I think these two matches will be more likely to drive buyrates then Eddie/Kurt or Benoit/HHH/HBK. On top of that you will have an even deeper card, with a Rock/Foley match (which will get more play than either title match), and as crazy as this may sound, the soon to be announced Stacy/Jackie vs Torrie/Sable could get more of a push because of the Playboy crossover. I mean who do you think Howard Sterm will ask to come on his show, Chris Benoit or Eddie Guerrero to talk about their title match, or 4 hot chicks to talk about shaving their pubs? I dont think the multiple main events hurt the buyrate last year, I think the problem was that they overestimated the value of a Hogan-McMahon match would have. And they didn't go with the Angle-Lesnar sports story concpet like they did with Rock-Brock at Summerslam (which was their last really successful show in terms of a buyrate). I think if they would have played up Angle's injury and Brock's quest to become champion they would have done much better, and then Kurt's return would have meant a lot more in terms of drawing money. But thats just me. I think this would have been a good year to unify the titles, and then at least that would stand above the other matches in terms of imporatnce, but I dont think they see that as a problem, yet.