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Originally Posted by Wishbone
You know it's pretty funny that people are trying to claim that the low ratings Monday were because of the show and not because of the Playoffs. People really need to learn that wresting < basically everything else on mainstream television in the mainstream public's eyes. Any time there's something bigger on RAW will do bad, period.
Also, it's funny that Russo and others are bringing up Zayn and Ambrose when the main event was Orton vs Reigns, two guys that are considered to be the epitome of what WWE's "casual" audience wants.
I'm not trying to defend the internet darlings or anything, nor am I saying Zayn and Ambrose are going to be the next big things, but how can people seriously act like they had any real impact on the ratings at all?
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WWE has always struggled a bit when it comes to sports and big events happening whenever their shows are also going on. Even during the Attitude Era, sports dominated the ratings war.
Bigger issue last year and this year so far is they have been reaching record-type level of lows for their shows regardless if it was competing with big sports games or not that week. Points to the bigger problem being the shows themselves rather than certain wrestlers as the real cause for their woes.
Russo's reasoning on blaming those guys is likely because the WWE will put the full blame on them instead of their handpicked stars like Orton and Reigns also taking some blame. Happened with Ryder in the past and countless times where Cena got rushed right back to the main focal point of shows even though he was also a cause for the drops.