Quote:
|
Originally Posted by The CyNick
The Guerrero thing is pretty funny actually.
When the number for JD came out and it was quite low, it seems like the company came down hard on Eddie and Eddie himself felt the pressure of being on the brand that is going to sh#%. But as time went on, ratings started to stabalize, okay house show numbers are still in the toilet, but its the same on RAW as well, and the biggest shock GAB did a respectable number. However, they had already decided to take the title off him. As it turns out Eddie as champion from a PPV and TV numbers POV was doing fine.
On the other side of the coin, over on RAW, the numbers have been going south. TV ratings fell off their heights after the draft (they've kinda stabalized now), house show numbers are in the toilet and the RAW PPV numbers are going south. So it looks like Hunter on top along with Benoit as champ is doing about the same number wise as Eddie on SD, but when you consider the company has pusblically stated they see RAW as superior to SD its not a good sign. Of course HHH will never lose his spot, and never take any blame, so I think thats why we'll see Benoit drop the title in short order (tomorrow or the PPV as is rumoured).
But its interesting to me that Eddie kinda took heat for the numbers, even though clearly it wasn't his fault, and now it seems like the people liked him as champion. So that tells me he'll get it back at some point (maybe Mania maybe sooner).
|
Good points,
This reminds me of something that was said after Mania this year, basically the quote was along the lines of RAW bookers book on a show to show basis whilst Smackdown goes in for the more drawn out storylines. And from the numbers both brands are now getting it's safe to say that Smackdown are doing a good job, even if they do have a peice of shit for a champ.
Ironic really as Viacom are now thinking about not taking out a contract renewal on RAW as it's now the lesser show (ratings wise)