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Originally Posted by The Dastardly One
Smeat. I have to ask...do you actually find those demo breakdowns interesting?
Sorry, I know this is kind of snarky, but I'm not meaning to be (as I'm a fan of your work on the forum). View it as colorful feedback and realize I still consider you an A-plus poster.
Ratings are just so utterly irrelevant at this point. I'd get them being a legitimate talking point if a substantial amount of people watched these shows. However, they don't, and it really offers virtually zero insight and just gets people arguing about nothing. I mainly blame dirtsheet Dave for this inane demo dialogue. Honestly, what are we supposed to do with the fact that of the 7 people who watch Impact, 6 of them are over 50?
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Yes to a certain degree and mainly in terms of it being a useful way of tracking how wrestling is both doing and heading for the short and long term.
Like almost all of WWE's current woes with ratings can be traced back to their utter failure to turn Cena's young fans into their future new core for TV. The lack of a real "Next Gen" era also didn't help. NXT failing to be that "Next Gen" isn't helping either.
In regards to AEW, I find this stuff a lot more interesting since not only do you get to witness a new wrestling company its early beginnings, the ratings and viewership will help reveal if a next wrestling boom is even possible. The last one only really happened because wrestling managed to get very popular with younger people and an outside company was strong enough to seriously challenge and force WWE to actually change for the better.
I don't really blame Meltzer for the craziness that has become ratings talk online since it just ended up being a microcosm of how social media and the internet has gotten worse or toxic over time for quality discussion. He mentioned before that the only reason he stopped doing detailed ratings stuff after the Attitude Era ended was due to him getting bored over the lack of a notable wrestling war and AEW vs. NXT reigniting that passion he once had for it. He does go a bit overboard with it at times, especially whenever he starts overanalyzing things instead of keeping it simple. All that does is give more ammo for added ridicule and scorn by people who already hate him for various reasons.