Thread: DISCUSSION - I'm finally seeing some "postives" on Smackdown (Spoilers involved).
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Old 12-16-2004, 08:01 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Loose Cannon
^^No way. You want to have people watching Smackdown next year? JBL doesn't bring in good numbers at all. He brings in numbers that aren't horrible and that are better then what he was bringing in before (Smckdowns numbers improved in Oct), but trust me, you you'll turn away viewers if you keep having him win all the time.

Look, check this out. This is straight from the Observer and one of favorite things they provide. What I'm about to type out is what superstars lose viewers during their segments and what superstars gain viewers on average. This is based from Oct until about now

JBL: -100,700
Big Show: +249,400
CCC: +39,400
Kurt Angle: +192,500
Heidenreich: -68,000
Eddie Guerrero: +118,600
Tough Enough: +128,700
Booker: -56,100
RVD: +112,400
Taker: -4,000

Now Melzer states that top star should have a rating of +250,000 and a superstar should be +400,000. As you can see, Big Show leads everyone and JBL loses viewers more than he gains.

Personally, althought it may be too soon, they need to put the Title on Cena at Mania.

Wow.

The "Big Show" stat is pretty surprising.

The JBL stat is understandable IMO. As of right now, the guy looks like a mid-carder out of place. This is for two reasons:

a) He's had no clean victories over "credible" wrestlers thus far (one on one).

b) He's been in the WWE for way too long. Because he was "average" for so long, the fans are having a hard time accepting him as a main-eventer.


Personally - I'd like to see this stat *AFTER* JBL gets clean victories over the Kurt Angle's, the Eddie Guerrero's, and the Undertaker's.
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