Let's say The Rock signed with TNA.

**Xero** · 06-12-2008, 07:05 PM

The Rock is not worth 2+ points of a rating in the long run.

2 MAYBE for three weeks, but after the buzz died down Impact would drop down to its normal ratings relatively fast.

One wrestler will not make that much of a difference no matter who it is. If the booking's good, people will watch it no matter who is wrestling. If the booking is bad, not many people will watch it no matter who is on. My point can be backed up in the fact that TNA has tremendous star power in multiple wrestlers who would far out-weigh anything Rock would bring in and yet they haven't gone above, what, 1.2?

Wrestlers don't make people turn in. It's their characters and the storylines in which they're booked that will bring them in. Case-in-point, everyone being so excited about Jericho returning. But uh-oh, he's being booked by WWE creative. By the second month he was just another nameless face in the crowd, and those who were tuning in for him were no longer doing so.

06-12-2008, 07:05 PM	#37
Xero He's Here Posts: 60,735	The Rock is not worth 2+ points of a rating in the long run. 2 MAYBE for three weeks, but after the buzz died down Impact would drop down to its normal ratings relatively fast. One wrestler will not make that much of a difference no matter who it is. If the booking's good, people will watch it no matter who is wrestling. If the booking is bad, not many people will watch it no matter who is on. My point can be backed up in the fact that TNA has tremendous star power in multiple wrestlers who would far out-weigh anything Rock would bring in and yet they haven't gone above, what, 1.2? Wrestlers don't make people turn in. It's their characters and the storylines in which they're booked that will bring them in. Case-in-point, everyone being so excited about Jericho returning. But uh-oh, he's being booked by WWE creative. By the second month he was just another nameless face in the crowd, and those who were tuning in for him were no longer doing so.