Both Shows Going Downhill ??

**wag2k** · 06-26-2004, 08:33 PM

I am in the U.K. and i for one am getting absolutely sick and tired of the amount and also the timing of the commercial breaks in RAW and SMACKDOWN.

Not only that but it seems that we just aren't getting as much action as we used to, what with reruns of storylines and "moments ago" clips.

Obviously i see RAW on a friday night and SMACKDOWN on a Saturday night both on the Sky Sports channels but it is becoming increasingly worse.

Take last night for instance "RAW - Friday 25th June" The show was on for two hours and this is how that time was divided.....

01.30 Rerun of Eric telling HHH to beat Eugene
00.30 Opening Credits
01.00 Arena shots / JR & King talking about HHH & Eugene / HBK rerun
08.00 The Rock Comes Home
12.40 Rock & Orton / Rock gets Ejected / Edge & Orton
04.30 COMMERCIAL BREAK
01.40 Eric & Security / Eric & Benoit
06.30 Trish V Vivtoria (04.30 action)
01.15 Diva Search Info. / HBK info
04.00 U.K. Tour info / Match info / HBK rerun
02.45 Eric & Regal
04.00 COMMERCIAL BREAK
01.45 Kane V Regal (00.45 action)
01.00 G.A.B. info / Kane & Regal rerun
01.00 Eric & Kane
02.00 Diva Search info
08.30 Batista & Orton V Edge & Y2J (07.00 action)
04.15 COMMERCIAL BREAK IN MIDDLE OF MATCH
07.30 Batista & Orton V Edge & Y2J (06.00 Action)
02.00 Diva search info / UK tour info
01.15 Stacy & Matt
02.00 Smackdown Rebound
01.00 HHH / Eugene / Flair
04.00 COMMERCIAL BREAK
06.15 Matt / Lita / Kane
00.30 Safety Message
01.15 Matt / Lita
02.00 Diva search info
02.15 HHH / Eugene / Flair / Batista / Orton / Eric
00.30 G.A.B. info
00.30 Match info
07.15 HHH V Eugene (04.00 action)
03.45 COMMERCIAL BREAK IN MIDDLE OF MATCH
11.15 HHH V Eugene (Then Benoit) (07.00 action)
00.35 G.A.B. INFO

That is 2 hours of a wrestling show that included:-
30 mins of actual action
1 hour of talking
20 mins of Commercial Breaks (2 in middle of matches)
10 mins of reruns and messages.

I know this Thread is a little long winded but as i said - i really am beginning to get p!$$ed off with this.

Anyone else feel the same??

06-26-2004, 08:33 PM	#1
wag2k Master Of The URN Posts: 50	Both Shows Going Downhill ?? I am in the U.K. and i for one am getting absolutely sick and tired of the amount and also the timing of the commercial breaks in RAW and SMACKDOWN. Not only that but it seems that we just aren't getting as much action as we used to, what with reruns of storylines and "moments ago" clips. Obviously i see RAW on a friday night and SMACKDOWN on a Saturday night both on the Sky Sports channels but it is becoming increasingly worse. Take last night for instance "RAW - Friday 25th June" The show was on for two hours and this is how that time was divided..... 01.30 Rerun of Eric telling HHH to beat Eugene 00.30 Opening Credits 01.00 Arena shots / JR & King talking about HHH & Eugene / HBK rerun 08.00 The Rock Comes Home 12.40 Rock & Orton / Rock gets Ejected / Edge & Orton 04.30 COMMERCIAL BREAK 01.40 Eric & Security / Eric & Benoit 06.30 Trish V Vivtoria (04.30 action) 01.15 Diva Search Info. / HBK info 04.00 U.K. Tour info / Match info / HBK rerun 02.45 Eric & Regal 04.00 COMMERCIAL BREAK 01.45 Kane V Regal (00.45 action) 01.00 G.A.B. info / Kane & Regal rerun 01.00 Eric & Kane 02.00 Diva Search info 08.30 Batista & Orton V Edge & Y2J (07.00 action) 04.15 COMMERCIAL BREAK IN MIDDLE OF MATCH 07.30 Batista & Orton V Edge & Y2J (06.00 Action) 02.00 Diva search info / UK tour info 01.15 Stacy & Matt 02.00 Smackdown Rebound 01.00 HHH / Eugene / Flair 04.00 COMMERCIAL BREAK 06.15 Matt / Lita / Kane 00.30 Safety Message 01.15 Matt / Lita 02.00 Diva search info 02.15 HHH / Eugene / Flair / Batista / Orton / Eric 00.30 G.A.B. info 00.30 Match info 07.15 HHH V Eugene (04.00 action) 03.45 COMMERCIAL BREAK IN MIDDLE OF MATCH 11.15 HHH V Eugene (Then Benoit) (07.00 action) 00.35 G.A.B. INFO That is 2 hours of a wrestling show that included:- 30 mins of actual action 1 hour of talking 20 mins of Commercial Breaks (2 in middle of matches) 10 mins of reruns and messages. I know this Thread is a little long winded but as i said - i really am beginning to get p!$$ed off with this. Anyone else feel the same??