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[The CyNick]

Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead Is this argument about what's good for USA Network? Or what's good wrestling television and what the audience wants to watch. What the network wants vs what is actually a good product, since y'know, the network knows fuck all about booking a wrestling product, do NOT often go hand in hand. You could argue Saturday Night's Main event in the 80s being the exception but that show was an hour every few months between big time shows. This isn't an argument about what's good for the network, it's about putting forth a good wrestling product and the third hour hurts the product as you have just admitted CyNick. We do get it though CyNick, believe it or not. We get the Vince has handcuffed himself with this 3rd hour, because now the network wants it, and they're going to be callling the shots. They also want the authority boring everyone to tears as the #1 heels, and that is of no use to anyone trying to invest their time into the product.

Cute.

Vince didn't do anything to himself. He's obligated to maximize shareholder wealth. The extra hour that USA wanted does that. WWE finished 2015 with record revenues, so everything they are doing, TV included has been positive. I personally could live with just two hours of RAW but I'm not responsible for driving revenues, i'm just a mere fan.

As for creative, I guess we should ignore the crazy number of injuries and availability to key guys. Adding John Cena, The Rock, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Cesaro, and others would have helped move storylines along over the last 12 months. But what can you do? If WWE was a sports team, and they had that lineup of injuries, people would expect them to falter. As it is even with those setbacks WWE is the #1 rated show on cable on Monday, the #1 show most Thursdays on cable, going to have close to 100k people at Mania, have increased network subs, become a beacon of success on social media, and just posted a record revenue generating year. If anything, we should be singing their praises on here every day.