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Post by tafkaga on Nov 7, 2005 21:55:14 GMT -5
The fact that more people didn't watch more than likely has more to do with advertising than the actual quality of the show.
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Post by thefamoustommyz on Nov 7, 2005 23:06:51 GMT -5
And that no one had any friends to call when Tenay begged them to call everyone they knew.
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Post by tafkaga on Nov 8, 2005 2:34:42 GMT -5
Yeah but I mean... how many people are going to drop what they're doing and run to their TV anyway? I'm betting that not too many calls like that even went out.
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Post by GalactiKing on Nov 8, 2005 11:55:49 GMT -5
Well I don't watch Spike anymore so I can't say for sure, but I've read that the show was heavily promoted. I just don't think the casual fan sees TNA as an alternative to the WWE and maybe that's because most of the main eventers are ex-WWErs
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Post by tafkaga on Nov 8, 2005 13:33:59 GMT -5
You may be right Troy. I really don't get it... I don't think that putting Jarrett and Nash at the top of the card is going to draw anyone... not even the most casual of casual fans. The only time that Nash was ever interesting was when he was tagging around with Scott Hall. His tenure as WWF champ was at about the lowest point int he company's history. Jarrett was the "king of the mountain" in WCW when it was flushed down the toilet. There's nothing about these guys that has ever been that great of a draw. I won't object to using old WWE guys, but using one of the most un-interesting and injury prone wrestlers of all time is not going to cut it. Neither is using a glorified midcarder who was only interesting when he had a Wrestlecrap gimmick.
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Post by swarm on Nov 8, 2005 14:34:12 GMT -5
The fact that more people didn't watch more than likely has more to do with advertising than the actual quality of the show. I don't know. A few weeks ago TNA was the pretty new girl at school and every boy in class wanted to sit by her... I think the initial excitement is wearing off. |
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Post by tafkaga on Nov 8, 2005 15:40:59 GMT -5
I don't know. A few weeks ago TNA was the pretty new girl at school and every boy in class wanted to sit by her... I think the initial excitement is wearing off. I don't think so. TNA has maintained the same rating since their debut... a .8. That tells me that the same people are checking it out every week. The problem seems to be that they aren't attracting new viewers, not that they're losing their old ones. I heard an interesting analysis on the Voice of Wrestling radio show. The dude said that from a certain perspective that TNA is doing better than Raw, because Impact has kept its viewer base and has yet to fall off any. Raw on the other hand has steadily lost more viewers every week since debuting on USA. |
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