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Ring Rust: Really, is this what we want?
Really is this what we want?
I saw this posted on another wrestling website and I had to comment.
Business Week recently did a story on WWE using the celebrity guest hosts on Raw. When discussing the use of the celebrities, Stephanie McMahon made the following comments…
“When Donald took over we realized that our audience wanted to see something new. We have the ability to change our story line to suit whoever hosts.”
She also said that they were talking to Freddie Prinze Jr., Bob Barker and the Reverend Al Sharpton about hosting Raw in the future.
Really Stephanie McMahon? I mean really? Do you and the other higher ups at WWE really think the high ratings on a commercial free RAW were for Donald Trump? Did you guys all forget that that show was advertized heavily for a week on every show you produce as being commercial free? I know for a fact me and several other Couch Pirates tuned in to see a commercial free RAW, not to see “The Donald”.
I also know for a fact we all hate these guest hosts. We are your customers, we buy the PPV’s, we buy the shirts, we buy your video games, we go to the live local shows, we even went to Wrestlemania 25, some of us (including myself) even buy your action figures. We are the customer’s voice, why aren’t you listening?
I say this. You guys run another two hour commercial free RAW, promote the crap out of it like you did before, advertize a World Title #1 contender tournament like you did before. But this time do it without a Donald Trump or a ZZ Top, heck let a WWE GM like Teddy Long guest host. Then let the people watch and enjoy and I promise you ratings will be high. You guys missed the biggest and best gimmick for ratings you have had to date, it’s not a celebrity guest host it is commercial free television.
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You are the only one that buys the action figures. And to be the devil’s advocate Shaq did drive up the ratings to 3.95. That is pretty substantial but goes to the point that they should just pick better guest hosts. However, the other hosts have not greatly affected the ratings they were already getting. Those three hosts they mentioned are freaking terrible and shows they may not really get the point.
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To the wrestling crowd Shaq was by far the biggest name they have had on TV. Regardless gaging a spike in ratings on a commercial free night that Trump was on is no way to test the theory that we fans love non-wrestling stars on a wrestling show.
“You are the only one that buys the action figures.”
Really? Are you the only person I talk wrestling with? Scared I was going to link you buying a figure… oh wait you did buy a figure, I believe it was a Scott Hall figure. Busted!
No Couch Pirate buys as many wrestling figures as me. But on occasion they do buy one.
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Ok, I bought one, LOL. But it doesn’t count as a wrestling figure, Scott Hall is a human icon.
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I buy action figures that I can convert into Beefboy figures!
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