AEW Dynamite Grand Slam September 25th, 2024: Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness

[Comrade Khan]

especially that earlier this week he was dooming about the grand slam tickets without reporting the numbers sold lol

 

[Chris]

If he can't even say a record WNBA number when mentioning a Dynamite number then it's pretty over for the IWC. Saying competition has never been an excuse for the decades it's been done

 

[Comrade Khan]

If he can't even say a record WNBA number when mentioning a Dynamite number then it's pretty over for the IWC. Saying competition has never been an excuse for the decades it's been done

it's especially infuriating when Monday Night Football is killing RAW ratings and everyone can be cool about it and normal. but not here for some reason. especially on a week where the rating was "relatively" good. It hurts my brain

 

[Comrade Khan]

like tv is only dying when it suits the narrative i guess lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

I get the feeling there's a undercurrent of sexism too because people really don't like to admit women's sports is doing well in ratings (not that i think sky was doing that tho, more of general feeling)

 

[Comrade Khan]

Game 2 of the first-round WNBA playoff matchup between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun averaged 2.54 million viewers for ESPN on Wednesday, - just fyi

 

[Smart Marx]

That honestly shocks me, but that’s awesome news.

I also have no idea what numbers they did when tv was hotter, though, to be fair. That aside, those are definitely good numbers for today.

 

[Comrade Khan]

That honestly shocks me, but that’s awesome news. I also have no idea what numbers they did when tv was hotter, though, to be fair. That aside, those are definitely good numbers for today.

apparently wnba is doing their highest ratings in like 25 years maybe longer

 

[Comrade Khan]

saw an article on espn about it

 

[Smart Marx]

apparently wnba is doing their highest ratings in like 25 years maybe longer

Which makes that even more impressive. You have to add tv inflation on that if they’re outdoing even 1999 numbers.

 

[Chris]

These are their highest ratings ever since they debuted in the late 90s in some cases

 

[Comrade Khan]

Which makes that even more impressive. You have to add tv inflation on that if they’re outdoing even 1999 numbers.

i think its likely a combination of good marketing for the sport itself, tv having nothing interesting on except live sports and events and a successful branding of female atheltes which they were never able to do before until maybe the us womens soccer team boom

 

[Comrade Khan]

sports seem to get big on tv these days because of a) marketable individual atheltes and b) sports betting (which is imo the main rason why football is insanely popular now more than ever, everyone has a fantasy team so even casuals watch)

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Caitlin Clark added a lot of fans. Even to other teams, but she’s like the main draw for the WNBA. It’s no shock the actual game mentioned is one she was in.

 

[Smart Marx]

I don’t disagree with that. For the first time in forever you said a name of a wnba player and I knew who that was without using context clues.