General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Barry Poppins]

i would still bet money that there's more eyeballs around the world watching wrestling now than every before. its just not all on tv

I mean you're not wrong, the advent of the internet made it impossible for it to be any less watched than ever before.

 

[Comrade Khan]

yeah pretty much Chris. its just measured in so many different metrics now

 

[Comrade Khan]

its not as tangible as gates and ratings anymore really is my only point

 

[Chris]

And even by old school metrics, AEW packed United Stadium and WWE had allegedly 50k in Vegas the next night. That's pretty fucking successful

 

[Barry Poppins]

its not as tangible as gates and ratings anymore really is my only point

For sure, back then the gates were the important part and tv ratings were a secondary part of it.

 

[InsaneAlphaBeta]

Nah that isnt the case Chris, during the days of the attitude era they had several million viewers, now they are down to just around 1 or 2, they have lost around 80% of their audience over the years and over time it just keeps dropping more and more.

 

[Chris]

(Not saying it's better adjusted for inflation compared to 80s tho)

 

[Comrade Khan]

For sure, back then the gates were the important part and tv ratings were a secondary part of it.

yeah now its weird, where the tv contract money is the biggest piece of the pie

 

[Chris]

Nah that isnt the case Chris, during the days of the attitude era they had several million viewers, now they are down to just around 1 or 2, they have lost around 80% of their audience over the years and over time it just keeps dropping more and more.

are these not just US numbers?

 

[Comrade Khan]

basically gettingtheir money up front now

 

[Comrade Khan]

are these not just US numbers?

this is an important distinction

 

[Chris]

How many people in Denmark were watching the attitude era compared to rn?

 

[Barry Poppins]

yeah now its weird, where the tv contract money is the biggest piece of the pie

Exactly, which is what Jim Cornette's biggest problem with wrestling had become. When he was wrestling, it was the gate that was the important part, you used TV to drive people to the events so the gate is bigger and you get a bigger slice of it; nowadays, it's the ratings that are more important and tbh it's probably been this way since 1995.

 

[Comrade Khan]

US tv numbers have fell but their international numbers im sure have all grown yer to year on replays and the likes. but it also doesnt matter to wwe because again they get their $ up front

 

[InsaneAlphaBeta]

That is an important distrinction true, but truth be told if we do cosnider the possible numbers outside of the US then their numbers in the attitude era were even bigger then too