There's nothing better than a 5 star match either, considering that it's a 5/5. Yet we still have 7 star matches on record...
Using that logic, it can be fair to deduct that a show grade could be an average of all combined grades, however the rater wants to break that down. First 2 hours were an 8 in this case, and if that was the whole show, it would've stayed an 8. The contract signing sucked, easily a 4, so let's see... 8 + 4 is 12, and 12 divided by 2 is 6. But then the last 45-minutes or so, with everything involving Buddy Murphy (not JUST because of him, but for sake of shortening it, everything great in the end just happened to include him), that would probably rank as an 18 out of 10. So 18 + 8 + 4 would be 30, divided by 3, which gives an average show ranking of 10 out of ten.
Now obviously, I don't think the last few segments would score an 18/10. But as an example of how someone could come up with that, while also using the numbers I provided. Now doesn't Meltzer seem sorta silly? Because the sad thing is, is that it would somehow actually make sense to him giving something an 18/10
Okay yeah look, Meltzer is silly lol. Thats a given, but again we arent talking about Meltzers broken star system, we are talking about rating a show which is very..very different.
Look, I think the show was a 10/10. A near perfect episode of Raw, that I would hope they more or less use as a template for future episodes. That's what we're rating things on after all, right? Our opinions? Or did I miss the section with the detailed scoresheets that detail exactly how to break down Raw, exactly what kind of score to give for certain things or how many points to take away for other certain things, etc. Like, shit dude, maybe I have no idea how to give my opinion on something, specifically wrestling. Can you give me pointers on what I should and shouldn't be enjoying when I watch? Maybe I've been liking all the wrong things the past 27 years of being a fan. Please, help me be a REAL fan so that my score of what my OPINION of Raw was can match yours exactly, and so I can stop giving "troll rankings" and pretty detailed reasonings behind said "troll rankings". I enjoy the Lashley/Lana/Rusev stuff and you don't, so clearly either I'm wrong or I'm just a troll because I can't POSSIBLY have an opinion or taste that is different than yours.
Thats not at all what im saying, im saying your words arent matching up.
Again, you said a near perfect show, yet said the first 2 hours was a 8/10 and the contract signing brought it to a 6/10, and then because you enjoyed the last stuff so much it brought it up to a 10/10 despite the flaws it had, it just doesnt add up to me.
And also, here is another thing to consider, if you rate every single episode of raw 10/10 every single week, which you do, you leave zero room for growth, let me explain.
Raw has a average episode, and by average i mean its just as good as last week, no different you will rate it 10/10, every week, if the show isnt as good, your still gonna rate it 10/10, if the show is amazing and WWE just NAILS it for eveyrone, still 10/10
You see the problem here?its impossible to tell which weeks are great and not great because all you ever give it is 10/10, i dont think ive ever seen you give it anything lower, theres no bar, theres no room for improvement, hell if i made it a ?? out of 20 youd go straight to 20 and every week would be 20 out of 20, thats what im getting at here.
And here is the thing, im by no means saying Raw was bad, everyone ive seen talk about it has said great things and from what i did see it was a damn solid show, but just because it was the best in awhile that doesnt mean its instant 10/10, because its still got its flaws.
I aint telling you what to like or how to like it, im just saying that by rating it 10/10 every single week, it leaves no room for episodes that truely are some of the all time greats.
And none of that is even getting to my original point that rating raw 10/10, a nearly perfect show as you said, makes no sense when you yourself said 2 hours of it was 8/10 then the contract made it 6/10, that does not sound like a nearly perfect show to me, that to me says the show was average at the start, tanked at the contract signing, but got good at the end, making it a solid 8/10 or 9/10, because if it takes 2 hours to get to the great stuff then the show is definately not nearly perfect.
But i digress, i aint telling you what to like, i aint saying like what i like, im just saying by rating it 10 every week you leave no wiggle room to really determine what makes a show good, and it really doesnt seem like raw was nearly perfect when it had the issues you stated, your reasoning just doesnt add up with your own words. Atleast to me they dont.
