Smackdown Live Discussion 8/27/2021

[Jacob Fox]

WHEN

United States: Friday Night, August 27th, 2021, at 8pm EST/7pm CST on Fox
United Kingdom: Saturday Morning, August 28th, 2021, at 1AM on Sky Sports 5 HD

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[Marty McFourth]

I'll join in with this tonight. See you there. First time I'm watching live in a while to see Becky Lynch.

 

[Jacob Fox]

I haven't watched Smackdown in forever but I think I needed a break. I have been watching WWE for 31 years. I was a bit burned out

 

[Marty McFourth]

I haven't watched Smackdown in forever but I think I needed a break. I have been watching WWE for 31 years. I was a bit burned out

Same here my dude. I usually tend to watch YouTube clips of WWE as it is easier to digest. Lately though, I've been finding Smackdown worthy of my time and unlike RAW I don't find it to drag along. The 2 hours is a lot better and the roster is pretty stacked.

 

[Jacob Fox]

Well I am just glad that someone will be chatting lol I have not watched it in a while but hey, I'll give it a chance. The three hours is the death of Raw

 

[Marty McFourth]

Well I am just glad that someone will be chatting lol I have not watched it in a while but hey, I'll give it a chance. The three hours is the death of Raw

I think tonight's show should be jam packed with the returns. I can't imagine it won't be worth your time.

3 hours is just too much for a wrestling show unless it's a PPV, not enough notable things happen on RAW to warrant the runtime.

 

[Jacob Fox]

I remember when Nitro went to three hours. That was one of the things that killed them

 

[Kross Rhodes]

Creatively speaking, yes, but it actually made them their most profit ever for 1998. One of the things no one usually realizes is the reason WCW was $60 million in the hole in 2000 was they cut Nitro back tp 2 hours at the start of the year and those ads bringing in a lot of money.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Creatively speaking, yes, but it actually made them their most profit ever for 1998. One of the things no one usually realizes is the reason WCW was $60 million in the hole in 2000 was they cut Nitro back tp 2 hours at the start of the year and those ads bringing in a lot of money.

Yeah I'm guessing this is why RAW isn't likely to change back to 2 hours anytime soon, either. I'm sure the revenue loss from commercials would be quite a lot. Even though creatively it could really use it because they spend way too much time trying to fill it up with random stuff.

Really glad Smackdown is only 2 hours. You do get filler on occasion but feels like a much more tightly paced show.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I think I've figured out this chat business. Hallo. I'll be switching between 3 tabs, wish me luck

 

[Marty McFourth]

I need a dual monitor set-up for my PC and get in to 2021 already.

 

[Nostradamus]

Hi Fourth Wall, welcome to hell

 

[Marty McFourth]

I'm ready

 

[Jacob Fox]

Creatively speaking, yes, but it actually made them their most profit ever for 1998. One of the things no one usually realizes is the reason WCW was $60 million in the hole in 2000 was they cut Nitro back tp 2 hours at the start of the year and those ads bringing in a lot of money.

Yeah, that is something. But still it began costing them viewers and Bischoff was complete mad about Nitro ratings above anything else.

But there were a lot of other reasons they were in the hole. Guaranteed contracts, expensive plane tickets (which is weird buy true), and a lot of other factors. It wasn't just ad revenue. The ad revenue may have helped them, like it does with Raw,

Have you read the Death of WCW? Pretty good and well researched book which completely dissects what happened to them. It was a fascinating read.

 

[Nostradamus]