TNA's booking does NOT suck, and I can prove it!

[dstebbins]

I can sum it up in one word: Ratings.

That's right, folks. In the past year, TNA Impact has experienced a near doubling in average Neilson ratings. In fact, this past Thursday was TNA's highest rated broadcast EVER, above all the weekly PPVs, the FSN era, the online era, and the Spike era. Oh, and may I point out that the Impact that got this rating came IMMEDIANTLY after the Impact where the infamous Winner-Takes-All match was booked? Yep, everyone on the internet, even on other wrestling sites, have condemned and bitched and complained about how horrible and stupid this angle was, yet immediantly after, more people tuned in to see this week's Impact than any other TNA broadcast in history! Coincidence? I'd say the odds are 1 in 10 in my estimates.

People, you can argue about how "stupid" and "horrible" this angle is, but the numbers don't lie. People reason with facts. Facts prove things, and facts show that TNA's booking is good.

So people, from now on, if you want to say TNA's booking sucks, then you'll have to contradict the numbers. Sorry, but TNA wins. You don't. In the words of Lance Hoyt, "If you can, live with it.":clap:

 

[Viva La Luke]

Funny how you never mention the actual rating that there getting last time i checked there highest rating was a 1.2 (i could be wrong) but it's around there.

These numbers are nothing spectactular in fact on Average ECW thats right ECW, WWE's C show pulls better ratings than TNA.
So for a show (iMPACT) that all you TNA fans claim to be better than WWE because there having better ratings, put it in perspective. They may be getting better ratings but these ratings in itself are nothing good.

And the booking does suck, and you can't blame this on Russo TNA fans, the creative control lies with Jarret and Mantel so blame them for TNA's Booking.

 

[Fatal 55]

So is that meant to meen the booking doesn't suck...

I'm sorry but "Yes the ratings may be up" but it's because TNA's growing, not because the quality of the storylines.

TNA were at their peak in 2005 giving us countless amounts of ***** PPV's month after month...

Same for 2006 for some part's of it, (Bound For Glory 06). For you 2 come here & say that the ratings are because of the whole champions storylines is wrong.

I'll say again.

TNA 2005 -- Jeff Hardy & Jeff Jarrett Main Eventing -- > TNA 2007 -- Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe Main Eventing...

 

[ROHisWrestling]

I like the 2007 one better lol. Well, I am a pretty big TNA fan but I have to admit that the booking is terrible, why the hell are they putting every single title on either Joe or Angle? It just isnt that great. At least they are getting higher ratings and im sure the ratings will get even higher once they get 2 hours in September.

 

[PeepShow]

Dstebbins, Im a huge TNA mark, but quit posting this shit. Everyone knows TNA doesnt suck. Ive seen these types of threads countless time, thats why Im starting to get pissed....no:

 

[KenFan4life]

Their Writers suck, but their roster's still cabable of putting on some good matches.

 

[Dylanfsd]

^^Yeah I agree.There writes suck, but they have great talent.I enjoy TNA just it's starting to look like it's gonna end somewhere, that is WCW.

 

[dstebbins]

Okay, I understand the ratings are still bad compared to WWE's, but come on, WWE has been around a HELL of a lot longer than TNA, and they had enough time to build up these ratings. When WWE first came into being (when it was called WWWF for World Wide Wrestling Federation), the ratings were about as good as TNA's.

Yes, TNA's ratings are still lower than WWE's, but they're growing. That's what business and economy is all about: Growth. If you're not growing, you're decaying. Growth is the most important thing in anything humans do.

 

[Fatal 55]

What i'm saying is... You spent money on brining in Sting, Cage & Angle who could probably bringin a hell of a lot more ratings but no... stil averaging 1.0!

So why spend more money on guys like that when they bring no extra ratings in over other guys who are cheaper to have such as Monty brown, Sabu & Jeff Hardy who are still as entertaining as them or even more. (It's Fact... 2005 > 2007... The buy rates show that)

Answer that!

 

[Rell]

It seems a few people have a misconception as to what ratings are, I want to give my opinion as to what ratings are. Ratings are sign of widespread popularity, thats all. High ratings don't exactly equal quality. TNA iMPACT doesn't exactly receive "Huge" ratings, does that mean they are not worth while? Not at all. WWE receives pretty good ratings week in, week out. I'm sure most of you will agree with me when I say the quality of WWE's product the past few months have not exactly been good, but the ratings would show the opposite (with the exception of ECW). This is where the misconception comes in. People see a high rating and automatically believes the product is good, thats not the case. Lets put it this way...Britney Spears is one of the highest selling artist, does that men she is the most talented artist? Not at all, all it shows is her popularity!!

At this moment, I believe TNA has the best quality wrestling of the two promotions, but the ratings definitely doesn't show it. I believe some of you are giving ratings more meaning than what it really is. I'm not expecting TNA to compete with WWE ratings wise any time soon, but WWE having higher ratings doesn't exactly mean the quality of the shows are better. It means WWE is more popular than TNA, and Its understandable. WWE has been around for how long?

 

[dstebbins]

What i'm saying is... You spent money on brining in Sting, Cage & Angle who could probably bringin a hell of a lot more ratings but no... stil averaging 1.0!

So why spend more money on guys like that when they bring no extra ratings in over other guys who are cheaper to have such as Monty brown, Sabu & Jeff Hardy who are still as entertaining as them or even more. (It's Fact... 2005 > 2007... The buy rates show that)

Answer that!

Sting brought in ratings up until he ran his retirement promo. Everyone expected him to come back full time and be World Champ the next month, and when he didn't, everyone was so mad at TNA that they stopped watching for a while.

And Angle is a large reason why TNA's ratings in the past year have increased so much.

And ratings do matter. Even if they're not a sign of how "good" the product is, arguing about a products quality is a fool's debate because it's purely an opinion. Can you say "opinion?" To each their own. Different strokes for different folks. One person disagreeing with one other person, even if it's a child against the fucking Pope, doesn't disprove either one.

Ratings, on the other hand, are cold hard facts. We were taught the difference between opinion and fact in FIRST GRADE! You can't argue with facts. Facts prove things, not opinions. When you're using facts, there's no "Well I disagree with you." There's no "to each their own." There's just what's right and what's wrong. If you're not right, you're wrong. End of story. It's that simple. There is no gray area. There is no half-way. According the the ratings, aka the FACTS, I'm right, and you're wrong. I wish people would just accept that.

Someone tell me what's so complicated about this. PLEASE!

 

[samborambo]

^^ Agree totally with the post above, TNA is a very good in ring product they just do not generate cash like WWE , so can not promote there product as well as WWE, Also WWE has fans that have been loyal for 20 years or more, TNA does not have that fan base,

 

[The Rated R CMStar]

This posts help in nothing. The WWE marks will always hate and bash TNA. The raise in the ratings are a mixture between WWE's current pos-Benoit moment and the fact that TNA is growing.

Still, it is pretty lame that a show with Morrison, Punk, Burke, Cor Von, Daddy V and The Miz draws better ratings than Angle, Sting, Cage, Styles.

Booking in TNA sucks, and storylines too. Even WWE drew a good rating after the Vince's death angle.

 

[Cynic Clinic]

Dude, people don't tune in for TNA's booking. It still sucks.

 

[JJdaBuckeye]

TNA's booking sucks. WWE's does to! Look at fucking Smackdown! When was the last time WWE had an actual STORYLINE (besides Vince's Death that never finished).

TNA is growing. Thats true. But it will still be MANY years before they are competition for WWE. And TNA's future is all decided now by WWE. WWE can ignore them like they do, and then be messed when TNA grows. Or WWE can buy them out, and get rid of the problem. Its all up to WWE now.

TNA's booking sucks. But their rating are growing.