WWE Dominates the Internet

[FlamesofFury]

June 22, 2007

The tragedy that befell Mr. McMahon when his limousine exploded on the June 11 edition of “Monday Night RAW†created an explosion of interest across the Internet.

Last week, WWE was No. 1 and Vince McMahon was No. 3 on Yahoo’s “top leaders†list with Paris Hilton separating them. Mr. McMahon was also on the “top mover†list coming in at No. 13. The WWE also experienced the biggest jump on this week's Lycos 50, coming in at No. 2 behind Ms. Hilton. There was an incredible 9,800% spike in search activity for Mr. McMahon on Lycos.

WWE fans flocked to WWE.com for the latest information on Mr. McMahon’s fate. Early Tuesday, June 12, between 12 a.m. and 1a.m., WWE.com had more than four times the number of page views as the previous night and more than two times the number of page views from the previous week following the “One Night Stand†pay-per-view. WWE.com saw a 50 percent increase in unique visitors from the day before! Total page views for June 12 were 36.8 million with 2 million daily unique visitors, blowing away the WWE.com three month average of 14.3 million page views and 1 million unique visitors.


Well the WWE could use some of those unique visitors or first time visitors for a little bit of a ratings boost for Raw and ECW. I think everybody could see that coming that WWE or Vince McMahon would be the top hit on one internet search engine.

 

[pastavirus]

It's brilliant when you think about it. This whole angle has hooked in people who haven't even watched Raw in years. It's the same as when he advertised that Trump and Rosie were going to fight. People who aren't even interested are tuning in and watching Raw and going to WWE.com.

 

[Bring Me To Life]

Even though doing this is wrong the WWE are still clever

 

[Kris P. Kareem]

as i have said in previous threads, Vince is a genius, this is the kind of stuff that makes WWE better than TNA

 

[He who knows more than Nation]

You can't call a publicity stunt genius. You have to wait for the overall effect that this stunt is going to have on the company. Yeah, it got the WWE the top spot on a Lycos 50 for ONE WEEK, but look and see how far they dip next week and the week after that and so on until the end of this angle. It was a publicity stunt that got the intended reaction that such a stunt would cause.People who haven't kept up with the product who heard of his "death" wanted to see if his death was legit and that's the reason the WWE had a huge jump on Lycos 50. How many of those people were either offended or further turned off to WWE because it's a hoax? I'd imagine the quarter rating point increase wont last too long either. The WWE has the track record to prove it. XFL? Highest rated debut ever and the lowest rated primetime show ever just six weeks later. Its akin to the Billy and Chuck gay wedding. Everyone was talking about the WWE for that week, they topped search engines, tabloid shows and whatnot but where did that go? How long did the ratings stay high? When people find something tasteless they turn off. They turned off after B+C, which was tasteless, and this is far more tasteless than butt fuckers, believe me this is just a temporary spike. The WWE will always have the core audience but this isn't the angle to keep the fans it initially intrigued to keep viewing and it is far from genius or at least it remains to be seen.

 

[excellence of execution]

this is not the 1st time they are doing it too remember triple h in a limo being crushed,there were also limo crushing in wcw angles,once a limo crushing by a white hummer that supposedly belonged to hogan.limos have always played an important role in storylines,the sad thing is that the entire mcmahon family and britney spears should have been with vinnie mac in that limo when it exploded:

 

[pastavirus]

Well according to Mr. FBI guy, There WAS another celebrity in the limo before or during the Explosion!

 

[cena542007]

wow....