06.01.2011, 22:06
Während der Attitude Era haben nicht mehr Leute RAW geschaut als in 2010. It's true, it's damn true.
Zitat:A number of comments left on the poll sited ratings numbers as proof of the inferiority of today's product. The ratings are down. There is no denying that fewer people watch wrestling on Monday night than they used to. The ratings system is very confusing and it is very easy and understandable for someone to look at the ratings and say they are significantly lower. Wrestleview's own Adam Martin did a fantastic radio show on the subject back in August. Ratings are based off how many people get that channel and watch it. Today the channel is open to a lot more people, so the even if the same number of people watch a show, the ratings will go down. Martin took numbers from a Raw in July of 2000 and matched it against the ratings of a Raw in July of 2010. The difference? The 2000 episode had five million viewers while the 2010 show came in with 4.8 million. That's it. The ratings were down, but not by much at all. However, more people did indeed watch wrestling on Monday nights because there was a fairly decent audience that watched a little show called Nitro. So while wrestling has become less popular overall, Raw still pulls a strong audience. Nobody can make the argument that wrestling is as popular today as it was during the Attitude Era. It is simply not true. But to say that the ratings are nowhere near what they were is also not true. The actual ratings numbers are down and drawing the conclusion that the audience has essentially been cut in half is understandable, but holds no water when you get down to the numbers.