Posted October 28, 200519 yr comment_3779651 Apparently Meltzer in the last couple of Observers has been pointing out that Bobby Lashley is becoming a HUGE ratings draw. The first three times that Lashley has appeared on Smackdown in matches the ratings have gone up substantially, like 450,000 viewers each time. The top guys don't even pull in those numbers most of the time. A potential new star in the making?
October 28, 200519 yr comment_3779690 Seriously that much? Wow, amazing... Well, it would be but WWE will fuck up this potential star.
October 28, 200519 yr comment_3779875 Does Meltzer say anything specifically about when (what time) Lashley is put on TV? I don't put a lot of stock in this kinda thing (viewers per segment) as there are so many variables. Has Meltzer done any research/examination into the accuracy of these things?
October 28, 200519 yr comment_3780684 I don't buy into gaining viewers. No one really knows when a wrestler is going to be on.
October 28, 200519 yr comment_3781476 Well, actually it makes sense if you have been watching for any amount of time. If a segment sucks, you go away from the channel. If they announce someone is coming up while flipping the channels (which I have done), you make sure you stick around. You're right that you can't foreshadow when someone will be on unless you have net and spoiler access BUT if I am flipping the channels and see a segment that makes me put the remote down then I can see why they would jump.
October 28, 200519 yr comment_3781563 It used to bug me during the Monday Night Wars where they'd say certain guys were the reason segments would jump in ratings. I don't know about the rest of you, but I've never called friends to go put wrestling on because certain guys are on TV. There's certain quarter-hours that always get more viewership than others, and WWE just puts guys they want to get over in those segments so they can point to the ratings and say "see, he drew the highest rating of the show" when that part of the show would always get a high rating.
October 28, 200519 yr comment_3781586 Yeah, they did that with Stephanie for a long time. But those were in the days days of 2002 when we actually thought they were going to put the belt on her after Mania. I can see the stopping point. I do the stop thing to if it's someone interesting and I could see Lashley getting some stops since he's new.
October 28, 200519 yr comment_3782613 It's a good thing WWE is paying attention to these indicators closely enough to realize that Velocity is a good place to stick Lashley this week.
