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Post by jason88cubs on Apr 30, 2024 20:04:52 GMT -5
when WCW started getting beat in ratings was there any discussion of putting Nitro on a different night? They did for Thunder
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Post by LA Times on Apr 30, 2024 20:16:44 GMT -5
That suggestion might have been tossed around but it wouldve been waving a white flag. 1999-2001 WCW was so bad, the show and ratings were going to suck no matter what night Nitro was going to be on.
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Post by The Brain on Apr 30, 2024 20:21:00 GMT -5
That suggestion might have been tossed around but it wouldve been waving a white flag. 1999-2001 WCW was so bad, the show and ratings were going to suck no matter what night Nitro was going to be on. Yep after the finger poke of doom it was all downhill. No day changing was gonna help |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 30, 2024 21:56:08 GMT -5
Day changing would at least help a lil bit? Maybe a small amount lol
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Post by ClassicFan2 on May 1, 2024 9:30:01 GMT -5
i said it back then, it would def hav helped some. then people didnt hav to choose between the 2 and the better wwf option.
then its another night people get to watch wresting and may hv tuned in more!
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Post by JokerFC on May 1, 2024 10:06:32 GMT -5
It's hard to know but audiences were sick of the swerves...Superbrawl IX did a powerful buyrate but it'd be their last.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on May 2, 2024 14:38:29 GMT -5
Probably cause WCW Nitro doesn't exist anymore.
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Post by ClassicFan2 on May 2, 2024 18:47:38 GMT -5
Probably cause WCW Nitro doesn't exist anymore. OP said "when WCW started getting beat in ratings was there any discussion of putting Nitro on a different night?" |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on May 2, 2024 22:29:12 GMT -5
Probably cause WCW Nitro doesn't exist anymore. OP said "when WCW started getting beat in ratings was there any discussion of putting Nitro on a different night?"
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Post by JokerFC on May 3, 2024 2:37:00 GMT -5
Its interesting to look back on...but when you read Guy Evans book? Its pretty plain to see that WB wanted no part of wrestling even if it was doing ok.
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Post by cordless2016 on May 4, 2024 7:37:04 GMT -5
Honestly, I don’t think Time/Warner cared. Regardless of whether WCW was doing good or bad, they just didn’t care to have wrestling on their network regardless of the night it was on.
Hell, even before the merger Bischoff has said that the writing was on the wall that Ted was the only “corporate head” that cared for it. Nobody else gave a damn about WCW or wrestling in general.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on May 16, 2024 12:28:55 GMT -5
Honestly, I don’t think Time/Warner cared. Regardless of whether WCW was doing good or bad, they just didn’t care to have wrestling on their network regardless of the night it was on. Hell, even before the merger Bischoff has said that the writing was on the wall that Ted was the only “corporate head” that cared for it. Nobody else gave a damn about WCW or wrestling in general. It would have been great to have em on a new network, on a new night. Lots of potential there. |
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