How will Stephanie sabotage Smack to cover up for its eventual

>>2097179
She'll take AJ

What happened in early November?

>>2097182
Donald Trump

>>2097182
Blue lost the election

>>2097182
Big Papa Don worked the Liberals in to a shoot and all the Republicans were too busy celebrating to tune in to their man dramas

can't wait for next week to see if this was a fluke or just the end of RAM

>>2097221
The rating might be a fluke, I couldn't care less. It's not like SD will be cancelled if it is 0.5 mil behind RAW.

Smackdown is trying their hardest

Raw isn't

Raw's worst is Smackdown's equal

>>2097236
Then the last time Raw tried is 10+ years ago.

>>2097179
By bringing in Jewberg next week.

>>2097236
Raw has been doing their best with what they have. Hell, they're bringing back Goldberg next week to boost ratings. SDL managed it with current talent.

>>2097241
What they have is a hell of a lot more than Smackdown. They just do a piss poor job at managing them.

>>2097236
>Smackdown is trying their hardest
Rawtist damage control.

>>2097182
Undertaker returned

>>2097241
>doing their best
>actually believing this
Raw knows it will exist and they do not need nor require to exert the same amount of effort as Smackdown since they are the A+ brand

If SDL tanks they will just be absorbed by Raw and that's the end of it

>>2097241
>bringing in Goldberg/Brock is bad
>but not John Cena/Undertaker

Notice how the decline of Raw was much steeper during the first part of the year (Roman's title reign or in general much more Roman centered) and it's stable now, while SD went from slight decline to slight increase being the smark show.

Really makes you think.

>>2097250
Cena IS current talent. He just takes a lot of time off. Hell he did a huge programme with AJ at the split and another after a 4 week break, and now he's back.

Goldberg comes back for 1 Raw ever 4 weeks seemingly and Brock doesn't even bother anymore, he just sends Heyman with a promo package.

>>2097249
I don't think working out the same matches every week with no swerving and having Roman standing tall at the end of every show is trying their best to be fair

>>2097264

Personally, I tuned the fuck out from the Rumble until Summerslam. And even then only came back to watch SDL

>>2097275
>implying you don't want to see the champion Kevin Owens lose clean every week
>implying you don't want to see Jericho lose every single match

>>2097277
The fact is, SD often tries to give you a reason to watch the following week. Raw doesn't.

Raw is only relevant on the post PPV show, which is the most watched, and announces the next feuds and then nothing happens for weeks.

>>2097264
Record Low Romannetty does it again!

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>>2097179
DELETE

>>2097179
Draft AJ and Cena to RAW and send Romanetty to Smackdown.

>>2097300
No thanks. It's good that Roman ruins one show.

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RAW
>Competing with MNF
>Has to fill 3 hours
>Has a transitional smark neckbeard champ

SD
>Competes with no must-watch primetime show
>Only 2 hours
>Champ is most over wrestler on either roster

RAW still outperforms, smacklads on suicide watch

>>2097357
RAW
>Roman

done, smack won by a landslide

>>2097179
La Luchadora will turn out to be Steph herself.

it took 2 years for RAW to beat Nitro. If Smackdown continues to be at least watchable, by the end of next year smack might be beating RAW every week.

>>2097438
That's something of a misnomer because RAW & Nitro traded wins for nearly all the first year of the MNW.

>Have one show struggle to stay at 2.5
>Create 2 shows and split up talent that stay at 2 consistently

Where were you when you realized that Vince is a genius. Turned something out of literal nothing with he brand split by exploiting his market for more ad revenue

>>2097179
Average RAM ratings, past 5 years:
>2012: 3.0
>2013: 3.0
>2014: 2.95
>2015: 2.64
>2016: 2.28 (as of Dec. 5)

How is Vince allowing this? You'd think he'd be throwing shit at the wall like crazy but
by all accounts he's okay with the company's direction

>>2097236
There hasn't been any effort put into RAW for at least 5 years.

A mediocre Smackdown is still leagues better than a """good""" RAW. Raw even has the superior roster and still can't be watchable.

>>2097357
>transitional

Been champ for half a year and counting.

How do I know you're a retard, pedoRamen? Cause you don't know the meaning of basic, multi-syllable words.

>>2097623
>pedoRamen
Your catchphrases will never get over

>>2097248
KEK underrated post

>>2097465
WWE is still the only game on TV.

Doesn't really matter if the ratings are historically-low as long as it's still being aired and people keep watching.

>>2097181
And ruin him

>>2097264
WE'VE GOT A POTATO HERE

The average rating for RAM in the 1st quarter of 2016 was higher than the second quarter, and the second quarter higher than the third, and the third higher than the forth.

Fact is Roman drew higher ratings as the champ - the first quarter. The ratings are at ALL TIME LOWS with Eat Owens as the champ.

>>2097221
It was a one-time thing. Lions/Cowboys was the best rated MNF game in a very long time and SmackDown pulled out all the stops for the Wild Card Finals with three (really damn good) championship matches and the return of John Cena. Now Monday Night Football's over AND Goldberg is on Raw next week, so expect Raw to beat SmackDown pretty bad.

HAVING SAID THAT, there's two key things to take away here, unrelated to the one night that SmackDown did beat Raw.
>Raw's been dropping consistently for a long time now and if you went back to 2015, it'd look even worse.
>SmackDown can pop a pretty good rating despite its thin roster by treating its shows as important and promoting them a lot, well in advance.
If SmackDown keeps bolstering its roster this way and treats its show as important and isn't afraid to give you a big show during long stretches of time where it doesn't have a PPV and if Raw keeps sucking, then eventually, it could very well overtake on a more consistent basis.

>>2097264
The big spike in April is the Raw after Mania and the big spike in June is the Raw after MitB.

In between those two spikes is Roman's reign. For not having any football to compete against, that's pretty fuckin' bad.

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Smackdownies delusional and retarded. Raw will bury them in 2017. Roman Reigns will usher in the new boom period.

>>2097695
[doubt]

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>>2097670

>>2097695
>Roman Reigns will usher in the new boo period

Agreed

>>2097731
Heh.

>>2097676
tips fedoramen

first half is always higher because of Wrestlemania and no football season

nothing changes that Raw was losing 100k viewers a week when Roman was champion, under fatass at least it's stable

>>2097837
you might change your nick to that, we know it's your regardless, at least people will stop calling you that

>>2097248
lel