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An interesting column from former WCW broadcaster and current WSB Radio sports director Tony Schiavone regarding some of the influences professional wrestling has on legitimate sporting events. Make of it what you will, but it makes for interesting reading.
But you know what else makes for interesting reading? Tony’s thoughts on people singing the Star Spangled Banner… or at least the ones that do it BADLY.
“Get the hook” indeed.
(2020 Update: Six years after this was posted, truer words were never spoken.)
Pretty sure this is a joke poster… but given all the negative news out of the TNA camp… it could be their future.
Not that I “hate” TNA… because that would require me to CARE about TNA… which I just don’t.
The show itself was not too bad. Wasn’t fantastic or anything, but for a throwaway PPV where you pretty much knew what to expect for the most part, it was fairly entertaining stuff. Not only that, but Randy Orton makes history by not putting me to sleep… oh and there was a unification of championships or something to that extent… but nobody cares about that sort of thing, do they?
Exactly…
Did not bother to watch the “main event” match because I did not care about Big Show vs Orton… but the show itself was pretty bleh in general. Nothing outstanding or anything of note. Almost as if it was a big colossal waste of time. I’d normally save my thoughts for the upcoming DTM-Cast this weekend, but my mind has been so numb on the show that I just won’t bother. Just as well, because I have to compile that schedule.
So according to this Wrestlenewz post (which furthers a link to the Zap2It source page):
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon’s confrontation with Big Show failed to entice a good number of fans as viewership continuously dropped during the show.
Monday’s episode drew 3.887 million viewers, according to Zap2it.com. This is down from 4.152 million the week before.
Raw viewership peaked during the first hour, drawing 4.069 million viewers. The second hour drew 3.951 million viewers, before plunging to 3.643 million in the third and final hour featuring a confrontation between the power couple and “The World’s Largest Athlete.”
The final rating is expected to be released later today.
I guess nobody gives a rat’s ass about Big Show vs. Orton for the title, huh? I honestly didn’t watch either, so… yeah.
Someone has too much time on their hands here… and we salute them for it.
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