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6 years ago @ LordsofPain.net - Spoilers on the Card f... · 0 replies · +3 points
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Looking at the TNA ratings, there remain large jumps on the Hardy episodes. This means that while they're drawing eyes to the product, a large number of those eyes aren't sticking around week to week - they're only tuning in when they know the Hardys will be featured. Given their ages and the fact they're asking for things like creative control, I think it's likely that neither of them would have been working full time schedules under the new deals. With a company as financially volatile as TNA, is what they're getting in terms of rating bumps on the episodes the Hardys are featured worth what they likely would be paying the Hardys, particularly given the hot gimmick and how likely it is that their pay would've jumped under the new deal because of it? Is there enough confidence in the new (old) creative team putting compelling pieces around them that they could've increased that viewer retention had they stuck around?
Now the flip side to this is that conceivably by losing the Hardys, they not only lose those propped up ratings spikes every few weeks, but they also see a shrink in the more static week to week numbers from more loyal fans who tune out because the Hardys walked. But this might be offset at least by the older TNA fans that may have tuned out catching wind that the old creative team is back in place and watching for a bit at least to see how things move forward.
Again, I think it'll be a move TNA will regret, but I think one can at least rationalize it a little bit from a business perspective. I just don't think it's ever smart to lose out on a clear cut draw unless it's spending you into a hole keeping them around.
7 years ago @ LordsofPain.net - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: ... · 0 replies · +1 points
2) Dusty Rhodes
3) The Steiner Brothers
4) Eric Bischoff
5) Jake "The Snake" Roberts
1) Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (The '89 series)
2) Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock (WrestleMania X-8)
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2) Ricky Steamboat
3) The Steiner Brothers
4) Paul Ellering
5) Arn Anderson
1) Jericho vs HBK - Wrestlemania 19
2) Triple H vs Cactus Jack - Royal Rumble 2000
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2) Andre the Giant
3) The Hart Foundation
4) Gorilla Monsoon
5) "Sensational" Sherri
1) Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage (WrestleMania VII)
2) The 1992 Royal Rumble Match
8 years ago @ LordsofPain.net - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: ... · 0 replies · +2 points
2) Andre the Giant
3) The Midnight Express
4) Gorilla Monsoon
5) Sherri Martel
1) Royal Rumble Match - 1992
2) Flair vs. Steamboat - WrestleWar '89
8 years ago @ LordsofPain.net - Sunny Arrested Over Be... · 2 replies · +2 points