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I've been a fan of IYH for awhile, so I thought I'd register to your forum, and post a little report I decided to do on Raw/Impact. I list the basic goals of the show, and compile various stats on each show. If you have any suggestions it would be appreciated.

The Makdafi Report #1: WWE Raw 5/7/12

Main Points On WWE Raw: 5/7/12


1.John Laurinaitis is obviously being maneuvered into the Mr. McMahon role. WWE on this episode of Raw couldn't have beaten you over the head with that fact anymore obviously. Even to the point of having Eve who is the "Executive Administrator to John Laurinaitis" humiliate The Big Show after he mocked Johnny Ace's raspy voice by Eve calling him a "40 year old freak". And demanding that Big Show "apologize" for his actions.

2. The Summer of Lesnar is upon us. This is a blatant copy of last years CM Punk "shoot promo". Just with a newly returning Paul Heyman acting as the designated talker for Lesnar. Hopefully HHH doesn't derail Lesnar like he did to CM Punk.

3.Cena is being positioned as pretty much the same character as he was before The Rock came back to WWE. The sarcastic tone, and the over the top phony rage.

4. The concept of being a champion and that being the motivation for all wrestlers, is a dead concept. CM Punk who is the current WWE Champion seemed more concerned with John Cena beating Johnny Ace than he did with his championship.

Match Of The Show

Orton/Sheamus Vs Del Rio/Jericho was the obvious match of the show. It was probably the highlight of the show. Going9:50, Jericho pinned Sheamus after Jericho got out of the way of a Sheamus brogue kick, that hit Randy Orton, allowing Jericho to secure the pinfall victory.

After the match Orton hit a repentant Sheamus with a RKO, which lead to a backstage segment featuring all 4 men, arguing and hitting each other, with John Laurinaitis making the match a Fatal 4 Way match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Over The Limit.

Statistics

Total Time Of Show: 1:31:34
Non Wrestling Time: 1:04:57
Wrestling Time(Bell To Bell): 26:37
% Of Wrestling Content(Bell To Bell): 28.870155463104886


Around 29 percent of WWE Raw: 5/7/12 was wrestling content, as in from bell to bell. Which to me, it doesn't matter how much wrestling content is on an episode, considering every show has multiple purposes it's trying to fulfill.


Here's some other statistics I was interested in knowing, so I kept score during the show........


Number Of Times A Wrestler/Character Told You Their Name: 5 (Laurinaitis-3, Miz-1, Heyman-1)

The Number Of Times "WWE" Was Said During This Episode: 63


Yes during WWE Raw: 5/7/12, the company name was said 63 times. What's interesting about this, is for secondary championships, WWE does not preface the name of the championship with the company name. So with the IC Championship, WHC(secondary to WWE Championship), Divas, you don't get "WWE". You do get the company name with obviously the WWE Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship.


John Cena Namedrops(The Number Of Times John Cena's Name Was Said): 42

John Laurinatis Namedrops(The Number Of Times John Laurinatis's Name(First/Last/Nickname) Was Said: 80

Even for the non subtle world of WWE, saying someone's name 80 times during the broadcast of a show that lasts around 90 minutes is a little excessive.

Notable, Interesting Or Humorous Quotes From WWE Raw: 5/7/12

Jerry Lawler: "]Let's rewrite some more history."
Michael Cole(In an envious manner): "Can you imagine being Miz's mom?"
Mark Henry(During "B A Star" propaganda video): "]You look at me and say that dude is 400lbs, nobody bully him, we'll you would be surprised."

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1.As far as TNA selling their "Sacrifice" I would give this show a failure grade. The PPV this Sunday was pretty much put on the back-burner to set up storyline developments in the future. Which you could look at it in two ways, you could say it was stupid not to sell the ppv. Or you could concede Sacrifice is going to do a low number anyways, and try and build future business. Personally I feel the wrestling industry is a chess game, and too many critics look at it like checkers. Sometimes you have to "Sacrifice" a buyrate that is going to be low anyways, to try and build one that has more worth.

The only thing that I did find puzzling is on the go home show, having the Impact main event match(fatal4 way) set up what the PPV match would be. I don't see how you think you can promote something that is to be determined. It ultimately just leaves the audience confused, and apathetic towards your PPV.

2. One thing that TNA is doing tremendously better than WWE, is selling the champion, and selling the concept of title importance. On the stats for this show(I compiled more stats this week, than I probably will in the weeks to come), you will see that TNA did a good job of putting over the championship and Robert Roode as champion. Whereas with WWE they are more focused on selling authority figures such as Johnny Ace, and the main selling point of their brand, WWE.

3.This show highlighted the fact that James Storm is conflicted about his future, and conflicted about the outcome of his title match against Robert Roode at Lockdown. To me the James Storm piece was really effective in making the feud have a realistic tone, and building the underdog aura around Storm.

I also liked the line about the good guy losing, and the right guy lost. With wrestling, the cliche of "sending the people home happy" is a tired one. And it's good they noted that in a subtle way, in a realistic non arena setting.

4. The two main side angles was the "Where is Abyss" stuff and the "AJ Styles relationship with Dixie" revelation. You have to wait and see with this type of stuff, but honestly I don't see many people really being intrigued in these angles.

Having Abyss returning at the end of the show was weird, and definitely took the audiences mind off of the PPV TNA was supposedly trying to sell to them. Unless people decide to buy En masse to see Abyss have a discussion with his brother.

Statistics

Total Time Of Show: 1:21:59
Non Wrestling Time: 1:06:32
Wrestling Time(Bell To Bell): 15:27
% Of Wrestling Content(Bell To Bell): 18.7(18.715528863831352)
Number Of Matches: 5
Longest Match On TNA Impact Wrestling 5/10/12 (In Time Duration): Anderson V Hardy V RVD V Roode(C) - 5:44
Shortest Match Of The Night(In Time Duration): Morgan V Crimson - 0:33


18.7 % of TNA Impact Wrestling 5/10/12 was wrestling. Which is pathethic to say the least.


Number Of Times A Wrestler/Character Told You Their Name: 7 (Roode-3, RVD-4)

The Number Of Times "TNA/Impact/Impact Wrestling" Was Said During This Episode: 34

The Number Of Times "World Champion/Championship/Title(Said In Conjunction) Was Said During This Episode:41

Top Wrestler Namedrops(The Number Of Times A Wrestlers/Characters Name Was Said):
Robert Roode 64 - RVD: 74 - Jeff Hardy: 48 - Mr.Anderson: 45

It should be noted with the namedrops of the 4 wrestlers I kept track of(Anderson/RVD/Roode/Hardy), all competed in a match in the main event of this program. Overall the number of "World Champion/Championship/Title" and wrestler namedrops was really good as far as promoting individuality and promoting the importance of the World Championship, and being World Champion.

With WWE Raw 5/7/12 you had more of a focus on the company name and with the beating you over the head with the John Laurinaitis namedrops. Which at 80 is the highest number of namedrops between the two shows this week(Impact Wrestling/Raw).



Total Time Of Show:
Impact: 1:21:59
Raw: 1:31:34
-11.9

Non Wrestling Time:
Impact: 1:06:32
Raw: 1:04:57
+ 2.7

Wrestling Time(Bell To Bell):
Impact:15:27
Raw:26:37
-42

% Of Wrestling Content(Bell To Bell):
Impact:18.7(18.715528863831352)
Raw:28.9(28.870155463104886)

Number Of Times The Company Name Was Said
TNA/Impact:34
WWE:63
-46

Top 3 Namedrops From Each Respective Program(Ranked Numerically)
John Laurinatis *Did Not Wrestle*- 80
RVD *Did Wrestle*- 74
Robert Roode *Did Wrestle* 64

Basically with WWE you get an overt brand namedrop, with little emphasis on talent or championships. With TNA you get a more natural, less contrived balance. The company is being namedropped, but not to the detriment of the talent, to the importance of championships, or the ideal of being champion.

Match Of The Show

Considering the lack of an importance this episode placed on wrestling matches. It would be silly to say there was a real match of the show. If I had to pick I would pick the Ion V Aries match that went a whopping 4:17
Here's the rest of the matches with the results listed....

Velvet[L] V Brooke[W] - 3:41
Morgan[L] V Crimson[W] - 0:33 (It took the referee 33 seconds to count to 10)
Ion[L] V Aries[W] - 4:17
Robbie E[L] V D-Von[W] - 1:12
Anderson[L] V Hardy[L] V RVD[W] V Roode[L] - 5:44

Notable, Interesting Or Humorous Quotes From TNA Impact Wrestling: 5/10/12

Taz: "Big bright lights, big city right here baby, Impact Zone"

Nice work. I like bringing more actual discussion here.

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I should note on the time statistics on both shows I didn't count the intros of each shows. Considering that is pretty much the format of every program to have the standard intro/recap of last week. I didn't think it would be necessary to include that 1 -3 minutes into the stats.

Dig the stats, Mak... Good stuff and welcome to the board...

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Love the commentary here. Welcome to the message board!

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Welcome to the board my man .

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Well done!