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More Information On The Cancellation Of Talking Smack; Did 205 Live Cause Viewership To Drop

Posted By: Elio C. Jr. on Jul 17, 2017

More Information On The Cancellation Of Talking Smack; Did 205 Live Cause Viewership To Drop

Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer weighted in on WWE's recent decision to cancel 'Talking Smack' this past Sunday on Wrestling Observer Radio. During the show he addressed reports that Vince McMahon is the reason for dropping the show on Tuesday nights

"If [Vince McMahon] was that against [Talking Smack] then why is he continuing the show twice a month instead of five times a month or whatever it was before?" Metlzer asked.
"So I think that he just wants to do the higher rated ones," Meltzer said. "I don't know. Some people say that it lost steam because it was put on after 205 Live, I mean to a small degree you could say that but you know, 90% of the viewing and more than 90% really. Because 90% of viewing on that WWE Network is video on demand. It's not the live feed."

"…The time the [WWE Network] live feed is strong is during the pay-per-views themselves," explained Meltzer. "Most of the viewing of Talking Smack was always VOD so changing the slot an hour later isn't really going to affect it. I mean it affects it slightly, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't affect it that much. And the fact is before there was 205 Live, Talking Smack still did not do big numbers on the Network most weeks. It was still not among the higher rated stuff."

It was previously reported that McMahon was not pleased with the show and felt it was not in the best interest of the company. Renee Young took to twitter where she stated that she was "really disappointed" about Talking Smack being scaled back and that "We tried to make that show great"

Source: Wrestling Observer Radio
Tags: #wwe #smackdown

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