WyattSheepMask Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Ricky Starks is apparently replacing Mark Henry at the announce desk on a permanent basis. I’m sure Mark was doing his best, but it was clear after the show launched that he wouldn’t last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said: Ricky Starks is apparently replacing Mark Henry at the announce desk on a permanent basis. I’m sure Mark was doing his best, but it was clear after the show launched that he wouldn’t last long. Good call. Henry wasn't getting any better. Hopefully they keep him away from backstage interviews too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted September 20, 2021 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: Good call. Henry wasn't getting any better. Hopefully they keep him away from backstage interviews too. But I quite like his “enough talk… it’s time… for the main event!” catchphrase. I say it along with him most weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted September 20, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 20, 2021 When's Jericho getting dropped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriend Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) Henry had to go but I do like him backstage too. I actually was gonna jump on and say despite being a huge Starks fan I thought he was woeful. Very quiet and nervous and didn't add much despite normally dripping with personality. Shocked he's permanent Edited September 21, 2021 by boyfriend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Listened to Mark Henry on Jericho’s podcast last night, second one I have listened to him talk about what his AEW role would be. He made some really good points on some in ring things, but his real strengths at this stage all feel to be behind the scenes/ outreach/ corporate relationship building than the commentary role. Even sit downs, hell he would be a very different and hard to intimidate authority figure to use than the mentions of Tony Khan when a match is made ideally to me Rampage would just be Excalibur and Tazz, as 40 mins of tv doesn’t need 4 voices to fill with views on an already condensed show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, boyfriend said: Henry had to go but I do like him backstage too. I actually was gonna jump on and say despite being a huge Starks fan I thought he was woeful. Very quiet and nervous and didn't add much despite normally dripping with personality. Shocked he's permanent I didn’t think he was great either, although he’s been good in that role on Dark, so I understand the decision. I don’t know what Paul Wight has to do to be given a main announce role, though. He’s doing a great job on Elevation. Edited September 21, 2021 by RedRooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 But that could be part of the issue - if you put all your strong guys on one show, then you're left with a load of crap on the 2nd shows which dilutes the product further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted September 21, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 21, 2021 I think it was Starks that came up with the line of the night, though - in response to the 'banging some guy in the back' line, passionately coming out with 'What's wrong with love?'. (Might have been Taz, but I thought it was Starks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Not that it’s likely to effect us over here, but Rampage is to stay on TNT in 2022 instead of moving to TBS. Dynamite is still set to move to TBS as planned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 19 hours ago, WyattSheepMask said: Not that it’s likely to effect us over here, but Rampage is to stay on TNT in 2022 instead of moving to TBS. Dynamite is still set to move to TBS as planned Technically the move wouldn't even effect the US viewers as both channels are on the same cable package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted September 24, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Perry said: Technically the move wouldn't even effect the US viewers as both channels are on the same cable package How do they compare viewership numbers wise? Should AEW be expecting a jump/drop in viewers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 24, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 24, 2021 They're both much of a muchness. TNT is slightly ahead, but that's largely down to live sports events like AEW itself. It'll probably mean fewer cases of AEW being moved because TNT is showing a bigger event like major basketball. Of course the downside, is that it will then be going against said big event. Not much real difference in terms of the lead-in (people watching the previous show, seeing the start of AEW and potentially checking it out.) TNT mainly shows movies before Dynamite (Rush Hour 3 this week) and on the current TBS schedule it would be Friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Cod Eye said: How do they compare viewership numbers wise? Should AEW be expecting a jump/drop in viewers? I am pretty sure they will lose viewers initially, just because it seems like if you move channel it takes a bit to make sure all of the people who may be floating viewers know you're moving from one place to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted September 24, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 24, 2021 TBS has a slightly higher reach then TNT, but I don’t think it’s going to give them an increase in moving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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