Sept 6, 1999 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: High & Low Ratings, Doctor investigated for prescriptions
The television season of wrestling overexposure began this past week with both good and bad news. But when the numbers came in, virtually all the good news was limited to the World Wrestling Federation.
On 8/30, despite being moved back to an 11 p.m. start on the Eastern time zone due to U.S. Open tennis, and only going head-to-head with Nitro in the Pacific time zone, Raw’s rating was still larger than Nitro. This finished a week where Nitro the previous week had done its worst rating in years and probably had their been competition would have even beaten that mark, where Thunder did its all-time lowest rating, and figures to drop from there in future weeks due to the competition from Smack Down, and where WCW Saturday Night also did among its worst ratings in history.
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Dave Meltzer is the founder and lead writer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the weekly constant when it comes to news and reviews in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts for more than 40 years. Dave also co-hosts Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and had had bylines for The National, Yahoo Sports, MMA Fighting and others.