[#1Peep4ever]

well not that bad and the segments that did loose viewers didnt loose as many as normally

[Wrestlinfan35]

10 spot doesn't do well whenever there is a commercial in the middle of it. Cena/Henry with Rock didn't do so hot either a couple of weeks ago. It's just obvious promos do a lot better than matches when it comes to the 10 spot. But this week's 10 spot segment with Henry/Punk was only about 100k down from the opening segment with the Rock, which did a 3.6, so that's a good number honestly.

Last segment is impressive. Lesnar's shocking return is obviously the big reason why. Let's see how long the spark will last.

[Starbuck]

400,000 - 500,000 used to be/still should be the norm for 10pm and is probably what they are aiming for every time. So anything below that is shitty. When they do a big angle in there it usually delivers numbers around that mark or does even better than that depending on what it is. So a 100,000 - 200,000 gain isn't very good at all, that's why they keep saying it.

[The Cynical Miracle]

With the opener with The Rock doing a 3.6, the Punk and Henry match doing a 3.5, the ending with Lesner doing a big 3.9, and with the segments before and after them not losing much/staying even, how was this show not a 3.5?

[Loudness]

As much as I like Lesnar, the reason why the overrun did so great was mostly because of Cena and his storyline with The Rock, more precisely the resolve of their match. Lesnar appeared only in the last three out of fifteen minutes at the end, people were interested about the outcome at WM and how Cena would react, I doubt a million of extra viewers had some instinct that would magically tell them that Lesnar would be in the last three minutes, especially since unadvertised returns of huge stars are extremely rare nowadays.

[Starbuck]

Originally Posted by Loudness

As much as I like Lesnar, the reason why the overrun did so great was mostly because of Cena and his storyline with The Rock, more precisely the resolve of their match. Lesnar appeared only in the last three out of fifteen minutes at the end, people were interested about the outcome at WM and how Cena would react, I doubt a million of extra viewers had some instinct that would magically tell them that Lesnar would be in the last three minutes, especially since unadvertised returns of huge stars are extremely rare nowadays.

Cena potentially losing his shit = ratingz. I wonder what will happen when he eventually does lol. I'll say it before and I'll say it again, heel Cena is something that can truly reinvigorate the WWE and flip it on it's head.

[Wrestlinfan35]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

400,000 - 500,000 used to be/still should be the norm for 10pm and is probably what they are aiming for every time. So anything below that is shitty. When they do a big angle in there it usually delivers numbers around that mark or does even better than that depending on what it is. So a 100,000 - 200,000 gain isn't very good at all, that's why they keep saying it.

Except this week it was only about 100k down from the opening segment with The Rock. So that's not a bad number. They're not going to magically find 200k other people who didn't already tune into the show before hand, to see Henry/Punk. This week's 10 spot did good. I don't think it's a shitty gain when realistically, the most it could've gained would be 200k.

If Tensai's match lost viewers instead of staying even, and Henry/Punk gained the viewers that match lost, it would be considered a good number. Even though the same amount of people watched the Henry/Punk match. Makes no sense to me, tbh. Instead of calling the 10 spot a bad gain, we should be congratulating Tensai for keeping viewers interested and sticking around.

[The Cynical Miracle]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

400,000 - 500,000 used to be/still should be the norm for 10pm and is probably what they are aiming for every time. So anything below that is shitty. When they do a big angle in there it usually delivers numbers around that mark or does even better than that depending on what it is. So a 100,000 - 200,000 gain isn't very good at all, that's why they keep saying it.

Not fair to say because the gain in viewership isnt really important as the overall viewership number.

On the RTWM Rock and Cena were gaining 500'000 to 600'000 how ever the actual number they were hitting were 3.5's/3,6's. Considering Henry and Punk are no way near established as those to are and hitting numbers that are nearly the same/not that far behind as the numbers Rock and Cena were drawing is very good.

[JoseDRiveraTCR7]

Yeah, most of the audience probably didn't know Lesnar signed or was going to debut Monday night. Most just wanted to see Cena's reaction and if the feud between him and the Rock would continue.

[Wrestlinfan35]

Originally Posted by jblvdx

Not fair to say because the gain in viewership isnt really important as the overall viewership number.

On the RTWM Rock and Cena were gaining 500'000 to 600'000 how ever the actual number they were hitting were 3.5's/3,6's. Considering Henry and Punk are no way near established as those to are and hitting numbers that are nearly the same/not that far behind as the numbers Rock and Cena were drawing is very good.

The picture in your sig, holy shit.