[jonoaries]

Vince & his hollywood writers are a problem. What they desire from their performers is also problematic. They need to stop treating wrestlers like actors who have to follow a tight script.

RAW isn't a movie, its wrestling. Wrestling is theater. Its comedic (whether intentional or unintentional) improvisational, yet still follows the original intent.

You can't book formulaic angles and matches the way they do and not expect people to get bored. Even if people know the end of the story they want to see it unfold, you still have to try to include some surprises, include some twists for fucks sake.

I don't want that Russo crash TV shit though. I could do without that. But the controlled chaos of Heyman's booking is perfect for wrestling. He can make a star out of a dirt clod (he got Hardcore Holly over as a legit tough guy in 2006 for fucks sake). It can be done, even if you believe the "terrible roster" myth.

[WTFWWE]

Predict a 2.9 rating lots of people watching E3 tonight.

[Therapy]

Every station on the planet could be off air except USA Network and this RAW would still score a 2.X..

[Rock316AE]

2.9 is a good prediction. I expect the Cole/Cena match to do a huge gain, million +, Cole did a great job hyping the match all over the program and he was always a strong TV draw, besides they did exactly what can attract fans with the BBQ and all that. When he wants, he can do a decent job on commentary.

[SmokeAndMirrors]

Hope to fuck the main event lost ratings.

[Kabraxal]

Originally Posted by Therapy

Every station on the planet could be off air except USA Network and this RAW would still score a 2.X..

Sadly this... and they'll jsut go more reality TV style than wrestling anyway to grab more viewers. They are starting to prove they just don't give a damn.

[WashingtonD]

So it seems pretty obvious to me they got pretty scared by last weeks numbers and we go from an overly long Bryan-Punk match to a Cole-Cena comedy match.. let's see how the numbers do, but I think the WWE got this spot on. Cole was brilliant in his promo at the start and actually got me and my friend hyped up for the main event for a change, instead of it being just "Business as usual". Because of this, it felt like we were watching a special show, instead of just your regular old Raw of the past few months. Good stuff WWE

[hahawas]

Are you high??????

I thankfully didn't watch RAW live and watched it the next morning. If I did, I would have immediatly switched off after a mention of Michael Cole vs John Cena. Hell I would have switched off if the main event was ______ vs John Cena. Coel was the only thing good about the whole segment. If they wanted to gain back viewers, they should have made an interesting main event.

This episode was just as horrific and terrible as the episodes in the last month! Who is interested or emotionally invested in this stupid feud bewteen a 42 year old giant and the bland repetitive all smiley Hero? Not me thats for sure. I'm predicting 2.6

[dougfisher_05]

I don't understand why the WWE was so concerned with the low rating last Monday. It was a major holiday here in the United States. People were out camping, BBQ'ing and the like. They weren't sitting on their assess watching television. On top of that the NBA finals are on. I think they are looking into it too much. I bet the rating will pop back up to its normal level this week--whether you had the ridiculous main event versus a wrestling main event like last week.

[SPCDRI]

If the holiday didn't cause the 2.7 but rather the quality of the programming (or lack thereof) this show ought to be even lower.