[Clique]

Hopefully WWE can continue to improve the booking of the shows, build characters, and tell more stories in the coming weeks. I really like how Ziggler got to shine in the 4-way this week and Show's promo was really good. Show has always been a better heel than face anyway.

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

I expected an increase but damn Vince, 3.5, still the master.

Johnson w/McMahon vs. Lesnar w/Heyman would break records.

[Rock316AE]

That's a great idea if by 2013 Brock is still credible for a big match like that which I doubt after Summerslam. Vince and Heyman just make it better. I would love to see Rock/Heyman interaction. After this big rating(2012 standards)I'm sure that it's not the last time we're seeing Vince on TV this year. Vince also proved that he's not too old even for another WM program.

[YimYac]

Originally Posted by King_Of_This_World

Its pretty worrying when the 65 year old boss of the company can draw bigger ratings than any of his actual wrestlers.

No NBA playoffs had nothing to do with it I guess.

RockA whatever his name is pins the ratings all on Vince and says ratings are the only thing that matters, who didn't see that coming?

[D.M.N.]

All considering, that's a great rating. Shows that despite weeks of mediocrity, they can still hype something and increase 600k week-on-week.

Also, am I right in saying that the normal 2 hours did better than some Road to WrestleMania shows?

If I was WWE, I'd actually finish the Laurinitis storyline on Sunday, and 'reboot' next Monday with the lead up to 1,000th Raw. (the only thing continuing is Punk/Bryan)

Breakdown will be more interesting than usual this week.

[DesolationRow]

Originally Posted by D.M.N.

All considering, that's a great rating. Shows that despite weeks of mediocrity, they can still hype something and increase 600k week-on-week.

Also, am I right in saying that the normal 2 hours did better than some Road to WrestleMania shows?

If I was WWE, I'd actually finish the Laurinitis storyline on Sunday, and 'reboot' next Monday with the lead up to 1,000th Raw. (the only thing continuing is Punk/Bryan)

Breakdown will be more interesting than usual this week.

To the bolded, that is absolutely true. Freaky.

[fabi1982]

I think its even more interesting that the first hour did nearly the same number as the last our last week (just 200k below). And I think I wasnt the only one who thought Vince wont be shown in the first hour of the show.

[Starbuck]

Originally Posted by blarg_

This week's rating isn't huge, it's marginally better than the last few weeks, but on par with what they usually do. They tend to surpass this number during the build to Wrestlemania.

It kind of is though. They've been hovering around the 2.7 to 3.0 range recently. Then Vince comes back and in their regular timeslot Raw does a 3.5! That's quite the jump and yes, it's even more impressive when you consider that it beats some, probably a lot, of the RTWM shows featuring all the top names. I'm pretty sure Vince is walking around rubbing it in everybody's faces lol. Vince > Rock, Cena, HHH, Taker combined. The true GAWD.

[robertdeniro]

Still the BOSS.

[BANKSY]

All aboard the ratings mobile.

[The Cynical Miracle]

So a 67 year old, senile non wrestler is a bigger ratings draw then The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Triple H, The Undertaker, John Cena etc...

Pretty damn sad. Everything Vince did on Raw sucked too.