[Starbuck]

Let's all just blame Cole, agreed? Seriously though, anybody putting this one on Punk is being silly. This show was all Cena/Kane/Ryder. That and the football game of course.

[TheWFEffect]

Fuck sake best RAW since the RAW before MITB and it gets a 2.9 so people don't like developing storylines anymore.

[Marv95]

Originally Posted by Tony316

Not surprise by the rating. The show was once again ridiculous and only entertaining for the IWC.

BS. I doubt the IWC craves for skits featuring fat guys dancing, La Cucuracha with a mentally challenged wrestler, face SuperCena being a major player in the show and a Canadian guy going to the ring only to get stage fright 2 weeks in a row.

[deadmanwatching]

Originally Posted by Tony316

The MAJORITRY of people who watches wrestling is watching it to see something cool...something badass...NOT a guy crying in the ring for five minutes or a fat moron dancing.

It was Entertaining,but not Entertaining Enough

Posted by ERIC BISCHOFF
Raw fears Ratings!

[HHH is the GOAT]

Things werent this bad when HHH was the COO. lol.

[version 1]

Some more ratings news:

Source: PWinsider
Link: http://www.pwinsider.com/article/648...ating.html?p=1

The 1/9 edition of Raw did a 2.9 rating with 4,008,000 viewers. That is down from last week's 3.1 rating and 4,438,000 viewers. Once again, viewership dropped as the show went on as hour one did a 2.96 and hour two did a 2.77, and lost 176,000 viewers.
Before people point to the BCS Championship game on ESPN, while it did a 16.22 rating and 24,214,000 viewers, it was down about 15% from last year's game and by the end the game was a blowout so that would not explain people tuning out of Raw. Also, most of the broadcast networks ran repeats. So if Vince wants a reason as to why people left, let's try bad "horror" skits and having a guy unable to change a tire. It's a great place to start.

Source: PWTorch
Link: http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/W...le_56811.shtml

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

WWE Raw on Monday, January 9 scored a 2.87 rating, down from a 3.10 rating last week and the lowest rating since December 12. It was also the second-lowest rating since September when the fall season began.

Raw averaged 4.00 million viewers, down 10 percent compared to last week and the fewest overall viewers since September 12. The first hour averaged 4.096 million viewers and the second hour dropped to an average of 3.92 million viewers. It was the fewest first hour viewers since Sept. 12 and fewest second hour viewers since November 7.
-- Raw was opposed by the BCS National Title game, which averaged 24.4 million viewers, and the regular slate of History Channel opposition during the second hour to negatively affect Raw viewership.

In the key male demographics, Raw did finish #2 behind the title game among males 18-34, but finished #3 among older adult males 18-49 behind the title game and "Pawn Stars" on History. In overall viewership on cable TV, Raw finished #7 on the night.Looking more at the m18-34 rating, which was one of the few bright spots on the night, Raw scored its second-highest rating in the demo since May 2, which covers 37 weeks. Following the pattern of big sporting events pulling away older male viewers from wrestling, Raw's male 18-49 rating dropped 6.1 percent compared to last week's show. Whereas, the strong m18-49 rating increased 6.6 percent compared to last week.

-- Last year's second Raw of 2011 up against the BCS Title game scored a 3.05 rating (2012 down 5.9 percent) and averaged 4.50 million viewers (2012 down 11 percent). Also, viewership increased from the first to second hour, unlike the recent pattern on Raw.

So that means that almost 500.000 people didn't watch compared to last year. That's pretty bad. Although I did enjoy last weeks raw.

[A-C-P]

LOL another week and the same stuff, at least its all contained into one thread now. It is a dissapointing # but the same 4 million that actually watch Raw live on TV watched Raw live on TV again this week a few less most likely due to the college football fans that watched the BCS Title game.

TV ratings are down across the board for just about everything on TV, even the BCS title game but that probably doesn't have any effect on Raw's ratings at all right? Television is a declining medium simple as that.

I am not saying Raw was great or anything (I found it entertaining though) but of course THE RATINGZ!!! are all that really matters right? I find it funny that there are people who think ratings still mean the same thing they did 10-15 years ago. I am not saying they are totally meaningless but the yare not the end all/be all anymore. And until I read a report that NBC Universal is upset about Raw's ratings then the ratings are being blown WAY out of proportion by alot of posters here.

[RKO299]

punk cant draw

[D.M.N.]

The quarter hour breakdown for the January 2nd RAW should be out within the next 12 hours, which should be interesting to see how the Jericho segment did. Meltzer said 80k tuned out I think it was, but I wasn't 100% sure if that was after the segment finished or people tuned out during the segment.

[Woo-Woo-Woo]

Originally Posted by D.M.N.

The quarter hour breakdown for the January 2nd RAW should be out within the next 12 hours, which should be interesting to see how the Jericho segment did. Meltzer said 80k tuned out I think it was, but I wasn't 100% sure if that was after the segment finished or people tuned out during the segment.

early stats show that it the first hour made 4.05 million viewers, 2nd hour had a decline to 3.92 million viwers ... a 2.90 rating ...NO HENRY NO RATINGS!!!