[Jammy]

Originally Posted by SarcasmoBlaster

Why would a match we've already seen 100 times before be "by far" bigger?

Because he's returning after 60 (90?) days, a match with Cena would indicate ambiguity in his face/heel status and would generate a lot of interest.

[kokepepsi]

Last time Orton mainevented Raw?

[ecabney]

Originally Posted by kokepepsi

Last time Orton mainevented Raw?

Exactly. Lulz at ANY match involving Orton being some sort of big deal in 2012. Dude got demoted to SD!, and is practically a midcarder.

[Choke2Death]

Originally Posted by Jammy

Cena vs a returning heel Orton will by, by far, a bigger match on RAW.

Or better yet, heel Cena vs face Orton. It was meant to be WM27's main event with Cena turning heel during the Nexus angle. Too bad they pussied out and SuperCena was brought back to life.

If they bother giving Orton some actual angle, he can easily get back on top with Cena as the top two stars.

[Pro Royka]

Originally Posted by Choke2Death

Or better yet, heel Cena vs face Orton. It was meant to be WM27's main event with Cena turning heel during the Nexus angle. Too bad they pussied out and SuperCena was brought back to life.

If they bother giving Orton some actual angle, he can easily get back on top with Cena as the top two stars.

They already gave him the torch, and he couldn't reach the top again. Orton needs Trips, Vince, Steph, Shane, Celebrities, Legends, and some big names so for him to get attention and if you want the truth it has been 4 years now and he's not anywhere near the top ever since 2009, and I will love it if he proves me wrong.

[kokepepsi]

Breakdown
From same place as always

In the segment-by-segment, Alberto Del Rio vs. Santino Marella lost 261,000 viewers and you shouldn’t drop in the first hour because the idea is starting low because people forget, people should be remembering steadily through that hour.

The Damien Sandow-Brodus Clay angle with Vickie Guerrero dancing gained 214,000 viewers.

Daniel Bryan and A.J. in the office and the second clip showing Stephanie McMahon beating up Paul Heyman lost 18,000 viewers.

Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan at the top of the hour gained 521,000 viewers which sounds good but it’s still a deal where so many people tuned in at 9 p.m. out of habit that you can’t really figure out if they were tuning in because they liked what was on the air or it was simply the time they tuned in.

The stuff with R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Bryan and A.J. taking Bryan out of the ring for a psychiatric evaluation gained 274,000 viewers. That’s good for the time slot.

Kofi Kingston vs. Titus O’Neil lost 223,000 viewers.

Randy Orton vs. Heath Slater gained 40,000 viewers.

Chris Jericho & Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler & The Miz gained 51,000 viewers which is extremely weak for the 10 p.m. slot and only did a 3.24.

Tensai vs. Tyson Kidd lost 34,000 viewers.

The third showing of the Stephanie McMahon/Paul Heyman segment lost 246,000 viewers.

John Cena vs. Big Show for the SummerSlam title shot with C.M. Punk involved gained 1,181,000 viewers to a 3.86 overrun. That was the best gaining segment in a while.

OH SHIT 1million

SHOW vs ROCK WM 30 WWE TITLE BOOK IT

lolmiz typical shit 10pm rating

[Wrestlinfan35]

dat overrun. dat spotlight on CM Punk.

[hazuki]

Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan at the top of the hour gained 521,000 viewers which sounds good but it’s still a deal where so many people tuned in at 9 p.m. out of habit that you can’t really figure out if they were tuning in because they liked what was on the air or it was simply the time they tuned in.

The stuff with R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Bryan and A.J. taking Bryan out of the ring for a psychiatric evaluation gained 274,000 viewers. That’s good for the time slot.

Dat D Bryan.


What did the opening segment drew?

[Carcass]

Punk vs Lawler on commentary, and mentally unstable D-Bry are bringing in those numbers. D-Bry gained 795k over two segments.

[ecabney]

Who knew that recaps didn't draw?

Punk drawing over a million viewers

D-Bry drawing over 750K

Who knew that these two anti-drawing indy, vanilla midget hacks could draw such huge numbers?