[Motorik]

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.

These seem like conflicting statements. In my estimation Bryan doing that big of a gain in an unusual slot proves that he and Sheamus should be taking credit for that 9pm draw or at least some of it.

You'd be a fool not to think that CM Punk would somehow be involved with the Cena/Show match, having him on commentary was good because it might of kept some people watching who might normally not be interested in a Cena/Show match plus to see what he would follow up his actions last week with. Good to see that between the three of them they can pull big numbers. I'd like to see this sort of thing continue in coming weeks.

[yoseftigger]

Originally Posted by Evolution

These seem like conflicting statements. In my estimation Bryan doing that big of a gain in an unusual slot proves that he and Sheamus should be taking credit for that 9pm draw or at least some of it.

You'd be a fool not to think that CM Punk would somehow be involved with the Cena/Show match, having him on commentary was good because it might of kept some people watching who might normally not be interested in a Cena/Show match plus to see what he would follow up his actions last week with. Good to see that between the three of them they can pull big numbers. I'd like to see this sort of thing continue in coming weeks.

Show has always been a big TV draw. Remember that quarter hour with Johnny L and Show. Gained like a million viewers. The weeks after, Show continued to draw in them ratings. Cena is also a big TV draw.

So Cena vs Show was bound to draw big. If anything, Punk should be lucky to work with them as he hasn't done that great in the rating department.

[Rock316AE]

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

They gave away a full Big Show/Cena match this week which is the biggest match they can book from the current roster besides Orton/Cena, Show and Cena are the biggest TV draws in the company and this match probably did big.

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.

As expected. Show and Cena are the two biggest TV draws so it's not surprising. Other than that, the Sheamus/Bryan match was in 9pm, which means all the viewers who forgot about RAW in 8pm. You're going to see this pattern now until you got almost the same audience in 8pm and 11pm. For TNA, it took almost 2 months until Impact had the same viewership for the entire show. Orton/Slater did good on random spot.

[Felpent]

I doubt punk had anything to do with big main event gain. Smarks love his commentary, casuals dont give a shit. He wasnt even advertised for main event, was he?

[D.M.N.]

Quarter Hours, July 30th, 2012
Q1 - 2.85 rating / 4.16 million
Q2 - 2.67 rating / 3.90 million
Q3 - 2.82 rating / 4.11 million
Q4 - 2.81 rating / 4.09 million
Q5 - 3.14 rating / 4.61 million
Q6 - 3.32 rating / 4.89 million
Q7 - 3.17 rating / 4.66 million
Q8 - 3.20 rating / 4.70 million
Q9 - 3.24 rating / 4.76 million
Q10 - 3.26 rating / 4.72 million
Q11 - 3.09 rating / 4.48 million
Q12 - 3.09 rating / 4.47 million
Overrun - 3.86 rating / 5.66 million

[Starbuck]

Bryan was the most entertaining thing about Raw this week so those numbers are well deserved imo. Having said that, the gain at 9PM is the gain at 9PM and can't be attributed to just him and Seamus imo. But the next segment gaining is all him and that I give him full credit for.

Shitty 10pm gain but I'm not quite sure what that means right now since it's a 3 hour show and all. Will that become standard for the 3 hour shows or can, as last week proved, big numbers be drawn with the right people? We'll see.

Massive numbers for Cena/Show which was advertised throughout the program. I do think as somebody pointed out, the loss of people from the repeat video package then tuning back in again can be attributed to this big number as well. Not to say that Punk was a non factor, I'm sure some people were watching for him but the focus wasn't on him in this match at all except for the end. He is yet to gain any number close to that without a bigger name being involved in the same segment and until that happens I'm not giving him big amounts of credit for something it has been proven that he can't do. Having said that though, for the second week in a row now he has benefited from having lots of people see him close out the show so that can only be a good thing. I say they should stick him on at 9 or 10 next week, on his own, and we'll get a much clearer picture. As of now though I'm not completely sold that this was the right move but at least they're doing the right thing in terms of his placement on the show because like I said, whether he drew the eyeballs on him or not, they are there and they are seeing what he's doing so it's a good call imo.

[Amuroray]

CENA>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Show draws more then punk lol

[GenocideZ]

Originally Posted by Vyed

H1 - 4.064m
H2 - 4.719m
H3 - 4.701m

H1 did OK for usual standards I guess.

We can see pubic hair on the girl to the very right on your sig...

OT: Undertaker vs Kane Double retirement match = Record breaking attendance/ PPV buy rates.

[Punked Up]

Pretty good numbers. D-Bry really is pulling the nummbers, this isn't a mrk wars thin anymore. I don't think you could have a case to say that D-Bry isn't becoming a TV draw. No surprise the ME did big. That's what happens when they put two big stars in a meaningful match with a purpose, surrounding an actual, develpoing storyline. I guess you could call that a decent rating.

[Cliffy Byro]

This won't sustain.

The viewership will go down slightly everyweek.