[Kabraxal]

Hard to take anything from these numbers per wrestler... Punk gains but loses. Cena had a drastic drop off segment. Ryder was up and down. Does seem to be more about the audience not trusting the WWE to keep angles consistent on Raw than anything else... solid segments with different stars in multiple weeks yet the trend for losing or gaining viewers doesn't really change.

[Wrestlinfan35]

People for some stupid reason seem to think individuals are to blame whenever ratings aren't good, but if that were the case then Punk doesn't draw, Cena doesn't draw, Jericho doesn't draw, etc. But that is not the case. You pull off a good show with good angles and storyline progression, you'll get good numbers.

[LarryCoon]

I'm surprised that Kane vs Ryder gained 601k viewers and at Y2J losing even more viewers each week.

[Rock316AE]

I expected Foley to gain a good number in the main event, unfortunately, the overall main event number was terrible for this time of the year with a 10 minutes overrun. Punk/Ace was not big like I thought it would be, after all the hype for their match, months of promo time, plenty of segments + no competition + 11-12 minutes overrun? but it's Punk after all so I guess it shouldn't be surprising. to end the final RAW before the Rumble with a 3.5 is terrible no matter what, I can see the Rumble doing the worst overall number since 97. Kane/Ryder did much better than expected and hopefully from next week, Jericho would be a real star character and not a clown running around the ring and he can be in the main time slots.

For next week, I can see a 3.5 overall, 4.0+ for the HHH segment and if it's on the show in a main slot, the Orton Rumble winner segment 3.6-3.7

[Wrestlinfan35]

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

I expected Foley to gain a good number in the main event, unfortunately, the overall main event number was terrible for this time of the year with a 10 minutes overrun. Punk/Ace was not big like I thought it would be, after all the hype for their match, months of promo time, plenty of segments + no competition + 11-12 minutes overrun? but it's Punk after all so I guess it shouldn't be surprising. to end the final RAW before the Rumble with a 3.5 is terrible no matter what, I can see the Rumble doing the worst overall number since 97. Kane/Ryder did much better than expected and hopefully from next week, Jericho would be a real star character and not a clown running around the ring and he can be in the main time slots.

For next week, I can see a 3.5 overall, 4.0+ for the HHH segment and if it's on the show in a main slot, the Orton Rumble winner segment 3.6-3.7

Give credit where credit is due once in a while. You make excuses only when you're favorites are doing shit numbers. Let's see some examples, Survivor Series 2011 buyrate, we all know the great numbers Orton's segments get, and Jericho losing 300k viewers. Which wouldn't be that weird if he didn't just follow a segment that lost 500k viewers. I mean, holy shit we know you're a troll but at least admit when you're wrong. Punk's segments the past two weeks did great. He's actually one of the few bringing in good numbers. Cena did shitty, Miz did shitty, Jericho did fucking awful and has been doing so since he came back. That doesn't mean they aren't "draws." I'll say it again, it's the show as a whole.

And lol at your next week predictions. No wonder you're always so disappointed, you live in a fantasy world.

[LarryCoon]

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

I expected Foley to gain a good number in the main event, unfortunately, the overall main event number was terrible for this time of the year with a 10 minutes overrun. Punk/Ace was not big like I thought it would be, after all the hype for their match, months of promo time, plenty of segments + no competition + 11-12 minutes overrun? but it's Punk after all so I guess it shouldn't be surprising. to end the final RAW before the Rumble with a 3.5 is terrible no matter what, I can see the Rumble doing the worst overall number since 97. Kane/Ryder did much better than expected and hopefully from next week, Jericho would be a real star character and not a clown running around the ring and he can be in the main time slots.

For next week, I can see a 3.5 overall, 4.0+ for the HHH segment and if it's on the show in a main slot, the Orton Rumble winner segment 3.6-3.7

I never thought Punk/Ace would do good numbers. It wasn't properly promoted and I don't think the feud has much heat to it since Punk has been destroying and undressing Ace in the promos.

[Rock316AE]

Orton segments on RAW are always in random time slots(where Cena lost viewers two weeks in a row), read this thread, I predicted decent numbers for the main event segments because that's what happen when you got 10 minutes+ overrun with no competition.

As for next week? they did 3.2 this week, next week is a show that usually gets a big jump after the Rumble, if this doesn't get 3.5 then it's terrible in all standards.

[Cycloneon]

Gains viewers
loses viewers
Gains viewers
Loses viewers
Gains viewers
Loses viewers
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Why cant these people stick with one show instead of changing the channel half way through a segment/match, they tend to miss out on stuff

[SteenIsGod]

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

Orton segments on RAW are always in random time slots(where Cena lost viewers two weeks in a row), read this thread, I predicted decent numbers for the main event segments because that's what happen when you got 10 minutes+ overrun with no competition.

As for next week? they did 3.2 this week, next week is a show that usually gets a big jump after the Rumble, if this doesn't get 3.5 then it's terrible in all standards.

Your standard is High. It got a 3.3 last year and this year does about 5% less every week. 3.1 IMO.

[Rock316AE]

Originally Posted by Cycloneon

Gains viewers
loses viewers
Gains viewers
Loses viewers
Gains viewers
Loses viewers
Gains viewers

Why cant these people stick with one show instead of changing the channel half way through a segment/match, they tend to miss out on stuff

It was always like this so it's nothing new, but the huge drop in the second quarter for the last year is funny because years ago it was a huge segment in terms of gain.

And lol@PWTorch, same thing I said:

Jumping back to the Triple H reference in closing. The “hype” for next Monday has the potential to be a move of unabashed genius. No one else has made any change to the ratings for the last few months, so by strapping his name to the post-Rumble Raw at the very last second, Hunter can on the surface still look like the biggest draw in WWE. That being said, they could have just as easily said “Brian Leahy will appear at next week’s Raw” and reaped the same, probable ratings bump.