Raw on 4/9 did a 3.10 rating and 4.29 million viewers. The show was third for the night on cable. The show did a 2.4 in Males 12-17, 2.7 in Males 18-49, 1.0 in Girls 12-17 and 1.1 in Women 18-49 with a 69.3% male skew. It was down 21% from the 5.46 million viewers of the week after Mania show last year, and last year there was no bombshell along the lines of the Brock Lesnar return on the night after Mania show.
In the segment-by-segment, Brodus Clay & Santino Marella vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger lost 99,000 viewers.
Backstage with Laurinaitis with Miz an Cena, Marella looking for the Three Stooges and R-Truth vs. Cody Rhodes gained 255,000 viewers.
Lord Tensai vs. Yoshi Tatsu lost 415,000 viewers.
The mic work between C.M. Punk and Chris Jericho in the top of the hour segment gained 379,000 viewers to a 3.19.
Punk vs. Henry and the post-match with Jericho pouring beer all over Punk, as well as the quick Del Rio vs. Ryder match lost 169,000 viewers.
The Three Stooges in-ring segment lost 240,000 viewers and was the low point of the show at 2.90.
The Brock Lesnar interview gained 423,000 viewers.
And the Cena vs. Otunga match with Lesnar run-in gained 301,000 viewers, which is a very weak overrun number, finishing at 3.42.
I see no point for all the debating of the ratings at this point to be honest its pretty simple WWE has best talent filled roster and development line since the start of the Cena/Batista Era and they got the likes of the Rock and Lesnar as attractions and if anyone says they don't think the rosters whatever. All the WWE needs to do is to put on consistent storylines through out each area of the card to keep the fan's intrested and the idea that the young stars these days lack the fire the old stars and are happy with the pay check as far as I am concerned is stupid how the WWE has treated some of the young talent the past couple of years is answer enough why most of the young talent (Swagger, Ziggler, Kofi, Bourne (Fucked up himself), Drew Mcintyre and this past year poor Zack Ryder who could be right now the solid mid card attraction but of course WWE buried him for Cena.) have lost that fire its now the companys responsibility to relight that fire under their asses and give them what they want which is somthing to work and use them properly.
While not exactly RAW ratings, I figured it best to say this here than start a whole thread for it. It seems that South Parks lowest ever ratings were their episode making fun of the WWE just thought it was funny considering all the talk of ratings that goes on here.
In the segment breakdown, the opener with Paul Heyman and Triple H started strong with a 3.32 quarter rating.
CM Punk and Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan plus the Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox match lost 601,000 viewers.
John Cena's Make-A-Wish segment lost 370,000 viewers and did the lowest rated quarter in months with a 2.64 rating.
Kane vs. Big Show and John Laurinaitis firing Show gained 1,033,000 viewers for a 3.37 quarter rating. This was one of the best 10pm gains of the year for RAW.
Brodus Clay, R-Truth and Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger lost 996,000 viewers.
Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho gained 108,000 viewers
And the closing segment with Cena and Laurinaitis gained 990,000 viewers for a 3.43 overrun rating. This was among the best overrun gains of the year.
In the Show-Laurinaitis segment that gained so well, Male Teens went from a 2.0 to 2.6 rating, Female Teens went from a 0.8 to a 1.0, Males 18-49 went from 2.2 to 2.9 and Women 18-49 went from a 1.0 to 1.3 rating.
In the Cena-Laurinaitis segment, Male Teens went from 1.3 to 2.1, Female Teens went from 0.7 to 0.9, Males 18-49 went from 2.5 to 3.3 and Women 18-49 went from a 1.1 to 1.3 rating.
In the segment breakdown, the opener with Paul Heyman and Triple H started strong with a 3.32 quarter rating.
CM Punk and Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan plus the Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox match lost 601,000 viewers.
John Cena's Make-A-Wish segment lost 370,000 viewers and did the lowest rated quarter in months with a 2.64 rating.
Kane vs. Big Show and John Laurinaitis firing Show gained 1,033,000 viewers for a 3.37 quarter rating. This was one of the best 10pm gains of the year for RAW.
Brodus Clay, R-Truth and Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger lost 996,000 viewers.
Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho gained 108,000 viewers
And the closing segment with Cena and Laurinaitis gained 990,000 viewers for a 3.43 overrun rating. This was among the best overrun gains of the year.
In the Show-Laurinaitis segment that gained so well, Male Teens went from a 2.0 to 2.6 rating, Female Teens went from a 0.8 to a 1.0, Males 18-49 went from 2.2 to 2.9 and Women 18-49 went from a 1.0 to 1.3 rating.
In the Cena-Laurinaitis segment, Male Teens went from 1.3 to 2.1, Female Teens went from 0.7 to 0.9, Males 18-49 went from 2.5 to 3.3 and Women 18-49 went from a 1.1 to 1.3 rating.
Do not like the sound of these Laurinaitis segments gaining huge numbers. Good for them and all, just leaves us with more shitty angles to come. Yay.
Also, kokepepsi you must change your sig. Replace Rock's face with Johnny's. Obviously he was right when he said he's better than Lesnar and Rock combined. Ace = Biggest draw in wrestling.
Lol Johnny Ace is a fucking mega draw, he needs to go over Cena clean at OTL. Then he should beat Punk at No Way Out for the title, setting up a huge main event at Summerslam where he beats Lesnar in an MMA rules match to retain the title.
The indy guys, never disappointing us. Always comedy.
Kane vs. Big Show and John Laurinaitis firing Show gained 1,033,000 viewers for a 3.37 quarter rating. This was one of the best 10pm gains of the year for RAW.
Awesome to see this segment doing HUGE gain in the 10pm slot, Big Show was always a big attraction and he was tremendous in his performance. Got sympathy in the hardest situation even with his size, really something special. Oscar performance.
Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho gained 108,000 viewers
And the closing segment with Cena and Laurinaitis gained 990,000 viewers for a 3.43 overrun rating. This was among the best overrun gains of the year.
Orton/Jericho gaining on a random slot is great but not surprising, second biggest star in the industry vs a big veteran star should always do good.
Ace doing good TV numbers is the regular thing. I said it for weeks that they're trying to put him out there as a JR character in terms of a TV draw, he's not JR's level, let alone Bischoff or Vince/Shane but he got the crowd investment.
But when an Orton match lost 588,000 viewers in that same timeslot a few months ago it was fine b/c it was just a random timeslot that always loses viewers? So the 2nd quarter hour is now not a random slot that always loses viewers?
This is the inconsistency biased posting I called you on a couple weeks ago. I know it only happens when you talk about Punk and Bryan though.
The rest of your post i agree with for the most part.
And jonoaires made a a great point above as well, evertything they advertised gain viewers, something to take note of.
Paul/HHH, while a decent opener is still considerably lower than the past couple of weeks. Nothing terrible, but not great either all things considered.
Punk/Marella vs. Bryan/Cody losing viewers (along with the divas segment apparently, so who knows how many viewers were lost/gained between them) isn't good, but it's still the fourth most watched part of the show by a couple hundred thousand viewers at least, and only the big time slots beat it. Cena's Make a Wish video failing is great and hopefully sends a message that most WWE fans don't really care about that stuff. It's a nice message and all, but keep that stuff on wwe.com or the youtube channel.
Ace/Show gaining all the viewers back from the beginning of the show and then some scares me considering how long and boring the segment was, yet it still had such a big average number. Show has always been a good special attraction as Rock316AE has been saying, but if this means Ace is a draw... then I have a feeling things will be getting worse before they get better.
6-man tag after that obviously lost a majority of the viewers, so it shouldn't be a surprise Jericho/Orton gains somewhat. And hey, it's second best out of the quarter hours (behind Punk/Santino vs. Bryan/Cody). Ace gaining huge for the second time, along with Cena, once again tells me things are only going to get worse before they get better if WWE takes these ratings with more importance than some of the people on here do. Of course the overall rating isn't the strongest ever this year, but it's still the highest point of the show and if this means we'll be seeing more Ace in weeks to come... well... it's unfortunate. I like Ace but in small doses. But what's really bad is the storyline isn't that good at all and yet it's still pulling the strongest numbers of the show. HHH and Heyman should've done that considering the storyline, who's involved, and the slot it was in... but oh well.
Edit: Also, I think Ace was technically in the first quarter as well, so he was in the top three spots of the night. :lmao
I'd appreciate the Laurinitas stuff if he was even close to being on Vince's level of entertainment. He's fun but a show focused around him gets rather old. If they're going to flaunt him like crazy and have him main event a PPV, at least add some depth to him. He has potential but I don't think they're using it.
Something people need to realize about the first quarter: You can't affect the number unless you told the audience that you're opening the show BEFORE the show OR if the segment is longer than the 15 minutes quarter. In the peak years, the first quarter was 90% of the time the lowest of the night because the audience grew.
When you think about it, we had good acting on this show, Show was tremendous, Heyman was awesome as usual, HHH is great and the Orton/Sheamus chemistry is perfect. So at least a few good performers in this miserable product.
Holy shit at Laurinaitis's numbers. I didn't expect that. If those numbers remain steady for Laurinaitis/Show/Cena, it would seem a Show & Laurinaitis vs. Cena program would draw pretty well after OTL if Show screws Cena.
I wouldn't be a huge fan of the angle, but if there's really that much interest in those angles on the show, it seems like it'd draw well along with the HHH/Heyman/Lesnar angle.
I hate the fact that Laranitis is a draw, it's sickening to know that we'll probably see EVEN MORE of him after this. I like the guy in a limited role, but he's been monopolizing the show for the past month.
Johnny Ace becoming a draw is sort of the ultimate proof how far pro wrestling has come... or gone... He's so bland and such a black hole of charisma that it's like viewers want to immerse themselves in the caustic yet uninspired voluminous expository of Ace's promos in a meta auto-critique of the state of the artform that is professional wrestling. In a positively refreshing way, however, Ace's personification of corporate cronyism juxtaposed with a forceless, feckless presence and demeanor highlights the maturation and progression of the audience's appreciation and understanding of a more nuanced characterization of the villain. Whereas "Mr. McMahon" was an over-the-top alter ego of Vince McMahon's for whom nothing less than the firmament was acceptable, Laurinaitis is actually the more immediately recognizable denizen of the hypothetical workplace. I do wonder, however, whether or not the majority of the viewers appreciate this telling difference of the times.
Ace is not the best mic talkers in the WWE at all, but the fact that his segments gain viewers is proof that people respond to characters who are well developed and of importance. Ace has been given segments with the biggest stars for the past few months and people know that when he is on something important will happen. If WWE can make a guy like Ace a draw, then most people can be a draw. Also not taking anything away from Big Show who did a good job showing sympathy and Cena since they contributed to the numbers as well.
The time slot for the tag team match involving Punk almost always loses viewers so no surprise and the fact that it is a combined number with an Alicia Fox vs Phoenix match is also why that time slot lost viewers.
If thats what the people are into, they're the most retarded audience on the planet. that fact that the WWE audience tune in to see John Laurinatitis more then anyone on the roster is sickening and just shows how far standerds have fallen not only in the wrestling buisness but the auience expectations aswell. And no doubt we will see more and more of him now thanks to these numbers.
I might need to take break from WWE until the summer before I start losing my mind. Fuck John Laurinaitis and fuck the dumbass audience for watching him.
What's his mic/promo time lookin like? 55 plus mins?
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