[Choke2Death]

Wow, that breakdown was fucking awesome! Rytingz gains huge, Punk/Heyman mocking Lawler's heart-attack lost a shitload of viewers and Cena/Punk lost viewers too. So much for "LULZ LULZ U MAD!!! U MAD???? LULZ!".

Mad props to everyone that changed the channel when Punk was on. Have a great day, each and everyone of you. Even the soccer moms that want WWE to remain a shitty PC G-rated piece of garbage!

[Headliner]

The end of the angle lost 876,000 viewers.

Exactly what I thought would happen.

[Gamblor]

This is actually a very interesting breakdown...

First thing is first, thank god the end of the segment lost more than the Lawler return gained, as it should. While it probably means they tuned out whenFoley came out/during Foley's speech, it's obviously because of that shit they had Punk and Heyman do. I would've turned off Raw at that point as well had it not been for Foley coming out (and he delivered). But yeah, great news when a disgusting segment like that loses.

Ryback/Maddoxx gaining? Wow, I mean... just shows what happens when you have a good build up for a match. But even then, Ryback is turning into a true proven ratings draw. He still has his losses, but if he keeps this up like doing the best 10PM number in 4 months (and it was a great rating in today's WWE for the segment as well), he'll be a bigger ratings draw than even Cena in a few months. We'll see what happens. I've been becoming a fan of Ryback over the last month or two and I've been enjoying his face character as it's a fresh breath of air from the normal corny top babyfaces we've gotten in the last 2 years (which I'm sure is part of the reason he's drawing so well, but still it is what it is). I'm hoping Ryback continues this success in the ratings.

I do wonder though, if during the match more people tuned in in hopes of seeing Lesnar. I suppose it would be a long shot for the casuals, but I mainly tuned in to see Lesnar pop out of that ambulance.

Punk/Cena lost viewers initially, but then gained in the overrun, which is normal. It shows though that the mega-appeal of the match has been worn away and Punk/Cena, at least for a Raw, just isn't the big time draw anymore.

Sheamus/Otunga losing 900,000+ viewers is terrible, but expected right Ryback destroyed Maddox.

[Roncaglione]

Originally Posted by Headliner

Exactly what I thought would happen.

Dave Meltzer was the source of those ratings and here is his breakdown in the lead story of the Observer:

As far as people tuning out, there was, in fact, a huge tune-out factor actually during the angle itself, with 17.7% of those viewing turning off their TV or switching to another channel in the last few minutes of the angle. It was 21% leaving in the Male 18-49 demo, or one in five, which is kind of staggering if you think about it. I had expected the “train wreck” mentality where people would hate it but stick with it and then tune out for the next match, but they didn’t wait. But as far as long-term, there was no effect since almost all came back to the show roughly 45 minutes later, watched one segment, and there was a massive tune-out again from there, which is the normal third hour pattern as people get tired of the show late..

[holt_hogan]

Originally Posted by RevolverSnake

why do you rather watch Ryback vs Referee instead of CENA vs PUNK?

:hhh

They've had loads of matches I assume.

[funnyfaces1]

Once again Ryback, CM Punk, and Mark Henry prove their ratings power.

[blur]

Punk draws and kill ratingz at the same time.

Was it done before?

[Snoth]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Is this real? Holy shit lol. That's all over the fucking place. Wow. Thought Punk/Cena would have done much better. I guess they have all about killed the appeal of it by now. Silly. 9PM did well. The whole King/Punk thing...I don't even know how to interpret that tbh lol. I don't get where they're getting how the 8 man tag gained in the last few minutes unless they have minute by minute information, which they don't. Shrug. 10PM did VERY well. DAT RYBACK. He was the main guy featured here and he did it all on his own. Impressive. The whole thing is very up and down though, more so than usual. Very strange breakdown overall but interesting.

Mark wars.....COMMENCE!!!

Actually, Nielsen does have ratings minute by minute. They are considered unnecessary tho.

[JasonLives]

Originally Posted by WallofShame

Actually, Nielsen does have ratings minute by minute. They are considered unnecessary tho.

But Meltzer dont. Which is why he usually guess why a quarter rised or gained, or spin it in a way that suits him. Of course he always seem to leave out commercial breaks.
Since the different gains and losses are easily explainable just looking at what took place in what quarter.

Like saying that the start of Cena/Punk drew poorly. No, the quarter drew poorly because it had 3 minutes of matchtime and the rest was commercials and entrances.

[YoungGun_UK]

WOW. Number's don't lie I guess, WWE will probably make Punk and Heyman apologize on the PPV or even RAW. Rybacks gain and Lawler Fiasco loss are both connected so you don't really now what numbers Ryback would have gained without the unnatural amount of people tuning out tuning back in, he's definitely getting some buzz though.

Cena/Punk has died a death which is expected, Ive said it loathes but Cena really isn't any bigger of a 'TV Draw' than Punk, I wonder if that angle will have any effects on future Punk segments or they'll just forget about it.