[Rock316AE]

Originally Posted by Verdict123

Its both HHH + Taker's return thats a disappointment which i predicted beforehand. Opening seg was the highest rated as i said.

and BTW, both HHH and taker most likely wont be on next week's raw. They got plenty of time to build, they will take it slowly. Meltzer also said the same thing.

HHH is going to be on every RAW until WM...Taker is going to be there from the EC PPV, and Rock coming back on the last RAW of February.

And I can see a 4.0 in March, if you got a big Rock segment and Shaq segment on the same show? + HHH/Taker/HBK? easily.

[Verdict123]

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

HHH is going to be on every RAW until WM...Taker is going to be there from the EC PPV, and Rock coming back on the last RAW of February.

And I can see a 4.0 in March, if you got a big Rock segment and Shaq segment on the same show? + HHH/Taker/HBK? easily.

I dont think he will be but we will find out next week i guess.

[Starbuck]

Originally Posted by Verdict123

Surprise returns SHOULD gain viewers depending on the starpower, especially in the overrun, See: The Rock's Return feb 14 2011.

and the opening seg should be considered a disappointment imo, not even 4.0.

Some segments lately haven't even been able to gain a 3.0 and you're calling anything under a 4.0 a disappointment? I think that's setting expectations a little too high. The opener and the overrun were both 3.9. It's everything in between that let them down. Had they experienced a bigger gain in the middle, they would have been well into 4.0 territory. I don't see how it's a disappointment tbh. They got a big result from post-Rumble interest at the start. They advertised a HHH return and got a big result at the end too. If things aren't above 5 million next week, then I'd start to worry and call it a disappointment.

Originally Posted by Rock316AE

HHH is going to be on every RAW until WM...Taker is going to be there from the EC PPV, and Rock coming back on the last RAW of February.

And I can see a 4.0 in March, if you got a big Rock segment and Shaq segment on the same show? + HHH/Taker/HBK? easily.

Agreed. Rock's going to give them quite a boost and HHH/Taker will maintain it. Shaq, if he's there, will give an extra boost and that's only 2/3 matches. Throw in general RTWM hype and everything else still to come and I think they'll definitely hit 4.0 at some point.

[Verdict123]

Plus John laurinaitis isnt fired yet remember? Big Johnny still runs the show, so i highly doubt hhh or taker are going to be on next week's show.

[Wrestlinfan35]

Bryan vs. Punk did really good, happy to see that. A 3.54 rating, and when you compare it to the Triple H/Johnny/Undertaker segment that did 3.59 (Q8+Overrun) that's pretty damn good. Punk and Bryan aren't draws? wat.

Also good news that the Kane/Cena thing drew when last time it was in a random segment it lost quite a bit.

[Verdict123]

Originally Posted by Wrestlinfan35

Bryan vs. Punk did really good, happy to see that. A 3.54 rating, and when you compare it to the Triple H/Johnny/Undertaker segment that did 3.59 (Q8+Overrun) that's pretty damn good. Punk and Bryan aren't draws? wat.

Also good news that the Kane/Cena thing drew when last time it was in a random segment it lost quite a bit.

Entire HHH/ACE/Taker segment was in the 18 mins Overrun. Overrun did 3.85 rating.

Punk/bryan gain was weak considering the time slot.

[SarcasmoBlaster]

The top of the second hour almost always does bad comparatively to the top of the first and the bottom of the second, especially when you put matches there (because WWE has trained its audience to know that the outcomes of matches don't matter). In fact the opening and closing segments are not the problem anymore. It's everything else.

[ecabney]

Orton loses half a million viewers on his return match on Raw
Bryan da gawd's match with Punk gains about half of them back

no one cares about Orton, breh

[superuser1]

not surprised orton and ziggler lost viewers

that was their 500th time wrestling against each other

[JasonLives]

You have to also consider commercials, some quarters had only one and some had two. Im pretty sure Quarter 3 ( Orton/Ziggler ) had two. That always put a dent on things.

I think 5.7 million viewers is really good for the opening. Shouldnt just stare at the actual rating. Remember back in 2007 they did a overall 4.2 rating but "only" 5.5 million viewers. Its a different time now. This would have probably done a higher rating a few years back.