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**The Official Raw Ratings Thread** (Discuss Ratings In Here)

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
For a list of the weekly rating dating back to January, please click here:

http://www.gerweck.net/tv-ratings/2012-tv-ratings/

RATINGS BREAKDOWN FOR THIS WEEKS RAW 4/9

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.
 
#1,151 ·
They seem to have lost a couple hundred thousand viewers since the Rumble aftermath, maybe even more than that. They were over 5 mil then, they were over 5 mil for the opening segment last week and then there was a dip. I don't think anything is going to get over 5 mil this week going off those numbers though. The one interesting thing is that viewership went up in the second hour which goes against the recent trend of a drop and which also, most likely, has to be attributed to either HHH/HBK at 10pm or Cena/Kane etc at the end. I guess we'll find out when the quarter hours come out. Won't that be fun? Lol.

Edit - So they've lost a million viewers, not a couple hundred thousand lol. That's even worse!
 
#1,158 ·
Youtube works based on hits. Its not the right indicator of what casuals like. See the build for jericho return for example. All those cryptic IT BEGINS promos and his return actually lost viewers on raw.

On YT, if your video is a hit, you will get hourly views regardless of the content of the video. It has a lot to do with Facebook/Twitter sharing features.
 
#1,162 ·
No one person is enough to give a show a boost of 1 million viewers AND make them stick around unless they're Rock lol. Until we get the quarter hours, we don't know anything really. But going off what we do have, the only thing to take from this is that the build to EC isn't exactly getting anybody excited. They experienced a bump after the Rumble and have completely lost it again just 2 weeks later. Why? Because they've basically done fuck all to promote EC is my guess. Heading into the PPV before Wrestlemania and having hour 1 of your flagship show pull under 4 million viewers is alarming to say the least. Then again, I'm pretty sure they don't give a fuck because they're relying on Rock (again) to give them a boost when he finally comes back.
 
#1,171 · (Edited)
I agree, I always wanted to see Jericho/Taker, even not at WM, just a PPV...

Horrendous number, this is the lowest rated RAW on this week since 97, to get a number like that on the RTW is panic mode for them. Punk is the lowest drawing champion without competition since 95, And if he loses the title on the PPV, I'm waiting for Meltzer to do math including the terrible house show business for this time of the year, would be interesting where he is but it's top 5 without a doubt. I expected something bigger from HBK on his return, before I saw the rating, I was going to say that I expecting a 4.0 for the HBK/HHH segment which was 20 minutes without commercials. I'm sure they still did the peak of the show because Cena/Kane/Ryder/Eve is horrific, 12 minutes overrun or not, and their segment was great.

PWTorch:
-- Raw averaged 4.12 million viewers, down 11 percent compared to last week and down 21 percent compared to the post-Rumble Raw. Overall, Raw was down 1.1 million viewers compared to the post-Rumble Raw.

Raw's first hour averaged 3.92 million viewers, down nearly one million viewers compared to last week's first hour and down 1.4 million viewers compared to the first hour post-Rumble. It was the fewest first hour viewers since September 12 (22 weeks).

Raw then increased to an average of 4.31 million viewers in the second hour, which was down 130,000 viewers compared to last week's second hour and down 800,000 viewers compared to the post-Rumble second hour.
First hour - 2.91 (Yes, you're still in February)
Second Hour - 3.09
 
#1,170 ·
I doubt it. I'm betting the debate was the only part of the first hour actually doing any good. I mean let's see, we had Jericho, Orton, Big Show, among others in the first hour. When have these guys ever done shit for ratings? No surprise the first hour bombed because the second hour is where all the action was. I'm expecting HHH/HBK to pull a good number. Unlike last week, the segment went the whole quarter with no commercial interruptions. Last week's segment ended at 10:05 and went to commercial which then lead to a crappy tag match. And for some reason, I see the Kane/Cena/Ryder horseshit to pull the best numbers. Should be a fun breakdown. :eek:
 
#1,181 ·
I've been looking at RAW again recently because of Rocks brief return. I can't stand CM Punk. The HHH-Taker angle is horrific, its booked like HHH beat taker, not Taker beating him twice. Why would taker want to do this for a third time? I know I dont wanna see it again.

Worth watching only for the Cena heat.
 
#1,183 ·
How long can they bury their heads in the sand before they acknowledge a change has to be made. In my opinion WM should be Cena's swan song as the company front man.

Creative needs an overhaul, bring in fresh blood with radical ideas that will grab attention. Anything will suffice instead of flogging a dead horse week after week.

Today is the day to heed the old saying "Look to the past and you shall find the future". Vince needs to look at what made Attitude and Ruthless Aggression so popular and and mould them with the positives of now to freshen things up.

Here's hoping Wrestlemania 28 caps the PG/Cena Era and we enter April in a new era. The Pipebomb Era? The Indie Invasion Era?
 
#1,185 ·
Is anyone surprised how bad the ratings were? Swear to God I knew this would happen. Don't wanna make myself sound psychic, but I fucking knew it. Swear to God, Raw was so bad last week for the first time I considered quitting wrestling all over again and not bothering. It was that bad for me. I guess others were more harder and decided not to tune in at all. You can't keep taking the fans for a ride any more. When you put out shit, no one gives a fuck. WWE desperately needs to change and a complete overhaul is needed. People can defend the product all they want, fact is every old fan I have spoken to laughs at the current state of the product and mocks its PG nature. Isn't a knock on PG, just pointing that out. WWE needs a massive change. That is all.
 
#1,188 ·
Quarter 1: Show opened at a 2.9
Q2: Lost 49,000 viewers (Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston)
Q3: Lost 24,000 viewers (Backstage shenanigans with John Cena and Zack Ryder; John Laurinaitis and David Otunga)
Q4: Gained 93,000 viewers (Big Show vs. Randy Orton)
Q5: Gained 822,000 (return of Michaels, Triple H, Undertaker video) to take the show to a 3.6
Q6: Lost 621,000 viewers (Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth)
Q7: Lost 320,000 viewers (Tamina Snuka vs. Brie Bella; Eve walking into the back of an ambulance & ensuing snog with Cena)
Q8: Lost 139,000 viewers (C.M. Punk vs. The Miz) to do a 2.8.
Over-run: Gained 505,000 (Kane zooming Ryder off a 3ft stage) viewers to close out on a 3.1.
 
#1,246 ·
Quarter 1: Show opened at a 2.9
Q2: Lost 49,000 viewers (Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston)
Q3: Lost 24,000 viewers (Backstage shenanigans with John Cena and Zack Ryder; John Laurinaitis and David Otunga)
Q4: Gained 93,000 viewers (Big Show vs. Randy Orton)
Q5: Gained 822,000 (return of Michaels, Triple H, Undertaker video) to take the show to a 3.6
Q6: Lost 621,000 viewers (Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth)
Q7: Lost 320,000 viewers (Tamina Snuka vs. Brie Bella; Eve walking into the back of an ambulance & ensuing snog with Cena)
Q8: Lost 139,000 viewers (C.M. Punk vs. The Miz) to do a 2.8.
Over-run: Gained 505,000 (Kane zooming Ryder off a 3ft stage) viewers to close out on a 3.1.
 
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