[I-Am-DashingRKO]

2 hours or 3 hours, it doesn't matter. The problem isn't how long the show is, the problem is the product itself. Even with three hours, we still getting the same product from when it was 2 hours just with more ads, recaps and pointless segments with less wrestling.

The divas still can't get a 5-7 minute match on Raw

[murder]

Originally Posted by I-Am-DashingRKO

2 hours or 3 hours, it doesn't matter. The problem isn't how long the show is, the problem is the product itself.

Amen.

Raw 1000 was three hours and a great show. Nitro used to be three hours and was a great show for some time. In fact, Nitros best ratings were all with three hours shows. And of course, Wrestlemania is four hours and Mania 20 was five hours. And even with much more content because of no breaks, they have been great.

[Dexter Morgan]

Funny how times change.

There was a time when most of the pay per views were 2 hours, Raw was only one hour and Mania was only 3. Now every other ppv is 3 hours, Mania is 4 hours and Raw is 3 hours. Coming soon...Smackdown moves to 3 hours. I call it.

[wb1899]

WWE Raw and Teen Mom 2 tied for number 1 among Monday's cable programs, with both earning a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating. WWE Raw was up from last week's 1.5 adults 18-49 rating, while Teen Mom 2 was up from last week's 1.1.

WWE Entertainment - 8:00 PM - 4,818,000 - 1.6
WWE Entertainment - 10:00 PM - 4,493,000 - 1.6
WWE Entertainment - 9:00 PM - 4,674,000 - 1.6

tvbythenumbers

[sharkboy22]

So when Punk's the champion he's the reason for the crappy ratings but when The Rock's champion, it's because of the overall product?

[Fanboi101]

Originally Posted by sharkboy22

So when Punk's the champion he's the reason for the crappy ratings but when The Rock's champion, it's because of the overall product?

Ratings haven't been crappy since the Rock became champion. At least not the way they were when Punk was champion

[Gamblor]

Great numbers. Next week's should be interesting to see if it holds up as it's pretty much all on Punk/Cena, which is one of the two biggest matches they could make on the full-time roster.

Of course if it does well, it's going to be because of Rock. If it does poorly, it's going to be because of Punk and Cena. lol, oh well. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

I assume we won't get the breakdown for this week's show until next week. Wonder if the opening or closing segment got over a 4.0.

[JY57]

3.30 rating

[Gamblor]

Oh wow, lol, thought the 10PM hour said 4,993,000... , numbers not as great as I thought in that case, but still very good. 3.30 is still higher than any Raw on the RTWM last year except the night after the Rumble.

[Annihilus]

The relevant thing is that ratings are about equal to what they were 2, 3, 4 years ago this same time period. ratings ALWAYS get a bump for the road to WM whether The Rock is appearing or not, because this is the time of year most wrestling fans commit to watching the product most. Rock being champion and making his token appearances is not helping the ratings get above what they were 4 years ago when he wasn't even a part of the company, thats a fact.

The 2nd and 3rd hour are still losing ratings over the first hour, because people suffer wrestling fatigue, nobody really wanst to sit through 3 hours of that every week, let alone 2 hours of smackdown, main event, etc. If you wanted to actually watch every WWE show right now, it would be about the equivalent of watching the entire LOTR trilogy every week. Who wants to do that?