[dan the marino]

Honestly I don't think that says much, people flip the show on when they flip it on, and in Cena's case he got what is usually reserved for the biggest moment of the night, plus overrun. A bigger tell is when they flip away from the show I'd imagine.

[RatedR10]

I bet the third hour lost a lot of viewers.

If the Cena promo is more viewed than Rock/Punk/Shield promo... wow.

[Cycloneon]

Doesn't the third hour usually lose viewers? I assume that

[Amuroray]

Terrible ratings this week.

[D.M.N.]

That is last week! This is this week: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...p-more/166162/

Hour 1 - 4.370 million
Hour 2 - 4.419 million
Hour 3 - 4.162 million

....not great numbers.

[Shazayum]

JOHN FELIX ANTHONY RATINGS KILLER CENA.

[Kabraxal]

Originally Posted by D.M.N.

That is last week! This is this week: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...p-more/166162/

Hour 1 - 4.370 million
Hour 2 - 4.419 million
Hour 3 - 4.162 million

....not great numbers.

Should have had Rock/Punk last...

[Amuroray]

Originally Posted by Shazayum

JOHN FELIX ANTHONY RATINGS KILLER CENA.

We dont have the breakdown yet.

[Cliffy Byro]

Cena will get the highest rated segment.

It's a shame we don't get the minute by minute numbers tho.

[Starbuck]

Things are slowly dipping since Rock first returned and Rock/Punk started but I don't think it's going to affect the buyrate of the Rumble. It's one of those cases where a lot of people are going to want to see it no matter what the build is. I think so anyways. I don't want to spark some huge debate here but Rock/Cena didn't set the world on fire in terms of TV ratings but when it came to live gate and PPV, it broke records. Brock/HHH at Summerslam last year, again, didn't set the world on fire in terms of TV ratings but it ended up with a great buyrate because at the end of the day the attraction was Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H. I think this will be a similar case. At the end of the day the attraction is still Rock fighting for the title for the first time in 10 years against a guy who hasn't been beaten for 400+ days.

Having said all that, hour 2 is the highest rated hour and I suspect that it's down to Rock/Punk. It also looks like they could have hit the 5 million mark too which is always nice. Hour 3 dropped way down. I'm curious to see what Cena's segment did just for the lulz. DAT HEEL CENA PROMO.