[Crona]

Originally Posted by Walk-In

You thought it was bad before? Now Punk & The Rock are going to feud on TV finally. It's going to be so, so worse around the forum. If the RAW thread last night is any indication, it's going to take over every thread. It turned into a pissing contest about who "won" the overrun segment, as if it was some contest or some shit. "Punk killed Rock!" "Rock did great, you're crazy!"

It's going to get really stupid, really soon.

Implying it wasn't already? I do agree, it is going to get much worse.

[SerapisLiber]

Well WWE, way to knock the ball right...

into the foul zone.

Even with the return of the GOAT, it was exactly the same old shit. Nothing but rerun matches we've seen booked time & time again over the past several months. The hyped "main event" wasn't even the main event. It was a pathetic lack-luster main event at that, with a predictable finish. And the return of the Rock, the basket they put all the ratings eggs in this week, didn't even start until the time slot was technically over. Did they really expect people to sit through MORE than three hours of absolute SHIT just for the hope that Rock MIGHT come out? First of all, being a school night, all of the kids already went to bed an hour or two earlier, and that's at least, what, half(?) their audience right there. Then I suspect a significant number of viewers who were waiting for the Rock, when by 11:00, when TV Guide says the show is over, there had not even been so much as a hint of the Rock all night, these people probably tuned out at 11:00 thinking they had been suckered, that either the Rock was in fact NOT coming out, or even if he was, he would only have like 60 seconds or less before the show went off the air.

Then finally the return, and it did not live up to expectations. It did not have that epic feel we've all come to expect from Rock's returns.

The only thing about the entire show that brought even the faintest of a smile to my face was when Punk stood up for underutilized talent like Tyson, and pointed out that talent is not what gets you ahead in WWE.

So the Rock's big return bringing RAW back into the 3s?

No way.

[Slam_It]

Anyone know where I can find the RAW viewership for 2012? I found this: http://www.gerweck.net/tv-ratings/2012-tv-ratings/
which has ratings, but doesn't list the amount of viewers. It's also missing the last RAW of the year.

[Eddie Ray]

Originally Posted by Slam_It

Anyone know where I can find the RAW viewership for 2012? I found this: http://www.gerweck.net/tv-ratings/2012-tv-ratings/
which has ratings, but doesn't list the amount of viewers. It's also missing the last RAW of the year.

whats fascinating is that since the 3 hour format RAW has taken a nose dive and those figures back it up completely.

[D.M.N.]

I think the best indication for Raw's numbers is to look at the Slammy's numbers:

Slammy Awards 2012
Hour 1 - 4.29 million
Hour 2 - 4.41 million
Hour 3 - 3.99 million

The hour Flair returned in had 4.4 million viewers, a great hourly number these days outside of WrestleMania season. For the regular watcher, but not dedicated aka "I must watch everything" watcher, hour 1 last night had Cena/Ziggler for a good chunk, hour 3 had Punk/Ryback and Punk/Rock whilst hour 2 had.... nothing lol. On that basis, I think:

Hour 1 - 4.2 million
Hour 2 - 4.0 million
Hour 3 - 4.6 million

Is realistic.

[JY57]

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/W...le_67724.shtml

-- Monday's WWE Raw featuring The Rock's return scored 321,033 in social activity, which was the highest score in four months dating back to September 10, 2012.

Raw ranked #2 on social media behind the BCS National Title game on ESPN. Raw ranked higher than "Love & Hip Hop" and "Catfish" - both shows regularly topped Raw during the Fall 2012 season. [ Data Source: Trendrr.TV ]

not ratings but the social media score was the highest it has been in 4 months and was # 2 right behind the BCS game

[purple_gloves]

Aren't the ratings usually out by now?

[kendoo]

does anyone know roughly what the ratings are in the uk and other countrys were it airs live/taped

[mblonde09]

Originally Posted by Da Silva

Jesus fucking Christ, how is it that this thread can continue to be so petty?

See the quote in my sig:

[-Extra-]

Let see how Rocky draws against a bunch of amateur... football players.