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.
It doesn't affect us so what does it matter. They could have the Rock, Stone Cold, Undertaker, Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Piper, Shawn Michaels, and they would draw a 3.2 at most in these day and age.
A lot of us who don't like the way the show is at the moment actually want it to improve, because we've seen how much better it was in days gone by and know that they do have the tools there to succeed, they're just not using them properly. The only way they will be jolted into action is if there's a reason to. Like low ratings.
Yeah, I realise that it's hypocritical to wish them to have low ratings when they put on a crappy show, but still watch the show myself but it is what it is. I've been watching Raw pretty much since it began (and WWF itself for a while before thate even) so I'm not about to suddenly give up on it now, knowing that it's greatly entertained me in the past and has the potential to do so again if they stop pandering to a kiddie/social media type audience and just put on a decent wrestling orientated show that everyone can enjoy. I actually enjoyed the road to Wrestlemania and Extreme Rules this year (before things when rapidly back downhill again), Raw Episode 1000 was also good and we're nearly at Survivor Series now, so I'm sure things will pick up at least a little soon, even if only for the short term. I'll be interested to see what they do for the Raw 20th Anniversary show as well.
Complaining about how shit WWE have been in recent years and actually 'hating' them are 2 completely different things.
analysing every single .1 in the ratings is as retarded as threatening to kill someone 1/4 star in the rating of a match. its makes wrestling fans look even sadder than they are. its seriously putting the 'anal' in analysing
I think 2.4 is pretty high considering the debate they are competing with, not to mention the usual MNF. I expect something between 1.8-2.3 which is unfortunately going to be the new standard they settle for because they are too lazy to get back their fans.
Yeah. . .ratings are probably gonna tank tonight. Especially during the midcard. If it's still 2.5, I'll be very surprised. Even though 2.5 isn't great, if they actually do hit that mark again, it should be considered a victory considering how watered down most of the show is right now. . .not to mention all the competion for that timeslot tonight.
Holy crap are they hyping up the debate tonight. On top of the NLCS and MNF. But if this was 2004 with them against the same amount of competition or if they actually had some sort of big storyline to get people to watch with starpower, the worst they'd do would be a 2.9.
I can't see them doing less than 2.0, but a sub 2.5 is fairly conceivable given what else is on US TV at the same time.
Though it's not just the competition that's killing their ratings, it's the rut that their product has fallen into in recent months.
They seem to be putting all their eggs in one basket and hoping that Ryback is going to be their 'saviour' of sorts. I'll keep my opinions about him to the Ryback Discussion thread, but I'm not convinced. We'll see over the next few weeks.
ryback is not the saviour, vince thinks he is but he will be a bust
the fact that there putting all there eggs in the basket shows how bad and desperate they are, the product has been so bad for so long they need some long term solutions
start pushing younger talent like ambrose/ziggler/rollins/etc
either that or keep seeing the rating fall and short term bandage solutions
let's see dem 9.0 ratingz guyz :lmao because we all know ryback is a huge draw and everyone will stop watching MLB/NFL and the presidential debate for him and such awesome Writting team after Vince got mad and fired the head writter
With the competition alone, I don't expect a huge rating. I said 2.4-2.6 yesterday, but I'll change that to 2.2-2.5. I don't think they go below 2.0... yet.
I didn't think it was a bad show. It was just long as hell like usual and struggles to keep my attention. The ratings are gonna tank bad though this week with all the stuff going on TV. I expect low 2's.
I really, really, REALLY hope they get a 2.0 or below. They absolutely deserve it. Shit like that should get pitiful ratings.
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