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.
Cut that guy some slack, he's got major issues walking due to his size, and it isn't even his fault. He's just born this way (No Gaga jokes).
As long as he didnt take much tv time in a match, I don't really mind having him around. If it weren't for WWE, he might not have any jobs now. It's a win-win situation for both Khali and WWE in the way it opens out to India viewers.
He is going to get there eventually and it's gonna hurt. EVENTUALLY. He is moving at a "methodical pace" which is the JR way of saying that guy is really fucking slow without being blunt about it.
I wouldn't be surprised if it opened huge with Show/Cena/Laurinaitis and then dropped and never recovered after Santino and Ricardo's attempt at comedy. Putting CM Punk and Daniel Bryan in the coveted 5th quarter might explain the weak number too.
Or I don't know... half the show being Cena/Show/Lauranitis with a lousy handicap match being the main event. Really, as soon as it was announced you could tell how terrible Raw was going to be.
Adult 18-49 rating increased from first hour to second - 1.5 - 1.6. First hour is fall-out from Over the limit PPV the night before.
Last year May 23rd 2011 show did 3.4, it was the RAW immediately following Randy Savage's death. Also Bret hart as special guest referee in the main event tag match. Strong rating.
With ratings going down like this, dont think 3-hr RAW is very good idea tbh.
The Lesnar deal wasn't as good as I thought it would be for the WWE. You can't just have the guy come on a few weeks and just go missing for months at a time. People probably tune in to see if he's on the show and when they find out he's not going to be there they tune out.
Yeh I'm not one to ever blame an entire show rating on one or two guys that are involved in one 15 minute segment. But 30 mins of the first hour and 30 mins+ of the 2nd hour was completely focused on Cena/Ace/Big Show. Thats over half the show, the segment breakdown could show that these are the only segments people tuned in for, but I just don't see where the interest in Cena/Big Show feud #1000 is going to be.
Can't blame Punk as it is a reflection of the whole company right now.
So many guys have left recently or are not active much i.e HHH.HBK,Taker,Edge,Rey,Brock, Rock, Austin etc in terms of star power WWE is getting a glimpse into their future right now as the vast majority of the roster on the last few weeks have been the younger guys. Orton,Sheamus,Del Rio,Swagger,Ziggler,Christian,Miz,Otunga,Kofi,R Truth, Cody and of course Bryan and Punk. These guys represent the future of the show. And they are in deep deep shit because of it.
Punk is just another guy in the longlist of guys WWE has tried to force on people. They get to a certain level and just can't go any higher. Punk got stale ages ago and he still has the title. If the ratings are crap then obviously they need to make it more exciting. It doesn't matter who is the champion if the booking is so poor.
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