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**The Official Raw Ratings Thread** (Discuss Ratings In Here)

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
For a list of the weekly rating dating back to January, please click here:

http://www.gerweck.net/tv-ratings/2012-tv-ratings/

RATINGS BREAKDOWN FOR THIS WEEKS RAW 4/9

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.
 
#3,769 ·
CM Punk ‏@CMPunk
You a wrestling fan or a ratings fan? I'll take cross over seg telling a good story over covering a non-wrestler with condiments any day.
 
#3,782 ·
Not that I consider Cole v Cena to be anywhere near the example I'm going to bring up but Austin v McMahon was probally the most entertaining feud ever and yes it did have it's fair share of Austin doing silly stuff to the McMahons.

You guys crack me up with this the crowd wants to see 2 wrestlers wrestle and that's it.
 
#3,786 ·
in the past individual wrestlers drew, now its the product draws.

mainly because 12 years ago as many as 10-15 guys where massively pushed now we have only one guy.
 
#3,803 ·
I don't think it's difficult to do what Cena did this week, if Punk did it last week it will be much better but of course Cena gets the best booking. Others are worthless to him, Is it really that hard to book others like him.
 
#3,810 ·
The difference between the Cena/Cole segment and the numerous Austin vs. Authority Figure X segments is that Austin's segments served a storyline purpose. What was the point of beating up Cole and humiliating him? It's not like he crossed Cena, or was an integral part of Ace/Show story. He's just a heel announcer (who has been acting much less heelish and annoying than at his peak btw) who got beat up on a random night for basically no reason.

The question would've been the same had it been Sheamus, or Punk, or Bryan beating him up: what the fuck is the point of this?
 
#3,817 ·
Part of me wants to see the ratings fall, fall and fall WWE built up Miz as promient main eventer and he single handly drew 1 million viewers then WWE buried him and at the last PPV he lost to Brodus Clay, Zack Ryder gets himself over he and Dolph work their own bloody feud through the internet and get one or two segements on RAW but the payoff is the same Ryder becoming the top upper mid card player with the US title three weeks latter he loses the title to "JACK SWAGGER" and becomes Kane punching bag, Dolph Ziggler finally finds him nack with his show off gimmick puts it work in his fued with Ryder and leads him to his feud with Punk which was brilliant great promo work with Punk, Ace and Foley first time in months Punk kept viewers in opening segement come Royal Rumble gets GTS's 4 times back to midcard put into feud with Brodus Clay buried loses all heat he built himself back to relying on Vickie FUCK, Sheamus obviously heading to Wrestlemania potrays a great mix of being a face and at the same time keeping that edge now he is Cena 2.0, Mark Henry bring ratings back to Smackdown for months and loses the title to big show in a 6 minuite match and then continually gets buried by Sheamus.
 
#3,827 ·
Clearly Vince McMahon has had enough of @WWEDanielBryan & @CMPunk murdering the ratings. Project Skinny Dwarves has failed miserably. #RAWWW
:lmao :lmao :lmao. This is good and spot on BTW, but this:
You a wrestling fan or a ratings fan? I'll take cross over seg telling a good story over covering a non-wrestler with condiments any day.
This is just comedy gold. I love the bitterness. This guy is probably the first guy to check the ratings every week from the way he's talking, "The dancer blames the "curve floor" for his lack of talent and ability", sad mentality. Miserable IMO.

Anyway, for the rating, 2.9 as expected, Cole/Cena is going to do a huge gain, and that's on Cole's name, I don't like his work at all, but he did a great job on the hype for his match.
 
#3,829 ·
This is actually getting troublesome. It feels like the bottom ratings get lower and lower every year,

We are at a point where below 3.0 is becoming the norm.

EDIT: And no, I do not blame the champion, whether it be CM Punk, John Cena, or Brodus Clay. The champion isn't responsible for shitty writing and an evil boss storyline that is beating a near 15 year old horse to death.
 
#3,832 ·
I don't know how anyone can watch that main event last night and defend this product. If you are older than 10 and enjoyed that I feel for you.

This company does nothing but insult the fans week after week and yet some of the fans will defend this garbage to the death. It's horrible, it's not entertaining, the main eveners are not entertaining, there is no consistency.

It's good the ratings are awful, it will be the ONLY thing that sparks some change from this company.
 
#3,833 ·
The fact that the ratings have been awful is the reason that we got BBQ Sauce'd Cole Mainevent. That's how you fix the ratings.

You know? Michael Cole, the commentator who has significantly toned it down over the past few months, has been calling the matches, trying to put over the talent such as putting over Daniel Bryan a submission wrestler, has been 100% less insufferable and less of a bully than Jerry Lawler.
 
#3,835 ·
Another terrible rating for a terrible product. It seems that the base for Raw's rating is getting lower and lower and soon when raw is getting a 3.0 or slightly above rating the wwe officials will be celebrating. I wonder if this time next year , after brock and rock are out of the picture for good , the base for raw's rating will be 2.5

The wwe must change its whole philosophy fast , everything (buyrates, ratings, attendances) is going to the toilet quick . Focus on edgy storylines and improve the freakin writng, make some meaningful feuds for the mid card, allow the wrestlers more freedom on the mic , JUST ACT FOR FUCK'S SAKE the wwe reminds me the titanic and i don't want to see the company destroyed.
 
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