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All Raw TV Ratings, Buys, Attendance, Draw Talk Here - THE RATINGS STUFF PART VII - NUMBERZ

**All TV Ratings, Buys, Draw Talk Here**

Previous thread HERE : https://www.wrestlingforum.com/raw/...talk-here-ratings-war-part-vi-lolratings.html

NEW THREAD PEEPS!!!

It's the ratings thread, that thing that WWE apparently doesn't give a shit about, yeah (right)?

The next chapter in the ongoing saga that is the numbers game. Where numbers and decimal points gets analysed to the tenth degree and the dreaded 'Draw' phrase gets bought up and people get their handbags out and have a 'discussion' over a bunch of numbers about their favourites and how they draw and when they don't draw it's because nobody is a draw.

Even people who don't watch are enamored by dem numbers. It's all about the bloody numberz.

NUMBERZ. NUMBERZ. NUMBERZ.

THE RATINGS WAR PART VII

 
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#981 ·
"The Flair/McIntyre promo opened at 2,442,000 viewers. The Street Profits vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson closed at 2,129,000 viewers. In the segment-by-segment, McIntyre vs. Ricochet gained 203,000 viewers to 2,645,000 viewers which was the high point of the show. Aleister Black vs. Jason Reynolds lost 277,000 viewers. The Jerry Lawler segment with Rusev and Lana & Lashley gained 33,000 viewers. Andrade vs. Sin Cara lost 24,000 viewers. The R-Truth vs. Sunil Singh and beginning of Viking Raiders vs. Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder lost 47,000 viewers. Viking Raiders vs. Hawkins & Ryder finish plus Lashley and Rusev in the restaurant and beginning of the Rey Mysterio promo gained 54,000 viewers. The Mysterio promo, Shelton Benjamin and Cain Velasquez lost 36,000 viewers. Seth Rollins vs. Humberto Carrillo lost 155,000 viewers. I noted that you do segments introducing new talent in competitive matches and you will likely lose viewers, but it’s stuff that you have to do. It’s the same thing that happened with Chris Jericho and Darby Allin. The low point on the show was R-Truth trying to win the 24/7 title back which lost 165,000 viewers to 2,028,000. The Gallows & Anderson vs. Street Profits main event gained 101,000 viewers."
 
#985 ·
WWE Raw Draws Only 3,000 Viewers In UK This Week:

WWE Raw is not drawing well in the UK at the moment. A writeup in this week's edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter sheds new light on the extent of WWE's TV woes in the UK. Raw and SmackDown's British numbers aren't always circulated in wrestling media so this makes for some interesting reading.

Per the report, the 14 October Raw drew 38,000, down 10,000 from the previous week's show featuring Tyson Fury, who is a huge star in his home country. The 18 October SmackDown compelled 23,000 to tune in. Then, on 21 October, Raw drew just 3,000 viewers.

3,000. That is not an error.

This number is so low that Meltzer claims "people thought it was a computer glitch," but the data has since been confirmed legitimate. Naturally, people within WWE and Sky (their broadcaster) are stunned.

For context, Impact wrestling's 18 October episode had 77,000 viewers in the United Kingdom, which is approximately ten times their usual average in the US. AEW Dynamite, meanwhile, did a whopping 232,000 on ITV on 14 October.

The Impact and AEW shows are admittedly shown in friendlier timeslots, with Raw and SmackDown typically going out live at 1am. Regardless, that 3,000 on 21 Oct. is astounding.


Source: http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-raw-draws-only-3-000-viewers-in-uk-this-week
 
#994 · (Edited)
H1: 2.326M [4th] | 0.790D [12th]
H2: 2.146M [6th] | 0.720D [14th]
H3: 1.928M [7th] | 0.650D [16th]

3H: 2.133M | 0.720D




H2 | H1:
[ - 0.180M | - 7.74% ]
[ - 0.070D | - 8.86% ]
H3 | H2:
[ - 0.218M | - 10.16% ]
[ - 0.070D | - 9.72% ]
H3 | H1:
[ - 0.398M | - 17.11% ]
[ - 0.140D | - 17.72% ]




W-W:
[ - 0.209M | - 8.92% ]
[ - 0.027D | - 3.61% ]




Y-Y:
[ - 0.338M | - 13.71% ]
[ - 0.160D | - 18.18% ]
 
#999 ·
Hallelujah to the cuckshit tanking total viewership.
Look at how badly they got murdered in 18-34 again.
Viewership down 16.3% year over year overall, but down over 26 percent with 18-34.
The hip money demographic doesn't want to watch this shit. You'd have to pay them to watch Seth Rollins/Rowan matches and cuckold angles, lmfao.
They're probably down 50 percent with the 18-34 audience in the last 3, 4 years. That's why AEW exists more than any amount of wrestlers leaving or whatever.
Tony "Generous Allowance" Khan saw two market vulnerabilities (18-34, irrelevant tag teaming) and pounced.
 
#1,001 ·
RAW alone about 5 years ago could have 3 million for all 3 hours. They didn't need anniversary episodes, McMahon appearances, rolling out the geezers, go home and back home shows to big 4 PPVs, none of that. Just a run of the mill RAW would do 3 million all 3 hours. RAW and NXT put together barely hit 3 million, that's ridiculous.
 
#1,004 ·
People blaming the cuckold story are missing the bigger picture here. That's a midcard angle between a bunch of midcarders. Raw is starting off with bad numbers. This time last year, they did a first hour of 2.7+ million. This year they did 2.3 million. They have a shit start which is why the drops hurt even more. The second, and third hour especially, are generally gonna decline. But that decline is gonna hurt real bad when you're starting off so poorly.

Frankly, I'm not surprised. And I don't see why anyone would be either. I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but coming out of Wrestlemania, Raw was cratering and was going to enter viewership numbers below 2 million. It was the reason behind them doing the Wild Card. Why should anyone be surprised that this is now happening? Coming out of the draft, the situation is basically the same as it was coming out of Mania. The show is built around Seth and Becky, and nothing else of consequence has changed or happened really.

Naturally, things are gonna taper off in a couple weeks, and they'll be right back to heading where they were post-Mania. It just seems to have happened 2 or 3 weeks earlier than expected. But what exactly is there to be excited about on Raw? It's the same old shit and the people at the top simply don't generate the necessary attention or interest. They're bleeding viewers.

As many people may have hated the Wild Card online, it gave Raw much needed star power which allowed them to stop the bleeding, but now we're back to where we were. The more interesting story with Raw ratings is going to be Wrestlemania season next year. Are they going to bounce back and recover at all? Will they get the Wrestlemania season bump (they always used to but didn't in 2019)? That's really going to be telling. If Raw doesn't recover strongly in early 2020, that'll be a clear sign they turned off a lot of people this year from the product.
 
#1,006 ·
People blaming the cuckold story are missing the bigger picture here. That's a midcard angle between a bunch of midcarders. Raw is starting off with bad numbers. This time last year, they did a first hour of 2.7+ million. This year they did 2.3 million. They have a shit start which is why the drops hurt even more. The second, and third hour especially, are generally gonna decline. But that decline is gonna hurt real bad when you're starting off so poorly.

Frankly, I'm not surprised. And I don't see why anyone would be either. I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but coming out of Wrestlemania, Raw was cratering and was going to enter viewership numbers below 2 million. It was the reason behind them doing the Wild Card. Why should anyone be surprised that this is now happening? Coming out of the draft, the situation is basically the same as it was coming out of Mania. The show is built around Seth and Becky, and nothing else of consequence has changed or happened really.

Naturally, things are gonna taper off in a couple weeks, and they'll be right back to heading where they were post-Mania. It just seems to have happened 2 or 3 weeks earlier than expected. But what exactly is there to be excited about on Raw? It's the same old shit and the people at the top simply don't generate the necessary attention or interest. They're bleeding viewers.

As many people may have hated the Wild Card online, it gave Raw much needed star power which allowed them to stop the bleeding, but now we're back to where we were. The more interesting story with Raw ratings is going to be Wrestlemania season next year. Are they going to bounce back and recover at all? Will they get the Wrestlemania season bump (they always used to but didn't in 2019)? That's really going to be telling. If Raw doesn't recover strongly in early 2020, that'll be a clear sign they turned off a lot of people this year from the product.
Right now. Who on SD is considered "much needed star power" to give RAW the boost they need?

Also, I think the 3 hour timeslot is getting too tough to fill out. They needed to go back to 2 hours a few years ago. Just go 8:00 -10:00pm.. One thing people never bring up is how many younger kids are staying up past 10:00pm on a school night? Plus, this isn't the 90's. No kid is begging mom and dad to stay up to see Rusev like they did with Steve Austin.
 
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