Raw Live Raw thread, October 3rd 2022: Braun Strowman set to teach Chad Gable how to get these hands

[Y2Jayne]

So that wasn't just a big spot thing with Otis it seems, Braun is using the Powerbomb as his finisher now. Just like Walter...

 

[Y2Jayne]

Alexa's theme is so awful... I feel sorry for the crowds who have to listen to it again and again during commercial breaks

 

[Y2Jayne]

Love how Io Skye acts drunk during her entrance and it's supposed to look cool.

 

[Chris]

Raw last night, against the NFL's lowest number of viewers so far this season, ended up averaging 1.60 million viewers overall and drawing a 0.40 rating in 18-49.

The 18-49 number was Raw's lowest number in three months and well down from the previous three weeks against stronger NFL programming.

The key was a major third-hour decline across the board with an Alexa Bliss vs. Iyo Sky television main event.

The Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers game aired on ESPN and ESPN2, and there was no football on ABC as in previous weeks. The combined audience was 12.50 million viewers and a 3.90 rating in 18-49, as compared to 19.43 million viewers and a 5.55 in 18-49 last week.

Raw placed seventh for the night on cable, behind the game on both ESPN and ESPN2, as well as the pregame show and postgame show on ESPN, the Countdown show on ESPN, and SportsCenter after the game. The highest rated non-football show on cable besides Raw was Love & Hip Hop Atlanta at 589,000/0.22, so Raw nearly doubled the entertainment competition.

Raw was seventh in women 18-49 behind five NFL-related shows and Love & Hip Hop. It was seventh in men 18-49 behind six NFL-related shows. It was seventh behind the NFL shows in 18-34. It was sixth in women 12-34 and seventh in men 12-34. In total viewers, Raw was 19th on cable behind only football and news.

It was down four percent in viewers from last week, down 11 percent in 18-49, and down 14 percent in 18-34.

As compared to one year ago, which was the WWE Draft episode, Raw was down 14 percent in viewers and down 23 percent in 18-49. Factoring cable losses of homes, that would be down 10 percent in viewers and down 19 percent in 18-49.

The first-to-third hour drops were 23 percent in women 18-49, 17 percent in men 18-49, 10 percent in women 12-34, 34 percent in men 12-34, and 17 percent in people over 50.

The three hours were:

• 8 p.m. 1.70 million viewers
• 9 p.m. 1.68 million viewers
• 10 p.m. 1.41 million viewers

WWE Raw ratings down, big drop in third hour

Monday's Raw averaged 1.60 million viewers overall and drew a 0.40 in 18-49.

www.f4wonline.com

 

[Dale]

Really not sure why they thought IYO/Bliss should have been the main event, though looking at the results for the show I don't think there was anything there to stand out as the main event other than the Judgement Day tag match.

 

[Chris]

It's all bc I didn't watch live this week clearly

 

[Dale]

Case solved.

 

[Dale]

While producing good/fun segments the story had been more or less stuck in the same spot for some weeks, but on this past Raw Miz said that he "hasn't seen Ciampa in weeks". I felt like this could be a big hint on where the story is going, which is also what many were predicting in the beginning (with a possible Lumis/Ciampa pairing)​

Someone on Reddit pointed this out.

 

[Cwalker]

Just put Ciampa and Gargano back together

 

[Chris]

Yeah I thought the Ciampa line was def something but wasn't sure what exactly it'd be leading to myself

 

[Sabretooth]

Why the fuck would they put Lumis and Ciampa together lmao. If anything Ciampa is going to say Lumis helped him remember who he was and then go back to being a badass killer.

 

[Sabretooth]

People don’t realize Braun is lighter than they think. He’s like 350. Obviously not saying that’s light but I’m not shocked Gable could pick him up

 

[Y2Jayne]

Just happy to see some Gable praise.