WWE Television Ratings

[Dale]

It's not just The Rock though, they've had fucking Rock, Cena, HHH, HBK AND Undertaker and the numbers have been subpar.

Really makes you wonder what people want to see.

 

[Slim]

The Rock has been good in his taped sessions. Live he has had his moments. Cena is Cena.

But with Trips, Taker, and HBK all they do is talk. So its like... zzzzzzzz

The people want action. Not just people standing around talking.

 

[Heisenberg]

Very poor rating, what the fuck can WWE possibly do?

 

[Edgeomatic]

Very poor rating, what the fuck can WWE possibly do?

Make new superstars. Give a shit about the Tag Division, treat Smackdown like it matters.

Ideally, since the WWE has sweet fuck all for talent right now. Merge the brands and all the titles. They merged the Tag and Diva/Womens titles. Just merge the World Titles and have Smackdown be a real B/rookie show where the newer folk go to get over and where we can tune in to see actual wrestling. Have King of the Ring be a Smackdown tournament where the best rookie on Smackdown gets a shot at the title. Keep a mid card title on Smackdown to give it something to do at PPV's. Keep the World champion on RAW with occasional appearances on Smackdown.

 

[Big Red Jericho Punk]

Ratings are so pointless. People DVR it or watch it over youtube, honestly people should calm down on why ratings are so down.

 

[Heisenberg]

Good point. Streams, DVRs, YouTube and many other things come into effect. Nielsen doesn't do every single TV in the US do they? Ratings only matter to keep sponsors happy or whatever as people like CM Punk have said.

 

[Big Red Jericho Punk]

I think PPV buys are pretty important though. I know streams are getting big but you want to make the PPV so good that you don't want fans relying on a stream. I could be wrong but PPV buys is what should truly matter for the most part.

 

[AZUCAR!]

It's not just The Rock though, they've had fucking Rock, Cena, HHH, HBK AND Undertaker and the numbers have been subpar.

Really makes you wonder what people want to see.

Exactly

 

[Troy]

It is a terrible rating and even though people can DVR and stream it now it is down a lot, only a small fraction will watch it through some other format.

Here are previous go home RAW ratings;

March 25 1996 - 2.8
March 17, 1997 - 2.4
March 23, 1998 - 3.6
March 22, 1999 - 6.4
March 27, 2000 - 6.6
March 26, 2001 - 4.7
March 11, 2002 - 4.5
March 24, 2003 - 3.4
March 8, 2004 - 3.8
March 28, 2005 - 4.0
March 27, 2006 - 4.2
March 26, 2007 - 3.9
March 24, 2008 - 3.4
March 30, 2009 - 3.6
March 22,2010 - 3.2
March 28, 2011 - 3.8
March 27, 2012 - 3.0

3.8 last year to 3.0 this year is a massive drop. Maybe fans really don't want to see the old veterans in the top spots, Rock, HHH, Taker, HBK and Jericho have all had plenty of tv time yet fans are tuning it. Probably not the answer but it is a possibility.

In my opinion it is because WWE haven't built any stars, other than the old guys the only draws are Cena, Punk and Orton. Three guys does not make a successful company. They need to push new stars and actually keep them at the top, giving them the yo-yo push has killed many guys runs in recent years. Miz, Swagger, Del Rio, Sheamus, Riley, Kofi, McIntyre, Barrett etc have all suffered from yo-yo booking and it is no wonder that they struggle to draw. If WWE are going to push someone they need to commit to them. WWE also need to take more care of their titles especially the midcard and tag team titles, all titles should be important and burying your champions hurts the prestige of the titles.

 

[SAIYANS]

10% of the audience watched on tape delay via DVR, so that is a good bit of ratings which weren't accounted for. What is hurting wwe is turner now has the rights to march madness unlike in years past, as TNT has always been the only channel that can impact USA and vice versa as they are the two channels in the most markets on all Cale and satellite systems in the US.

Yes they are more exposed than ESPN

 

[The Cork]

I think PPV buys are pretty important though. I know streams are getting big but you want to make the PPV so good that you don't want fans relying on a stream. I could be wrong but PPV buys is what should truly matter for the most part.

But without a TV deal they are dead as a dodo, and that's the way things are headed, no hyperbole.

Not to say WWE wouldn't get a new carrier because they almost certainly would, but losing money takes its toll. Plus, now this Rock experiment has failed, it makes it less likely we'll see any shock apps from any big stars. Knock on effect, and all.

 

[Troy]

The scary thing for WWE is that The Rock and HHH/HBK/Taker have had the highest rated segments and Cena was the one losing the most viewers. With Rock, HBK and Taker disappearing soon after WM WWE must be wondering what direction the ratings will go.

 

[Heisenberg]

Final 3/30 SD! Rating: How Did The WMania Go-Home Show Do?
This past Friday night's edition of WWE Smackdown, which was the go-home show for WrestleMania 28, drew a 1.76 cable rating, which is down from the previous week's 1.8 draw.

The show took in an average of 2.84 million viewers.

Meh, the rating is nothing to worry about it since it wasn't an actual SD really.

 

[Troy]

That is pretty good for a recap/preview style show.

After how good WM was last night and after reading the RAW results surely this RAW is the one that gets a 3.5.

 

[Prodigy]

WWE will be pleased with the post WrestleMania 28 rating for RAW Supershow which earned a 2.0 rating in the 9/10PM slot which was up from a last week's 1.7 at 9PM and 1.8 at 10PM. The average audience for the full two hours of RAW was 5 million viewers. The epiosde featured The Rock, John Cena and the return of Brock Lesnar.

Looks extremely promising. I expect the second hour ratings to shoot right up.