10/8 RAW Breakdown

[Lacky]

As noted before, the October 8th WWE RAW did a 2.80 rating with 4.11 million viewers.
In the segment breakdown, the dancing segment with Brodus Clay and R-Truth lost 241,000 viewers from the opener. Vince McMahon's return with CM Punk gained 459,000 viewers for a 3.06 quarte3r rating. Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio vs. Titus O'Neil and Darren Young lost 653,000 viewers. Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett at 9pm gained 446,000 viewers for a 2.92 quarter rating.

A backstage segment with AJ Lee and Punk plus a clip of Cena on Kelly & Michael lost 254,000 viewers. Tyson Kidd vs. Antonio Cesaro lost 225,000 more viewers. That match did a 2.59 quarter - the lowest of the show. Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler and Alberto Del Rio went into the 10pm timeslot and gained 210,000 viewers with a 2.84 quarter.

The segment with Larry King, The Miz and Kofi Kingston plus Zack Ryder and Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow lost 27,000 viewers. Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres lost 321,000 more viewers. Vince McMahon vs. CM Punk in the main event gained 1,233,000 viewers for a 3.46 overrun rating. This is the best growth segment in a long time.

Source

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

:mog:

Terrible ratings even with Vince being back but he did brought a lot of viewers back. Almost every other segments besides Vince on it, lost viewers. Is Vince gonna have to appear on every show to get ratings/viewership up now?

 

[Lacky]

:mog:

Terrible ratings even with Vince being back but he did brought a lot of viewers back. Almost every other segments besides Vince on it, lost viewers. Is Vince gonna have to appear on every show to get ratings/viewership up now?

I have absolutely no idea. Although if Punk doesn't decide who he's versing at HIAC. Mr McMahon will be making the decision so I assume he'll be on TV for that.

 

[Crayo]

Good ratings for a 2 hour show, but because it's 3 hours it's 2.8, bad bad stuff.

 

[Lacky]

Good ratings for a 2 hour show, but because it's 3 hours it's 2.8, bad bad stuff.

Indeed, It's been reported online that McMahon isn't a fan of the 3 hour show already. Don't think it will be long till 2 hours is resumed.

 

[Crayo]

Sauce!

 

[CM Punk]

I have absolutely no idea. Although if Punk doesn't decide who he's versing at HIAC. Mr McMahon will be making the decision so I assume he'll be on TV for that.

Facing sounds better than versing.

 

[Lacky]

After Monday's big creative shake-up at RAW, one source told F4Wonline.com that the stress of RAW being three hours has finally hit Vince McMahon. The entire weekend built up and imploded on the WWE flight to the West Coast for this week's TV tapings. Vince had been in a bad mood for several weeks and something happened on that flight that pushed him over the edge. We noted before that a major blow-up with a top WWE star backstage was a major factor.

If he's cracking up, surely this means....

 

[CM Punk]

After Monday's big creative shake-up at RAW, one source told F4Wonline.com that the stress of RAW being three hours has finally hit Vince McMahon. The entire weekend built up and imploded on the WWE flight to the West Coast for this week's TV tapings. Vince had been in a bad mood for several weeks and something happened on that flight that pushed him over the edge. We noted before that a major blow-up with a top WWE star backstage was a major factor.

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Fail quote.

 

[Crayo]

Can he change it back whenever he wants?

 

[CM Punk]

He can but he's getting more money for 3 hours.

 

[Lacky]

Can he change it back whenever he wants?

I'm not sure, Surely he would have to consult the executives at what channel it's aired on. As they've probably signed a contract of some kind.

 

[Rysenberg]

I did think the Vince/Punk segment would get pretty insane ratings, however it's hardly a long term fix.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

He can but he's getting more money for 3 hours.

They also have to talk it over with USA network. The network will need something to fill up the 1 hour.

 

[Lacky]

They also have to talk it over with USA network. The network will need something to fill up the 1 hour.

Yarp. Wouldn't be a quick fix overnight that's for sure.