not gonna read through all the replies but something helping the ratings could be DVR, alot of us may not watch Raw or SD live or SD at all with spoilers and all but I for one have Raw and SD setup to record on DVR every week on 2 different tv's. I watch Raw starting at like 10:30 and I am live at about 11:05, cut through all the bs. I rarely watch SD unless I see the spoilers saying something awesome happened.
And just for the record, last nights Raw (with Timbaland as host) was decent in my eyes, actually watched it all the way through, liking Legacy proving themselves w/o Orton's help, loved Vince/HBK segment, loved the fact that Shaemus (sp?) actually retained and laid Cena out. Looking forward to the in ring moment next week between HBK and Bret Hart SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much, like I'm back in the late 90's early 2000's. I am so watching it live. And everyone here knows I love Hogan but not even he can get me to watch TNA next Monday (live that is, DVR will be working on that, lol).