RAW Viewership Rises

[Crayo]

That makes me curious...

The Hulu Plus version of Raw is 2 hours, right? Well, they cut R-Truth/Cesaro, both Tons of Funk/Rhodes Scholars bouts, the recap of Punk's promo, the No One Lives DVD Trailer (shocked about that one) the Kane and D-Bry backstage segment, and the Divas Battle Royal.

So what's left would be Heyman vs HHH, Ziggler vs Jericho, Big E vs Ryder, BOD and Bryan vs Shield, Fandango vs Regal, the main event segment, backstage stuff with Ryback and Cena... If there isn't a shitload of recaps that looks like a solid Raw tbh. Guess it's an apples and oranges comparison though

So true. The current roster/main ideas with WWE aren't even bad atm. Badass heel Ryback is good, although I'd prefer tweener. The show being based around Shield is great. Heyman. Brock. It just seems like a 2 hour RAW would be great atm.

 

[airbourne908]

WWE can barely provide 3 hours of quality entertainment, but their viewership goes up? #IWCMad

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Good numbers, i'm not the only one that loves wwe i guess

You and Crayo. +Gohan ofc.

 

[Leo C]

Dropped because they wanted to see the Taker match, I suppose. But yeah, three hours is just too much.

 

[Crayo]

The April 22nd WWE RAW did a 3.13 cable rating with 4.40 million viewers. RAW was the highest rated cable show for the night, beating the Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA game which did a 2.38 rating with 2.99 million viewers.
In the segment breakdown, the show opened with a 3.04 quarter rating for the segment with Paul Heyman and Triple H. R-Truth vs. Antonio Cesaro lost 163,000 viewers. Damien Sandow vs. Brodus Clay and a segment with Dolph Ziggler, AJ Lee, Brad Maddox and Vickie Guerrero gained 153,000 viewers. Chris Jericho vs. Ziggler gained 439,000 viewers for a 3.35 rating at the 9pm mark, which is strong growth.
Tensai vs. Cody Rhodes lost 224,000 viewers. Zack Ryder vs. Big E Langston lost another 139,000 viewers. The Shield vs. Kane, Daniel Bryan and The Undertaker gained 581,000 viewers for a show-high 3.50 quarter rating at 10pm. Fandango vs. William Regal lost 949,000 viewers for a 2.83 quarter rating. More people tuned out in this segment than nearly any other in recent years.
The Divas #1 contender battle royal gained 302,000 viewers. The final segment with Ryback, Mick Foley, John Cena and The Shield gained 548,000 viewers with a 3.43 rating in the overrun. These are good numbers but not great growth for the final segment.
(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Breakdown ratings.

 

[Leo C]

Sounds normal, suppose people tuned out for Regal/Fandango since all they wanted to see was Taker.

 

[RoyalRaven]

I'd prefer to see it down to two hours, three hours is usually just too much :/. Now that Raw is Recaps, about 1/3 of it is currently recaps!

 

[Dat Kid1]

Raw rating seem slightly better from a few months ago, comparatively speaking. I think WWE will master the 3rd hour eventually. It's a shame they won't use it for like a War Zone, like they did before.