Vince brings back over half a million fans to RAW

[Crayo]

It may be a one week reprieve but Vince McMahon's appearance on Raw was a good move for WWE as the show averaged 4,108,000 viewers, up more than 600,000 from last week.

They did a better job of holding the audience as well as they only lost 2,000 viewers from hour two to hour three. Hour one was the most watched of the three however.

Date Average Audience Hour 1 Hour 2 Hour 3
7/23/2012 6,019,000 5,439,000 6,318,000 6,300,000
7/30/2012 4,495,000 4,064,000 4,719,000 4,701,000
8/6/2012 4,367,000 4,007,000 4,648,000 4,446,000
8/13/2012 4,134,000 3,795,000 4,252,000 4,354,000
8/20/2012 4,478,000 4,352,000 4,657,000 4,352,000
8/27/2012 4,482,000 4,160,000 4,786,000 4,499,000
9/3/2012 4,203,000 4,308,000 4,395,000 3,907,000
9/10/2012 4,136,000 3,777,000 4,362,000 4,270,000
9/17/2012 4,052,000 4,111,000 4,119,000 3,925,000
9/24/2012 3,787,000 3,769,000 3,990,000 3,603,000
10/1/2012 3,502,000 3,436,000 3,598,000 3,472,000
10/8/2012 4,108,000 4,191,000 4,067,000 4,065,000

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[Farooq]

Can't always rely on Vince to raise those ratings, at his age he shouldn't really be making appearances anymore, but whatever. They didn't deserve all those views, but it's what Vince wants. The more views the more cash.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

First time seeing Hour one having more viewers than hour two or three.

 

[Dat Kid1]

The ratings will plummet again if they don't do something other than put vince on the show.

 

[Samalan]

We can't have Vince on every week or else he well be like Cena. Wasn't a surprise though, his last appearance attracted loads of viewers.

 

[Leo C]

Expected that. Vince was there to raise ratings and that's what he did. But when you have to rely on a 66 (?) year old man to bring you ratings, that's not very good. Maybe good booking would solve that, I don't know.