Wow 2011 and that was the night CM Punk was owning Vince McMahon in contract signing. Ratings ugh I can't even rate them, just fans not knowing what's best.
Obviously surprised it topped the Mania rating slightly but I guess that's the intrigue of the briefcase really. Turned out to be a decent RAW for the most part too so it got a deserved rating.The post-Money in the Bank episode of Raw SuperShow scored a 3.44 cable rating, up from 3.17 the week before.
Monday's show topped the post-WrestleMania episode of Raw, which drew a 3.43 rating. It also topped the Raw following last month's No Way Out pay-per-view, which drew a 3.42 rating. It was the second-highest rated Raw of the year, trailing the post-Royal Rumble show's 3.55.
Raw drew 4,880,000 viewers compared to 4,410,000 the week before. The program averaged 4,720,000 viewers in the first hour before increasing to 5,040,000 in the second.
WWE are staying well above the 3.0 in recent weeks which is a very good sign. I wonder why though. Has something changed? I wonder what the 1,000th RAW's rating will be. Above 4.0 I'd assume. What do you guys predict?
Also surprised it topped the RAW after WM28. You'd think that would be high to see the aftermath and people obviously expecting Lesnar.
The 7/20 edition of WWE Smackdown drew a final 2.02 cable rating and took in 2.96 million viewers.
This is a sizable increase from last week's show, which drew a 1.82 cable rating and took in 2.5 million viewers. Additionally, this is the highest Smackdown has drawn since March.
- Last night's episode of Raw was significantly up, with the full three hours pulling in a 3.84 rating with 6.02 million viewers. The regular two-hour portion did a 4.02 rating with 6.31 million viewers. This is the first time an episode did over a 4.0 rating for the two-hour period since April 13, 2009, the show two weeks after WrestleMania 25. It's also the first time the show has averaged over six million viewers since the commercial-free episode in June of 2009.
The show kicked off with a strong 5.44 million viewers in the first hour, the most viewers for a single hour of Raw since May 23, 2011. The show then rose to 6.32 million viewers in hour two, and stayed even with 6.30 million in the final hour. Obviously, WWE has to be very happy about these numbers.
About what I expected, pretty good stuff.
- As noted before, the 1,000th episode of WWE RAW did a 3.86 rating over three hours with an average of 6.04 million viewers - the most viewers ever for a three-hour show. They averaged a 4.03 rating and 6.31 million viewers over the final two hours.
WWE's advertising the 8pm start time worked for this show as they had 5.58 million viewers already tuned in for the start of the show. In the segment breakdown, DX's reunion opened so strong that the second quarter gain with the end of the DX segment gained 27,000 viewers. That would usually be a loss. The six-man with Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara and Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler and Chris Jericho with the Charlie Sheen interview lost 395,000 viewers.
Jack Swagger vs. Brodus Clay and a bunch of backstage stuff with the Legends gained 326,000 viewers. The AJ Lee and Daniel Bryan wedding at 9pm gained 616,000 viewers for a 3.91 rating. The Rock coming out with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan in the ring gained 575,000 viewers for a 4.28 quarter rating. Christian vs. The Miz lost 895,000 viewers but that's not a surprise given the large gains for the previous segments.
The segment with Triple H, Paul Heyman and Stephanie McMahon gained 334,000 viewers. Brock Lesnar's brawl with Triple H gained 90,000 more viewers. The Heath Slater segment with the WWE Legends gained 25,000 viewers for a 3.99 quarter rating in a timeslot that usually loses big time. You would expect that Slater segment to lose a lot of viewers because it came right after the big HHH-Lesnar segment.
The Undertaker's return with Kane gained 293,000 viewers. WWE Champion CM Punk vs. John Cena with The Rock and Big Show appearing gained 389,000 viewers and peaked the show with a 4.43 overrun rating.