Official Raw Ratings Thread [2.22 for the 7/18 episode]

[Bryan Danielson]

You haven't missed much. Only things worth watching are the Tag Team Titles match, Paige vs Sasha Banks, Nikki vs Charlotte, and the main event. And I only say to watch the main event because of its historical significance. The main event was

Main.... I havent watched RAW live in like months....... and now that MNF is back..... whoa.... I mean last Mon was big for me cuz I wanted to see the Eagle lose and my Niners was playing in the Main Event.... I ate good that night

 

[mrken12]

PWTorch.com - WWE NEWS: Raw TV ratings are in - how did the post-Night of Champions episode fare?, plus historical comparison to the last three years

September 21: Like social media activity, Monday's Raw TV audience was a mixed bag the night after the "Night of Champions" PPV.

Raw upticked slightly to a 2.47 rating after 2.42 and 2.44 ratings the previous two weeks. It's still in historically-low territory, but at least this week's show did not decline.

However, viewership declined from last week's show. Raw averaged 3.349 million viewers, down slightly from 3.397 million viewers last week and 3.385 million viewers two weeks ago.

Hourly Break Down: 3.420 million first hour viewers (modest start for a post-PPV episode), decline to 3.368 million second hour viewers, and another decline to 3.260 million third hour viewers.

- It appears Raw was hurt in the demographics outside of the 18-49 window. This was likely due to the Monday Night Football game on ESPN, which drew a healthy 12.4 million viewers.

In the key demos, the m18-49 rating shot up three-tenths of a rating after dropping three-tenths of a rating last week. WWE also recovered one-tenth of a rating in m18-34 after falling hard the previous week.

Meanwhile, the demo of all adults 18-49 was flat compared to last week's season-low. Barring a shift in viewing habits, it looks like the a18-49 rating will stay this way against "Dancing with the Stars" and Fall TV competition.

- Raw's significant decline in TV ratings can be found in a year-over-year comparison to recent Fall TV premiere weeks...

Sept. 24, 2012: 2.72 rating
Sept. 23, 2013: 2.81 rating
Sept. 22, 2014: 2.69 rating
Sept. 21, 2015: 2.47 rating

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Kill the character and credibility of all your stars brehs (Cena included).

So true... it's sad and funny at the same time

 

[baker928]

Raw set a new record low last night with 3.34 million viewers, down slightly from the 3.39 million last week and 3.37 million the week before.

The shows represent the three lowest audiences for Raw aside from a July 4th or a Christmas or New Year's Eve dating back to 1997.

While expected that football would hurt numbers this fall and send them to some record lows, this has been worse than expected.

 

[R=G]

Thank goodness....they deserve it. They held back Bryan for NO REASON, overpushed Reigns, have some kind of issue with Cesaro, still are protecting Big Show/Sheamus/Blandy, went way too far with this Nikki Bella farce, and got Cena going over the top champion clean for the hell of it. Let's hope it gets even worse.

 

[martin payne]

3 hours is too much.....I enjoy hulu's 1:30 condensed version

 

[Psychosis]

3 hours is too much.....I enjoy hulu's 1:30 condensed version

The 2 min youtube vids >

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Watching RAW is pointless now that there's free PPV's every month. The video packages bring you up to speed on anything worth seeing.

 

[Silkk]

Watching RAW is pointless now that there's free PPV's every month. The video packages bring you up to speed on anything worth seeing.

Not to mention that every show has the exact same matches

 

[Capitol]

Not to mention that every show has the exact same matches

They literally put the same match on Smackdown then Raw then the PPV then back on raw again.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Who you gonna blame for the lowest rated WM of all-time? Bret was main event against Austin and HBK wasn't on the card.

Bret/Austin didn't main event.

 

[mr x]

3 hours is too much.....I enjoy hulu's 1:30 condensed version

The 2 min youtube vids >

 

[K-Apps]

The 2 min youtube vids >

Just at the random New Day fukkery/piffness GIFs>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[Hope]

I don't get it. I feel like the roster has plenty of great workers and good talent. Saw a few reports about low ratings lately when I assumed ratings were up. I would personally like a more violent, aggressive, edgy show, with certain people being pushed, but overall the product has been a lot worse. It's decent right now. WWE is doing a good job at appeasing diehard (internet this day and age) fans and keeping it clean for the kids. I think it's a fair balance, not sure why ratings are so low.

I see a lot of people complaining about old people being pushed, great talent getting no momentum storyline wise or win wise, and lots of complaining that Rollins isn't booked as a strong champ . It all makes sense, but I doubt the casual fan cares. Ratings should still be up especially since the network provides history and nice supplemental shows at a very low price, and most importantly, ppv's that people can afford to watch monthly. The network, TNA and ROH having tv deals makes this a time for wrestling to be huge again.

*Baffled.

 

[mrken12]

I don't get it. I feel like the roster has plenty of great workers and good talent. Saw a few reports about low ratings lately when I assumed ratings were up. I would personally like a more violent, aggressive, edgy show, with certain people being pushed, but overall the product has been a lot worse. It's decent right now. WWE is doing a good job at appeasing diehard (internet this day and age) fans and keeping it clean for the kids. I think it's a fair balance, not sure why ratings are so low.

I see a lot of people complaining about old people being pushed, great talent getting no momentum storyline wise or win wise, and lots of complaining that Rollins isn't booked as a strong champ . It all makes sense, but I doubt the casual fan cares. Ratings should still be up especially since the network provides history and nice supplemental shows at a very low price, and most importantly, ppv's that people can afford to watch monthly. The network, TNA and ROH having tv deals makes this a time for wrestling to be huge again.

*Baffled.

To summarize the main problem: laziness. Too lazy to book multiple storylines and feuds effectively and simultaneously. Too lazy to book and create new stars and would rather just rely on over the hill part timers. Too lazy to do anything besides book pointless tag team matches for TV. Too lazy to come up with new matches and would rather do back to back rematches.