11/19 RAW Breakdown: High Point Comes with Show Opener, Cena and Ziggler's Brawl, More
By Marc Middleton
Nov 22, 2012 - 7:54:10 AM
- As noted before, the November 19th WWE RAW did a 2.73 cable rating with 3.83 million viewers. This would make it the fifth lowest rated episode of RAW and the fourth lowest number of viewers for a non-holiday episode in the last 15 years.
In the segment breakdown, a rarity came when the highest rated segment of the show was the Ryback interview and Ryback vs. Tensai, which did a 2.91 quarter rating. Wade Barrett vs. Kofi Kingston lost 298,000 viewers. A segment with Paul Heyman and CM Punk plus Kaitlyn vs. Aksana lost 80,000 viewers. Antonio Cesaro vs. Brodus Clay and the John Cena Make-A-Wish video gained 376,000 viewers back.
The segment with Vickie Guerrero, AJ Lee, Cena and Dolph Ziggler gained 195,000 viewers for a 2.85 quarter rating. This is a very low growth for the 9pm timeslot. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton in the 2 of 3 Falls Match lost 122,000 viewers. Primo and Epico vs. The Great Khali lost 186,000 viewers. The Miz vs. David Otunga gained 223,000 viewers. Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow gained 105,000 viewers in the 10pm timeslot.
The AJ Lee and Ziggler locker room segment that ended with the Cena and Ziggler brawl lost 241,000 viewers - not a good number considering it was one of their top angles right now. Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara lost 266,000 viewers for a 2.50 quarter rating. The video package with highlights of the Cena-AJ stuff gained 101,000 viewers. The celebration for CM Punk's 365th day as WWE Champion gained 419,000 viewers for a 2.87 overrun.
what are every ones thoughts with raw and wwe in general.raw ratings have been low for some time now and vince has said to be going ape sh$t about it.But i think wwe has lots of problems but they are of there own making like not pushing talent making wrestlers wrestle the same style has everyone else, tv-pg but would tv-14 make wwe better, of course people will say it will but people would have said the same in 1993 bring back cartoon wrestling because it made wrestling money.
some things i think they should do
1) get rid of half the roster.there not enough time push them or belts to win
2)cut down on ppv let story's breath with time
has always thoughts and comments welcome.
is there a problem with raw
posted on 23/11/12
The whole thing needs a complete overhaul. Ppv's no longer hold significance, Wrestlers have no depth etc
posted on 23/11/12
i dont understand how someone can be blamed for viewer loss, its not like they list exactly what is going to happen and at what time.
posted on 23/11/12
The ppvs are just getting worse each time and Raw keeps getting worse as the weeks goes by…I’m going to stop watching for a while
posted on 23/11/12
hopefully wwe will go tv-14 and storys will get better
posted on 23/11/12
Thank god for sky plus, I can watch the whole 3 hour show in about 20 minutes. That is all that is worth viewing really.
posted on 27/11/12
Back in the day when I used to follow wrestling week in, week out. WCW went to a 3 hour nitro. Within a few weeks WWF had overtaken them in the ratings and that was it.
People found the show bloated and too many filling moments to get through the 3 hours. Should have stuck with the 2 hours in hindsight.