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  • Ratings for WWE RAW disastrous, lowest in almost 20 years

    There is no way to spin the Monday, 11/23 WWE Raw ratings other than that they were a disaster.

    The show did 2.95 million viewers, more than 200,000 viewers lower than what had previously been the non-holiday low dating back to 1997 when Raw was losing badly to WCW Monday Nitro.

    Part of the reason was the NFL’s Monday night game featuring the New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills that did 14.26 million viewers, which is about two million more than football has been doing in recent weeks but nowhere near a record.

    It is the first time Raw averaged less than three million viewers since 1997.

    To make matters worse, this was the day after the Survivor Series event where the WWE heavyweight title changed hands, which usually would lead to at least a strong first hour. In case you needed to be reminded, Sheamus now holds the gold after cashing in his MITB briefcase against five minute champion Roman Reigns.

    The three hours were:

    • 8 p.m. 3.19 million viewers
    • 9 p.m. 2.99 million viewers
    • 10 p.m. 2.71 million viewers

    Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discuss last night’s WWE Raw on Wrestling Observer Radio.

  • WWE RAW sees highest rating in 3 weeks

    The quarterfinals of the WWE title tournament led to an audience rise this week, up to 3.28 million viewers, up from 3.16 million last week and 3.24 million the week before.

    The Houston Texans upset of the Cincinnati Bengals going head-to-head did 12.19 million viewers, so Raw did a better number than last week against a more viewed football game.

    The pattern remained consistent with the first hour doing well, with the first half hour not against football doing the strongest, and the audience fading in the second and third hours, but not fading at the level of last week.

    The third hour was built around Roman Reigns vs. Cesaro and the controversial Paige-Charlotte contract signing.

    The three hours were:

    8 p.m. 3.54 million viewers

    9 p.m. 3.29 million viewers

    10 p.m. 3.05 million viewers

  • WWE RAW 10/26 ratings: steady as she goes, 3rd hour increase

    Even with a weak NFL Monday Night football game, no World Series competition, and coming the day after a strong Hell In A Cell show, the WWE Raw ratings for 10/26 showed no improvement over recent weeks.

    Last night’s show did 3.34 million viewers, the same level as it has been doing since the NFL season started. The Arizona Cardinals vs. Baltimore Ravens game did 12.20 million viewers, below the season average, so the competition was the easiest WWE has had on Monday night in weeks.

    RAW had its biggest first hour since football season started, a huge drop in the second hour, but the third hour featuring the WWE World title #1 contender’s match with Roman Reigns vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler was the best in five weeks.

    The three hours were:

    8 p.m. 3.64 million viewers
    9 p.m. 3.21 million viewers
    10 p.m. 3.21 million viewers

  • WWE Raw 10-19: Superstar lineup does little for ratings

    Adding Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair to Raw last night only bumped the number up to 3.35 million viewers, up 80,000 viewers from the non-holiday low of 3.27 million set last week.

    The New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles game with the Star Wars trailer did 13.90 million viewers, up 14 percent from last week, but it was lower than the game two weeks away, on a week Raw did essentially the same audience (3.37 million viewers) as last night.  But last night also had the Kansas City Royals vs. Toronto Blue Jays playoff game, that was expected to do monster numbers in Canada.  However, that doesn’t relate to the U.S. number, as the game did less than Raw in the U.S., with 3.09 million viewers, down 47 percent from last week’s St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs game and 22 percent from the late Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets game.

    The audience fell as the show went on, which should have been expected when the big guns, Austin, Undertaker, Lesnar and John Cena were all used in the first 30 minutes and none returned the rest of the show.

    The three hours were

    8 p.m. 3.60 million viewers

    9 p.m. 3.35 million viewers

    10 p.m. 3.12 million viewers

  • Wrestling Observer Radio 10/14: Observer Hall of Fame talk, tons of news on Lana and Rusev, ratings, New Japan, more!

    A PACKED edition of Wrestling Observer Radio today! Over 30 minutes on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, plus news on Lana and Rusev, WWE record low ratings, Seth on ESPN and why Dave thought it was pretty awful, Smackdown tapings, New Japan upcoming line-up, Ronda’s mom saying crazy things, a bunch of questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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