Yeah..just like everyone else did. But it was her segments that did 700k increases in ratings...something the WWE Champion didn't know about until he interacted with the Rock following the wedding.
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Smarten up, that's what this forum is all about.
Raw on 8/13 did a 2.85 rating and 4.14 million viewers. That was bad news on the surface since its the go-home show for
SummerSlam, the No. 3 event of the year. But weve seen enough of this to know that a bad, or a good rating, on the Raw prior
to a show is in no way a predictor of how the PPV will do.
The show was hurt by strong cable competition, as it was only 6th for the night, including the first Monday night football game of
the season (4.07 rating; 5.37 million viewers for Dallas Cowboys vs. Oakland Raiders). Usually preseason football doesnt hurt
Raw, as Raw traditionally does big August numbers and drops 10% or so in September against the regular season games.
But preseason games also usually dont beat Raw as this one did. The final episode of The Closer on TNT did a 6.8 rating and
the debut of Major Crimes on TNT did a 5.5 rating, which are likely to be the two highest rated shows of the week on cable.
There was nothing big on network programming. The debut of Stars Earn Stripes, a reality show promoted heavily on the
Olympics, with Eve Torres, did a 3.05 rating and 5.24 million viewers, which is up from what NBC had been averaging (a 2.4) in
that time slot this summer before the Olympics.
It was the lowest rated Raw since the 5/28 show did a 2.72 rating and 3.91 million viewers, which got killed by the Hatfield &
McCoy mini-series and the Celtics vs. Heat NBA playoff game. The rule of thumb is not to overreact to one weeks rating,
particularly when ratings were good the past few weeks. The three hours were 2.68, 2.89 and 2.98. Teenage boys did a 3.1 (up
11%), Males 18-49 did a 2.6 (up 4%), Teenage girls did a 1.5 (up 7%) and Women 18-49 did a 1.0 (down 9%). The skew was
70.1% male which means they were significantly down with women overall.
In the segment-by-segment, the promotion online and through social media that they were opening with C.M. Punk vs. Big
Show led to a 2.60 quarter, the lowest quarter for a Raw episode in months. Ryback vs. JTG gained 63,000 viewers. R-Truth vs.
Heath Slater gained 186,000 viewers. Sin Cara vs. Tensai lost 105,000 viewers. The Pipers Pit segment with Chris Jericho,
Dolph Ziggler and The Miz gained 516,000 viewers for the 9 p.m. start. Youd think by four weeks that wouldnt happen, but its
been ten weeks for TNA and it still happens. Jericho vs. Ziggler vs. Miz in a three-way lost 96,000 viewers. Backstage stuff with
Shawn Michaels, John Cena and Punk lost 374,000 viewers. Eve Torres & Beth Phoenix vs. Kaitlyn & Layla gained 45,000
viewers. Cena & Punk vs. Show & Daniel Bryan gained 247,000 viewers to a 2.94 quarter at 10 p.m. Still not good for that time
slot even with Cena. Christian vs. Damien Sandow lost 121,000 viewers. The contract signing with Brock Lesnar, HHH,
Heyman and Michaels gained 431,000 viewers. The parking lot car accident and lights attack lost 394,000 viewers. And the in-
ring angle where Lesnar broke Michaels arm gained 817,000 viewers to a 3.44 overrun.
As far as growth for the Lesnar angle, it went from a 3.3 to 3.4 in teens, but a 2.7 to 3.3 in Males 18-49 (significant since thats
the PPV buying audience), 1.1 to 1.4 for Teenage girls and 1.0 to 1.1 in Women 18-49.
SummerSlam, the No. 3 event of the year. But weve seen enough of this to know that a bad, or a good rating, on the Raw prior
to a show is in no way a predictor of how the PPV will do.
The show was hurt by strong cable competition, as it was only 6th for the night, including the first Monday night football game of
the season (4.07 rating; 5.37 million viewers for Dallas Cowboys vs. Oakland Raiders). Usually preseason football doesnt hurt
Raw, as Raw traditionally does big August numbers and drops 10% or so in September against the regular season games.
But preseason games also usually dont beat Raw as this one did. The final episode of The Closer on TNT did a 6.8 rating and
the debut of Major Crimes on TNT did a 5.5 rating, which are likely to be the two highest rated shows of the week on cable.
There was nothing big on network programming. The debut of Stars Earn Stripes, a reality show promoted heavily on the
Olympics, with Eve Torres, did a 3.05 rating and 5.24 million viewers, which is up from what NBC had been averaging (a 2.4) in
that time slot this summer before the Olympics.
It was the lowest rated Raw since the 5/28 show did a 2.72 rating and 3.91 million viewers, which got killed by the Hatfield &
McCoy mini-series and the Celtics vs. Heat NBA playoff game. The rule of thumb is not to overreact to one weeks rating,
particularly when ratings were good the past few weeks. The three hours were 2.68, 2.89 and 2.98. Teenage boys did a 3.1 (up
11%), Males 18-49 did a 2.6 (up 4%), Teenage girls did a 1.5 (up 7%) and Women 18-49 did a 1.0 (down 9%). The skew was
70.1% male which means they were significantly down with women overall.
In the segment-by-segment, the promotion online and through social media that they were opening with C.M. Punk vs. Big
Show led to a 2.60 quarter, the lowest quarter for a Raw episode in months. Ryback vs. JTG gained 63,000 viewers. R-Truth vs.
Heath Slater gained 186,000 viewers. Sin Cara vs. Tensai lost 105,000 viewers. The Pipers Pit segment with Chris Jericho,
Dolph Ziggler and The Miz gained 516,000 viewers for the 9 p.m. start. Youd think by four weeks that wouldnt happen, but its
been ten weeks for TNA and it still happens. Jericho vs. Ziggler vs. Miz in a three-way lost 96,000 viewers. Backstage stuff with
Shawn Michaels, John Cena and Punk lost 374,000 viewers. Eve Torres & Beth Phoenix vs. Kaitlyn & Layla gained 45,000
viewers. Cena & Punk vs. Show & Daniel Bryan gained 247,000 viewers to a 2.94 quarter at 10 p.m. Still not good for that time
slot even with Cena. Christian vs. Damien Sandow lost 121,000 viewers. The contract signing with Brock Lesnar, HHH,
Heyman and Michaels gained 431,000 viewers. The parking lot car accident and lights attack lost 394,000 viewers. And the in-
ring angle where Lesnar broke Michaels arm gained 817,000 viewers to a 3.44 overrun.
As far as growth for the Lesnar angle, it went from a 3.3 to 3.4 in teens, but a 2.7 to 3.3 in Males 18-49 (significant since thats
the PPV buying audience), 1.1 to 1.4 for Teenage girls and 1.0 to 1.1 in Women 18-49.
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Brehs you know how ridiculous a Cruiserweight division would be right now. Spearheaded by Punk, Rey, Jericho, D-Bry, Cody, and Christian, the shyt would deliver 
Del Rio
Jericho
Christian
Punk
Hawkins
D-Bry
Ziggler
Epico
Evan Bourne
Heath Slater
Hunico
The Uso's
Jinder Mahal
JTG
Justin Gabriel
Kofi
Primo
Rey
R-Troof
Sin Cara
Tyson Kidd
Yoshi Tatsu
Zack Ryder
Bring back Carlito, some Japanese homos, ROH darlings, and more luchadors
