Naww this was the Ruthless Aggression era. Ratings were good at time and actually dropped afterwards
Ruthless Aggression was more about Smackdown...2002-2006. That was when Batista, Cena blew up...rhe women wrestling was legit...Eddie and Rey were getting the highest rated segments on Smackdown...Angle was still considered good...WGTT was on fire..Lesnar was put over like a star by Rock after Austin walked on him.. Raw was terrible with Katie Vick stuff...burials of RVD, Kane, Steiner, Booker T, a walk Nash push. That was all in just over a year...lol. Then that Cripple H/Eugene stuff was pushed over Benoit's reign...Cripple H buried Blaney at Rumble 05 for no reason.
Ratings didn't move up respectfully until the Cena super push on Raw.