Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes opened at a 2.46 rating which is a very weak open. Kofi Kingston vs. Michael McGillicutty lost 41,000 viewers. John Cena doing his promo for Ryback and C.M. Punk and Paul Heyman coming out gained 530,000 viewers. Antonio Cesaro vs. Justin Gabriel lost 372,000 viewers. The high point of the show came with Vince McMahon, A.J., Paul Heyman and Vickie Guerrero out which gained 529,000 viewers to a 2.91 quarter. The 9 p.m. segment has usually been showing good growth. My feeling watching that segment is that A.J. is going to be a lot more of a star away from the G.M. role. I think she sucked in the role and people resented her. But now that she was screwed out of the position and is back in a sympathetic role, she’s going to do a lot better when people don’t see her in a position that it makes no sense for her to be in. Ryback vs. The Miz and the Kaitlyn, Eve Torres and Layla brawl lost 613,000 viewers. Considering that was the Ryback quarter, it speaks volumes about where he is right now with the masses. Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler lost 253,000 viewers with their great match which finished doing a 2.31 quarter, the lowest for a non-holiday show in 15 years, although this record was broken later in the night. The Newly Tagged game and Kane vs. Show gained 62,000 viewers in the 10 p.m. segment but that segment has been dead for a while. John Cena confronting Vince McMahon and Vickie Guerrero and Alberto Del Rio vs. Zack Ryder gained 26,000 viewers. Then, in the lowest quarter going back 15 years and it may be a lot of years before this is broken, an interview with Dolph Ziggler, a Ryback promotional piece and the entrance of the lumberjacks lost 319,000 viewers to a 2.15 quarter. C.M. Punk vs. Sheamus in the champion vs. champion lumberjack match gained 1,058,000 viewers which is awesome anytime but particularly on this night, finishing at 2.89.
Main event growth saw Teenage boys stay at 1.9, Males 18-49 from 2.0 to 2.9, Teenage girls from 0.5 to 0.7 and Women 18-49 from 0.8 to 0.9.