In the segment-by-segment, they opened good (3.32) for the HHH/Paul Heyman interview. C.M. Punk & Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes & Daniel Bryan as well as Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox lost 601,000 viewers. The John Cena Make a Wish segment lost 370,000 viewers and did the lowest rated quarter in months at 2.64. Big Show vs. Kane and the John Laurinaitis firing Show segment gained 1,033,000 viewers to a 3.37. This was one of the best 10 p.m. segment gains of the year. With the exception of Brodus Clay & R-Truth & Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger & The Miz lost 996,000 viewers. So we had one of the best segments of the year as far as gaining viewers followed by the worst. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho with Sheamus gained 108,000 viewers. And the Cena/Laurinaitis closing segment gained 990,000 viewers to a 3.43 overrun. That was among the best overrun gains of the year as well, although the 10 p.m. segment was more impressive since the overrun should always gain significantly.
As far as where the growth came from, in the Show/Laurinaitis segment Male teens went 2.0 to 2.6, Girl teens from 0.8 to 1.0, Males 18-49 from 2.2 to 2.9 and Women 18-49 from 1.0 to 1.3. In the Cena/Laurinaitis segment, Male teens went from 1.3 to 2.1, Girls teens from 0.7 to 0.9, Men 18-49 from 2.5 to 3.3 and Women 18-49 from 1.1 to 1.3