Ya think it’s gone be drastic changes to RAW tonight?

[NoMorePie]

Mike kanellis needs to never skip leg day again.

Like... no.

 

[Silkk]

Anybody got the full Meltzer review?

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Used his own wife to talk down about him, then had him beat up by Becky.


But he finally got on Raw....yay?

 

[Reality Check]

The Kanellis' segment & match sounded like it had Russo's fingerprints on it.

Mike Kanellis was absolutely buried by his real-life wife Maria on Raw this week. This was a very interesting creative decision, but it was one of many on the show this week to get fans talking.

Maria Kanellis said that she’s pregnant on Raw this week. Apparently, she really is with child even though she stood on the apron during a tag team match on the show this week.

Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Radio how this was probably the most WWE has ever paid talents when they are guaranteed not to make their money back on them. Because Maria emasculated Mike in such a huge way.

Not only did she call him her “bytch” before they went out, but after she revealed her pregnancy she doubted that Mike was enough of a man to even do it.

Dave Meltzer noted that Mike and Maria Kanellis are making $500,000 a year for five years. That is very likely half a million each. Therefore, they’re not going anywhere. This was right after Meltzer admitted that Mike Kanellis was buried so badly that it was the kind of treatment WWE would have given him if he was quitting the company and slated to show up on the opposition’s television product next week.

We’ll have to wait and see how things pan out with Mike and Maria Kanellis. No matter what they end up doing from this point on at least you know they’re getting paid very well for the next half a decade.

How Much Mike & Maria Kanellis Are Making With New WWE Contracts

 

[The Rainmaker]

Yeah, I wouldn't do that shyt on live tv for all the money in the world.

 

[Kingshango]

I caught the highlights, so this is Heyman’s Raw?

 

[Norrin Radd]

C’mon now y’all, don’t get worked

 

[DANJ!]

C’mon now y’all, don’t get worked

Man, look... I ain't sayin' the Kanellis shyt is definitely leading to something... but I ain't about to go off NOTHIN' Dave speculates about... cause yeah, it can be looked at as "emasculation" or whatever sensitive males be gettin' upset about... OR... it could be the beginning of a character change for two MFs they just paid a nice chunk of change and intend to actually do something with now.

We can't go "yAy hEYMaN best RAW INNA decaDE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT COMPELLING TELEVISION!!!!!11" one minute and then say "WWE IZ EMASALATIN MIKE BENNETT!" the next. I'll give it some weeks to play out first.

 

[CJ]

I do think there is an actual payoff to Bennett, since Heyman is behind it. Saw an old tweet from Paul when the two debuted. Seems to think highly of them. With the re-up, gives him more of an excuse to do something with them. We shall see.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Big Increase For WWE RAW Viewership This Week - Wrestling Inc.

Monday's WWE RAW episode, featuring AJ Styles losing to WWE United States Champion Ricochet in the main event, drew an average of 2.496 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is up 10% from last week's 2.275 million viewers for the post-Stomping Grounds episode. It is the best number for the show since the May 20th episode, and is the second best audience for the show since the Superstar Shakeup in April

For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.468 million viewers (last week's hour 1 - 2.386 million), the second hour drew 2.676 million viewers (last week's hour 2 - 2.315 million) and the final hour drew 2.345 million viewers (last week's hour 3 - 2.126 million). The drop from the first to third hour was only 5%

RAW was #3 in viewership this week, behind Tucker Carlson Tonight and Hannity. RAW was #1 for the night in the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic.

The Bachelorette on ABC drew 5.709 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while The Neighborhood drew 3.685 million viewers on CBS, American Ninja Warrior drew 4.749 million viewers on NBC, Beat Shazam drew 1.945 million viewers on Fox and CW's Penn & Teller show drew 1.136 million viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.

Below is our 2019 RAW Viewership Tracker:

January 7 Episode: 2.324 million viewers
January 14 Episode: 2.722 million viewers
January 21 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
January 28 Episode: 2.703 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 4 Episode: 2.510 million viewers
February 11 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
February 18 Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 25 Episode: 2.922 million viewers
March 4 Episode: 2.783 million viewers
March 11 Episode: 2.819 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 18 Episode: 2.695 million viewers
March 25 Episode: 2.589 million viewers
April 1 Episode: 2.639 million viewers
April 8 Episode: 2.923 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 35 episode)
April 15 Episode: 2.665 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 22 Episode: 2.374 million viewers
April 29 Episode: 2.158 million viewers
May 6 Episode: 2.244 million viewers
May 13 Episode: 2.349 million viewers (taped episode from London)
May 20 Episode: 2.521 million viewers (post-Money In the Bank episode)
May 27 Episode: 2.190 million viewers (Memorial Day episode)
June 3 Episode: 2.405 million viewers
June 10 Episode: 2.125 million viewers (post-Super ShowDown episode)
June 17 Episode: 2.235 million viewers
June 24 Episode: 2.275 (post-Stomping Grounds episode)
July 1 Episode: 2.496 million viewers
July 8 Episode:

2018 Total: 149.628 million viewers over 53 episodes
2018 Average: 2.823 million viewers per episode

2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers over 52 episodes
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

I thought Heyman and Bischoff weren't taking over yet? It must suck if someone else booked a better show that got better ratings and now they'll never get credit for it.

 

[stro]

So they called up Ricochet/Black as they were on track to win the NXT tag titles, then they called up War Raiders as NXT Champions, had them vacate the titles, and now called up the Street Profits, who won those vacant titles?

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

damn after that first hour viewership was approaching 3 mill

If Heyman gets RAW back over 3 mill he can name his price

 

[VegetasHairline]

I thought Heyman and Bischoff weren't taking over yet? It must suck if someone else booked a better show that got better ratings and now they'll never get credit for it.

#RetainRoadDogg

 

[Rell84shots]

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