Raw ratings breakdown for 1/2 & 1/9.

[Y-2-Jay]

1/2 RAW


The highest-rated segment of the night was the first quarter with John Cena and Kane which did a 3.36. From that, Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes lost 332,000 viewers while Wade Barrett vs. Santino Marella and the Sheamus vs. The Miz brawl gained 240,000 viewers.

Several backstage segments lost 431,000 viewers and CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Title in the 10pm timeslot gained 180,000 viewers – a bad number for that time. The return of Chris Jericho lost 82,000 viewers.

The match with Cena, Big Show and Zack Ryder vs. Mark Henry and Jack Swagger plus the ending segment with Kane coming from under the ring gained 383,000 viewers – which is a low number for the overrun.



1/9 RAW

In the segment breakdown, Sheamus and Santino Marella vs. Wade Barrett and Jinder Mahal lost 238,000 viewers from the opener. The Edge Hall of Fame announcement, a segment with Eve Torres and Zack Ryder plus Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston gained 100,000 viewers back.

Brodus Clay’s debut vs. Curt Hawkins plus a segment with The Miz, Primo and Epico lost 82,000 viewers. In the 10pm timeslot, CM Punk vs. Jack Swagger did a 3.00 rating and gained 128,000 viewers – another bad number for 10pm.

Backstage segments with The Bellas, The Miz, Ricardo Rodriguez, John Cena and Zack Ryder plus the Four Horsemen Hall of Fame video lost 193,000 viewers. The segment with R-Truth & Rodriguez plus the brawl with The Miz and Chris Jericho’s appearance lost 130,000 viewers.

The segment with Eve Torres in the ring, Kane coming out and Zack Ryder trying to save her by taking her to his car lost 544,000 viewers and did a 2.39 quarter rating. It’s a bad sign when RAW loses over a half-million viewers before the main event. The main event of Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler and the end segment in the parking lot gained 640,000 viewers for a 2.84 overrun rating. This is about normal viewership for the overrun but the second-lowest rating going back to 1997.


The biggest news from all this is Jericho's return losing viewers and the Zack Ryder/Kane/Eve segment losing half a million viewers.



Thoughts?

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

RAW gonna get a BIG overhaul in terms of roster, character and title belts in the near future me thinks.

 

[Y-2-Jay]

How did they lose viewers for a big return? Is what i want to know.

 

[Remix]

How did they lose viewers for a big return? Is what i want to know.

Because people who aren't fans got bored of Jericho running around for a quarter hour.

 

[Vega]

How did they lose viewers for a big return? Is what i want to know.

Maybe advertising break on another more watched channel was over or an interesting show began. Things like these don't get recognition at all.

 

[klunderbunker]

With the Divas, can you blame them for changing the channel?

At the end of the day, Punk and Bryan don't draw, and people aren't interested in Ryder running away from Kane and not even putting up a fight. I'm not saying have Ryder destroy Kane, but he's the US Champion for crying out loud. Have him stand up to him, not cuddle Cena for saving him like a damsel in distress. But hey, now Vince can say "Well we pushed Ryder, the fans were wrong, we can get rid of him and give the title to some generic guy that we pick."

 

[Shocky]

The Kane return has been terrible and painful. The WWE is way to over the top at the moment.

 

[klunderbunker]

That and you don't tell the fans who to boo and who to cheer. No one goes along with Kane telling them to say Cena sucks and the whole idea is just failing.

 

[shattered dreams]

Where are all those people talking about how great that Jericho segment was?

 

[KnowMyRole-ShutYourMouth]

Where are all those people talking about how great that Jericho segment was?

While I agree on the Punk/Bryan/Ryder criticisms, I don't get all the hate on Y2J. He wants to piss you off. The segment was fine. Nothing ground breaking (we saw it last week) but this is a long term build. First, the IWC bitches about how rushed the Punk Walk Out angle was. Now, they are fuming because they don't have all the answers to Jericho's return. Give it a fucking chance to breathe. Jericho's still playing live crowds like a fiddle, and there's no reason for him to talk until after the Royal Rumble (of course barring his proclamation that he will win it; which he should and will).

Not necessarily singling you out, but you brought it up. I guarantee by the time Wrestlemania comes around all the people bitching about Jericho's return will be eating crow. It's like watching the first 10 minutes of a movie or reading the first chapter of a book and putting it down. You just don't know yet.

 

[shattered dreams]

Who said anything about the long-term?

They built to one big moment with a big return and the way it was booked lost a significant amount of viewers. There is no way that was the goal. If people were genuinely interested they would have kept watching. Jericho will likely eventually bring some benefit but it will be in spite of that segment, not because of it.

 

[amazing_blue]

The fact that they are getting their lowest ratings since the days of WCW kicking their ass is a really bad sign. I guess the BCS title game is an excuse, but there is no excuse for next week.

 

[ABMorales787]

But Jericho's return was such riveting stuff.

Riveting.

 

[The Man They Call WMD]

- On Monday's Raw, Eve made her way to the ring ready to battle Divas Champion Beth Phoenix, but instead of The Glamazon's entrance theme playing, the arena went red and Kane's music played. United States Champion Zack Ryder ran to the ring to try and help her escape to his car, which suspiciously had a flat tire. As reported yesterday, the segment lost 544,000 viewers to score a 2.39 cable rating. F4WOnline.com adds that it marks as the lowest-rated quarter hour for a non-holiday episode of Raw "in perhaps a decade."

Just Pathetic. Honestly I don't blame people for not watching.The product sucks.