Guest Dangerous A Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 Raw on 3/24 ended up doing a 3.44 rating, the lowest since football season ended and on the final Raw before Wrestlemania. Internally, people are crediting the war for the low number, but that belies the huge turn-off as the show was going on which would have nothing to do with the war. The promised Rock concert, which would have worked years ago, is not what the audience wants as a main event. The concert with the promised Austin run in only drew a 3.56 quarter and 4.74 million viewers, which was only an increase of 365,000 fans from the RVD/Kane vs Dudleys match, but still a poor showing. Airing replays of SD of the Vince/Hogan angle as well as Lesnar/Angle, because a lot of markets had preempted SD because of the war coverage, was a disaster with the closing quarter doing a 2.56 rating, the lowest rated quarter for a live Raw in about 6 years.Those repeat segments made the difference between the show doing a 3.54 rating and a 3.44 rating. There was a steady rejection throughout the show as the highest rated quarter, with a 3.85 rating and 5.29 million viewers was Steiner vs Christian which gained 244,000 viewers from the previous quarter. The angle where Morely gave himself part of the tag titles and set up the Raw match for Mania lost 472,000 viewers during a usual growth time slot. Bookdust vs Flair and HHH lost 239,000 viewers in a usual quarter that averages solid gains. The Jericho interview with HBK added 79,000 viewers as the only bright spot late in the show. A Rock interview with Bischoff lost 271,000 viewers and the RVD/Kane vs Dudleys match lost 17,000 viewers. The big loss was the replays of the Hogan/Vince and Angle/Lesnar angles, which lost 1,217,000 viewers, or 26% of the audience. My take on these numbers is this. A)No one wants to really see Vince vs Hogan. B)The audience wants to see WRESTLING for God's sake!
Guest Coffey Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 My take on it is that people just want to be entertained. Replays aren't entertaining. So, people left. Kane isn't entertaining. So, people left. People like to hear Jericho talk...so they watched. People are intrigued by Steiner Vs. Christian I guess...so they watched.
Guest HartFan86 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 Bookdust vs Flair and HHH lost 239,000 viewers in a usual quarter that averages solid gains. That's gay.
Guest TheArchiteck Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 Yah, i turned it off during the concert/mcmahon thing too.
Guest BoboBrazil Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 Any good rumors or news from this observer? Can you post it if there is.
Guest Choken One Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 Well, Expect Steiner to get RE-Pushed...
Guest razazteca Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 RVD/Kane vs Dudleys match lost 17,000 viewers Steiner vs Christian which gained 244,000 viewers The Jericho interview with HBK added 79,000 viewers Jericho & Christian should be tag champions
Guest Mole Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 Jericho should be World champ, not tag champ.
Guest razazteca Posted March 29, 2003 Report Posted March 29, 2003 Jericho is not a Hoss Bawh Gawd therefore he shall not be champ this year, not with Austin, HHH, Rock, Goldberg, Nash are around. Jericho can talk while Christian brings in the wrestling fans. Its the perfect tag team equation. Just do the Math it all adds up.
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