RAW RATING LOWEST SINCE 1997

[Guest BoboBrazil]

In what has to be really, really scary news to WWE, the pre-PPV edition of Raw scored just a 3.1 cable rating, with a 4.8 share, according to Nielsen Media Research. The show did hours of 3.2 and 3.1, meaning that not only did the show not build an audience from hour one to hour two, but it actually lost viewers. It's considered a bad night when hour two doesn't grow considerably from hour one. It's a disaster when it goes backward. The 3.1 is right around what WWE was doing in late 1997, when they were getting beaten on Monday nights by WCW Nitro. There is no real way to paint anything but a very negative spin on the rating. This is very bad news for WWE.

 

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[ChrisMWaters 0]

If THIS doesn't convince Vince that something is wrong with what he turned into his star program, than NOTHING will.

[Guest razazteca]

see what happens when RVD is the curtain jerker~

 

Raiders vs Broncos was a really good game, as Rich Gannon nearly had a perfect game.

[Guest Ram]

Yeah, this might be a problem.

[Guest goodhelmet]

ok raiders vs. broncos probably had very litle to do with it.

 

really, i just think people (like myself) are tuning away from the show in droves. i haven;'t watched raw in months and i think other people are realizing that if they don't miss it then there is no harm. hell, they are getting closer and closer to bottoming out everyday. what will be the spin when the show hits the high 2's???

[Guest D'Lo White]

Wow, that really is bad. Not even D'Lo and his great match with Dave could save the ratings.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

And the RAW thread is less than 20 pages long, when it is usually exceedes 40.

 

Coincidence? Nope. People just don't care anymore. Can't blame 'em.

[Guest The Tino Standard]

The sad part is that this was one of the best editions of Raw in a long time. No mind-blowing matches, but thats to be expected 6 days before a big PPV. They really focused on keeping the dumb sportz entertainment stuff to a minimum. And the audience shrank as the night went on.

 

Get ready for soap opera BS starting next Monday once again.

[Guest TheArchiteck]

What was the rating last week?

[Guest razazteca]

Test vs the Super Heroes killed whatever heat was left for the Main Event in the 2nd hour.

 

Revealing that Stacy as a Pre-Opt She-Man with TESTicle(s) destroyed the illusion of Stacy as a hot piece of ass~

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

RAW was decent but when you look at it there were a ton of POINTLESS matches.

 

I watched the Football game myself, but it was boring by halftime..which left about a half an hour or so of RAW..

[Guest goodhelmet]

and the sad thing... booker t gets blamed. not the writers, not steph, not vince in the mirror. booker fucking t will get the shaft.

[Guest razazteca]

1 Time Raw Champ god-uh no sold the 5 Time Sucka Salute.

[Guest chirs3]

Damn it all to hell. Last night was an improvement.

[Guest goodhelmet]

you know, raw was actually improving over the summer also. then they traded benoit and guerrero to SD and it has never been the same.

[Guest candie45]

*prays Smackdown is amazing and gets huge rating*

 

You guys think Booker will get blamed? Are you kidding? IT WAS ALL JERICHO'S FAULT.

 

HHH: I-uh knew that-uh he shouldn't have-uh looked strong-uh at the end-uh. See Stephy weffy, I was right!-uh.

 

Too bad that this wasn't the rating the week after the necro started.

[Guest D'Lo White]

It must be Veterans Day that did it. Everyone was at Veterans Day parties. Those Vet Day bashes could get crazy sometimes.

[Guest razazteca]

yeah everybody I know went to the VFW to watch MNF and get drunk

[Guest Anglesault]

::Thinking: Can't blame this on Brock, must think of an alternate solution::

 

Well, they could always fire Br...adshaw! That's the ticket! Or something

[ChrisMWaters 0]

::Thinking: Can't blame this on Brock, must think of an alternate solution::

 

Well, they could always fire Br...adshaw! That's the ticket! Or something

Can't blame him, he wasn't even on this edition (thankfully)

 

Blame BUBBA!

[Guest AndrewTS]

10:04 EST marked the first appearance of HHH, guys.

 

And he was put in a match with Booker, non-title, who didn't have a prayer of beating.

 

HBK came out to add fuel to that HOT feud-within-a-fued...

 

Hmmm....

[Guest snowfan]

::Thinking: Can't blame this on Brock, must think of an alternate solution::

 

Well, they could always fire Br...adshaw! That's the ticket! Or something

Can't blame him, he wasn't even on this edition (thankfully)

 

Blame BUBBA!

Guys it is obvious that fans were turned off by the lack of hour long promos and faux necrophilia...

 

it is obviously Jericho's fault...

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

 

ZERO SYMPATHY.

[Guest RenegadeX28]

Ooh, that's gotta hurt....man.....

[Guest snowfan]

10:04 EST marked the first appearance of HHH, guys.

 

And he was put in a match with Booker, non-title, who didn't have a prayer of beating.

 

HBK came out to add fuel to that HOT feud-within-a-fued...

 

Hmmm....

and...

 

further establishing him as a political master...

 

he KNEW the ratings were on a down cycle so he HAPPILY didn't lobby to be in RAW is HGH....

 

 

thus giving his partisans ammo that the sag is NOT his fault....

[Guest Dangerous A]

The blood of this bad rating is on Vince's hands.

[Guest AndrewTS]

10:04 EST marked the first appearance of HHH, guys.

 

And he was put in a match with Booker, non-title, who didn't have a prayer of beating.

 

HBK came out to add fuel to that HOT feud-within-a-fued...

 

Hmmm....

and...

 

further establishing him as a political master...

 

he KNEW the ratings were on a down cycle so he HAPPILY didn't lobby to be in RAW is HGH....

 

 

thus giving his partisans ammo that the sag is NOT his fault....

If you read the first post, you'd see ratings dropped in the second hour, hence my point. Some people who were watching tuned out when HHH showed up.

[Guest HartFan86]

So this is what happens when I don't watch Raw? LOL.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

WWE didn't screw WWE

 

VINCE AND HHH Screwed WWE!

 

 

OK, that had no point. ^^

[Guest Downhome]

They will blame Jericho, Booker T, and RVD since they are actually being promoted to go into the big match...

 

...this will lead to HHH pinning ALL OF THE OPPONENTS in that match, you just wait and see. Also...

 

...RAW is Katie will return next week, as the ratings went down after they ended that.

 

(There, that's exactly how they'll look at things, just wait!)