RAW Rating

[Enigma]

Raw last night did a 3.9 rating. Given the main event, and the appearance of Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan, they have to be disappointed with the number. They only have themselves to blame if Hogan didn't draw a number.

 

-- Dave Meltzer/WrestlingObserver.com

[Guest Hass of Pain]

Wow, I am really suprised that the rating for Raw was so low last night. Was there a number on what the overrun did?

[Guest Shadow]

The main event was supposed to draw?

 

No was gonna bother knowing well enough HHH would kill JR and Batista would come out with a minute before the show ended and clear the ring.

 

They've only done that "main event" 25 times in the last 25 months.

[Guest LooneyTune]

If it weren't for Hogan being on, I would've turned RAW off after 20 minutes when it started to go to shit.

[Vyce]

You know what this means.

 

Batista's reign is a failure.

 

Time to put the belt back on HHH, Vince!

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Of course this show did shit for ratings. Everyone knew exactly how the main event was going to go and know Batista doesn't show up till 11 most weeks so they tune out.

[Guest MikeSC]

The problem, clearly, was that Vince didn't talk enough.

-=Mike

[Guest Coffey]

The problem was the show was terrible.

[Guest MikeSC]

The problem was the show was terrible.

That's not what Hunter told me. He told me his match with JR was one of the greatest matches in recent history and that Ross has a great future as a possible IC Champ.

-=Mike

[Guest LooneyTune]

The problem was the show was terrible.

That's not what Hunter told me. He told me his match with JR was one of the greatest matches in recent history and that Ross has a great future as a possible IC Champ.

-=Mike

Dusty Rhodes is booking WWE now?

[Guest MikeSC]

The problem was the show was terrible.

That's not what Hunter told me. He told me his match with JR was one of the greatest matches in recent history and that Ross has a great future as a possible IC Champ.

-=Mike

Dusty Rhodes is booking WWE now?

I dunno. He did sound funny.

 

And he did seem to like the idea of a cage INSIDE of another cage WITH a ladder AND scaffold involved...

-=Mike

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

The problem was the show was terrible.

The problem was HHH vs. JR should've been an ironman match.

[Guest MikeSC]

The problem was the show was terrible.

The problem was HHH vs. JR should've been an ironman match.

No --- a PRINCE OF DARKNESS Ironman match.

-=Mike

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

How about a Buried Alive, Prince of Darkness, Hell In A Cell, Iron Man Match?

[Guest MikeSC]

How about a Buried Alive, Prince of Darkness, Hell In A Cell, Iron Man Match?

Are you Dusty Rhodes?

-=Mike

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

No, Dusty would've thrown blindfolds and an inferno match in there.

[Youth N Asia]

I know they love the idea of beating up Jim Ross a few times a year and putting it in a main event slot no less, but I don't think that was a good selling point for an MSG show.

 

Raw was decient otherwise.

[Guest MikeSC]

I know they love the idea of beating up Jim Ross a few times a year and putting it in a main event slot no less, but I don't think that was a good selling point for an MSG show.

 

Raw was decient otherwise.

If Hunter took JR's patented corkscrew screwdriver, it would've been nifty.

-=Mike

...Nova stole JR's spots...

[Youth N Asia]

Was I the only one annoyed with Lawler switching to uberface just cause he called with Coach (who keeps getting better).

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

That was the first thing I noticed. I was also annoyed that every other heel on the roster has to sell for Lawler like he's Superman but HHH can take him out with one punch.

[Guest Coffey]

I think you're the only one that thought Raw was even good enough to be decent, even excluding the main event.

[Guest LooneyTune]

The Coach I would hardly call good... on Heat he stills ignores every match to get heat on himself, and Grisham sucks even more.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I think it's a good statement to how bad Lawler is when it makes you wish for a tool like Coach to take over for him.

[Youth N Asia]

Heat's a throwaway show to begin with, I put Coach over Cole, Tazz, and often King and JR. They had a good show when they put all three on Raw last year

[Guest LooneyTune]

Velocity is a throw-away show as well, but Mathews and that other guy at least try and put everyone over like the matches matter.

[razazteca]

3.9 is too high for a show like that....I predict that the show will go back to the norm of 3.5 next week.

[Jericholic82]

Heel coach rules on commentary. You should watch Heat.

 

However what rating did you expect with that main event?

 

and even if people knew hogan was coming why would they watch? he essentially did the same thing as wrestlemania. and to me on tv his pop didnt sound that loud (anyone who was there can u tell me whta it sounded like live?)

[Guest Fook_Theta]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but velocity and heat both get higher ratings than Impact! Atleast till they started showing the midnight/extra replays.

 

This was classic anti-bischoff WCW booking. The main event was a no-brainer and the audience has repeatedly tuned out for such weak main events for years now. HHH/somebody made a bad call, and I have a feeling creative is part of the reason. You've got the first legit contender to completely dethrone HHH and they still couldn't come up with anything compelling this week.

 

I'm going out on a limb and saying this was a "filler" week. We'll all forget about this if the HHH vs Batista saga heats up in a matter of months.

[chaosrage]

Didn't they learn in 2002 that Hogan doesn't do anything for ratings? This was the first week I didn't watch in a long time BECAUSE I knew hogan was going to be on it. (oh and also because the main event was just HHH vs JR)

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski]

I thought Hogan's pop at Wrestlemania was loud. He had to have been one of the most over people at Wrestlemania other than Austin.

 

I know my voice went out after he came out.