02/06/2006 Raw Rating Stays Strong

[Enigma 0]

This week's Raw kept alive the company's recent string of strong numbers doing what I believe will round up to a 4.5 cable rating, with a 6.5 share. The show did a 4.5 first hour and a 4.4 second hour, so on the whole the number has remained strong over the last few weeks and as of right now it doesn't appear that there is any viewer backlash over Edge losing the WWE Title back to John Cena. The one bad thing about the number is that the show trended downward in the second hour, but the tenth of a point difference is within the margin of error so I wouldn't get too upset about that if I worked for WWE.

 

AM Raw did a 0.6 cable rating, with a 1.6 share.

 

credit: PWInsider

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Maybe it's more the dynamic of Cena vs. Edge that keeps people tuned in. When the dynamic shifts to Cena vs. Hunter is when things could get interesting.

[CBright7831 0]

I wonder what it will be like when it gets closer to Wrestlemania and people know the two main events on the card will be Angle/Orton and Cena/HHH.

[chaosrage 0]

The people that stopped watching because Edge lost the belt is balanced out by the people tuning in again to see RVD.

[Dr. Zaius 0]

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[Open the Muggy Gate 0]

A Dictonary > Scorpius

[2GOLD 0]

I never take the ratings into account from January up to Wrestlemania. After Mania is when I look at what the show is doing. People are going to tune in for the push to Mania to see if they should spend 50 bucks on it.

[Dr. Zaius 0]

A Dictonary > Scorpius

A Dictionary > A Dictonary > Scorpius

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double posting > A Dictionary > A Dictonary > Scorpius

[JN News 0]

When Edge was WWE Champion, he managed to pull in high ratings. After the title reign ended, I personally thought all the RAW fans would get sick and tired of WWE. But, then again, maybe it's the tournement.

 

 

 

Meh....

 

 

Tournements=ratings.

[Guest]

I never take the ratings into account from January up to Wrestlemania. After Mania is when I look at what the show is doing. People are going to tune in for the push to Mania to see if they should spend 50 bucks on it.

I've said that many times.

[Guest Fook]

Ratings always start going up around this time every year.

 

It's the combination of the build to Wrestlemania and the end of football season.

 

Any storylines or characters that are drawing people in probably won't become apparent until April unless they suddenly start doing 6.0 ratings again.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I think the main factor is the USA network switch matched with the Seasonal rise. Though I am open to the possibility of Edge and Lita being a main reason for the sustained (higher level) rating that has coincided with Edges elevation in conjunction with my first point. It certainly cannot be ignored.

 

A possible theory to explain this is that there was an audience of perhaps .5 that was lost when RAW moved to SPIKE but whom were still wrestling fans, or looked back on their time watching wrestling fondly and were open to seeing what became of the WWE (or followed it despite not having the TV). This audience was already familiar with Edge as he was a strong presense on television up until the move, competing in TLC matches and him and Christian having entertaining skits with Foley at the time, but was not on enough to have the crowd get sick of him. So he was on enough to have the audience be familiar with him, to like him, but not be familiar with him in his new role as a main eventer. So there was still a freshness with that familiarity. Since Edge was doing unpredicable things like live Sex, feuding with two guys at the same time in Flair and Cena, and generally being very active and creating relative excitement, those viewers have been waiting to see what he does next and tune in to see what he does every week. Hence the strong opening numbers for the show and a slight drop for the second hour - most people stayed to see what would happen to him during the tag match later-on, some left because he was fixed in a match.

 

Just a theory. I'm more of a wait and see kinda guy with ratings.

[Guest GoJoe]

They need to give the belt to TiVo.

[SuperJerk 0]

They need to give the belt to TiVo.

I just found my quote of the week.

[Promoter 0]

Ratings always start going up around this time every year.

 

It's the combination of the build to Wrestlemania and the end of football season.

 

Any storylines or characters that are drawing people in probably won't become apparent until April unless they suddenly start doing 6.0 ratings again.

 

 

This is what I was saying about the "OMG EDGE IS THE GREATEST AND RATINGS BONANZA" threads.