Surprising Raw Ratings for 2-09-15

[Big Red Machine]

Source: F4WOnline.com

Tuesday, 10 February 2015 14:01


Raw did a surprisingly low 3.66 million viewers last night, a drop of 14 percent with no real answer as to why.

Some would think the debut of Better Call Saul would have hurt, but that only went against the third hour, and the third hour held up better than it has in recent weeks.

It's also bad because it was clearly implied in he opening segment that Sting would be appearing on a show to give an answer to HHH's challenge, even though he wasn't there.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.79 million viewers

9 p.m. 3.67 million viewers

10 p.m. 3.52 million viewers

The only answers are a one week fluke, or that the product has cooled off quickly.

There has only been one show in the last three years not during football season that did worse, and that went against huge sports competition that this show didn't face.

There's no spinning, this is a bad number, and unlike most, one that doesn't have an obvious explanation past the potential of it just being a fluke.

[cero2k]

with no real answer as to why.

really, the bad "road to wrestlemania"/RR aftermath shows are not an indication?

on a side note

Source: Show Buzz Daily
Last Friday's first-run special Lockdown episode of Impact Wrestling averaged 525,000 viewers, a 22% increase from the week before, which drew 431,000 viewers.
The replay was up from last week as well, which drew 166,000 viewers, an 8% increase from last week's 153,000 viewers. Total viewers for the show on Friday was 691,000 viewers, up 18% from last week.

[Big Red Machine]

with no real answer as to why.

really, the bad "road to wrestlemania"/RR aftermath shows are not an indication?

Isn't viewership always up at this point because this is when the seasonal fans start tuning in?
Also, I thought last week's show great.

[cero2k]

with no real answer as to why.

really, the bad "road to wrestlemania"/RR aftermath shows are not an indication?

Isn't viewership always up at this point because this is when the seasonal fans start tuning in?
Also, I thought last week's show great.

yeap, exactly, which I'd say really reflects on the quality of the product since RR, it hasn't brought people back. and you said it yourself in the review this week, "Last week’s great show seems to have just been an anomaly"

i personally just found it average, but eitherway, i don't think it's necessarily the quality of RAW, but the overall quality stories that they're telling, nothing is really that compelling, the build up to WM is pretty lame and the rumored card looks terrible, at this point, only Rollins vs Orton seems promising, and it's not like we haven't seen it before.

[Big Red Machine]

really, the bad "road to wrestlemania"/RR aftermath shows are not an indication?

Isn't viewership always up at this point because this is when the seasonal fans start tuning in?
Also, I thought last week's show great.

yeap, exactly, which I'd say really reflects on the quality of the product since RR, it hasn't brought people back. and you said it yourself in the review this week, "Last week’s great show seems to have just been an anomaly"

i personally just found it average, but eitherway, i don't think it's necessarily the quality of RAW, but the overall quality stories that they're telling, nothing is really that compelling, the build up to WM is pretty lame and the rumored card looks terrible, at this point, only Rollins vs Orton seems promising, and it's not like we haven't seen it before.[/quote]

But if last week's show was the anomaly and this week's show was the bad business as usual, then wouldn't it be next week's show when people would stop tuning in? Or do you think they gave up halfway through this week (which is a possibility with the main event being what it is and Hunter-Sting being so crappy.

[cero2k]

But if last week's show was the anomaly and this week's show was the bad business as usual, then wouldn't it be next week's show when people would stop tuning in? Or do you think they gave up halfway through this week (which is a possibility with the main event being what it is and Hunter-Sting being so crappy.

i think your latter idea is probably, but like i said, it may not even be the quality of Raw, but the overall direction, I can totally understand people not being turned on with the product considering the last (important) shows since RR. I'm guessing business will pick up after fastlame since that's when we're likely to get Sting, Taker, Lesnar, Orton, and Sheamus to all return full time,

[Big Red Machine]

But if last week's show was the anomaly and this week's show was the bad business as usual, then wouldn't it be next week's show when people would stop tuning in? Or do you think they gave up halfway through this week (which is a possibility with the main event being what it is and Hunter-Sting being so crappy.

i think your latter idea is probably, but like i said, it may not even be the quality of Raw, but the overall direction, I can totally understand people not being turned on with the product considering the last (important) shows since RR. I'm guessing business will pick up after fastlame since that's when we're likely to get Sting, Taker, Lesnar, Orton, and Sheamus to all return full time,

The direction actually seems to be good (Reigns and/or Bryan vs. Lesnar, Triple H vs. Sting, Bray vs. Taker, Dean vs. Barrett). I think that in this case it is the execution (and the repetitiveness thereof- NO MORE KANE/BIG SHOW vs. ROMAN REIGNS MATCHES AT ALL EVER!) that is the problem. Then again, fans who only tuned in after the Rumble won't be as sick of that as those who have been watching it the whole time are.

[cero2k]

The direction actually seems to be good (Reigns and/or Bryan vs. Lesnar, Triple H vs. Sting, Bray vs. Taker, Dean vs. Barrett).

are you actually excited by any of that? Only Dragon vs Lesnar sounds good and it's definitely not happening one on one

[Big Red Machine]

The direction actually seems to be good (Reigns and/or Bryan vs. Lesnar, Triple H vs. Sting, Bray vs. Taker, Dean vs. Barrett).

are you actually excited by any of that? Only Dragon vs Lesnar sounds good and it's definitely not happening one on one

I'd even take it a a triple threat. Then again, if it wasn't happening one-on-one, why would they have let Roman get pinned last week for no reason? Why did Dragon do literally all of the work and have Roman be the heel.

As for the others... well... at least Dean and Wade will have a great match.