Raw Rating 3/4

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Viewer totals (from TVbytheNumbers):

8:00- 4.97 million
9:00- 5.24 million
10:00- 4.85 million

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

No shock, the hour that kicks off with Rock and Cena does the best by a large margin.

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Nice to see WWE has figured out the top stuff needs to be in hour 2 if they want it seen.

[andrew8798]

Last night's Old School Raw was a big success, topping a 5 million viewer average over the three hours. The early number average of 5.02 million (it could change very slightly based on the third hour overrun number).

The number was roughly identical to the show the day after the Royal Rumble. That show with similar viewership did a 3.67 rating so this show could be somewhere in that ballpark. The number based on normal viewers per home would be 3.4 to 3.6, as the Rumble show had a much lower VPH number than a usual show.

[andrew8798]

Taker thing helped, no question, but without quarters yet, looks like Rock/Cena was the peak.

-Meltzer

[The Doctor]

And that's why they are doing it two years in a row.

[BigWill]

Mar 5, 2013 19:33:30 GMT -5 The Doctor said:

And that's why they are doing it two years in a row.

They're doing it for the buyrates. A slight increase in ratings isn't going to benefit the WWE.

[The Doctor]

Mar 5, 2013 19:39:02 GMT -5 BigWill said:

Mar 5, 2013 19:33:30 GMT -5 The Doctor said:

And that's why they are doing it two years in a row.

They're doing it for the buyrates. A slight increase in ratings isn't going to benefit the WWE.

Well, yes. That is implicit.

The increase in viewers means an increase in interest which suggests a chance for a good buy rate.

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Mar 5, 2013 19:39:02 GMT -5 BigWill said:

Mar 5, 2013 19:33:30 GMT -5 The Doctor said:

And that's why they are doing it two years in a row.

They're doing it for the buyrates. A slight increase in ratings isn't going to benefit the WWE.

Seeing as WWE makes far more off TV fees than PPV buys, any ratings increase is a benefit for WWE. Bump that average up and ask for more $$$ later.

[BigWill]

Mar 5, 2013 20:04:47 GMT -5 01010010 01101001 01100011 said:

Mar 5, 2013 19:39:02 GMT -5 BigWill said:

They're doing it for the buyrates. A slight increase in ratings isn't going to benefit the WWE.

Seeing as WWE makes far more off TV fees than PPV buys, any ratings increase is a benefit for WWE. Bump that average up and ask for more $$$ later.

But it's not going to bump the average up. The ratings jump every time it's Mania season, and then drop back shortly after. This is nothing new. And if everyone is right and Rock/Cena is the one that's bringing in ratings, then they'll plummet even faster once the feud's over.

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Mar 5, 2013 20:10:30 GMT -5 BigWill said:

Mar 5, 2013 20:04:47 GMT -5 01010010 01101001 01100011 said:

Seeing as WWE makes far more off TV fees than PPV buys, any ratings increase is a benefit for WWE. Bump that average up and ask for more $$$ later.

But it's not going to bump the average up. The ratings jump every time it's Mania season, and then drop back shortly after. This is nothing new. And if everyone is right and Rock/Cena is the one that's bringing in ratings, then they'll plummet even faster once the feud's over.

They haven't had this high an average in at years, Mania season or not. This will bump up the average viewership by a few hundred thousand and WWE can and will leverage that to more in rights fees which already get them $50 million more than PPVs that they are more than willing to scrap to improve the TV rights fee side of things.

[BigWill]

Mar 5, 2013 20:21:30 GMT -5 01010010 01101001 01100011 said:

Mar 5, 2013 20:10:30 GMT -5 BigWill said:

But it's not going to bump the average up. The ratings jump every time it's Mania season, and then drop back shortly after. This is nothing new. And if everyone is right and Rock/Cena is the one that's bringing in ratings, then they'll plummet even faster once the feud's over.

They haven't had this high an average in at years, Mania season or not. This will bump up the average viewership by a few hundred thousand and WWE can and will leverage that to more in rights fees which already get them $50 million more than PPVs that they are more than willing to scrap to improve the TV rights fee side of things.

They're better than last years, but still worse than the year before. And one decent week of ratings isn't going to bump viewer averages by a few hundred thousand.

[andrew8798]

Rating was a 3.5

[andrew8798]

In the segment-by-segment, the first segment with C.M. Punk and Paul Heyman out for an interview, with Randy Orton, Sheamus and Big Show coming out to set up the main event opened with a 3.7 rating.

We don’t have exact gains and losses, but have very close estimates for each match or segment. Ryback vs. Antonio Cesaro lost 427,000 viewers. Mark Henry vs. Zack Ryder gained 142,000 viewers. The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler (segment with Ric Flair) stayed even. The star segment of the show was the Rock face-off with John Cena, which did a 4.1 quarter and gained 855,000 viewers at 9 p.m. Jack Swagger vs. Jim Duggan, with Dusty Rhodes and Sgt. Slaughter, lost 712,000 viewers. Kane & Daniel Bryan vs. Prime Time Players (Ted DiBiase Sr. at ringside) and Brodus Clay & Tensai vs. Drew McIntyre & Heath Slater (Honky Tonk Man return) lost 142,000 viewers.

The Fandango ring entrance and interview lost 284,000 viewers. The HHH promo gained 427,000 viewers and did a 3.6 rating at 10 p.m. Wade Barrett vs. Alberto Del Rio and a Swagger & Zeb Colter video promo lost 427,000 viewers. The Mae Young birthday lost 142,000 viewers and was the lowest rated portion of the show. C.M. Punk’s winning the four-way over Show, Orton and Sheamus gained 570,000 viewers to a 3.7 overrun.

[YiHammer]

Mark Ratings Henry strikes again

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Mar 8, 2013 2:46:49 GMT -5 YiHammer said:

Mark Ratings Henry strikes again

THAT'S WHAT HE DO!