Raw Post-Rumble Viewership

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www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-28-2019.html

Hour 1: 2.816 million
Hour 2: 2.718 million
Hour 3: 2.575 million

For the post-Rumble show, which is usually the first or second most viewed of the year, that is... not good.

[cjh]

It was down 20% from last year, which was down from 2017.

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Has me kind of wondering what the post-Mania Raw will end up looking like. Long way to there though so who knows.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

It held a lot better than usual though.

[darbus alan]

They'll be really happy with the M18-49 number, but that's about it.

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

This is what it’s going to be like for awhile. It’s a rebuilding period. Hopefully it’s not a half-century rebuilding period like it’s been for the Jets....

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

I nodded and said "not bad" (for what's been happening prior). It's slow and steady unfortunately and they're above the 2.0-2.1 area for now.

I thought Raw was actually pretty decent overall, and the crowd was amazing, and that third hour didn't drop off as much as it has been which I think is the most telling part of the rating.

[Deleted]

The side effect of refusing to build stars has damaged them, perhaps permanently. I assumed they'd get 3 mil because folks were buzzing after the Rumble, but the reputation of the weekly shows has taken a severe hit for too many people.

[RadcapRadsley]

Who could possibly know that having the Local TGI Friday's Manager get multiple segments for months on end on Raw would be a bad idea?

[Dub H]

Its not gonna be easy to recover people good wills.

Plus there is not really much change so far

[brown bricks]

Not shocked. Nothing happened on the Rumble show (outside of the Becky stuff) that was remotely interesting. Vince can't build stars anymore and they're seeing the result of that.

I don't buy that they're "rebuilding". If they were, they would actually shake things up. The show still looks and feels the same. It almost feels like a waste of time to bitch at this point because WWE are what they are. They're not going to change (no matter how much they say they are).

[Bo Rida]

I think after 5 long hours of the rumble a lot of people couldn't brake another 3.

[H-Virus]

Even after enjoying most of the Rumble, I still had no desire to tune in to Raw or Smackdown. I feel like I'm just going to be one of those guys who skips all the weekly shows and only watches the pay-per-views for a while.