Rate the RAW!: 8/2/2021

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

It's time FAN for that Sensation that sweeps on a weekly timeframe across the nation! It is time to RATE THE RAW!!


So how good, bad, or meh was RAW this week?? We're about to find out... it's time, to RATE THE RAW!!


Last Weeks Most Voted Rating: 1


------ 2016

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1/4: 4.936
1/11: 6.24
1/18: 3.47
1/24: 7.42
2/1: 5.9
2/8: 8.49
2/15: 6.58
2/22: 7.48
2/29: 3.16
3/7: 7.32
3/14: 5.28
3/21: 3.28
3/28: 3.65
4/4: 6.66
4/11: 8.21
4/18: 6.2
4/25: 5.47
5/2: 5.16
5/9: 5.83
5/16: 4.42
5/23: 5.93
5/30: 3.39
6/6: 4.08
6/13: 6
6/20: 7.29
6/27: 5.86
7/4: 4.64
7/11: 5.55
7/19: 5.81

------ (Start of "New Era" RAW's)

7/25: 9.28
8/1: 6.33
8/8: 4.64
8/15: 4.36
8/22: 4.21
8/29: 7.21
9/5: 2.86
9/12: 4.55
9/19: 4.78
9/26: 4.69
10/3: 6.46
10/10: 5.83*
10/17: 5.81
10/24: 4.93
10/31: 5.31*
11/7: 6.97*
11/14: 6.47*
11/21: 6.42
11/28: 7.05*
12/5: 5.29
12/12: 5.83
12/19: 5.61
12/26: 5.24*

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1/2: 4.44
1/9: 3.28
1/16: 5.30
1/23: 5.45
1/30: 6.2
2/6: 5
2/13: 7.51
2/20: 6.36
2/27: 3.87
3/6: 5.86
3/13: 4.50
3/20: 3.94
3/27: 4.07
4/3: 7.52
4/10: 7.06
4/17: 6.85
4/24: 4.40
5/1: 5.73
5/8: 4.60*
5/16: 4.26
5/22: 5.89*
5/29: 3.80
6/5: 6.53
6/12: 3.82
6/19: 6.06
6/26: 4.67
7/3: 7.48
7/10: 5.58
7/17: 5.13
7/31: 4.39
8/7: 5.09
8/14: 5.72
8/21: 4.98
8/28: 6.67
9/4: 6.88
9/11: 5.55
9/18: 5.06
9/25: 6.22
10/2: 7.06
10/9: 6.43
10/16: 6.04
10/23: 4.88
10/30: 4.70
11/6: 6.35
11/13: 6.11
11/20: 5.32
11/27: 2.33
12/4: 4.61
12/11: 5.08
12/18: 2.39
12/25: 7.05

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1/1: 4.90
1/8: 5.83
1/16: 7.13
1/22: 2.93
1/29: 6.65
2/5: 6.04
2/12: 7.09
2/19: 6.61
2/26: 4.93
3/5: 5.08
3/12: 3.21
3/19: 7.25
3/26: 3.78
4/2: 3.91
4/9: 6.57
4/16: 6.93
4/23: 5.14
5/1: 5.34
5/7: 4.04
5/14: 5.22*
5/21: 2.98
5/28: 4.32
6/4: 3.40
6/11: 4.90*
6/18: 4.949
6/25: 5.5*
7/2: 3.39
7/9: 3.51
7/16: 3.92
7/23: 2.94
7/30: 3.20
8/6: 4.53
8/13: 5.30
8/20: 4.76
8/27: 3.50
9/3: 4.10
9/10: 4.17
9/17: 4.47*
9/24: 5.05
10/1: 4.76
10/8: 7.22
10/15: 4.81
10/22: 6.87
10/29: 4.26
11/5: 4.00*
11/12: 7.18
11/19: 4.33
11/26: 2.19
12/4: 2.86
12/10: 4.86*
12/17: 3.89
12/24: 7.20*
12/31: 6.50*

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1/7: 5.83
1/14: 7.13
1/21: 2.93
1/28: 6.65
2/4: 6.04
2/11: 7.09
2/18: 6.61
2/25: 4.93
3/4: 5.08
3/11: 3.21
3/18: 7.25
3/25: 3.78
4/1: 3.91
4/8: 6.57
4/15: 6.93
4/22: 5.14
4/29: 5.34
5/6: 4.04
5/13: 5.22*
5/20: 2.98
5/27: 4.32
6/4: 3.40
6/11: 4.90*
6/18: 4.949
6/25: 5.5*
7/2: 3.39
7/9: 3.51
7/16: 3.92
7/23: 2.94
7/30: 3.20
8/6: 4.53
8/13: 5.30
8/20: 4.76
8/27: 3.50
9/3: 4.10
9/10: 4.17
9/17: 4.47*
9/24: 5.05
10/1: 4.76
10/8: 7.22
10/15: 4.81
10/22: 6.87
10/29: 4.26
11/5: 4.00*
11/12: 7.18
11/19: 4.33
11/26: 2.19
12/4: 2.86
12/10: 4.86*
12/17: 3.89
12/24: 7.20*
12/31: 6.50*

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1/7: 4.84
1/14: 6.38
1/21: 7.06
1/28: 5.91
2/4: 3.86
2/11: 3.65
2/18: 3.31
2/25: 7.23
3/4: 3.97
3/11: 4.58
3/18: 3.50
3/25: 3.75
4/1: 6.44
4/8: 3.76
4/16: 3.45
4/22: 6.07
4/29: 4.12
5/6: 2.37
5/13: 5.44*
5/20: 5.90
5/27: 2.69
6/3: 4.34*
6/10: 4.04*
6/17: 5.91
6/24: 5.61*
7/1: 7.09
7/8: 2.67
7/15: 4.56
7/22: 4.58
7/29: 4.95
8/5: 4.87
8/12: 5.70
8/19: 6.61
8/26: 4.00
9/2: 6.56
9/9: 7.22
9/16: 7.35
9/23: 5.89

------ (Smackdown on FOX/Draft)

9/30: 4.36
10/7: 3.76*
10/14: 3.77*
10/21: 4.88
10/28: 4.33*
11/4: 3.79*
11/11: 4.78*
11/18: 4.13
11/25: 6.47
12/2: 3.66
12/9: 4.38
12/16: 3.20
12/23: 4.67
12/30: 7.25

* 40% or more didn't watch these RAW's

------ 2021



1/4: 3.10 (35% DW)

1/11: 5.37 (25% DW)

1/18: 3.00 (25% DW)

1/25: 2.50 (23% DW)

2/1: 4.71 (19% DW)

2/8: 4.57 (20% DW)

2/15: 3.60 (31% DW)

2/22: 5.51 (19% DW)

3/1: 6.55 (11%DW)

3/8: 4.86 (33% DW)

3/15: 5.32 (39% DW)

3/23: 6.06 (25% DW)

3/29: 2.42 (21% DW)

4/5: 2.72 (43% DW)

4/12: 2.42 (25% DW)

4/19: 3.92 (53% DW)

4/26: 3.22 (51% DW)

5/3: 3.00 (47% DW)

5/10: 3.12 (44% DW)

5/17: 4.86 (34% DW)

5/24: 4.81 (35% DW)

5/31: 6.21 (40% DW)

6/7: 5.90 (22% DW)

6/14: 6.37 (45% DW)

6/21: 7.22 (35% DW)

6/28: 6.48 (36% DW)

7/5: 4.39 (41% DW)

7/12: 7.61 (40% DW)


------ THUNDERDOME ERA ENDS/LIVE CROWDS RETURN!



7/19: 6.14 (13% DW)

7/26: 3.09 (30% DW)
8/2: TBD

[Lizuka #BLM]

I only watched Kross / Lee and the end of the main event but between those and looking at the results this show sounds dire.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

I had no intention of watching as it was. I had even less intention of watching pointless crowd hijacking that Vince was just going to hit the mute button on.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

If anyone is curious

5 CM Punk Chants

2 "WE WANT WYATT" Chants

[Deleted]

Yeah, I hated it once again.

[Deleted]

It wasn't that bad up until the terrible Miz TV segment, then it started going downhill, but it ended with a good main event (even though the way it was structured sucked). 6?

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

You know how Meltzer said that when Football season starts, AEW could catch RAW in TV Ratings and Demo by the fall?

Yeah weeks like this show why that's a legit possibility.

[Deleted]

Keith Lee got the crowd to actually wake up so that was a great thing and he looked a bit better than he has since he returned so it may be just a reptition thing with him to hit his stride so here is to hoping what little of it is left with this company.

Other than that it was a night I guess.

[bob]

we need an option that's a 0 but shows that people watched

1 is too high for tonight

[RI Richmark]

Clunky start but picked up in the 2nd half. Loved seeing Nikki win. 6.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

7. Perfectly OK way to spend a Monday but they are still not building a ton of momentum.

[Duke Cameron]

Didn’t watch

[fw91]

Aug 2, 2021 22:22:08 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

7. Perfectly OK way to spend a Monday but they are still not building a ton of momentum.

went with a 6, but yeah that's how i feel. It wasn't dogshit like last week, but still just kinda there.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Aug 2, 2021 22:24:50 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Aug 2, 2021 22:22:08 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

7. Perfectly OK way to spend a Monday but they are still not building a ton of momentum.

went with a 6, but yeah that's how i feel. It wasn't dogshit like last week, but still just kinda there.

Yeah. It’s fine. I think some of the predictions around AEW catching RAW are pretty premature but we’ll see what the next year holds.

[theironyuppie]

I thought it was pretty solid, around a 6.5-7. Rhea/Nia (which overdelivered and let Rhea show off her athleticism) and the main event were the highlights for me.

[fw91]

Aug 2, 2021 22:28:00 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Aug 2, 2021 22:24:50 GMT -5 fw91 said:

went with a 6, but yeah that's how i feel. It wasn't dogshit like last week, but still just kinda there.

Yeah. It’s fine. I think some of the predictions around AEW catching RAW are pretty premature but we’ll see what the next year holds.

MNF returning soon can make that a possibility, but SD still has a somewhat healthy lead, and AEW needs to prove that they can still bring in over 1 Million on "ordinary" non special event weeks. Punk (if true) and Bryan are huge gets, but if those two can't bring AEW to RAW numbers and beyond, I think it's time to concede that pro wrestling is never going to gain huge audience numbers again regardless of how highly or lowly fans view a company. I wonder if Vince recognizes this, and that's why he is thinking about selling.

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Aug 2, 2021 22:30:01 GMT -5 theironyuppie said:

I thought it was pretty solid, around a 6.5-7. Rhea/Nia (which overdelivered and let Rhea show off her athleticism) and the main event were the highlights for me.

That was about as good of as singles match as you're going to get out of Nia these days.

[theironyuppie]

Aug 2, 2021 22:43:00 GMT -5 @dax said:

Aug 2, 2021 22:30:01 GMT -5 theironyuppie said:

I thought it was pretty solid, around a 6.5-7. Rhea/Nia (which overdelivered and let Rhea show off her athleticism) and the main event were the highlights for me.

That was about as good of as singles match as you're going to get out of Nia these days.

Yeah, and Rhea continues to get crowds invested in her, which is great after the endless DAE WHO'S THE HEEL I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CHEER takes we got online before they came back.

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Aug 2, 2021 22:28:00 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Aug 2, 2021 22:24:50 GMT -5 fw91 said:

went with a 6, but yeah that's how i feel. It wasn't dogshit like last week, but still just kinda there.

Yeah. It’s fine. I think some of the predictions around AEW catching RAW are pretty premature but we’ll see what the next year holds.

If RAW stays like this in this sort of structure and AEW keeps building on what it's building and gets who they are rumored to get... it's definitely not out of the realm of possibility. Heck AEW's already caught RAW in demos some weeks. 

It wasn't as bad as last weeks which got an abysmal rating but it still imo wasn't great. Too many rematches. Too many promos... some not really going anywhere like Charlotte. There were good matches though. Just way too much of the same shit happening week to week though. Theyre not in the Thunderdome anymore... the crowd was dead by the first hour. They used an ungodly amount of sweetening tonight.

Again I thought RAW was building some good momentum right before the fans came back... they've hit a wall since. The exact opposite of what I thought would happen when you have a full live crowd to please but... this is what happens when you cater to only one crazy old man.

[dbrussel]

4. The main event was better than i expected