Rate the RAW!: 5/23/2022

[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: 5 and 8


------ 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*

----- 2017

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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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1/2: 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

------ 2019

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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

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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)

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7/19: 6.14 (13% DW)
7/26: 3.09 (30% DW)
8/2: 3.92 (36% DW)
8/9: 5.17 (31% DW)
8/16: 4.16 (46% DW)
8/23: 5.12 (40% DW)
8/30: 4.27 (46% DW)
9/6: 4.19 (47% DW)
9/13: 6.67 (17% DW)
9/20: 6.14 (35% DW)
9/27: 5.97 (28% DW)

------ WWE Draft 2021

10/4: 4.10 (38% DW)
10/11: 2.97 (42% DW)
10/18: 4.34 (37% DW)
10/25: 7.03 (46% DW)
11/1: 6.00 (45% DW)
11/8: 5.61 (45% DW)
11/15: 3.68 (39% DW)
11/22: 3.74 (32% DW)
11/29: 4.97 (33% DW)
12/6: 5.72 (48% DW)
12/13: 3.14 (38% DW)
12/20: 5.65 (60% DW)
12/27: 6.48 (43% DW)

------ 2022



1/3: 5.13 (38% DW)

1/10: 3.48 (43% DW)

1/17: 2.55 (52%DW)

1/24: 6.11 (28% DW)

1/31: 5.13 (37% DW)

2/7: 6.34 (34% DW)

2/14: 3.76 (33% DW)

2/21: 6.00 (38% DW)

2/28: 5.16 (24% DW)

3/7: 5.32 (32% DW)

3/14: 3.93 (27% DW)

3/21: 5.82 (24% DW)

3/28: 4.57 (28% DW)

4/4: 3.36 (18% DW)

4/11: 5.22 (29% DW)

4/18: 6.70 (34% DW)

4/25: 6.87 (30% DW)

5/2: 5.52 (42% DW)

5/9: 6.53 (30% DW)

5/16: 6.23 (33% DW)
5/23: TBD

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Giving this a 1, after the heat death of the universe that was Smackdown's ending, following up with a straight three hours of HEAT on RAW was the wrong choice... that was an awful show and so much of it just DRAGGED because of said heat.

[Deleted]

There was a show?

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 23, 2022 22:02:00 GMT -5 @jdogindy said:

There was a show?

A terrible one, yes!

[Chiral]

Hitting the summer doldrums real early this year.

[nisidhe]

Just following it on the board here I was like, "This is a reminder that Vince hates each and every one of us."

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

1 - not even fun bad, just boring bad with a parade of bad finishes.

[Raw is Doodie101]

5. Very mediocre show. Just a lot of filler stuff and I like didn't like the ending. Also, just stop talking about Naomi/Sasha. Let that shit go. But the first hour was good and Cody Rhodes looked like a great babyface so some stuff worked for me.

[Deleted]

5 for me. Weakest Raw in a little while.

[mistery]

Man, they really did not take long to make Asuka look like a complete idiot loser again. Combine that with the inevitability that we will be getting more Becky/Bianca singles matches after HIAC does not inspire confidence. Especially since both Becky and Bianca are significantly less over than they were at Mania, and even then the feud was running on fumes.

[asuka007]

WAY too much heel heat on this show.

And IDK what they were going for with the ending to the main event, but it made Asuka look like a dolt.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 23, 2022 22:09:19 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

WAY too much heel heat on this show.

And IDK what they were going for with the ending to the main event, but it made Asuka look like a dolt.

Every single Babyface on the show tonight looked like an idiot dumbass loser with zero friends, that's just how it kept going and going. 

Even Riddle, who won tonight, only won because the Usos left. That was like the ONE babyface moment on this show worth a damn and it had an asterisk next to it, the face won because the heels didn't care enough to win... jesus christ.

[theironyuppie]

May 23, 2022 22:09:15 GMT -5 mistery said:

Man, they really did not take long to make Asuka look like a complete idiot loser again. Combine that with the inevitability that we will be getting more Becky/Bianca singles matches after HIAC does not inspire confidence. Especially since both Becky and Bianca are significantly less over than they were at Mania, and even then the feud was running on fumes.

Mania felt like a good and emphatic ending, but unfortunately they had to keep the feud going.

[mistery]

Oh, lets not forget Judgement Day cutting the most awful generic heel promos either. I'm really tempted to seriously create some good ol fashioned JUDGEMENT DAY PROMO BINGO CARDS to see how many tiles I can fill up during their segments through the night.

[asuka007]

May 23, 2022 22:32:50 GMT -5 theironyuppie said:

May 23, 2022 22:09:15 GMT -5 mistery said:

Man, they really did not take long to make Asuka look like a complete idiot loser again. Combine that with the inevitability that we will be getting more Becky/Bianca singles matches after HIAC does not inspire confidence. Especially since both Becky and Bianca are significantly less over than they were at Mania, and even then the feud was running on fumes.

Mania felt like a good and emphatic ending, but unfortunately they had to keep the feud going.

My guess is they feel like they need their “big feud” because they want to fill those stadium shows they have set up.

Which means a bunch of repetition for months.

[mistery]

May 23, 2022 22:41:20 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

May 23, 2022 22:32:50 GMT -5 theironyuppie said:

Mania felt like a good and emphatic ending, but unfortunately they had to keep the feud going.

My guess is they feel like they need their “big feud” because they want to fill those stadium shows they have set up.

Which means a bunch of repetition for months.

The problem is that it's hard to believe that people are still going to care about a Becky/Bianca solo feud at this point, or at least enough to move tickets. Especially since the ending to their feud was fairly definitive, and all this is doing is setting WWE up for something I like to call "Booking Debt". In that Becky hasn't really faced a downfall yet, so if the plans are still to do Ronda/Becky at next year's Mania, it's going to be hard to get behind Becky at all, because every time Becky wins a match she shouldn't be winning, WWE adds onto that debt pile, and it makes it hard for fans to see her as the underdog.

People have been complaining about how Bianca has been the third wheel in this feud, but a combination of Naomi/Sasha walking out, along with Bianca needing a serious character overhaul (her promos are almost identical every time she cuts one) and she's booked basically like a Mary Sue character in which she faces no real adversity. There is not a single woman on the main roster outside of Ronda and Charlotte right now who could be booked like threats towards her.

[theironyuppie]

May 23, 2022 22:50:01 GMT -5 mistery said:

May 23, 2022 22:41:20 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

My guess is they feel like they need their “big feud” because they want to fill those stadium shows they have set up.

Which means a bunch of repetition for months.

The problem is that it's hard to believe that people are still going to care about a Becky/Bianca solo feud at this point, or at least enough to move tickets. Especially since the ending to their feud was fairly definitive, and all this is doing is setting WWE up for something I like to call "Booking Debt". In that Becky hasn't really faced a downfall yet, so if the plans are still to do Ronda/Becky at next year's Mania, it's going to be hard to get behind Becky at all, because every time Becky wins a match she shouldn't be winning, WWE adds onto that debt pile, and it makes it hard for fans to see her as the underdog.

People have been complaining about how Bianca has been the third wheel in this feud, but a combination of Naomi/Sasha walking out, along with Bianca needing a serious character overhaul (her promos are almost identical every time she cuts one) and she's booked basically like a Mary Sue character in which she faces no real adversity. There is not a single woman on the main roster outside of Ronda and Charlotte right now who could be booked like threats towards her.

I'd say maybe just Ronda. Bianca/Charlotte already had two matches where it was presented as if Bianca was just about to win before the DQ ending.

[Duke Cameron]

Didn’t watch