Raw Viewership for December 12th

[Lizuka #BLM]

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Hour 1: 1.482 million (0.38)
Hour 2: 1.547 million (0.38)
Hour 3: 1.388 million (0.35)
Average: 1.472 million (0.37)

Down 64,000 and 0.04 from last week, despite not having quite as catastrophic of a third hour.

[asuka007]

Being in December and MNF does not help obviously.

But the lack of a world title, and the guy who the entire company has been build around for years and who hola both top belts, is simply never on the show.

I cannot help but make Raw feel, not there important.

[Killah Ray]

Well Raw is the B show so it makes sense…

[griti kitty]

I doubt it really effects the ratings that much, but having 3 different wrestlers(AJ, Asuka & Alexa) that commentary or other wrestlers referencing that they aren’t as good as they used to be doesn’t seem like the greatest marketing strategy.

[BradMKE]

Dec 13, 2022 16:56:14 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

Being in December and MNF does not help obviously.

But the lack of a world title, and the guy who the entire company has been build around for years and who hola both top belts, is simply never on the show.

I cannot help but make Raw feel, not there important.

Also the lack of a December (or January 1st) PPV this year has to be hurting them. They are just treading water until the Rumble buildup starts after the holidays.

[Hypnosis]

Dec 13, 2022 18:05:19 GMT -5 BradMKE said:

Dec 13, 2022 16:56:14 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

Being in December and MNF does not help obviously.

But the lack of a world title, and the guy who the entire company has been build around for years and who hola both top belts, is simply never on the show.

I cannot help but make Raw feel, not there important.

Also the lack of a December (or January 1st) PPV this year has to be hurting them. They are just treading water until the Rumble buildup starts after the holidays.

WWE not having a December main roster PPV this year does feel weird.

[polarbearpete]

Poor number . It’ll probably trend this way until January, while Smackdown continues its strong numbers.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Dec 13, 2022 18:05:19 GMT -5 BradMKE said:

Dec 13, 2022 16:56:14 GMT -5 asuka007 said:

Being in December and MNF does not help obviously.

But the lack of a world title, and the guy who the entire company has been build around for years and who hola both top belts, is simply never on the show.

I cannot help but make Raw feel, not there important.

Also the lack of a December (or January 1st) PPV this year has to be hurting them. They are just treading water until the Rumble buildup starts after the holidays.

Pretty much.

Smackdown's helped by being on Fox and having the biggest draw in the company, the Bloodline. The Bloodline can pop up on Raw for a match, but Smackdown is their show.

[Kay Faban]

No reason to watch till they get rolling towards the Rumble. I skipped it and doesn’t look like I missed anything, which is sad.

[darbus alan]

Looks like MNF was down about a million or two (accounting for the combined primary broadcast + Manningcast numbers). Seems like cable television viewership was down in general last night.

Probably going to be like this for all the wrestling shows until the holiday season is over. Except maybe Smackdown since it's on broadcast TV.

Also I think this is the first time since Triple H took over that all three hours were in the 300k range. The third hour's been there a bunch but the first and second hour are usually a lot stronger. Still, these were the kind of numbers that Sexpest Vince's Raw was getting when there was no NFL to take over TV on Mondays. So WWE is still performing a lot better under the McMahon-Helmsley Facgime than they were this around this time last year.

[kingoftheindies]

holidays and football play a part in it for sure. I also kind of think that anything that isn't connected to the Bloodline right now is just ice cold

[Gerard Gerard]

Dec 13, 2022 17:16:55 GMT -5 Killah Ray said:

Well Raw is the B show so it makes sense…

Until 2019 this sentence would've been unfathomable.

[Deleted]

Damn son, that's peak AEW Dynamite ratings.

[fw91]

It’s just boring. Bloodline seems to be the only thing of Interest going on these days.