Raw Viewership for February 27th

[Lizuka #BLM]

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Hour 1: 1.890 million (0.55)
Hour 2: 1.748 million (0.52)
Hour 3: 1.665 million (0.47)
Average: 1.768 million (0.51)

Lowest the viewership's been since football season ended, though the demo is higher than a couple of weeks ago and it still had the top rankings of the night and is up pretty notably year-over-year.

[mistery]

I mean unpopular opinion but after how absolutely awful that main event was, I wouldn't blame people if they don't watch again for awhile. Lita was an absolute embarrassment out there, along with it being one of the most Vince level decisions Triple H has made so far (legends returning and going over younger talent for a cheap nostalgia pop). I don't know why the hell WWE still hasn't realized that having legends go over younger talent and embarrassing then isn't going to make new stars or increase ratings.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Not the best show, but decent rating. From PWT:
Raw drew a 1.41 cable rating, up from the 1.27 rating one year ago this week. The average rating through eight weeks this year is 1.28. The average through eight weeks last year was 1.16.

Seems like the Bloodline story and maybe some of the intrigue with Vince leaving is helping bring up that overall rating.

[fw91]

Mar 1, 2023 8:11:55 GMT -5 mistery said:

I mean unpopular opinion but after how absolutely awful that main event was, I wouldn't blame people if they don't watch again for awhile. Lita was an absolute embarrassment out there, along with it being one of the most Vince level decisions Triple H has made so far (legends returning and going over younger talent for a cheap nostalgia pop). I don't know why the hell WWE still hasn't realized that having legends go over younger talent and embarrassing then isn't going to make new stars or increase ratings.

I think your first sentence is hyperbolic, but I agree with your overall sentiment. HOWEVER, As much as I hate to admit it, I get it here. Becky and Bayley have to do something of substance at mania, and as unfair as it is, people don't care that much about Dakota and Io (and they've had a long reign) There's more oomph in Becky/Lita vs Ronda/Shayna and possibly Bayley vs Trish.

[gl83]

Mar 1, 2023 17:10:29 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Mar 1, 2023 8:11:55 GMT -5 mistery said:

I mean unpopular opinion but after how absolutely awful that main event was, I wouldn't blame people if they don't watch again for awhile. Lita was an absolute embarrassment out there, along with it being one of the most Vince level decisions Triple H has made so far (legends returning and going over younger talent for a cheap nostalgia pop). I don't know why the hell WWE still hasn't realized that having legends go over younger talent and embarrassing then isn't going to make new stars or increase ratings.

I think your first sentence is hyperbolic, but I agree with your overall sentiment. HOWEVER, As much as I hate to admit it, I get it here. Becky and Bayley have to do something of substance at mania, and as unfair as it is, people don't care that much about Dakota and Io (and they've had a long reign) There's more oomph in Becky/Lita vs Ronda/Shayna and possibly Bayley vs Trish.

Ronda/Shayna vs Becky/Lita may provide more oomph, but it also has a higher chance of being a total train wreck based off what we saw from Lita, especially if Ronda is having one of those “off-nights”.

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Lita and Shayna would be 2 sloths trying to move underwater.

I don't think there will have ever been a slower match in the history of wrestling...hell I am sure when Mae Young was trotted out in the attitude era she was moving faster.

And that is just setting things up for that match to get rightfully shit on by the Mania crowd.

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The show felt like one giant advertisement for Smackdown so I'm not shocked it went down a bit

[A Little Doo Doo]

Death to 3 hour wrestling shows! (I mean I know it'll never happen with Raw, but still)

[aka Cthulhu]

Mar 1, 2023 17:26:06 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Lita and Shayna would be 2 sloths trying to move underwater.

Apparently a sloth can swim faster than them walking.