Raw Rating is in

[britishbulldog]

Looks like Raw got a better rating in.
WWE RAW did a 3.8 rating this week.

The show scored hours of 3.7 and 3.8, with an average of 5,198,000 viewers.

[Steveweiser]

God, probably means more Austin and DX then.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

Consistent ratings in the two hours, but can RAW have consistent ratings at least a month or so? Found out next week!

[Avalanche Alvarez]

steveweiser said:

God, probably means more Austin and DX then.

No!
No, it doesn't!
Don't say that!


...sorry. Just got a little carried away.

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I hope they don't take this as a sign to keep bringing back the same characters and storylines from Attitude. In the long run, that will NOT work.

But, maybe this is a sign that the different brands aren't working. Putting bigger talent like Mysterio and Austin on the show made it feel like more of a bigger spectacle, instead of Highlanders matches that nobody cares about. The Raw roster is just too thin to have a successful show on its own.

WWE kept the viewer gripped to their show, and that's what counts. If they ended the split, they could do this every week. I guarantee, if they ended it, they'd be getting over 4.0 weekly.

[heyguesswhatidid]

am90 said:

I hope they don't take this as a sign to keep bringing back the same characters and storylines from Attitude. In the long run, that will NOT work.

But, maybe this is a sign that the different brands aren't working. Putting bigger talent like Mysterio and Austin on the show made it feel like more of a bigger spectacle, instead of Highlanders matches that nobody cares about. The Raw roster is just too thin to have a successful show on its own.

WWE kept the viewer gripped to their show, and that's what counts. If they ended the split, they could do this every week. I guarantee, if they ended it, they'd be getting over 4.0 weekly.

The problem with that is there's no chance to make new stars, where would Cena, Orton and Batista be without the brand split. They may have gotten lost in the shuffle.

Though I wish Batista was.

[Lionheart]

am90 said:

But, maybe this is a sign that the different brands aren't working. Putting bigger talent like Mysterio and Austin on the show made it feel like more of a bigger spectacle, instead of Highlanders matches that nobody cares about. The Raw roster is just too thin to have a successful show on its own.

Excuse me?! The Raw roster is bloated with talent, a good chunk of it pillaged from the other two shows, while Smackdown and especially ECW have the roster depth of a koi pond. Having any mid-card or lower-card guys at all means your roster is too thin? Who exactly has a beefy enough roster, TNA?

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heyguesswhatidid said:

am90 said:

I hope they don't take this as a sign to keep bringing back the same characters and storylines from Attitude. In the long run, that will NOT work.

But, maybe this is a sign that the different brands aren't working. Putting bigger talent like Mysterio and Austin on the show made it feel like more of a bigger spectacle, instead of Highlanders matches that nobody cares about. The Raw roster is just too thin to have a successful show on its own.

WWE kept the viewer gripped to their show, and that's what counts. If they ended the split, they could do this every week. I guarantee, if they ended it, they'd be getting over 4.0 weekly.

The problem with that is there's no chance to make new stars, where would Cena, Orton and Batista be without the brand split. They may have gotten lost in the shuffle.

Though I wish Batista was.

I can understand where you're coming from, but remember, they had always created new stars way before the separate brands were even thought of.

All it would mean is that wrestlers wouldn't get rushed up from developmental. For example, remember how bland John Cena was before he turned heel? Same with Randy Orton. That was because they rushed them up to the main roster. Cody Rhodes is going through the same thing right now. If those wrestlers were allowed to create a character for themselves in development and then be brought up when they were ready, there wouldn't be a problem.

[britishbulldog]

The reason for the ratings was the marketing ahead of time. If they pumped up next weeks show in advance they would likely continue to draw better ratings. Really how much do you know about next weeks show?

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lionheart said:

am90 said:

But, maybe this is a sign that the different brands aren't working. Putting bigger talent like Mysterio and Austin on the show made it feel like more of a bigger spectacle, instead of Highlanders matches that nobody cares about. The Raw roster is just too thin to have a successful show on its own.

Excuse me?! The Raw roster is bloated with talent, a good chunk of it pillaged from the other two shows, while Smackdown and especially ECW have the roster depth of a koi pond. Having any mid-card or lower-card guys at all means your roster is too thin? Who exactly has a beefy enough roster, TNA?

Raw doesn't have much talent that people actually care about, though. Realistically, the fans should care about the whole roster, whether they're face or heel, but the writing is so poor, it's hard to do that. It's the same story with SmackDown, where there are only a handful of wrestlers that people care for.

But ECW is a totally different story. The show doesn't have even one main-eventer - remember, Punk and Morrison should be midcarders, but they were rushed to the top too early. Ideally, they should be competing for the Intercontinental title, which would provide a strong mid-card as they are three-dimensional characters with some character depth.

[Loki]

Solid ratings for RAW lately.

I just hope they won't use last week's 3.8 as a nod to keep putting on a "rerun" of 1999 RAW is WAR...

RAW has enough talent to stop living off Attitude Era's flasbacks and rehashes. They sould just give airtime and STORYLINES to more Superstars.
Not any feud needs to be about the WWE title or about "that damn D-X" or about Vince calling out a Superstar.

They are on the right track with Cody-Holly, Cade&Murdoch and Santino doing "something" every week. Now we need an undercard feud too (Shelton v Super Crazy?)

[Hiroshi Hase]

loki said:

Solid ratings for RAW lately.

I just hope they won't use last week's 3.8 as a nod to keep putting on a "rerun" of 1999 RAW is WAR...

RAW has enough talent to stop living off Attitude Era's flasbacks and rehashes. They sould just give airtime and STORYLINES to more Superstars.
Not any feud needs to be about the WWE title or about "that damn D-X" or about Vince calling out a Superstar.

They are on the right track with Cody-Holly, Cade&Murdoch and Santino doing "something" every week. Now we need an undercard feud too (Shelton v Super Crazy?)

Instead of that, we'll probably have Trips and Shawn do the whole thing of ignoring authority like they did with Sgt.Slaughter back in the day and Vince reforming the Corporation. May as well do it as they brought back the beer truck this week.

[JMA]

Looks like Bonnie Hammer was right. Damnit.

[CM Punk's Favorite Boobs]

Bah... appears Bonnie Hammer may not be off her rocker.

I vote the return of Jericho to Raw will score a 948.3 rating. Or at least in my head thats what it'll be...

[dh03grad]

heyguesswhatidid said:

am90 said:

I hope they don't take this as a sign to keep bringing back the same characters and storylines from Attitude. In the long run, that will NOT work.

But, maybe this is a sign that the different brands aren't working. Putting bigger talent like Mysterio and Austin on the show made it feel like more of a bigger spectacle, instead of Highlanders matches that nobody cares about. The Raw roster is just too thin to have a successful show on its own.

WWE kept the viewer gripped to their show, and that's what counts. If they ended the split, they could do this every week. I guarantee, if they ended it, they'd be getting over 4.0 weekly.

The problem with that is there's no chance to make new stars, where would Cena, Orton and Batista be without the brand split. They may have gotten lost in the shuffle.

Though I wish Batista was.

Thats BS, there was never a brand split for 40 years prior to 2002 and they had no problem building new stars.

[Lancers]

Let's see. They promoted the show a week in advance promising the return of DX AND Stone Cold Steve Austin. The way I see it, if the ratings declined, I'd say that would have been a bigger surprise.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Gonna have to side with Rated here. Draft some people to ECW, leave it separate from a merged Raw and Smackdown locker room and you'd have something practical.

[willywonka666]

I said it before, Austin and DX helped, but the unpredictabilty of things is what really made the show-a couple things you could see coming, but most of it was surprising-THAT'S what they need to bring back more than anything else