RAW Ratings: Lowest Non-Holiday Viewership In 15 Years

cm punk sucks

Raw should go back to being 2 hours especially if they are going to give us crappy segments like the debate on raw. Nothing is really going on; you have to have something that’s interesting.

Football is also hurting the ratings. Lets face it, football has a much bigger fan base than wrestling. I’m sure most would choose football over WWE.

keep 3hrs and have more action but i think its been awesome

YES! YES! YES! YES!YES! I love the fact that WWE is losing viewers and at a rating of 2.5. GET RID OF PG. People are tired of the PG BULLSHIT!!!! IF WWE keeps PG, then WWE will keep losing viewers. ATTITUDE ERA had a RATING OF 5.0 and UP!

you cant get anywhere with meaningless main events, tag champs vs cm punk and ziggler? there were times when main event meant something, no wonder Ross said Kofi and Ziggler were the main event last week, poor debate, poor Ryback finish, poor start of the show, meaningless backstage segments with AJ contributed to the poor rating…

I to do feel that Raw at 3 hours is to much at times. But after watching a recent shoot interview with Vince Russo and how they break down the ratings. WWE has to look as see what the the fans like and dislike and stick with what works. Obviously a Debate is a terrible idea especially with Big Show and Sheamus. They need interesting story lines that keep the audience engaged and want to watch. My opinion i was surprised it was a decent show with John Cena even on the card. Like they say you take someone else off but you just have another cog in the wheel to keep it turning. The bottom line is they need to have more surprises and interesting story lines that have the fans get emotionally involved in the product in order for it to become a success.

i havent watch the show since 2010 cuz it became boring

Vince is goin to substitute the super stars with the mupets

Monday night football surely has something to do with it. Just eliminate smackdown it’s become nothing more than a raw recap mixed with the train wreck known as Wwe High Velocity. The 3 hr show is forcing ppl into matches they are not ready for yet. Example the match between Tensi and ryback not one but to epic fails during that match as ryback drops Tensi. Just go back to the two hour show and drop smackdown

Raw has been bad for awhile. Last night’s MNF game had a lot to do with the rating but they have been in decline anyway. I think what is being overlooked is that WWE has hitched it’s cart to a real “good guy” in Cena and he gives them SO much mainstream media attention that they have to stay in the PG format. When guys like SCSA, HBK, Taker and Rock were on top they were edgier characters and WWE went with it. Cena’s time is coming to an end and WWE is clearly trying to make more edgier stars, like in the attitude era. WWE has it’s lulls but will get better. Just not as soon as most would like.

2 hours will be easy because they ran out ideas for 3 hour show like no one care about!

It’s the senseless twitter and rawactive crap, the lazy scripted promos and segments, over-dependence on one/two guys, lack of ppv build up, abundance of replays and social media crap, lack of creative ideas and development in storylines.

People want to see entertainment… a product that takes chances persistently and makes everyone lose their minds. Not some boring debate with twitter questions and a large behemoth dancing to a disco ball. Grow up, put more effort into the material, and take chances with the talent. Let someone go out there from time to time and give the audience a piece of their minds… rather than scripting some contrived, lame, watered down promo that no one will react to.

Funny, that probably isn’t even half of why I hardly tune in anymore.

the wwe sucks everything staing in the late 2000s became a joke just like gas prices became a joke after hitting 2.00 and then 3.00 it’s a joke how bad the story lines has gone since the era of day care rating that’s what PG is a kids show the 90s were better then the idiots of the late 2000s screw it up

I think you can do a bunch of things to please everybody. 3 hours is a long time to watch TV. Any person will do it if the programming is good enough. WWE used to keep you super glued to your seat but now you’re just lightly taped to it with Scotch tape. 3 hours can work out if you do it right.
Stop the constant replays. Its so irritating seeing the Raw stage catch on fire 4 times or what John Cena said to CM Punk earlier over and over. Next, you have a roster not just a small group. A lot of wrestlers deserve time to shine and their character needs to be built up, stop ignoring them. Don’t even get me started on the Women’s division. PG-13is absolute garbage because they censor grown men thus watering down real emotion and passion. There is no real insult anymore and that hurts promos a lot. We don’t need excessive amounts of breasts or ass or swearing every 3 minutes but it does need to be more edgy.
Stop trying to turn a big boy’s product into Nickelodeon. It is definitely a new age and you wont vacuum everybody to your show but you can do your best to keep your loyal fans and bring in new ones without sacrificing too much. Kill all that TOUT and Twitter crap. Wake up and stop being lazy with scripts and storylines. Build your PPV’s better and surprise the fans every once in a while.
Lastly lol my own personal creative idea, and this is if they can do it legitimately right is to have a Attitude Era 2.0. I know its far out there but don’t just make it video game possible. If done right, ratings will skyrocket in my opinion.

I contributed to decreasing that number. I am not going to sit through basically 2 hours of commercials, recaps, and shitty segments just to see AJ, Divas, and Team Hell No. The product has been terrible since after CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan and I couldn’t even sit through an hour just for that when it was two hours and I’m not a fan of CM Punk much so that’s saying something. They need to get their shit in gear and find their mojo again cause they don’t have it now.

I think the reason Punk doesn’t draw as you say is because the traditional wrestling fan is watching less and less since WWE caters more to kids now to sell Cena’s merchandise. The show is more like a comic book or superhero movie now than wrestling.

Bears vs Cowboys, No Cena, Rushed segements and matches, Terrible moments, Non-interesting main event, and some other things getting involved and this will be the result. Hopefully it will do better next week

well, here it is. Ive been watching and following WWE/WWF for over 30 years. THAT’S 30 YEARS! im 42 now. Since RAW 1, Ive seen every raw episode, give or take a dozen or so over the years. NOW, I still tape it on dvr, I watch the first opening segment, and then i turn it off. I watch other shows. The next day ill fast forward on the DVR to segments that look good. but mostly I just start with the final segment that ends RAW in hopes of something good happening. Nothing ever does. 3 hours is too much, sounded great, looked great on paper, but i think it was an error. and if we know it, you better believe they know it (wwe top brass). Even past the 3 hours, WWE has become dumbed down, repetitive, generic, unoriginal, and rated g and for 8 year olds. Keep in mind this is from a 30 year hardcore WWE fan. It’s hard to be “original” today with characters and talent, when its already all been done. Tha’ts the problem. Its not like music where you can choose from dozens of styles and mix them up to create something “original”, you can’t have a guy like dorky rybeck trying to be goldberg, wont fly,and it doesn’t. all the originals are done, and left a legacy. hhh,scsa,rock,mick,taker,flair,hogan,snuka,hillilly jim,bushwackers,hart,edge,jericho, etc etc etc. Ya see my point? WWE IS WHAT IT IS TODAY. entertainment marketed towards 8 year olds. yea, when raw comes to town, do I go? yes, I do. but this past raw we sold our tickets and decided that our 500 bucks was better spent on other things than 3 hours sitting at a raw, paying 20 bucks for parking, and 30 bucks for beer and snacks. I’m sorry to say, but in years to come, WWE ratings and revenue will be in serious decline. I can see it coming, which started a year or so ago.

I/we watched all those years because each week there was real plotlines, it was like a soap opera for men. there was ass kickin,location shots at local bars, skits, backstage run ins,TURNS,screw jobs,surprises. etc. Where is all that today? ZERO!

so, until i tune in some night on my dvr and see Miz turning Face, Ziggler actually winning something, and some returns from guys who been dormant with new characters. AND get vince back involved kicking some ass, being the super heel he is, ass kising club, bring in steph and Shane, and use guys like christian who still have some gas in the tank to get over. geez. I’m done. really I am. sad to say, but i’m done. good luck raw.