June 18th, 2012 Raw Rating Sees WM Level Bump!

Last edited by King Silva on Thu 21 Jun 2012, 4:10 am; edited 1 time in total

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_62610.shtml

WWE Raw on Monday, June 18 scored a 3.42 rating, the highest since a 3.43 rating the night after WrestleMania 28. It was essentially even with the regular two hours for last week's three-hour Raw.

- Raw averaged 4.96 million viewers, which was nearly identical to last week's standard two hours when Raw surged for the Vince McMahon three-hour Raw.

Raw averaged 4.85 million first hour viewers (vs. 4.88 million last week), then increased to an average of 5.07 million second hour viewers (vs. 5.08 million last week).

- The surge can be attributed to the younger and older male audience. Raw's m12-17 demo rating hit its highest point this year and was nearly even with the same week year. Raw's males 18-49 and males 12-34 demos were the highest since the night after WM28.

- On cable TV Monday night, Raw ranked #2 in overall viewers behind "Pawn Stars" on History Channel. Raw was #1 in all key male demos.

Caldwell's Analysis: Apparently after all of those weeks and months of Laurinaitis in-charge, the audience was geared up for his send-off, plus John Cena was back in the spotlight as part of the blow-off to the angle. The older male audience could be explained by Triple H's return to begin setting up a Summerslam angle with Brock Lesnar. Plus, no major sports competition certainly helped for the second consecutive week.

http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe/6_18_RAW_Breakdown_Cyndi_Lauper_s_Segment_Triple_H_and_Paul_Heyman_More.html

- As noted before, the June 18th WWE RAW Supershow scored a 3.40 cable rating with 4.97 million viewers. This is the best rating RAW has done since the day after WrestleMania 27.

In the segment breakdown, CM Punk and Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan and Kane lost 241,000 viewers from the opener that started strong. Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger lost 22,000 more viewers. The segment with Paul Heyman and Triple H gained 559,000 more viewers for a show-high 3.74 quarter rating.

Santino Marella vs. Alberto Del Rio lost 711,000 viewers. The segment with Heath Slater, Wendi Richter, Cyndi Lauper and Roddy Piper lost 12,000 more viewers. John Cena vs. David Otunga and John Laurinaitis in the main event gained 573,000 viewers to a 3.74 quarter rating.

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