10-8-12 Raw Ratings Increase From Disastrous Previous Rating..

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WWE Raw on Monday, October 8 scored a 2.78 rating for all three hours, up ten percent from an alarmingly-low 2.54 rating last week.

The rounded 2.8 rating was the highest in three weeks, but still below the beginning of September when Raw rounded to a 2.9 opposite the first few games of the NFL regular season.

- Raw averaged 4.07 million viewers, which was up 17 percent from last week's year-low average of 3.50 million viewers. It was the most viewers in four weeks, but also below the beginning of September.

The hourly pattern was Raw peaked in the new first hour with an average of 4.19 million viewers for John Cena's return and Vince McMahon's advertised speech, dipped to 4.067 million second hour viewers, and stayed about the same with 4.065 million third hour viewers.

It took more than two hours for Raw to get from the McMahon-C.M. Punk confrontation to their "fight" at the end of the show, which led to stagnant viewership during the final two hours of Raw.

- On cable TV Monday night, Raw ranked #4 behind ESPN's Monday Night Football game, TNT's "Major Crimes" drama, and MLB Playoffs, which slightly outdrew Raw. Football averaged 14.1 million viewers, which was down two million viewers from last week's seasonal high.

- In the demographic ratings, Raw rebounded two-to-three-tenths of a rating in every demo compared to last week, but Raw was virtually even with the episode two weeks ago, so there wasn't much of an overall gain.

ANALYSIS: Raw recovered and found its footing after last week's poor performance, but now the key is whether the show goes backwards from here after Cena & McMahon's returns or if WWE can build momentum off those returns and push toward the 3.0-level. Right now, though, it seems like a 2.8 will be the standard Raw rating going forward during the three-hour Raw era.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- As noted before, the October 8th WWE RAW did a 2.80 rating with 4.11 million viewers.

In the segment breakdown, the dancing segment with Brodus Clay and R-Truth lost 241,000 viewers from the opener. Vince McMahon's return with CM Punk gained 459,000 viewers for a 3.06 quarte3r rating. Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio vs. Titus O'Neil and Darren Young lost 653,000 viewers. Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett at 9pm gained 446,000 viewers for a 2.92 quarter rating.

A backstage segment with AJ Lee and Punk plus a clip of Cena on Kelly & Michael lost 254,000 viewers. Tyson Kidd vs. Antonio Cesaro lost 225,000 more viewers. That match did a 2.59 quarter - the lowest of the show. Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler and Alberto Del Rio went into the 10pm timeslot and gained 210,000 viewers with a 2.84 quarter.

The segment with Larry King, The Miz and Kofi Kingston plus Zack Ryder and Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow lost 27,000 viewers. Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres lost 321,000 more viewers. Vince McMahon vs. CM Punk in the main event gained 1,233,000 viewers for a 3.46 overrun rating. This is the best growth segment in a long time.

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