12-10-12 Raw Rating: Breakdown: Shield, Antonio/Kofi, + Tag Match Lose BIG! WTF..?

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WWE Raw on Monday, December 10 scored a 2.67 rating, up from a near-year-low 2.55 rating last week. However, Raw remained below 2.72 ratings the previous two weeks at the end of November.

-- Raw averaged 3.76 million viewers, up 9.5 percent from a year-low average of 3.44 million viewers last week. However, Raw was down 4.0 percent compared to two weeks ago and down 6.9 percent compared to average viewership during the three-hour Raw era.

Hourly Break Down: 3.74 million first hour viewers, increase to 3.88 million second hour viewers, and the weekly decline to 3.67 million third hour viewers.

It was the 17th consecutive week that viewership declined from the second to third hour. It also marked the 20th week out of 21 weeks during the three-hour Raw era.

-- Raw's top competition was the Texans vs. Patriots Monday Night Football game, which drew 14.4 million viewers. MNF was down 10.6 percent compared to last week's near-season-high of 16.2 million viewers. Raw likely benefited from the game turning into a blow-out with viewers switching over to Raw during the third hour to prevent a more significant drop-off from the second to third hour.

On cable TV Monday night, Raw's second hour ranked #2 behind football. The first hour fell behind "Pawn Stars" on History Chanel and the third hour ranked #6. Something for USA Network to be pleased with is Raw ranking #2 in all key male demos.

In the week-to-week demos, Raw was up two-tenths of a rating compared to last week's show, which set year-lows across the board. But, as with the overall rating and viewership, Raw fell well-below the demo ratings from two weeks ago.

-- One year ago this week, Raw scored a 3.05 two-hour rating (2.84 rating for all three hours) and averaged 4.10 million viewers for a three-hour special carrying the Slammys theme.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

As noted before, the December 10th WWE RAW did a 2.67 rating with 3.76 million viewers, the fourth lowest rating of the past 15 years.

In the segment breakdown, the show opener with Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus and Big Show did a 2.78 opening quarter. The segment with Vince McMahon and Vickie Guerrero plus R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett and the backstage segment with AJ Lee lost 41,000 viewers. The tag team match with Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow vs. The Usos vs. Darren Young & Titus O'Neil vs. Primo & Epico lost 262,000 viewers.

Alicia Fox vs. Eve Torres and the segment with CM Punk and Paul Heyman gained 223,000 viewers. Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus gained 201,000 viewers in the 9pm timeslot for a 2.87 quarter rating. The backstage video from Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns lost 354,000 viewers. Zack Ryder vs. Alberto Del Rio gained 114,000 viewers. Vickie Guerrero vs. AJ Lee in the 10pm timeslot gained 115,000 viewers for a 2.78 quarter rating.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston lost 546,000 viewers and did a show-low 2.39 quarter rating. MizTV with The Miz, Rhodes and Sandow gained 169,000 viewers. John Cena vs. Big Show gained 11,000 viewers in the main event, doing a 2.52 quarter rating. This would be among the lowest drawing main events in the last 15 years. The RAW overrun which featured The Shield and everyone else in a big brawl gained 627,000 viewers for a 2.96 overrun rating.

must have been people just flipping the channels all night between shows. the big brawl at the end was good.

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