6-18-13 Raw Rating: AJ/Stephanie Gets Highest Rated Minute [2nd Highest 1/4 Hour Rating To Cena/Henry]!

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WWE Raw on Monday, June 17 scored a 3.0 rating following the Payback PPV, flat with a 3.0 rating last week leading into the Payback PPV.

Raw averaged 4.15 million viewers, up four percent from the PPV lead-in show. By comparison, the post-Extreme Rules episode in May averaged 4.27 million viewers with considerable less buzz.

Hourly Break Down: 4.03 million first hour viewers for immediate PPV fall-out, bump to 4.26 million second hour viewers (most-watched hour since post-Extreme Rules), and decline to 4.17 million third hour viewers.

(More detailed ratings to follow later...)

-- As reported yesterday here on the website, Monday's edition of WWE Monday Night RAW drew a 3.0 cable rating, with an average of 4.15 million viewers. For those wondering, the Mark Henry "retirement" segment featuring John Cena was the highest rated segment of the night. That segment drew a 3.6 quarter-hour rating. The overrun segment featuring CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio + Dolph Ziggler and Brock Lesnar scored a 3.4 quarter-hour rating. The overrun is usually the highest rated segment of the show as it's the main event.

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Mark Henry's fake retirement and ruse on John Cena scored a big TV rating at the top of the third hour Monday night on Raw.

PWTorch has received quarter-hour TV ratings for the males 18-49 demographic, which indicates that Henry-Cena scored a 2.47 rating in the demo. The next-closest rating was a 2.24 rating in the sixth quarter-hour for A.J. Lee vs. Stephanie McMahon.

By comparison, the over-run featuring the end of C.M. Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio and Brock Lesnar's surprise return scored a 2.14 rating.

Interestingly, looking at the m18-49 minute-by-minute ratings, the A.J.-Stephanie segment actually contained the most-watched minute of the entire show, narrowly edging out the peak of Henry-Cena.

At 9:26 p.m. EST, Raw averaged 1.696 million viewers for the peak of A.J.-Stephanie, then went to break with 1.661 million viewers. By comparison, Cena-Henry peaked with 1.663 million viewers at 10:12 p.m. EST. Raw then went to break with 1.594 million viewers.

Raw did not come close to the peak of Cena-Henry the remainder of the show. The closest was 1.366 million viewers at 11:04 p.m. EST for Brock Lesnar's surprise return to confront C.M. Punk at the end of the show.

Interestingly, C.M. Punk's Raw TV return in the first segment of the show contained two minutes that drew more viewers than during the over-run. At 8:12 p.m., Raw averaged 1.369 million viewers and at 8:14 p.m., Raw averaged 1.378 million viewers leading to commercial.

First-Half Highlights

- Q1: The m18-49 viewers are usually slow to check into Raw in the earlier timeslot, but the audience was there in big numbers for the immediate Payback PPV fallout. This week, Q1 scored a 1.93 rating and averaged 1.206 million viewers. Last week, Q1 scored a 1.38 rating (40 percent increase this week) and averaged 864,000 viewers.

The most-watched minute of the first hour was the end of Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio on the microphone with 1.378 million viewers at 8:14 p.m. EST.

- Q4-Q5: After hitting a valley in Q2, Q3, and the first-half of Q4, Raw hit 1.326 million viewers at 8:59 p.m. for the start of Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan.

After a mid-match commercial break, the match built to a peak audience of 1.514 million viewers at 9:12 p.m. when the match was stopped and Bryan stomped off backstage.

- Q6: After Bryan-Orton, Raw kept up the momentum with the A.J. Lee-Stephanie McMahon segment.

Inside the Segment: 1.476 million viewers at 9:22 p.m. when A.J. was speaking, jump to 1.618 million viewers at 9:23 p.m. when Stephanie interrupted, peak at 1.696 million viewers at 9:26 p.m., and head to break with 1.661 million viewers at 9:28 p.m.

Second-Half Highlights

- Q7-Q8: The Kane vs. Dean Ambrose and Antonio Cesaro vs. William Regal matches held up okay, ranging between 1.3 and 1.4 million viewers, but not reaching 1.5-million-viewers territory.

- Q9: Cena-Henry delivered in a big way at the top of the third hour.

Inside the Segment: 1.403 million viewers at 10:00 p.m. EST for the start of Cena's promo, then a jump to 1.549 million viewers at 10:04 p.m. when Henry interrupted. Raw then built to 1.625 million viewers at 10:11 p.m., peaked with 1.663 million viewers at 10:12 p.m., and went to break with 1.594 million viewers at 10:13 p.m.

- Q10: After Triple H buried 3MB earlier in the show, the Chris Jericho vs. Heath Slater "comedown match" only topped out with 1.320 million viewers at 10:24 p.m. EST.

- Q11: The McMahons arguing backstage drew peak viewership of 1.350 million viewers at 10:41 p.m. prior to ring introductions for the main event.

- Q12: There was not significant interest in the C.M. Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio main event from the m18-49 demographic. The match started with 1.114 million viewers, and only peaked with 1.247 million viewers before a mid-match commercial.

After a mid-match commercial took away part of the audience, Raw only reached 1.205 million viewers at 10:59 p.m. EST leading into the over-run.

The over-run picked up some steam, though. As Del Rio was counted out, Raw increased 150,000+ viewers to 1.356 million at 11:02 p.m. EST. Dolph Ziggler attacking Del Rio then drew 1.340 million viewers at 11:03 p.m., Brock Lesnar's return increased to 1.366 million viewers at 11:04 p.m., and Raw went off the air with 1.339 million viewers at 11:05 p.m.

M18-49 Show Summary

Hour 1 - 1.85 rating / 1.157 million viewers
Hour 2 - 2.07 rating / 1.293 million viewers
Hour 3 - 2.00 rating / 1.253 million viewers
Over-Run - 2.14 rating / 1.336 million viewers
OVERALL - 1.99 rating / 1.242 viewers (up 22.5% from last week)

M18-49 Quarter-Hours

Q1: 1.93 rating (vs. 1.38 last week)
Q2: 1.85 rating (vs. 1.38 LW)
Q3: 1.75 rating (vs. 1.46 LW)
Q4: 1.87 rating (vs. 1.53 LW)
HOUR: 1.85 rating (vs. 1.44)

Q5: 2.02 rating (vs. 1.64 LW)
Q6: 2.24 rating (vs. 1.62 LW)
Q7: 1.98 rating (vs. 1.61 LW)
Q8: 2.02 rating (vs. 1.58 LW)
HOUR: 2.07 rating (vs. 1.61)

Q9: 2.47 rating (vs. 1.80 LW, 1.47 2WK)
Q10: 1.87 rating (vs. 1.82 LW)
Q11: 1.89 rating (vs. 1.75 LW)
Q12: 1.78 rating (vs. 1.63 LW)
HOUR: 2.00 rating (vs. 1.75 LW)

Over-run: 2.14 rating (1.88 LW)

OVERALL SHOW: 1.99 rating (vs. 1.62 rating last week)

Caldwell's Analysis: What's interesting is that viewer-fatigue for m18-49 seemed to kick in during the third hour after the Cena-Henry segment to the point where this week's Q10 rating almost came down to last week's Q10 rating. This could be because a big wave of m18-49 viewers tuned in earlier than usual for immediate PPV fall-out, so they got in their two hours of Raw viewing before tuning out.

It appears some m18-49 viewers came back for the over-run, but it was unusual because most weeks the m18-49 audience builds throughout the show after a slow start. Whereas, the general audience usually tunes in at the start, then fades out in the third hour and is replaced by the older male demo for the conclusion.

This is actually the complete complete breakdown:

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

- As noted, the June 17th WWE RAW did a 3.05 cable rating with 4.15 million viewers coming out of the Payback pay-per-view. The rating was the same as the last week but viewers were up 4% due to more viewers per home.

In the segment breakdown, the show opened at a 3.04 for the Alberto Del Rio, CM Punk and Paul Heyman segment. Christian vs. Wade Barrett lost 194,000 viewers. Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow lost 164,000 more viewers. Backstage stuff with The McMahons, Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox plus Kane and Daniel Bryan gained 226,000 viewers. Randy Orton vs. Bryan gained 248,000 viewers for a 3.13 quarter rating in the 9pm time slot.

AJ Lee and Stephanie McMahon's in-ring segment plus Kaitlyn's attack gained 168,000 viewers, which would be good for that time slot. Kane vs. Dean Ambrose and the backstage segment with Vickie, Vince McMahon and The Shield lost 341,000 viewers - bad numbers for top stars. William Regal vs. Antonio Cesaro gained 41,000 viewers, which is a good gain for that time. The high point of the show came for the in-ring angle with John Cena and Mark Henry. That was one of the strongest points on RAW in a long time with a gain of 738,000 viewers for a 3.57 quarter rating in the 10pm time slot.

Henry's backstage interviews and Heath Slater vs. Chris Jericho lost 953,000 viewers. Viewers usually tune out around 10:15pm but not at that high of a level. Sin Cara vs. Curtis Axel plus more backstage segments gained 112,000 viewers. Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk in the main event plus the post-match attacks from Dolph Ziggler and Brock Lesnar gained 636,000 viewers for a 3.42 overrun rating.

Well this isn't the first time the divas had the highest ratings of the night remember when Eve and Kaitlyn were the highest too.

Yeah it has happened but it is rare.

I hope they continue to give AJ a lot of time in her matches/promos.

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