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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 17, 2008 16:54:05 GMT -5
Despite this past week's Monday Night Raw dropping back down to a 3.2 rating overall, the quarter hour featuring CM Punk vs. Kane scored a strong 3.59 rating, which was the highest rated segment of the entire two hour broadcast (excluding the overrun which drew a 3.81 and usually always garners the highest rating of the night). So, it would certainly appear that the experiment of putting the World Heavyweight Title on CM Punk has been a success thus far.
Maybe the fans are ready to move on past the Cena era. Even Hulk Hogan got stale and they had to drop the belt to Yoko.
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Post by MasterSnit on Jul 17, 2008 17:05:14 GMT -5
That's cool that things are going well. You really have to commit to it if you're going to put the belt on somebody.
When Orton won the belt and promptly lost it a few weeks later, it took him 2-3 years to recover from that. So hopefully Punk has a couple more months at least to establish himself as a champion.
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Post by evilmasterbetty on Jul 17, 2008 21:34:39 GMT -5
Punk = Ratings
Does the IWC rejoice or throw a fit?
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 17, 2008 21:39:56 GMT -5
CM Punk's match with Kane on Monday's Raw gained 679,000 viewers, which has to be considered a huge success. It was the highest-rated quarter hour of the entire broadcast (3.59), excluding the overrun (3.81). The quarter hours before and after the Punk vs. Kane match scored 3.13 each, despite appearances from John Cena, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix. Also, the Jericho vs. London match and the Noble/Layla/Snitsky segment following it lost all the viewers the match had gained as 688,000 viewers changed the channel. The Cena & Cryme Tyme vs. JBL & Rhodes & DiBiase match, and parking lot angle, gained 1,117,000 viewers. The Kingston vs. Burchill match following the Divas match gained 57,000 viewers. John Cena's long-winded promo and the Beth Phoenix vs. Santino Marella match lost 5,000 viewers. DiBiase & Rhodes bullying Kelly Kelly and then insulting "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan gained 25,000 viewers. [/color]
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Post by Champ on Jul 18, 2008 5:20:16 GMT -5
He's definitely retaining somehow on Sunday
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 18, 2008 9:42:13 GMT -5
Ted dibiase is 5x more popular than john cena, you DON'T have to pay dues.
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Post by Naitch on Jul 18, 2008 11:03:02 GMT -5
Good news for me since I am a Punk fan.
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Post by Champ on Jul 18, 2008 11:42:47 GMT -5
I have a feeling this title reign will go a little longer than expected now
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Post by Naitch on Jul 18, 2008 16:02:27 GMT -5
I just hope he can hang with the Raw boys and maybe earn a couple Ws.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 18, 2008 17:30:09 GMT -5
Santino is a ratings killer. Move him to ECW!
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Post by Naitch on Jul 18, 2008 17:35:26 GMT -5
Not yet. If hes gone I'll confuse Rey Rey and The Batman.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 18, 2008 21:49:51 GMT -5
Rey Mastrio is NOT the Batman.
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Post by Champ on Jul 20, 2008 13:20:47 GMT -5
Rey Mastrio is either really ugly, really dumb, or he's da BATMAN!
I say keep him on Raw although he could do good for Ecw
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