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WWE News Ratings News: Santino or Flair... Who's a bigger draw as special guest star on ECW? Feb 27, 2008 - 4:42:46 PM
By Wade Keller, Torch editor
ECW drew a 1.27 rating last night, down from the 1.43 rating last week. Total viewership was 1.71 million. That's a drop of about 150,000 viewers as measured by Nielson.Keller Analysis: The drop-off is not unexpected since Raw ratings dropped, and the two shows more often than not seem to ride the same wave. Also, Ric Flair was the centerpiece of last week's show, and this week had Santino Marella as the special guest. As fun as Santino is, he's not the draw that Flair is.
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