{"id":123316,"date":"2021-07-20T15:55:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=123316"},"modified":"2021-07-21T02:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T07:04:54","slug":"raw-rating-for-john-cenas-return-money-in-the-bank-fallout-first-raw-in-front-of-fans-draws-one-of-largest-ratings-in-the-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/20\/raw-rating-for-john-cenas-return-money-in-the-bank-fallout-first-raw-in-front-of-fans-draws-one-of-largest-ratings-in-the-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Rating for John Cena&#8217;s return, Money in the Bank fallout, first Raw in front of fans draws one of largest ratings in the last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-851879777\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE Monday Night Raw on USA Network last night drew a 1.46 rating among live and same-night DVR viewers. That&#8217;s up from 1.21 last week. The rolling ten-week average heading into this week was 1.21. Raw drew a 1.50 rating the day after WrestleMania earlier this year and also drew a 1.46 on the first episode of the year. Otherwise, the last time it topped a 1.40 rating was the day after Summerslam almost a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Raw was back in front of live fans in a major arena last night, and also advertised John Cena ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>Raw was no. 1 on Monday night among all cable shows in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.57 rating, up from last week&#8217;s 0.43. It hadn&#8217;t drawn above 0.50 since May 10 in that demo. There was also a surge in the male 18-49 demo t0 0.75, up from 0.51 the prior week. The male 18-34 demo was 0.41, up from 0.28 the prior week.<\/p>\n<p>The first-to-third hour dropoff was a mere 100,000 viewers, well below the 149,000 average for the year. The first hour opened 1.967 million viewers, falling short of the 2 million mark for Cena&#8217;s return. They last drew over 2 million for an hour of Raw on April 19, and have only topped 2 million in hour one five times this year. The second hour dropped to 1.936 million and the third hour dropped to 1.867 million.<\/p>\n<p>This is the likely the peak rating for a while, as fans sampled the product because of Cena and the return of live fans. The key question is what percentage of fans were happy with last night&#8217;s show and drawn to tune in next week to see the fallout from Goldberg&#8217;s arrival, Nikki A.S.H.&#8217;s MITB win, and the advertised Raw Tag Team Title rematch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-300973535\"><div id=\"pwtor-1630248782\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE Monday Night Raw on USA Network last night drew a 1.46 rating among live and same-night DVR viewers. That&#8217;s up from 1.21 last week. 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