{"id":46106,"date":"2017-08-10T20:45:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T01:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=46106"},"modified":"2017-08-10T20:45:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T01:45:49","slug":"raw-rating-raw-continues-momentum-since-post-wrestlemania-drop-off-may-key-metrics-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/08\/10\/raw-rating-raw-continues-momentum-since-post-wrestlemania-drop-off-may-key-metrics-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Rating: Raw continues momentum since post-WrestleMania drop-off in May, key metrics (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4025080832\" 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>This week&#8217;s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (Aug. 7) drew a 2.20 rating, above the 2017 average of 2.12 and above last week&#8217;s rating of 2.12. The ten-week rolling average headed into this week was 2.00.<\/p>\n<p>The July average was 2.07, above the June average of 1.96 and the May average of 1.88. WWE has been on an upward trend since the big drop-off from the January through April averages which were all in the 2.18 to 2.32 range.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s first hour viewership was 3.263 million, then peaked for hour two at 3.314 million, and dropped as usual for the third hour to 3.144 million. The drop-off from the first to the third hour was just 119,000, half or the average this year of 232,000.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week drew a 2.05 rating. It&#8217;s the first times since January 30 that Raw outdrew the year-ago number.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: There is a sense of momentum right now for the Raw brand headed into Summerslam based on the hot build-up to the Brock Lesnar Fatal Four-way Universal Title defense at Summerslam. Raw has also been buoyed by the Dean Ambrose-Seth Rollins will-they-or-won&#8217;t-they saga and, prior to that, the Kurt Angle-Jason Jordan mystery. If &#8220;free agent&#8221; John Cena moves over to Raw once Monday Night Football starts, that could help Raw retain some ratings momentum after Summerslam.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1493572175\"><div id=\"pwtor-3273351793\"><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>This week&#8217;s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (Aug. 7) drew a 2.20 rating, above the 2017 average of 2.12 and above last week&#8217;s rating of 2.12. 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