{"id":57381,"date":"2018-03-27T19:08:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T00:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=57381"},"modified":"2018-03-27T19:08:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T00:08:44","slug":"raw-ratings-this-week-include-several-encouraging-metrics-relative-to-recent-ratings-trends-and-year-ago-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/27\/raw-ratings-this-week-include-several-encouraging-metrics-relative-to-recent-ratings-trends-and-year-ago-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw ratings this week include several encouraging metrics relative to recent ratings trends and year-ago numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-694267818\" 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>Last night&#8217;s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (3\/26) drew a 2.29 rating, the highest rating since Jan. 29&#8217;s 2.37 rating. It beat the 2018 average so far of 2.23 and tied the ten-week rolling average headed into this week 2.29 (which was buoyed by the Raw 25 ratings surge of 3.01 back on Jan. 22).<\/p>\n<p>March ended with a 2.22 average, above the February average of 2.12 \u00a0but below the January average of 2.29.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly viewership: 3.403 million, 3.547 million, 3.150 million.<\/p>\n<p>The first-to-third hour drop-off was 253,000 well below the 2018 average so far of 464,000. It beat last week&#8217;s smaller-than-average drop-off, which was 358,000. It&#8217;s the smallest drop-off since Oct 9 last year and virtually ties the 255,000 drop-off on the Jan. 1 show. This week John Cena vs. Kane was the advertised main event, and anticipation for a possible Undertaker appearance likely kept more viewers than usual tuned in.<\/p>\n<p>The rating was one year ago this week was 2.24; this is the third week in a row that Raw&#8217;s rating this year beat year-ago numbers. That hasn&#8217;t happened since last October where a stretch of three weeks also occurred. Two years ago this week Raw drew a 2.66.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RECENT UPDATE:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/27\/rousey-talks-about-transition-to-wwe-and-future-plans-jeff-jarrett-hall-of-fame-new-mlw-gets-weekly-national-tv-deal\/\">Rousey talks about transition to WWE and gets prickly over hilariously misunderstood question, Jeff Jarrett Hall of Fame new, MLW gets weekly national TV deal<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1756319459\"><div id=\"pwtor-1193358018\"><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>Last night&#8217;s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (3\/26) drew a 2.29 rating, the highest rating since Jan. 29&#8217;s 2.37 rating. 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