Lowest rating in a long time...

WWE RAW did a 2.9 rating Monday night on hours of 2.87 and 2.94. Only three quarter hours topped 3.0. The Memorial Day holiday may be partly to blame for the low rating, but RAW always falls on Memorial Day and hasn't done a rating this low for a Memorial Day broadcast in the last five years.. Here is a look at the lowest rated episodes of RAW over the past decade.

December 31st, 2007 -- 2.6
December 25th, 2007 -- 2.5
October 8th, 2007 -- 2.8
December 25th, 2006 -- 2.7
July 4th, 2005 -- 2.6
December 20th, 2004 -- 2.7
December 31st, 2001 -- 2.4
December 15th, 1997 -- 2.7

And here is how the last five editions of RAW on Memorial Day did.

2007 -- 3.2
2006 -- 3.8
2005 -- 3.8
2004 -- 3.2
2003 -- 3.7

Credit: PWInsider.com


Well Guys,what should the E do to Improve its ratings and get more people to stay interested in watching Raw,SmackDown,and ECW?

I say we need Intresting feuds,Stables,Tag teams,Younger guys being pushed(Carlito,Burchill,Benjamin,Morrison etc.),We need more action then the same boring way the feuds always go,we need exciting matches which means let the wrestlers be wrestlers and ENTERTAIN! Im impressed with ROH and the Indys.And if im not mistaking even Tna lets wrestlers do what they want and not restrict them.The matches in WWE now are all boring.I say us fans need to stop watching alot and untill the WWE Finally gets it that we want our WRESTLING back!

wrestling seems fine to me,in fact it'ed be much better if orton wins back the title on sunday.the wwe needs to build around orton and cena.those are the 2 young guns and if mccmahon was smart he'd ridethem intothe ground.....

And look where TNA is going. Nowhere. They burried so many younger guys there who could have established a strong wrestling roster, and they blew it by paying guys like Scott Steiner,.

Yes it would be better if Orton won the title in the Last Man Standing... and I have a feeling he will.
I think JBL should beat Cena though and start going for the tile himself.
I also think Kennedy should get involved with at least the intercontinental title.

I don't know about that, besides, Scott Steiner hasn't been on iMPACT! ever since his match @ Sacrifice when he injured his knee.

and Scott Steiner always like to intimidate people which is why he and Hulk Hogan are always about the money and NOT the fans.

and plus, TNA is trying to get better and I have faith in them, but I do respect your opinion though, and the reason for RAW is probably b/c people were still watching the NBA on ESPN.

and also, TNT is still the #1 Cable Network over USA.

TNA will grow.There still a young company.And TNA's Ratings stay consistent while Raw's keeps dropping!

My point goes back to them not shelling out money to Konnan and Austin Starr to keep them. Konnan was helping a great thing in TNA (LAX) and TNA completely screws him over. You can't do that when you got someone doing something really good and you just let them go.

Keep taking a look at revenue. WWE sells out large stadiums every show and then some. TNA might sell out their little arena that hosts maybe 1/30 of what WWE can. Hell WWE house shows might make as much as TNA's weekly ones.

Yeah i know WWE Sells more but what im saying is TNA is only 5 years old and is doing good to just be a 5 year old promotion,and has world title status in PWI.I know WWE Makes more money but they have lost alotof their fan base.If you look back about 6 or 7 years ago,Raw was getting ratings like in the 4's or 5's and SmackDown in the 3's,but now Raw gets 3's and SmackDown gets 2's.So that does say alot of people have lost intrest in the WWE over the last few years.And WWE needs to do something,because the product is not to good.

I agree with you completely ratedrko1.

the WWE has been too boring lately.

HBK/Batista/Jericho Feud.

JBL/Cena Feud

HHH/RKO Feud

and the Edge and Vickie Storyline.

That just sums it up.

I think one thing that would be interesting is:

Bring back Ric Flair, not to wrestle, but manage a new version of the 4 Horseman. Maybe even have counter pacs on Smackdown and ECW, to make things a little more interesting.

Even with a lower than usual rating, on Memorial Day, Raw was the #1 regularly scheduled cable program in primetime among households. Raw also was the #1 program on all primetime television among Persons 12-17 and the #2 television program among Males 12-17, Males 12-34, Males 18-34 and Persons 12-34.

Quoted from WWE.com site

WWE loses ratings, no other companies gain them. So is WWE's product losing fans, or is pro wrestling? There's the distinction you need to make. People are bored of watching wrestling in general and not exactly WWE because there are alternatives out there, but nobody is witching over.


They don't need to rejunenate any old factions. They need new and inventive ones and stop living in the past. Just look at how their attempt to bring back DX worked out. Sold some shirts, got some kids to cheer, and overused cock jokes. Oooo fun.


My advice, don't bother reading stuff on WWE.com. All their stats are pretty much gonna be skewed to make themselves look good. But looking at those numbers, they were #1 (looking at 12-17) for all persons, but #2 for males? So are they telling us females are their larger fanbase and that's why their ranking pulls up the males one? I smell bullsh*t.

Thats a great point baba. People ARE getting bored with pro wrestling not just the WWE. Myself included, i barely even try to watch RAW, SD, or TNA that much anymore because its just boring. That has to do with the fact that nobody has any younger talent that has the same charisma as lets say a SCSA or Rock. Nobody. Not Randy Orton, not any of the TNA guys. So the issue is not just the declining quality of the WWE but the declining quality and ecitment of wrestling in general.

Well sometimes people have to work and develop their skills, not only Matt Skills, but also their MIC skills as well.

It takes time, but it also takes patience.

I still watch TNA and RAW, TNA is never boring to me and RAW was boring, but they're trying to et better.

the only thing that I find boring is SD!

and plus, the reason for ratings being down is b/c most people were tuning in to the NBA

and that's my opinion.

and also, I don't care too much for Microphone Skills the only time that I care for MIC skills are in the NWA, Jim Crockett Promotions, AWA, the old ECW, WCW and of course TNA as well as the old days of the WWWF and the WWF from guys like Bret Hart and even Stone Cold as well as the Divas like Ivory, Molly Holly, Victoria and even Lilian Garcia and that is when they're told to just be themselves and come up with their own promos.

But lately, I don't care for MIC skills in the WWE b/c most of them are told what to say and told what to do and plus, some of them have boring MIC skills and some are just down right insulting.

Like for Example:

John Cena saying Lita having Genital Herpies is downright RUDE.

Most of the Wrestlers remember what they are told to say.The only one of the newer guys that says what he thinks of is Matt Striker.He does not get told what to say be the writers.

Oh and the only reason SmackDown is ''Boring''

is because Last years draft Raw Raided SD! and left SD! with not much so for the last year it has been EDGE/UNDERTAKER/BATSITA and when one was injured Rey Mysterio or Great Khali filled in.Hopefully this year SD! does not get a bad deal and we can get some good talent like HHH or HBK,Umaga,Y2J,Carlito

SD! may be boring for the next 3 weeks or so untill the draft,after that Business will pick back up.And Raw is pretty Boring to now with Randy Orton out.HHH is a boring champion now,he's not exciting like he used to be.John Cena and Santino are the best things going for Raw right now,and thats a FACT.

Lets look at why SD! is boring now

Rey Mysterio-Injured(but will return next month)

UnderTaker-Taking time off

JBL-Went to Raw

Y2J-Was put on Raw instead of SD and now he is regulated to Mid card status where as if he went to SD he could be World Champion RIGHT NOW feuding with Edge.

But like i say,after the draft,business should pick up for both brands.

It's unfortunate that things that could bring them ratings really aren't being used.

Eg. When Rated RKO were falling apart, they spent months developing the end of that team so they can culminate into one really good feud between 2 top stars. But what happens? They gety amnesia and drop the whole thing, switch some stars over, and that's month of great work wasted. And that was one of the better, if not best, developed beginning to a feud in probably the last 5 years or so.]

Another that I'm really still holding out for was when HHH told Batista to go over to SD and they could both reign supreme as the respective brand's champs. But that never came back full circle, which when they did both have the titles, it could've been huge. Bringing back something from the past they said would happen and the way they left off wasn't great, so it would've made it an even bigger shock.

IMO, 2 great feuds and storylines that were pretty much flushed down the toilet when they had so much potential.

What Im looking forward to is this new Heel stable supposidly that will form with younger guys.Now Ted Dibiase is here and you see Holly and Rhodes starting to disagree so i see the seeds being planted for this stable.

Also i here Carlito is moving to SD and will team with his brother Eddie Colon,that could be a good thing.

Also that meeting between Randy Orton and Batista,where Randy was saying him and Batista should get the ''Band back together'' and be bigger and better then ever,he was saying him and batista reform Evolution this time with them being the leaders,im curious as to what could happen with that.Randy will be out till about September now and Batista is expected to take some time off after the draft.So we will have to see if that conversation will mean anything.

Much like the Evolution thing I brought up (HHH and Batista reforming after winning the championships), they could do this here. It's an eerily similar situation with the 2 seemingly not seeing eye to eye, both won't be doing it anytime soon (injury and leave time). They could reference that one promo months down the road when they return and take the championships. Even though I don't like Batista, that would be a hot alliance, a nice change from the champs on each show always opposing each other.