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Wrestling Observer Radio: Cindy Heenan, RAW report, G-1 update, AEW and NXT previews, injuries, tons more!

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Cindy Heenan, Ric Flair’s last match and the angle setting it up, HBO Real Sports and Vince McMahon, AEW and NXT line-ups, ratings, more on the G-1, RAW results, tons of news and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Cindy Heenan passes away

2:45: Ric Flair’s last match announced

13:38: HBO Real Sports working on Vince McMahon story

16:10: Ratings

19:40: NXT and AEW previews, Dave’s thoughts on AEW injuries

30:47: Micheal Elgin update

32:58: Frankie Edgar says he wants one more fight

37:33: G1 thoughts

42:07: Raw recap

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Cody Rhodes, ratings, AEW and NXT 2.0, big weekend, more!

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including more on the Cody Rhodes situation, Buddy Matthews and AEW, WWE in Saudi this weekend, plus New Japan and AAA shows, AEW and NXT 2.0 reviews, ratings and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: More questions on Cody Rhodes

19:30: Buddy Matthews reportedly heading to AEW

21:32: Elimination Chamber card rundown

25:46: NJPW, AAA, UFC card rundowns

35:26: MMA notes on Bellator heading to San Jose, Mike Swick battling cancer

39:04: Ratings

45:05: AEW Dynamite recap

1:10:54: NXT highlights

1:20:22: Rampage spoilers

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Raw ratings remain low against Olympics coverage

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

WWE should be very happy the Olympics are ending this week.

Raw was up very slightly, from 2.90 million viewers last week to 2.91 million viewers this week going against the Olympics. They would be the two lowest non-holiday numbers since 1997.

The bad news is Raw stayed virtually identical while the Olympics number fell from 28.76 million last Monday to 24.27 million last night.

Raw ended up fourth for the night on cable, trailing Rizzoli & Isles and Major Crimes on TNT, and The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News.

The number should rebound strongly next week, coming the day after SummerSlam.

The show did the usual pattern of the late arriving and early leaving audience that peaks in the middle, which will likely change when Daylight Savings time ends.

In the key 18-49 demo, 13 percent of the second hour viewers tuned out for the third hour.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 2.88 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.08 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.78 million viewers

RAW Ratings stagnant as the Road to WrestleMania marches on

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Less than two weeks before the “biggest WrestleMania of all time”, RAW’s ratings continue to  stagnate. The show started weak but the audience remained remarkably consistent throughout  the 3 hour broadcast, with a main event of Dean Ambrose facing Braun Strowman.

The average viewership was 3.4 million viewers, down about 2% from last week. It was down 19% from the same week last year but that’s not a fair comparison as it was the go-home show to  Mania, which was held a week earlier in 2015. Comparing to the week prior to the go-home show last year, Monday’s show was down 13% as RAW continues to be  down about 10% year over year.

After last week’s show saw the third hour as the highest rated  of the show, things returned to normal this week as Hour 3 was down slightly from the previous 2 hours, which were almost identical.

RAW was just underneath The O’Reilly Factor as  the most watched show on cable for the night as the FOX News show did 3,423,000 viewers. In the 18-49 ratings, RAW’s 3 hours were #2,3 and 4 on the night behind VH1’s Love and Hip Hop.

Here are viewership numbers for all 3 hours:

Hour 1 – 3,466,000

Hour 2 – 3,416,000

Hour 3 – 3,317,000