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Originally Posted by Observer
Even going against the highest rated Monday night game of the season, Raw did well above its fall season average with the Vince McMahon show-long arrest angle.
Raw did 3.53 million viewers, placing it third for the night on cable behind the Broncos-Bengals game that did 15.81 million viewers and an episode of SportsCenter.
The angle, as expected, helped maintain the audience as there was less of an audience drop as the show went on as is typical of Raw. The return of John Cena also played a part in that.
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.70 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.49 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.43 million viewers
Monday was the final episode of Monday Night Football. With the exception of the 1/11 show, which goes against the college football championship game, Raw will now be free of its top competition, and ratings should rise about 10 percent from the level they have been if history is an indication.
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In terms of weekly stuff, this week ended up being around 198k more viewers than the Slammys but 348k less than 2 weeks ago. In terms of the year, down by around 448k on average compared to 2014. In terms of hour/show rankings, 8pm was 4th and the best hour for the WWE this week.
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Originally Posted by Forbes
There has been some communication between Bill Goldberg and WWE about potentially working a match at Wrestlemania 32 with Brock Lesnar.
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Originally Posted by Observer
For the record, according to WWE this morning the Big Show is NOT going to be the number-one entrant in the Royal Rumble. Last night on Raw he made a confusing statement about being the first entrant which led to great confusion among fans and the announcers. I would laugh if all of this all led to him actually being put in the Rumble in the number one spot. Apparently Big Show will be shooting some segments clarifying what he apparently meant (he's the first man to throw his hat into the ring for the Rumble).
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Some other sheet news includes:
- Michigan University's head football coach recently hinted that if Detroit gets a Mania in the future, they should use the team's stadium since it can hold thousands of more people than Cowboys stadium. http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/12/...nti_and_Foster
- Update to the upcoming NXT Midwest tour as the WWE added an extra show for Chicago due to high demand which sold out just as quickly as the first show. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...inutes_part_2/
- Along with other previously announced NJPW wrestlers, ROH recently announced Okada will be wrestling at their Las Vegas ppv next month. http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/rai...ming-las-vegas
- Recent article by Rolling Stones dealt with NXT, their popularity growth in 2015, and the future for next year. http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/f...limit-20151230
- In a "WWE Did You Know", 2015 marks the first time since 2009 that John Cena wasn't the top draw for the WWE in terms of show attendance and main event spots. Seth Rollins had more than Cena did for the year using both categories. http://www.f4wonline.com/news/januar...emania-32-tons
- Karl Anderson recently teased that if he ever leaves NJPW in the future, he'd consider going to the WWE because of Finn Balor. Even teased the idea of having the Ballor Club be an actual stable as an idea like Bullet Club.