WWE Raw Ratings Continue Sharp Decline

Not even the return of WWE champion Brock Lesnar could save Monday’s WWE Raw from taking a disappointing drop one night after its last pay-per-view of 2014

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Raw is something that fans aren’t watching, which means Raw Is Dull.

One night after WWE’s final pay-per-view for 2014, TLC, Raw failed badly when it came to attracting viewer

s. Even with Chris Jericho serving as guest general manager and the return of WWE champion Brock Lesnar, ratings took a Lesnar-sized F5, as the show finished with more than 200,000 fewer viewers from the previous week.

The three-hour show, which was extended an extra 10 minutes for a Seth Rollins-John Cena steel cage match which saw Lesnar attack Cena and Rollins making a possible deal with the devil that is Paul Heyman, dropped with each hour. The 8 pm hour opened with 3.703 million viewers, only to fall to 3.477 million viewers in the 9 pm hour and closed with just 3.385 million in the final 70 minutes.

Raw finished third in Monday’s cable television ratings, drawing only a 1.1 rating with the coveted 19-49 viewership, which was also a drop from last week. ESPN, to no shock, won the night with the New Orleans-Chicago Monday Night Football game.

While WWE usually concedes the fall to Monday Night Football in the ratings, the fact it finished third only amplifies the fact that fans have grown weary with the usually-predictable shows. WWE isn’t in danger, yet, but with Impact Wrestling returning to television on Discovery America next month, Lucha Underground receiving strong reviews on El Rey Network, Ring of Honor expanding its viewership and the wild card that is Global Force Wrestling, 2015 may be the year fans begin to turn away from WWE’s “sports entertainment “in favor of pro wrestling at its truest form.

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