UPDATED: RAW vs. iMPACT! Ratings (Loads Of Data)

UPDATED REPORT:

WWE RAW did a 3.71 cable rating last night off hours of 3.68 and 3.73 and averaged 5.60 million viewers, an overall increase of 10% in viewership from last week. RAW’s first hour (which drew 5.57 million viewers) was the most viewed first hour since August 4th, 2009, while hour two (5.63 million viewers) was the most viewed second hour since the January 4th RAW.

TNA iMPACT! did a .84 cable rating off hours of .88 and .80 and averaged 1.1 million viewers, an overall decrease of 21.4% in viewership from last week. iMPACT! opened with a .84. In a very troubling sign for TNA, the AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy main event was the lowest rated segment of the entire show with a .72 with the overrun doing a .74. Keep in mind though that the match went head-to-head with a Bret Hart-Vince McMahon-Steve Austin contract signing on RAW.

OTHER NOTES:

— Monday’s TNA iMPACT! rating of .84 is the lowest rating for iMPACT! since November of 2006. Back then, Impact was airing in a late-night Thursday timeslot, not in prime-time.

— Not a single quarter hour segment of iMPACT! reached the 1.0 mark. The highest rated segment was the fourth quarter hour (9:45PM ET-10PM ET) which featured the Beautiful People, Hulk Hogan calling out Sting, and RVD appearing. The segment drew a .96. It’s probably worth noting that the Beautiful People were also in one of the highest rated segments of iMPACT! last week.

— After the .96 in the fourth quarter hour, every segment dropped in the ratings all the way up to AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy doing a show-low .72. The overrun saw a slight increase up to a .74.

— TNA lost 15% of the audience they opened with, going from a .87 opening quarter hour to a .74 for the overrun.

As noted earlier, SpikeTV and TNA were aware that this week’s rating would be down due to Austin’s WWE return. This number hasn’t come as a shock to them.

ORIGINAL REPORT:

WWE RAW scored a 3.7 cable rating.