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RAW DOESN'T JUST GET BEATEN BY THE NBA, BUT ALSO A BUNCH OF KIDS!

By Dave Scherer on 2009-05-27 18:42:24

Well, there won't be a mastur-ba-graphic like this past Monday's on next week's Raw as WWE did not win the night this week.  In fact, they lost to two broadcasts.  The 5/25 edition of Raw did a 3.2 cable rating, down from last week's 3.6.  The show did hours of 3.08 and 3.38.

While Vince McMahon spent the week getting as much mileage as he could from the mainstream press after The Denver Nuggets took away the company's date at the Pepsi Arena, all the Nuggets and The Los Angeles Lakers did was lay the smack down on WWE by drawing a 6.9 rating for their head-to-head match-up with Raw on ESPN by more than doubling Raw's number. 

To make matters worse, Raw also got doubled up by TLC's reality show "Jon & Kate, Plus 8", which ironically also was spurred by mainstream press over a supposed infidelity controversy by the show's parents.  They did a 6.8 rating, which is why I wonder if it was just a ploy by them to get ratings.  If so, it worked and Vince McMahon could learn from them.

That means WWE placed third on this Monday night so don't expect a graphic similar to Monday's next week.

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