*OFFICIAL* Raw Discussion Thread: October 22nd, 2012

[Majin HoHo]

UNLEASH THE RYBACK
 
The fate of WWE Champion CM Punk has been signed, sealed, and delivered...at Hell in a Cell, he must step into the Devil's Playground and defend his WWE Title against the Mental Machine, Ryback. As if that point wasn't made clear when Vince McMahon made the announcement last Monday night, Ryback proceeded to Shell Shock the WWE Champion just as he had with so many victims before. With the blessing of John Cena and the ever-growing support of the WWE Universe, Ryback seems poised to continue his path of utter domination inside Hell in a Cell and cement his status at the top of the WWE food chain. However, CM Punk is nothing if not crafty and intelligent, and his moniker of being "The Best in the World" isn't without merit. With two weeks until Doomsday, can Punk do what nobody has done so far and get the advantage over Ryback?
 
Also on Raw
 
After being postponed for a week due to illness on the part of Rey Mysterio, the finals of the WWE Tag Team Championship Contendership Tournament will go down as Rey and Sin Cara face off against the red-hot team of Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow. While Rey and Sin Cara have been inactive, the Rhodes Scholars have been nothing short of successful with victories over the Colons as well as Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel last week alone. Can the lucha libre of the masked Superstars overcome the momentum of the intellectual duo?
 

[Adampro123]

I'm never excited to watch Raw anymore. I'm not even really interested in any of the things that are going on right now besides Bryan & Kane. Yet i have been enjoying the show every week for about a month now.

[Leonardo Lunchbox]

Raw has been consistent since the move to three hours. The match quality has improved tenfold

[Adampro123]

Monday's Raw broadcast drew a 2.48 cable rating, the program's worst rating for a non-holiday episode since October 27, 1997 (which drew a 2.3). This is below the rating for the Oct. 1, 2012 show, which garnered a 2.54 in comparison.

As reported earlier, the three-hour program averaged 3.55 million viewers, beating a year-low of 3.50 million viewers on Oct. 1. Raw drew 3.58 million viewers in the first hour, 3.65 million in the second hour, and 3.43 million in third and final hour.

Viewership for the third hour was a year-low, below 3.47 million viewers on Oct. 1. It was the tenth consecutive week where third hour viewership was below viewership in the second hour.

Pretty bad news.

I thought Raw was pretty good. Glad Gabriel got the win over Cesaro. hopefully he will start getting a good push after this and not just lose to Cesaro at the PPV and not be heard from again. i wish the same for Kidd.

I loved Ziggler vs Bryan

Didn't really like the rest of the Kane/Bryan stuff this week.

Nothing else really stood out for me.

[RyPrax]

It's not that big of a deal, that report is forgetting that there was the third debate on and it drew a record 60 million viewers.