12/10 RAW Breakdown: Cena Vs. Big Show Fails To Deliver, Brawl With The Shield And More

- As noted before, the December 10th WWE RAW did a 2.67 rating with 3.76 million viewers, the fourth lowest rating of the past 15 years.

In the segment breakdown, the show opener with Dolph Ziggler, Sheamus and Big Show did a 2.78 opening quarter. The segment with Vince McMahon and Vickie Guerrero plus R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett and the backstage segment with AJ Lee lost 41,000 viewers. The tag team match with Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow vs. The Usos vs. Darren Young & Titus O'Neil vs. Primo & Epico lost 262,000 viewers.

Alicia Fox vs. Eve Torres and the segment with CM Punk and Paul Heyman gained 223,000 viewers. Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus gained 201,000 viewers in the 9pm timeslot for a 2.87 quarter rating. The backstage video from Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns lost 354,000 viewers. Zack Ryder vs. Alberto Del Rio gained 114,000 viewers. Vickie Guerrero vs. AJ Lee in the 10pm timeslot gained 115,000 viewers for a 2.78 quarter rating.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston lost 546,000 viewers and did a show-low 2.39 quarter rating. MizTV with The Miz, Rhodes and Sandow gained 169,000 viewers. John Cena vs. Big Show gained 11,000 viewers in the main event, doing a 2.52 quarter rating. This would be among the lowest drawing main events in the last 15 years. The RAW overrun which featured The Shield and everyone else in a big brawl gained 627,000 viewers for a 2.96 overrun rating.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

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