This week's edition of WWE Raw dropped well below 4 million viewers with the lowest final rating of 2014. The first hour drew only 3.535 million viewers, which is the least since Raw switched to a 3-hour format, excluding holiday specials. The second hour shot up to 3.9, and back down to a 3.85 for the third and final hour.

Overall the show saw a 6% drop from last week's Raw broadcast, which had a 2.88 rating that was one of the worst scores of the year. The final number for this week is a 2.72, with an average of 3.763 million viewers.

A slight drop was to be expected, as Raw was pre-taped in London, England this week. Keep in mind that the last time WWE was in the UK, Raw did a 2.73, with a 2.75 the week prior, so the numbers are fairly consistent, albeit it with a marginally bigger drop than expected.

WWE just needs to go back to 2 hours. They have enough programming on as it is. People like me, who actually enjoy WWE, are getting burned out.

Taped shows are lame.

Also I think a lot of people probably avoided it because they were worried they were going to strip Daniel of the belt.

Ianlovesfozzy wrote:

Also I think a lot of people probably avoided it because they were worried they were going to strip Daniel of the belt.

That is more reason to watch.

Not really. Why watch something you think is going to end badly?