Raw Rating rises dramatically, New Edge Commentary, more
    Submitted by Matthew Tremley on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 1:59 PM EST

  • The ratings for Monday's edition of WWE Raw are in after a one day delay. The show did a 4.4 cable rating with a 6.7 share which is way up from last week's 3.5. It's also the highest rating Raw's gotten in over two months. This should be great news for the WWE going into their Judgment Day PPV this Sunday.

    Credit: 1wrestling.com



  • New Edgeucation commentary for 5/13/03
    Hello Edgeheads. Your shoulder-and-nose-peeling leader is back with another installment of the Edgeucation. I now think I've passed Stevie Richards in cheesily using my ring name in almost every word or move. I do have to admit he may have trumped me with his version of the DDT, the Stevie-T.

    To read the full commentary, CLICK HERE

  • Washington, D.C.
    May 17 -– SABLE will be signing autographs beginning at 11 a.m. at the MCI Center Box Office, as tickets go on sale for an upcoming SmackDown!-brand event at the facility.

  • Miami
    May 17 -– STACY KEIBLER & TEST will be signing autographs beginning at noon at the American Airlines Arena Box Office, as tickets go on sale for an upcoming RAW at the facility.

  • Albany, N.Y.
    May 17 -– TOMMY DREAMER & SPIKE DUDLEY will be signing autographs beginning at noon at the Pepsi Arena Box Office, as tickets go on sale for an upcoming RAW-brand event at the facility.

    Credit: WWE.com



  • Scott D sent in the following:

    As you know, there was a one legged 'fan' involved with the Piper's Pit segment from tonight's Smackdown taping. That HAS to be a Michigan who was signed by WWE in late February, "The One Legged Wonder" Tenacious Z. He debuted a little more than a year ago in March of 2002. He was trained by Truth Martini and competed for Independent Wrestling Revolution, TZW, and others in Michigan for a year. In February of 2003, he debuted on Pay-Per-View for NWA:TNA. For more information on this one of a kind wrestler, check out his OFFICIAL website @ www.Zwrestling.com



  • The WWE & TSN sent the following press release about the ratings for WWE Raw in Canada:

    WWE(TM) RAW(TM) Entertains Over One Million Viewers in Canada!

    TORONTO, May 13 /CNW/ - World Wrestling Entertainment(TM)'s RAW(TM), already the highest rated regularly scheduled program on specialty television in Canada, achieved its highest rating of the current broadcast season this past Monday night on TSN. According to Nielsen Media Research figures, WWE(TM) RAW(TM) averaged a combined audience of 1.025 million viewers - up 30% from the season to date average.

    "The NHL play-off game last night provided us with a strong lead-in, and the fact that we retained that audience is a positive sign that WWE(TM)'s brand extension continues to gain momentum," said Carl DeMarco, President, World Wrestling Entertainment(TM) Canada, Inc. "We continue to build our audience across all key demographics including men and women between the ages of 18-34 and 18-49 -- two audience segments that also achieved high ratings this past Monday."

    Compared to the season to date average, this past Monday's broadcast of WWE(TM) RAW(TM) on TSN generated a 14% increase in Adults 18-49 and 33% in Males 18-24. However, it is the increase in young viewers that demonstrated the highest percentage increase from the season to date average. Teens 12-17 grew by 50% and A18-24 increased by 37%. Respectively, the overall viewership (V2+), of this past Monday night's broadcast of WWE(TM) RAW(TM) was the highest combined audience performance of the 2003 broadcast season.

    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. Information on television ratings and community activities can be found at parents.wwe.com.

    TSN is Canada's Sports Leader. Setting the Canadian sports broadcasting standard, TSN's flagship news program SPORTSCENTRE was voted the number one source for sports news by sports fans from across the country(*). TSN's comprehensive broadcast schedule also includes the NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs and International Hockey, the Olympic Games, F-1, NASCAR, CHAMP CART and IRL Auto Racing, Blue Jays Baseball, CFL, NFL, NBA, PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour, all Four Major Golf Championships, World Cup soccer, Season of Champions curling, WWE RAW, figure skating and amateur sports action. Majority owned by CTV Inc., TSN is available in eight million households. TSN's programming and news content is also available on-line at tsn.ca. CTV Inc. is a division of Bell Globemedia Inc., which also owns the Globe and Mail.

    (*) spring/summer Roper Reports Canada, July 25th - Sept. 6th, 2002

    (*) Source: Nielsen Media Research, Total Canada

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