Because of the autumn out from John Cena’s shocking Elimination Chamber heel turn, the March 3 edition “WWE Raw” pulled in a powerful 3.1 million total views over the course of the week, tied for the third most because the red brand moved over to Netflix. And while there was no further follow up on Cena’s turn one week in a while March 10, the show was headlined by a steel cage match between CM Punk and Seth Rollins, giving “Raw” a superb likelihood to carry some viewers.
It appears to have worked. Wrestlenomics reports that the March 10 “Raw” wound up with 3 million global views over the course of the week. While this could be down from March 3’s 3.1 million views, it represents the fifth highest number “Raw” has pulled in on Netflix, and the primary time since January that “Raw” has gone three consecutive weeks over drawing 3 million views or more. “Raw” ranked sixth globally and third within the US in Neflix’s Top 10. That is the fourth straight week “Raw” has improved in the worldwide rankings, rising up from seventh on March 3, and the second straight week it’s improved within the US, up from 4.
Punk vs. Rollins was what most got here away talking about from “Raw,” because the match ended with Rollins finally picking up a win over his rival. In fact, the win was tainted because of the return of Roman Reigns, who pulled Rollins out of the cage to provide him the win before assaulting him. Reigns then climbed into the cage and attacked Punk as well, seemingly organising a 3 way between them at WrestleMania 41.
