Smackdown from 2 weeks ago, the January 13th edition, did a 3.8 rating and was good enough to be the 6th rated network sports show out of 13 total. It only trailed the 4 NFL playoff games and an airing of figure skaing on ABC.
The January 17th Raw finished at 8th and 9th in the weekly cable ratings, one for each hour of Raw. It was was No. 4 and No. 8 in the 18-34 demo, and in the 18-49 demo, it was the top two shows on cable for the week.
The Rundown aired in heavy rotation on HBO recently. The movie, starring The Rock, was the highest rated pay cable show of he week, with 2.43 million viewers, beating out the Mayweather-Bruseles fight with 2.10 million viewers.
Spike TV finished 9th in the overall cable station ratings, with USA, TNT and TBS comprising the top 3.
credit: Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
