The viewership statistics of CM Punk and Seth Rollins in-ring face-off on this week’s WWE Raw (December 11) have now been revealed.
In a segment that was only advertised to be Punk making his decision on which brand to sign with, instead, we also saw the surprise appearance of World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins.
After Punk decided to sign with Raw, Rollins confronted him and aired all his years of grievances against the self-proclaimed Best in the World.
The known real-life issues Rollins has with Punk made the segment truly captivating to witness and based on the viewership stats from the segment, many others though the same.
According to Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston on Twitter, the Punk and Rollins face-off drew 1.88m viewers, with a 0.62 p18-49 rating.
This made it far and away the most viewed segment on the show, which averaged 1.47m viewers and a 0.46. in the p18-49 demo rating.
According to Thurston, this ranks the segment as the highest quarter-to-quarter growth (25%) on an episode of Raw since early 2022 at least; even above all ad-free hours since then, as seen most recently on the November 27 edition of Raw.
While the segment certainly got fans talking, there was also an interesting update as to how it was planned behind-the-scenes beforehand.
To read more on this click here.
For details regarding CM Punk’s visit to this week’s episode of NXT check here.
The in-ring promo with CM Punk and Seth Rollins was by far the most-watched quarter-hour of last night's Raw.
1.88M viewers, 0.62 P18-49 rating on a show that averaged 1.47M, 0.46.
It had the advantage of being the only quarter-hour with no ad breaks, but it had stronger…
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 13, 2023
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