WWE Raw Rating Affected by ESPN’s Coverage of Home Run Derby?

July 11, 2012

The following is courtesy of PWTorch.com

ESPN's Home Run Derby has not affected WWE Raw ratings over the past couple of years. Many people feel that WWE was affected last night by it, but that does not seem to be the case.

This week's Raw rating was similar to last weeks, and only saw a 6 percent decrease from viewerships.

The following is a comparison of the past six episodes of Raw up against the annual Home Run Derby on ESPN:

7/9/2007: 3.4 rating with a total of 4.6 million viewers

7/14/2008: 3.2 rating with a total of 4.8 million viewers

7/13/2009: 3.6 rating with a total of 5.3 million viewers

7/12/2010 3.3 rating with a total of 4.8 million viewers

7/11/2011: 2.9 rating with a total of 4.4 million viewers

7/9/2012: 3.2 rating with a total of 4.4 million viewers

Josh controls most of the creative writing and ideas for the show on a weekly basis, as well as an on-air talent.

Aside from working with WrestleZone, Isenberg began his career in Broadcast Journalism interning at ESPN and worked with CBS Radio for three years. He has also had the opportunity to interview some of the best athletes and performers alive, including Andrew McCutchen, Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Jericho, Billy Gunn, Karl Anderson, Matt Hardy, Steven Strasburg and others.

Currently, Josh Isenberg works for Major League Baseball in their Advanced Media Productions. He grew up in Pittsburgh and went to Point Park University, which is where Chair Shot Reality is filmed each week.

His life outside of his obsession with wrestling include being a savant for Seinfeld, NFL, NBA, MLB and many television shows. He also has an undying love for musicals, which includes many shows he was a part of in high school. Some of his favorite wrestling moments can be linked to such superstars as Edge, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and The Great Khali.