Randy Orton is approaching his in-ring return, set to happen at this Saturday’s WWE Survivor Collection premium dwell occasion, the place he’s slated to take part within the possible most important occasion. That introduced lots of curiosity from followers, because it was broadly anticipated that the Apex Predator is coming again.
Randy Orton will be part of forces with Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn, Jey Uso, and Cody Rhodes to face off in opposition to The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio), Drew McIntyre, and JD McDonagh within the Males’s WarGames Match.
The previous WWE Champion had been sidelined since final Might because of a again damage. This damage led to him and Matt Riddle relinquishing the Uncooked Tag Staff Titles to The Usos earlier than taking day without work. This setback additionally resulted within the cancellation of WWE’s plans for an Orton vs. Riddle feud, as Orton later required again fusion surgical procedure. Riddle has since been launched from the corporate.
Randy Orton’s return was introduced upfront of Survivor Collection, a transfer made to decrease any hypothesis relating to CM Punk’s return on the occasion held in Chicago. The announcement was revealed through the closing moments of Monday’s Uncooked by Rhodes.
Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics highlighted the notable fan response to the reveal. The video on YouTube garnered over 1,000,000 views in just a bit over 24 hours.
Uncooked’s viewership for the episode reached 1.459 million, with a key demo ranking of 0.49. Notably, this marked Uncooked’s highest ranking in the important thing 18 to 49 demographic since September 4th, despite the fact that it aired in opposition to a historic NFL sport. For the document, the present’s large competitors, the Eagles vs Chiefs sport on Monday Night time Soccer, was the most-watched Monday Night time Soccer common season sport in 27 years with 28.96 million viewers on Monday Night time Soccer throughout ABC (15.55M), ESPN (11.49M) and the Peyton and Eli “Manningcast” on ESPN2 (1.92M)
The ultimate section of WWE RAW on 11/20, which featured Drew McIntyre vs. Jey Uso and included the anticipated announcement, noticed a +7 enhance in whole viewership and a 5% uptick in the important thing demo ranking. Uncooked’s third hour usually experiences a drop in rankings, and this development continued this week till the ultimate section.
We should see how Randy Orton’s return to WWE pans out. We already reported on the most probably spoilers for the Survivor Collection occasion. For extra on this story, and lots of extra, please hold checking again with us right here at Ringside Information.
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November 22, 2023 8:30 am