WWE RAW: 16 Biggest Ratings Movers (2011-2013)

Randy Orton: +103,000 Viewers

Randy Orton1 The chosen one, Randy Orton, may be the top heel in the company, but he's far from the top wrestler when it comes to drawing viewers. He's been part of some huge segments such as the 9/13/10 Raw when a long John Cena vs Randy Orton tables match ended up gaining 1.7 million viewers from start-to-finish but we've also seen plenty of examples of Orton singles matches losing viewers against Cesaro (1/21/13, -641k), Barrett (12/19/11 and 2/4/13, -700k each), Kane (2/18/13, -506k), Sandow (5/6/13, -725k), Mason Ryan (3/14/11, -621k), Ziggler (4/11/11, 4/25/11, 1/30/12: more than -535k each time). Orton may be a prime example of someone who WWE thinks very highly of, but fails to really move the needle in a big-time way.
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