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

The Departed One

CM Punk: +270,000 Viewers

Cmpunk One of the hardest workers in the WWE, after seven years it looks like CM Punk may be stepping away from WWE for some time. Punk delivered segments that gained more than a million viewers several times with different strong opponents all three years: 2011 (7/11 and 8/22, working with Cena), 2012 (7/30 Big Show, 10/8 Vince McMahon, 10/22 Sheamus, 11/5 Ryback/Ziggler/Cena) and 2013 (2/25 Cena, 9/23 Heyman/Ryback). Still, his poorest performing segments have come against weak opponents such as Darren Young (-598k viewers on 6/24/13), John Morrison (-507k viewers on 2/21/11), Kane (-498k viewers on 6/27/11), the Miz (-888k viewers on 3/12/12) and Santino Marella/Cody Rhodes/Daniel Bryan (-601k viewers on 5/14/12) proving that while he may be the self-proclaimed Best in the World, he is still vulnerable to the whims of the ratings gods.
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