Triple H Vs. Brock Lesnar II

Brock Lesnar defeated Triple H cleanly at Summerslam last year. You just had a feeling that it would not end like that. When Brock Lesnar returned a few weeks ago and saved Paul Heyman from Vince McMahon firing him, that was a huge step towards the rematch. This week, Triple H returned to officially restart the feud.

This is actually a rematch I do not have a problem with. Their match last year did not have this huge hype that it would be once in a lifetime. It is true that Brock is not exactly facing a wide variety of opponents. The Rock has faced John Cena already, CM Punk in title matches, and teamed with Cena to face R-Truth and The Miz. Brock faced Cena and Triple H. They definitely could do more with Brock. Then again, who would really have been a better opponent for Triple H at Wrestlemania? It beats rushing a new feud for him. This feud already has some anticipation to it. Rock/Cena II has some anticipation to it also, but adding CM Punk still would not have been too awkward and would have made it different from the encounter last year. In any case, both rematches are going to happen.

I haven't talked about ratings in a while. I'll just talk about Raw's ratings now. It's Wrestlemania season, so you would expect Raw's numbers to be good. Are they? The 2013 average so far, not counting last night's number since it is not out yet, is a 3.28. The highest number for the year so far is a 3.67. The lowest is a 3.0. Raw is actually doing fine, when you compare the numbers to how they were doing prior to all the hype. Some might say these are great numbers. I would not go that far. You have to keep in mind that ratings are usually at their best around this time. If you are comparing these numbers to how Raw was doing against football, yes, they look great. If you look at them in a different context, keeping in mind that this is the biggest time of year, numbers look okay at best. Not spectacular. Raw will take a hard hit when the hype dies down.