MONDAY NIGHT WAR ANALYSIS (MAY 1999)
| 3rd May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Hour 1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Hour 2 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Hour 3 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | OR | Main Event | |
| Nitro | 3.39 | 3.98 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.44 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.6 | 2.80 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.38 | 2.95 | 3.00 | Diamond Dallas Page vs. Ric Flair |
| Raw | 6.38 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.86 |
5.4 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.89 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.32 | 6.71 | 7.44 | Steve Austin vs. The Rock |
| Head to Head Ratings were Raw at 6.38 to Nitro at 3.10. Raw’s 2nd hour set a new record as the highest rated hour in the history of Monday Night Wrestling. Q7 of Raw set a new quarter-hour record for Monday Wrestling for The Undertaker vs. The Big Show. Raw was watched in average of 4,834,000 homes. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10th May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Hour 1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Hour 2 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Hour 3 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | OR | Main Event | |
| Nitro | Nitro was pre-empted due to NBA Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw | 8.09 | – | – | – | – | – | 7.76 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.42 | 8.3 | 8.61 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 9.17 | Triple H, Undertaker & Shane vs. Austin, Rock & Vince |
| Raw, which drew a 8.09 rating, 12.1 share, 6,148,000 homes and 9,200,000 viewers set a new record as the most watched pro-wrestling programme in the history of the Monday Night War and cable TV.
The overrun match of Rock, Steve Austin & Vince McMahon vs. The Undertaker, Triple H & Shane McMahon was the most watched pro-wrestling in the history of Cable TV, drawing a 9.17 TV Rating for the 3 minute overrun, with 6,968,000 homes and 10.4 million viewers. The highest quarter was a 8.61 for for Bradshaw vs. Faarooq and Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco vs. Rodney & Pete Gas, in 6,543,000 homes, with 9.8 million viewers. The highest regular quarter hour in the history of pro-wrestling on Cable TV. |
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| 17th May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Hour 1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Hour 2 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Hour 3 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | OR | Main Event | |
| Nitro | 3.36 | 3.94 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.54 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.60 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | Kevin Nash vs. Diamond Dallas Page |
| Raw | 6.34 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.62 |
5 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 7.06 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.8 | Steve Austin vs. Triple H |
| 24th May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Hour 1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Hour 2 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Hour 3 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | OR | Main Event | |
| Nitro | 3.77 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Flair, Page & Bigelow vs. Piper & Benoit |
| Raw | 7.14 | – | – | – | – | – | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7 | 7.3 | Owen Hart Tribute Show |
| 31st May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Hour 1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Hour 2 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Hour 3 | Q9 | Q10 | Q11 | Q12 | OR | Main Event | |
| Nitro | 3.26 | 3.84 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.11 | 3.7 | 3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.97 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Sting vs. Rick Steiner |
| Raw | 6.23 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.77 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.66 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | The Undertaker vs. Steve Austin |
AVERAGE VIEWERSHIP / DEMOGRAPHICS
| VIEWER AVERAGES FOR Q2 1999 (APRIL – JUNE 1999) | ||||||||
| SHOW | M18-24 | M25-54 | M55+ | W18-24 | W25-54 | W55+ | UNDER 18 | TOTAL |
| WWF RAW | 751,000 | 1,875,000 | 435,000 | 298,000 | 1,053,000 | 228,000 | 2,643,000 | 7,283,000 |
| WCW MONDAY NITRO | 271,000 | 1,265,000 | 489,000 | 126,000 | 525,000 | 347,000 | 938,000 | 3,961,000 |