RAW Getting More "Edgy", 2007 WWE PPV's, Ratings News

The writers have been put under pressure from Vince McMahon to make RAW more 'edgy' due to the success of SmackDown recently.

In case you haven't noticed, all the major 2007 pay-per-views are based on historical anniversaries. Obviously, WrestleMania is the 20th anniversary of WrestleMania 3 in Detroit and the 2007 Survivor Series is the 10th anniversary of the Montreal one. Also, the 2007 Royal Rumble will be held in San Antonio and it will be the 10th anniversary of Shawn Michaels beating Sid for the title in front of 60,525 people. Lastly, the 2007 SummerSlam will be held in the Continental Airlines Arena, the same venue of the 1997 SummerSlam.

Hogan Knows Best on 10/22 was the 10th highest rated cable show of the week in the 18-34 demographic. It had 1,068,000 viewers in that demo. Raw the same week had 1,186,000, TNA had roughly 400,000 and Ultimate Fighter had about 650,000.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter