As PWMania.com previously reported, CM Punk made the decision to sign an exclusive contract with the RAW brand on December 11th, 2023, and was confronted by world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins. Cody Rhodes vs. Shinsuke Nakamura concluded the show at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.
F4WOnline.com’s Dave Meltzer commented on the decision, “They didn’t put Punk’s decision on last which is interesting because Punk’s decision was the #1 thing. I think that the idea was they knew that even if they put Punk’s decision on last, even though that would hold more viewers better than this match, less viewers would see it. So they put the Punk decision on at 9 o’clock when they think they would get the highest, it’s usually the high point of the show.”
With over a million views as of Tuesday morning, the Punk/Rollins segment is WWE’s most-watched RAW video on YouTube. The Rhodes/Nakamura match, on the other hand, has 129,000 views.
