By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

Daniel Bryan was once again in the highest-rated segment of Raw. But, not in the over-run segment taking a beating from Triple H.

Instead, the second-half of the Bryan vs. Randy Orton match drew the highest quarter-hour rating of the show in the key males 18-49 demo, topping the over-run.

The entire show was down from recent weeks to year-low levels more in-line with Raw's performance in the fall against Monday Night Football. The bright spots were Bryan vs. Orton in Q6, Paul Heyman's promo in Q7, and John Cena's promo in Q5.

3/17 Raw Break Down - M18-49 demo rating

- Overall Show: 1.95 rating / 1.226 million viewers

Q1: Raw opened above the show average with a 2.01 rating for Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista opening the show. Whereas, last week's first Raw after Daylight Savings Time opened with a 1.72 rating.

Q2: Raw dropped to a 1.79 rating for two commercial breaks and the first-half of The Usos vs. Real Americans.

Q3: Raw increased to a 1.92 rating for the end of the tag match, one commercial, and Kane backstage with The Shield. The backstage segment out-drew the end of the tag match.

Q4: Raw declined to a 1.86 rating for two commercials and Sheamus vs. Titus O'Neil in a buffer segment before the top of the hour. This is where the past two Raws intersected - as last week's Raw drew a 1.88 rating in Q4.

Q5: At the top of the hour, Raw got a slight bump to a 2.01 rating for John Cena responding to the Wyatts and one commercial. Whereas, last week's Q5 segment jumped to a 2.37 rating for The Undertaker.

Q6: Raw hit a show-high 2.18 rating for Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan in a No DQ match, plus one commercial. The peak of the entire show was from 9:23 to 9:30 p.m. EST for the second-half of the match. Included was show-high peak viewership of 1.523 million viewers at 9:25 p.m.

Q7: Raw declined to a 2.02 rating for a Paul Heyman promo, plus one commercial.

Q8: Raw fell to a 1.86 rating for Fandango vs. Goldust, plus one commercial. Whereas, last week's Raw scored a 2.40 rating in Q8.

Q9: Raw got a minimal bump at the top of the hour - registering a 1.98 rating for Kane calling out The Shield, one commercial, and a Divas tag match.

Q10: Raw dipped to a 1.89 rating for Divas post-match activity, one commercial, and the first-half of a big eight-man tag match.

Q11: Raw dipped again to a 1.85 rating for the second-half of the eight-man tag match, which shows audience fatigue kicking in combined with two full commercial breaks in the segment.

Q12: Raw was even at a 1.85 rating for the "main event" of Bray Wyatt vs. Kofi Kingston and one commercial leading to the top of the hour.

Over-Run: The over-run increased to a pedestrian 2.12 rating for Triple H's long segment with Daniel Bryan. Last week's over-run scored a 2.44 rating, and the Bryan-Hunter interaction scored a 2.57 rating two weeks ago and a 2.78 rating last week.

Caldwell's Analysis: Daniel Bryan remains the top act on the show, based on quarter-hour ratings, but for some reason the over-run segment with Bryan and Hunter did not work this week after two strong ratings.

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