Objective look, average main roster attendance for live events this was sampled by Wrestlenomics. If the numbers go UP then it means the champ during that fiscal year was a draw
1996 - 3,800 - Champ: Michaels
1997 - 5,300 - Champ: Taker / Bret
1998 - 7,200 - Champ: Austin
1999 - 11,400 - Champ: Austin / Rock
2000 - 12,000 - Champ: Rock
2001 - 11,600 - Champ: Austin
2002 - 8,600 - Champ: HHH
2003 - 5,551 - Champ: HHH / Brock
2004 - 5,506 - Champ: HHH Benoit JBL
2005 - 4,975 - Champ: Cena Batista
2006 - 5,700 - Champ: Edge Cena
2007 - 6,900 - Champ: Cena Edge
2008 SD Q2 - 9,060 - Champ: Edge
2008 SD Q3 - 3,221 - Champ: HHH
2008 SD Q4 - 8,622 - Champ: Edge/Hardy/HHH
2008 Raw Q2 - 6,500 - Champ: HHH
2008 Raw Q3 - 7,818 - Champ: Punk/Jericho
2008 Raw Q4 - 6,746 - Champ: Jericho/Cena
2009 Raw Q1 - 5,559 - Champ: Cena
2009 Raw Q2 - 8,402 - Champ: Orton
2009 Raw Q3 - 7,073 - Champ: Cena/Orton
2009 Raw Q4 - 7,643 - Champ: Cena
2009 SD Q1 - 5,700 - Hardy / Edge
2009 SD Q2 - 5,773 - Hardy / Punk / Edge
2009 SD Q3 - 5,142 - Punk
2009 SD Q4 - 9,113 - Undertaker