Monday’s live WWE RAW drew an average of 1.353 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Wrestlenomics. This is down 20.59% from last week’s 1.704 million viewers for the post-Payback episode on Labor Day.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 1.367 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 1.764 million), the second hour drew 1.401 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 1.756 million) and the final hour drew 1.292 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 1.593 million).
Monday’s RAW drew a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down 23.07% from last week’s 0.52 key demo rating. The 0.40 key demo rating represents 527,000 18-49 viewers, which is down 21.69% from the 673,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.52 key demo rating represented.
RAW was dominated by the return of NFL Monday Night Football as the episode ranked #7 on cable for the night, according to spoilertv.com. This is down from last week’s #2 ranking, which came in under College Football. Monday’s Buffalo Bills vs. NY Jets NFL game drew 22.6 million viewers last night with 11.7 million on ABC, 9.4 million on ESPN, and 1.5 million on ESPN2. With the exception of the “Best Of” episode on December 26, 2022, this week’s RAW drew the lowest viewership episode show history, and the lowest key demo rating since the 0.37 rating from the December 12, 2022 episode. RAW also drew one of the lowest third hour viewerships in show history. This week’s total audience and key demo rating were both well below the 2022 average. This week’s RAW viewership was down 20.59% from last week’s episode, while this week’s key demo rating was down 23.07% from last week.
Monday’s RAW viewership was down 20.87% from the same week in 2022, while the 18-49 key demo rating was down 9.09% from the same week in 2022.
Monday’s WWE RAW aired live from the Scope Arena in Norfolk, VA, with the following line-up announced head of time – Cody Rhodes’ first appearance since Payback, Imperium holding a celebration for GUNTHER’s historic WWE Intercontinental Title reign, plus WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defending against Raquel Rodriguez with WWE NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio banned from ringside, which was the main event.
Below is our 2023 RAW Viewership Tracker, along with the RAW Top 10 video for this week:
January 2 Episode: 1.605 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 9 Episode: 1.693 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 16 Episode: 1.489 million viewers with a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 23 Episode: 2.344 million viewers with a 0.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic (RAW 30th Anniversary episode)
January 30 Episode: 2.114 million viewers with a 0.64 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 6 Episode: 1.866 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 13 Episode: 1.812 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 20 Episode: 2.006 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 27 Episode: 1.768 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 6 Episode: 1.827 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 13 Episode: 1.705 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 20 Episode: 1.771 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 27 Episode: 1.843 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 3 Episode: 2.260 million viewers with a 0.76 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-WrestleMania 39 episode)
April 10 Episode: 1.818 million viewers with a 0.59 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 17 Episode: 1.815 million viewers with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 24 Episode: 1.815 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 1 Episode: 1.778 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic (WWE Draft episode)
May 8 Episode: 1.785 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Backlash and post-Draft episode)
May 15 Episode: 1.716 million viewers with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 22 Episode: 1.638 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 29 Episode: 1.611 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Night of Champions Memorial Day episode)
June 5 Episode: 1.828 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 12 Episode: 1.595 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 19 Episode: 1.821 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 26 Episode: 1.973 million viewers with a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 3 Episode: 1.828 million viewers with a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Money In the Bank episode)
July 10 Episode: 1.809 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 17 Episode: 1.855 million viewers with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 24 Episode: 1.818 million viewers with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 31 Episode:
August 7 Episode: 1.888 million viewers with a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-SummerSlam episode)
August 14 Episode: 1.757 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 21 Episode: 1.591 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 28 Episode: 1.677 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 4 Episode: 1.704 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Payback & Labor Day episode)
September 11 Episode: 1.353 million viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 18 Episode:
2022 Viewership Average: 1.735 million viewers per episode
2022 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.46 per episode
2021 Viewership Average: 1.756 million viewers per episode
2021 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.50 per episode
2020 Viewership Average: 1.880 million viewers per episode
2019 Viewership Average: 2.418 million viewers per episode
2018 Viewership Average: 2.823 million viewers per episode
2017 Viewership Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode
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