Monday’s live Rey Mysterio 20th anniversary celebration and SummerSlam go-home edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.901 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
This is up 7.71% from last week’s 1.765 million viewers.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 2.019 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 1.783 million), the second hour drew 1.974 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 1.809 million) and the final hour drew 1.711 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 1.702 million).
Monday’s RAW drew a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is up 8.69% from last week’s 0.46 key demo rating. That 0.50 key demo rating represents 648,000 18-49 viewers, which is up 7.28% from the 604,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.46 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.
RAW ranked #1 for the night on the Cable Top 150 with the 0.50 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up from last week’s #3 ranking, which broke a five-week streak at #1. While RAW topped the night on the Cable Top 150 with the key demo rating, The Five on FOX News topped the night on cable in viewership with an average of 3.482 million viewers, also drawing a 0.22 key demo rating.
RAW ranked #8 for the night in viewership on cable this week, behind The Five, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Jesse Watters Primetime, Special Report with Bret Baier, Hannity, Rachel Maddow Show, and Gutfeld!. This is up from last week’s #12 ranking for the night in viewership on cable.
Monday’s RAW drew the fifth-best total audience of the year, and was tied with other episodes for the fifth-best key demo rating of the year. RAW drew the best viewership and key demo rating since the July 4 episode, which was the John Cena 20th anniversary celebration and Money In the Bank go-home show. There was no sports competition for RAW this week. This week’s RAW viewership was up 7.71% from last week’s episode, while this week’s key demo rating was up 8.69% from last week.
The Bachelorette on ABC drew an average of 3.187 million viewers on broadcast TV at 8pm, while The Neighborhood drew 3.392 million viewers on CBS, American Ninja Warrior drew 2.749 million viewers on NBC, Don’t Forget The Lyrics drew 1.906 million viewers on FOX, CW’s Roswell drew 496,000 viewers, Telemundo’s Casa De Famosos drew 1.337 million viewers, and Univision’s Mexicana Y El Guero drew 1.175 million viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV. The Bachelorette on ABC drew the best key demo rating of the night on network TV, with a 0.74, while The Neighborhood on CBS drew the best viewership of the night on network TV with 3.392 million viewers.
Monday’s RAW viewership was up 4.8% from the same week in 2021, while the 18-49 key demo rating was up 2.04% from the same week in 2021.
Monday’s SummerSlam go-home edition of RAW aired live from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL, and had the following line-up advertised ahead of time – Rey Mysterio’s 20th anniversary celebration, The Mysterios vs. The Judgment Day, Logan Paul hosting his ImpaulsiveTV segment, plus The Bloodline vs. Riddle and The Street Profits, which was the main event.
Below is our 2022 RAW Viewership Tracker, along with the WWE Top 10 video for Monday’s show:
January 3 Episode: 1.716 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Day 1 episode)
January 10 Episode: 1.633 million viewers with a 0.39 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 17 Episode: 1.613 million viewers with a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 24 Episode: 1.766 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 31 Episode: 1.865 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 7 Episode: 1.387 million viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Syfy episode)
February 14 Episode: 1.602 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Syfy episode)
February 21 Episode: 1.825 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 28 Episode: 1.753 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 7 Episode: 1.775 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 14 Episode: 1.700 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 21 Episode: 1.770 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 28 Episode: 1.979 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic (WrestleMania RAW episode)
April 4 Episode: 2.101 million viewers with a 0.63 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-WrestleMania 38 episode)
April 11 Episode: 1.803 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 18 Episode: 1.648 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 25 Episode: 1.614 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Randy Orton 20th Anniversary episode)
May 2 Episode: 1.581 million viewers with a 0.38 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 9 Episode: 1.652 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-WrestleMania Backlash episode)
May 16 Episode: 1.737 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 23 Episode: 1.732 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 30 Episode: 1.497 million viewers with a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 6 Episode:
June 13 Episode: 1.695 million viewers with a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 20 Episode: 1.986 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 27 Episode: 1.951 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic (John Cena 20th Anniversary episode)
July 4 Episode: 1.563 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-MITB Independence Day episode)
July 11 Episode: 1.735 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 18 Episode: 1.765 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 25 Episode: 1.901 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Rey Mysterio 20th Anniversary MSG episode)
August 1 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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