CORRECTION On This Week's WWE Raw Rating - 2nd Lowest Ever
A full ratings collapse for WWE's former flagship show this week, as Raw bottoms out.
CORRECTION (4 June, 7:20 AM): Per new information sourced directly from WWE by POST Wrestling, this week's episode of WWE Raw was actually watched by an average of 1.557 million viewers across its three hours. This would make it the second least-watched episode in the brand's history.
The original third-hour number reported by Pro Wrestling Torch was incorrect. Hour three was actually the show's most-watched, hitting 1.586 million viewers. Hours one and two were reported accurately.
As noted below, the Torch had reached out to clarify if the shockingly low 1.168 million figure quoted for hour three was a typo.
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This week's episode of WWE Raw hit the lowest viewership in the brand's history, scoring an average of just 1.418 million viewers across its three hours.
Pro Wrestling Torch were the first to report the news in this post-Showbuzz Daily world. Per the outlet, Raw suffered a huge third-hour dropoff this week, with the show bottoming out at just 1.168 million viewers across its last 60 minutes.
Herre's how Raw looked hour-to-hour:-
Hour one: 1.536 million
Hour two: 1.549 million
Hour three: 1.168 million
That third-hour number is so low, the Torch reached out to ask if it was a typo.
Raw's previous all-time low viewership came on 14 December 2020, when the show hit 1.53 million viewers.
Things didn't look quite as grim in the key 18-49 demographic, where Raw experienced only a minor decline, hitting 0.44 from the previous week's 0.45. The all-time low in that category is 0.41, again for 14 December 2020.
Increased competition from the ongoing NBA playoffs should be noted here. This is typically a difficult time of year for pro wrestling shows, ratings-wise, though Raw's numerical slump is a mirror image of its current critical reception.
Data: Pro Wrestling Torch.