WWE RAW Rating Surges By 40% After SummerSlam 2020
WWE's former flagship show scored its best numbers since April.
While this week's WWE RAW drew a mixed critical response for moments like Keith Lee's debut, the Bobby Lashley/Apollo Crews arm-wrestling contest, and Aleister Black's heel turn, the show was a significant ratings success, pulling the brand's best numbers since April.
RAW's rating in the 18-49 demographic improved by an impressive 40%, hitting 0.67 after the previous week's 0.48. The figure hasn't been this high since the RAW after WrestleMania 36 on 5 April and was enough to see RAW finish sixth on the night amongst cable shows.
As far as the overall viewership goes, RAW increased from last week's 1.643 million to an average of 2.03 million. Again, this is the best total since 5 April.
Here's how the viewership breaks down:-
Hour one: 2.14 million viewers.
Hour two: 2.05 million viewers.
Hour three: 1.90 million viewers.
The numbers are particularly encouraging given the heightened competition, with RAW going head-to-head not only with the Republican National Convention, but the NBA playoffs as well. WWE has every right to feel good about how well this episode fared.
Fallout from the very well-received SummerSlam 2020 pay-per-view and the ThunderDome were likely the key drivers here. It'll be interesting to see how RAW holds up next week.