Fans Turn Their Backs On WWE For Post-Elimination Chamber Raw
This week's Raw posted a bad, bad TV rating.
WWE posted disappointing numbers for this week's episode of Raw, with an average of just 2.16 million viewers tuning in for the Elimination Chamber 2020 fallout show.
This is the lowest ever Raw viewership for a non-holiday show without major competition from other sports. The record was previously held by the 3 February 2020 episode, which drew 2.17 million.
Here's the hourly breakdown:-
First hour: 2.16 million
Second hour: 2.22 million
Third hour: 2.11 million
The numbers held up better than usual as the show progressed, increasing between the first and second hours with the third-hour dropoff not as sharp as it often is. Regardless, it's hard to paint this as a positive when the first-hour number is a record low for a non-holiday event without sporting competition itself.
What's most worrying about this is that this was the night after a big-time pay-per-view with significant WrestleMania ramifications. It seems that fans just weren't into want they were served at Elimination Chamber and voted with their remote controls, resulting in this stinker of a number.
Per Dave Meltzer in his Figure Four Online writeup, the overall viewership is down 23% on the same week last year.