WWE Raw Ratings Plummet To New Lows This Week
Viewership averaged less than 3 million during one hour of the broadcast.
After a bump to the WWE Raw ratings the night after WrestleMania on April 4, the RAW viewership has now fallen for two consecutive weeks. This week, viewership fell once again, particularly during the third hour of the show.
WWE Raw on April 18 averaged 3.336 million viewers, down from last week's show which drew 3.529 million viewers. This represented a decrease of 193,000 viewers overall.
Of note, though, was the drop-off present as Raw transitioned into the final hour of the broadcast. Raw lost more than 550,000 viewers from hour number two into hour number three.
The hourly breakdown was as follows:
First Hour: 3.486 million viewers (3.474 million viewers week)
Second Hour: 3.541 million viewers (3.687 million last week)
Third Hour: 2.980 million viewers (3.427 million last week)
This week's third hour of Raw was the first time since December 7 last year that a Raw broadcast has averaged less than 3 million viewers for an hour of the show.
Considering we are just two weeks removed from WrestleMania, this has to be somewhat concerning. Outside of the NBA playoffs, which barely beat Raw in the viewership department, there really was no stiff competition on Monday evening. In WWE's defense, Raw was a pre-taped show this week from the U.K. so spoilers could have been a factor.
Raw ended up finishing in fifth place in the 18-49 age group demographic on Monday evening, beating one-upped by two NBA playoff games, Love And Hip Hop Atlanta, and Black Ink Crew 4.