According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the “Absolute Best Of 2022” edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.075 million viewers on the USA Network, down from the 1.705 million viewers last week.
The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.27, down from the 0.43 rating last week.
This was a best-of episode of Raw so the ratings for the show were expected to be down. Last week was the best total viewership since October 17 and the highest key demo since early November.
The show went up against Monday Night Football on ABC and ESPN. The game averaged over 10 million viewers and a 3.01 key demo rating.
The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.34, then 0.25 in hour two, and 0.22 in hour three. Last week was 0.44, then 0.44 in hour two, and 0.40 in hour three. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.331 million – last week: 1.781
Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.041 million – last week: 1.767
Hour 3 (10 pm): 852,000 – last week: 1.568
Raw ranked #8 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, down from the #7 ranking last week. Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that Raw has done over the last 4 episodes:
- 12/5/22: 1,536,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating
- 12/12/22: 1,472,000 viewers – 0.37 key demo rating
- 12/19/22: 1,705,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating
- 12/26/22: 1,075,000 viewers – 0.27 key demo rating – Best-Of Episode
