Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.956 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
This is down 12.28% from last week’s 2.230 million viewers for the post-SummerSlam episode.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 1.953 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 2.433 million), the second hour drew 2.046 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 2.288 million) and the final hour drew 1.868 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 1.969 million).
Monday’s RAW drew a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down 11.47% from last week’s 0.61 key demo rating. That 0.54 key demo rating represents 700,000 18-49 viewers, which is down 12.06% from the 796,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.61 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.
Monday’s RAW drew the fifth-highest total audience of the year so far. The episode was also tied with a few others for the fifth-highest key demo rating of the year so far. In a change from the usual pattern, this week’s third hour of RAW was viewed more in the key demographic than the first hour was as hour one averaged a 0.51 rating, and hour three averaged a 0.54. While RAW drew strong numbers this week, it was still down from last week, which drew the highest total audience since March 16, 2020, and the best key demo rating since the post-WrestleMania 38 show on April 4 of this year. There was some competition from the Little League World Series, but no major sports competition for RAW this week. This week’s RAW viewership was down 12.28% from last week’s episode, while this week’s key demo rating was down 11.47% from last week.
Monday’s RAW aired live from the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH, and had the following line-up advertised ahead of time – the beginning of the tournament to crown new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, Rey Mysterio vs. Finn Balor, and WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley defending against Ciampa. The main event ended up being AJ Styles vs. The Miz in a No DQ match.
Below is our Quick RAW Viewership Tracker for the last 4 episodes:
July 18 Episode: 1.765 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 25 Episode: 1.901 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 1 Episode: 2.230 million viewers with a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-SummerSlam episode)
August 8 Episode: 1.956 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic
