Average WWE RAW And SmackDown Ratings For October Down, Most-Shipped DVDs, DVD Units Down

- WWE RAW averaged a 2.33 rating with 3.33 million viewers for the month of October 2015. This is down 13.7% in ratings and 11% in viewers from the 2.70 rating and 3.74 million viewers in October 2014. RAW averaged a 2.80 rating with 3.92 million viewers in October 2013 and a 2.72 rating with 3.85 million viewers in October 2012.

- WWE SmackDown averaged a 1.56 rating and 2.14 million viewers for October 2014, down 15.7% in ratings and 15.1% in viewers from October 2014's 1.85 rating with 2.52 million viewers, even with the move to Thursdays. SmackDown averaged a 1.86 rating with 2.58 million viewers in October 2013 and a 1.90 rating with 2.68 million viewers for the same month in 2012.

- WWE shipped out 106,000 DVD units in October, down 40.4% from the 178,000 in October 2014. They shipped 234,000 units in October 2013 and 165,000 units in October 2012. The most-shipped DVDs in the past 9 months are WrestleMania 31 with 118,000 units, the Royal Rumble with 59,000 units, The Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe with 54,000 units and the Greatest Superstars of the 90s with 53,000 units.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

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