WWE RAW Viewership Down Going Into Extreme Rules
Monday's WWE RAW episode, the final red brand show before Extreme Rules, drew an average of 2.352 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is down 6% from last week's 2.496 million viewers.
This week's RAW featured a double main event advertised ahead of time – Andrade and Zelina Vega vs. RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch and WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins, which was the opener, plus the closing match – Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns and his mystery partner (Cedric Alexander masked as Gary The Janitor). Rey Mysterio's return was also announced.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.384 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.468 million), the second hour drew 2.349 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.676 million) and the final hour drew 2.322 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 2.345 million).
RAW was #7 in viewership this week, behind the MLB Home Run Derby, the Derby Prelude, Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Five, and The Ingraham Angle. RAW was #5 in the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic this week, behind the Derby, the Derby Prelude, Love & Hip-Hop, and the MLB Celebrity Softball game.
The Bachelorette on ABC drew 6.035 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while The Neighborhood drew 3.490 million viewers on CBS, American Ninja Warrior drew 4.494 million viewers on NBC, Beat Shazam drew 2.351 million viewers on Fox and CW's Penn & Teller show drew 1.149 million viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.
Below is our 2019 RAW Viewership Tracker:
January 7 Episode: 2.324 million viewers
January 14 Episode: 2.722 million viewers
January 21 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
January 28 Episode: 2.703 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 4 Episode: 2.510 million viewers
February 11 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
February 18 Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 25 Episode: 2.922 million viewers
March 4 Episode: 2.783 million viewers
March 11 Episode: 2.819 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 18 Episode: 2.695 million viewers
March 25 Episode: 2.589 million viewers
April 1 Episode: 2.639 million viewers
April 8 Episode: 2.923 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 35 episode)
April 15 Episode: 2.665 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 22 Episode: 2.374 million viewers
April 29 Episode: 2.158 million viewers
May 6 Episode: 2.244 million viewers
May 13 Episode: 2.349 million viewers (taped episode from London)
May 20 Episode: 2.521 million viewers (post-Money In the Bank episode)
May 27 Episode: 2.190 million viewers (Memorial Day episode)
June 3 Episode: 2.405 million viewers
June 10 Episode: 2.125 million viewers (post-Super ShowDown episode)
June 17 Episode: 2.235 million viewers
June 24 Episode: 2.275 (post-Stomping Grounds episode)
July 1 Episode: 2.496 million viewers
July 8 Episode: 2.352 million viewers
July 15 Episode:
2018 Total: 149.628 million viewers over 53 episodes
2018 Average: 2.823 million viewers per episode
2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers over 52 episodes
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode