Viewership data is in for Monday’s WWE RAW and Friday’s SmackDown. Here is the breakdown of the live and same-night DVR viewership, courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily:
RAW Viewership
Monday’s edition of WWE RAW averaged 1.757 million viewers, which is down from the 1.920 million viewers last week.
Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
- Hour 1: 1.810 million, 0.53 in the 18-49 Demo
- Hour 2: 1.818 million, 0.53 in the 18-49 Demo
- Hour 3: 1.644 million, 0.48 in the 18-49 Demo
RAW featured the Edge accepting Randy Orton’s wrestling match challenge at WWE Backlash while the main event featured WWE Champion Drew McIntyre vs. Baron Corbin in a non-title match. Other matches that took place on this show included Charlotte Flair vs. Ruby Riott, Women’s Tag Team champions Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. The IIconics (Billie Kay & Peyton Royce), and Shayna Baszler vs. Natalya.
SmackDown Viewership
SmackDown averaged 2.042 million viewers on FOX in Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center. This is up from the 2.025 million viewers that the show did for the previous week’s episode of SmackDown.
The show averaged 2.043 million viewers in the fast nationals, which was up from the 2.040 million viewers a week ago. This number measured the top metered markets.
The first hour drew 2.030 million viewers while the second hour did 2.055 million viewers. For comparison, the first show of last week’s show did 2.087million viewers while the second hour did 1.992 million viewers.
SmackDown pulled in a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demos, the same from the 0.50 rating as last week’s show.