TV ratings are in for Monday’s Memorial Day edition of WWE Raw on the USA Network. According to PWTorch, the 5/31 edition of Raw averaged 1.418 million viewers and a 0.44 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic.
Here’s the hourly breakdown:
- Hour 1: 1.536 million
- Hour 2: 1.549 million
- Hour 3: 1.168 million
Update (6/3): John Pollock of POST Wrestling reports that WWE’s internal ratings show that Hour 3 averaged 1.586 million viewers, not the alarmingly-low 1.167 million. This would bring the 3-hour average up to 1,557,000 viewers.
ShowbuzzDaily, the website that has been the wrestling media’s primary source of television viewership data over the past several years, has been out of action for the past several weeks.
Wrestling journalist David Bixenspan provides some additional context to the updated figures provided by POST Wrestling:
Granted, it was a holiday. Raw also had stiff competition from the NBA playoffs. However, these are all-time low numbers for WWE. Even within the context of a ‘holiday’ show, these numbers are cause for concern.