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 1.920 million viewers, which is up from the 1.686 million viewers last week, the lowest viewership in the 27-year history of the program.
Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
- Hour 1: 1.993 million, 0.59 in the 18-49 Demo
- Hour 2: 1.961 million, 0.58 in the 18-49 Demo
- Hour 3: 1.802 million, 0.53 in the 18-49 Demo
RAW featured the returns of Edge and Randy Orton in the final segment as well as the opening segment that saw Becky Lynch award Asuka the RAW Women’s Title as she announced she is pregnant. Bobby Lashley vs. Humberto Carrillo, Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade, The IIconics vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross, Aleister Black & Rey Mysterio vs. Murphy & Seth Rollins, and Shayna Baszler vs. Natalya also took place.
SmackDown Viewership
SmackDown averaged 2.025 million viewers on FOX in Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center. This is up from the 1.885 million viewers that the show did for the previous week’s episode of SmackDown.
The show averaged 2.040 million viewers in the fast nationals, which was up from the 1.919 million viewers a week ago. This number measured the top metered markets.
The first hour drew 2.087 million viewers while the second hour did 1.992 million viewers. For comparison, the first show of last week’s show did 1.941 million viewers while the second hour did 1.896 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.