WWE RAW Viewership Falls Hard Against NFL Competition

WWE brought a big episode of RAW this week, and they had a lot of stories to tell. This was also the final episode of the show prior to the big UFC merger into TKO Holdings Group came into effect, but how did the viewership turn out?

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According to Wrestlenomics, the September 12th episode of WWE RAW brought in a viewership of 1,353,000, with a .40 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That episode build toward Rhea Ripley vs Raquel Rodriguez for the WWE Women’s World Title, but it resulted in a big return for Nia Jax. They were against some heavy NFL competition, as the Jets vs Bills game pulled in 22.6 million viewers.

The September 4th episode of WWE RAW brought in an overnight average of 1,704,000 viewers, with a .52 in the 18 to 40 demographic. That was a big show that focused on GUNTHER defending the IC Title against Chad Gable in the main event

The August 28th episode of WWE RAW brought in an overnight average of 1.677 million viewers, with a .51 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That was the go-home episode before Payback.

The August 21st episode of WWE RAW brought in an overnight average of 1,591,000 viewers, with a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The August 14th episode of WWE RAW brought in 1,757,000 viewers, with a .55 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That was a bit of a drop from last week’s show. The August 7th episode of WWE RAW brought in 1.888 million viewers, with 793K in the 18 to 49 demographic. This episode included the fallout after SummerSlam.

The July 31st episode of WWE RAW brought in 1,759,000 viewers, with a .53 in the 18 to 49 demographic for the go-home episode before SummerSlam. The July 24th episode of WWE RAW brought an overnight average of 1,818,000 viewers, with a .57 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The July 17th episode brought an overnight average of 1.881 million viewers, with a .57 in the 18 to 49 demographic. Brock Lesnar was back in Atlanta, and he gave a beatdown to Cody Rhodes. Now, it appears that we are well on the way to SummerSlam.

The July 10th episode of WWE RAW brought in an overnight average of 1.809 viewers, with a .56 in the 18 to 49 demographic. The July 2nd episode of WWE RAW brought in an average of 1.828 million viewers, with a .49 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The June 26th episode of WWE RAW drew 1,973,000 viewers, with a .61 in the coveted 18 to 49 demographic. This was a nice boost from the previous week as they presented the Money in the Bank go-home episode.

What’s your take on WWE RAW this week? Did it live up to the hype? Sound off in the comments to let us know what you think!