Monday’s edition of WWE RAW averaged 2.133 million viewers, which is down from 2.341 million viewers the previous week.
This was the go-home show for the Crown Jewel pay-per-view event. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown, courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily:
- Hour 1: 2.326 million – Last Week: 2.477
- Hour 2: 2.146 million – Last Week: 2.373
- Hour 3: 1.928 million – Last Week: 2.175
The episode was expected to increase slightly in viewership from last week. In the 18-49 demos, the first hour did 0.79 while the second hour had 0.72 and 0.65 in the final hour.
The biggest competition that WWE RAW faced came in the way of an NFL regular-season game between the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers that aired on ESPN did 9.975 million viewers, which was the lowest game on ESPN thus far this year.
For comparison, the same episode last year drew 2.609 million viewers for hour one, 2.622 in the second hour, and 2.413 in the third hour.
Some of the matches that took place include Becky Lynch vs. Kairi Sane in a non-title match, Ricochet vs. Drew McIntyre, Andrade vs. Sin Cara, Charlotte Flair & Natalya vs. The IIconics, Seth Rollins vs. Erick Rowan in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, and AJ Styles (w/Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) vs. Humberto Carrillo in the headliner.
The show also featured appearances by WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair to hype Team Hogan vs. Team Flair at Crown Jewel.
WWE will attempt to maintain its viewership for RAW next week. In case you missed the show, you can check out the five takeaways here.
