WWE RAW’s ratings increased this week. The broadcast generated an average of 1.824 million viewers on the USA Network, up from 1.599 million viewers last week, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics.
The average rating for the 18-49 demographic was 0.55, up from 0.40 last week, which was the lowest key demo rating since July 4th.
This was the fallout episode of RAW for Saturday’s Extreme Rules event, and there was a lot of anticipation for it after Bray Wyatt’s comeback two nights earlier. DX was also brought in by WWE. The program competed with ESPN’s Monday Night Football. The game drew over 15 million viewers and received a 6.48 key demo rating.
The 18-49 demo had 0.56 in hour one, 0.57 in hour two, and 0.53 in hour three. Last week, it was 0.43 in the first hour, 0.43 in the second hour, and 0.35 in the third hour. The hourly viewing breakdown is as follows:
* Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.876 million – last week: 1.701
* Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.894 million – last week: 1.683
* Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.703 million – last week: 1.413
Raw was ranked #5 in the top 150 cable shows for the night, up from #7 the previous week.
