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WWE RAW Sees Big Drop In the Third Hour, Viewership Down and Key Demo Rating Up This Week

December 7, 2022

Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.536 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.

This is down 7.91% from last week’s 1.668 million viewers for the post-Survivor Series show.

For this week’s show, the first hour drew 1.748 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 1.951 million), the second hour drew 1.596 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 1.619 million) and the final hour drew 1.263 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 1.433 million).

Monday’s RAW drew a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is up 2.50% from last week’s 0.40 key demo rating. The 0.41 key demo rating represents 535,000 18-49 viewers, which is up 1.71% from the 526,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.40 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.

RAW ranked #6 for the night on the Cable Top 150 with the 0.41 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is even with last week’s #6 ranking. The NFL Monday Night Football game between the Saints and the Buccaneers on ESPN at 8:13pm topped the night on the Cable Top 150 with a 2.72 key demo rating. The game also topped the night on cable in viewership with 10.131 million.

RAW ranked #21 for the night in viewership on cable this week, behind the Saints vs. Bucs NFL game on ESPN, Monday Night Kickoff on ESPN, Monday Night Post-game on ESPN, The Five, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Jesse Watters Primetime, Special Report with Bret Baier, Hannity, Rachel Maddow Show, Gutfeld!, Sportscenter at midnight, The Ingraham Angle, America’s Newsroom at 9am, America’s Newsroom at 10am, Outnumbered, 90 Day Single Life, Last Word, The Faulkner Focus, FOX & Friends at 8am, and Beat with Ari Melber. This is down from last week’s #14 ranking for the night in viewership on cable.

Monday’s RAW drew the fourth-lowest total audience of the year so far, and the sixth-lowest key demo rating of the year so far, tied with two other episodes. This was the lowest total audience since the Halloween show on October 31. This week’s hour 3 viewership of 1.263 million viewers was the lowest viewership for an hour of RAW in the history of the show, and down 20.86% from the second hour. RAW had strong competition from Week 13 of NFL Monday Night Football this week as the Saints vs. Bucs game drew around 21.5 million viewers on ESPN and ESPN2, including the related programs. Additional sports competition included one NBA game on NBA-TV, and one Women’s College Soccer game on ESPNU. This week’s RAW viewership was down 7.91% from last week’s episode, while this week’s key demo rating was up 2.50% from last week.

Monday’s RAW viewership was down 4% from the same week in 2021, while the 18-49 key demo rating was up 17.14% from the same week in 2021.

Monday’s WWE RAW aired live from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC with the following line-up advertised ahead of time – Bayley vs. Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley to determine next week’s #1 contender’s match participant, WWE Hall of Famer JBL hosting a high-stakes invitational poker tournament, Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos defending against Elias and Matt Riddle, plus Nikki Cross vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch to determine the second entrant for next week’s #1 contender’s match, which was last night’s main event.

Below is our 2022 RAW Viewership Tracker, along with the WWE Top 10 video for Monday’s show:

January 3 Episode: 1.716 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Day 1 episode)
January 10 Episode: 1.633 million viewers with a 0.39 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 17 Episode: 1.613 million viewers with a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 24 Episode: 1.766 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 31 Episode: 1.865 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 7 Episode: 1.387 million viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Syfy episode)
February 14 Episode: 1.602 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Syfy episode)
February 21 Episode: 1.825 million viewers with a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 28 Episode: 1.753 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 7 Episode: 1.775 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 14 Episode: 1.700 million viewers with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 21 Episode: 1.770 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 28 Episode: 1.979 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic (WrestleMania RAW episode)
April 4 Episode: 2.101 million viewers with a 0.63 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-WrestleMania 38 episode)
April 11 Episode: 1.803 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 18 Episode: 1.648 million viewers with a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 25 Episode: 1.614 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Randy Orton 20th Anniversary episode)
May 2 Episode: 1.581 million viewers with a 0.38 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 9 Episode: 1.652 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-WrestleMania Backlash episode)
May 16 Episode: 1.737 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 23 Episode: 1.732 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 30 Episode: 1.497 million viewers with a 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 6 Episode: 1.872 million viewers with a 0.52 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Hell In a Cell episode)
June 13 Episode: 1.695 million viewers with a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 20 Episode: 1.986 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 27 Episode: 1.951 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic (John Cena 20th Anniversary episode)
July 4 Episode: 1.563 million viewers with a 0.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-MITB Independence Day episode)
July 11 Episode: 1.735 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 18 Episode: 1.765 million viewers with a 0.46 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 25 Episode: 1.901 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Rey Mysterio 20th Anniversary MSG episode)
August 1 Episode: 2.230 million viewers with a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-SummerSlam episode)
August 8 Episode: 1.956 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 15 Episode: 1.978 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 22 Episode: 2.005 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
August 29 Episode: 2.107 million viewers with a 0.59 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 5 Episode: 2.054 million viewers with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Clash at The Castle episode)
September 12 Episode: 1.710 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 19 Episode: 1.594 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
September 26 Episode: 1.674 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 3 Episode: 1.599 million viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 10 Episode: 1.824 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Season Premiere, post-Extreme Rules, DX 25th Anniversary episode)
October 17 Episode: 1.804 million viewers with a 0.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 24 Episode: 1.641 million viewers with a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic
October 31 Episode: 1.501 million viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Halloween episode)
November 7 Episode: 1.593 million viewers with a 0.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Crown Jewel episode)
November 14 Episode: 1.648 million viewers with a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 21 Episode: 1.646 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 28 Episode: 1.668 million viewers with a 0.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Survivor Series episode)
December 5 Episode: 1.536 million viewers with a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic
December 12 Episode: