WWE RAW viewership dropped on July 4.
According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, an average of 1.563 million viewers watched the show on Monday. In the 18 to 49 demographic, RAW scored a 0.37. For comparison, 1.951 million viewers watched the show last week, and RAW scored a 0.54 in the same demographic. It’s clear that the holiday impacted the viewership in comparison to the last couple of weeks. On July 4, the demographic rating was the show’s lowest since February 7. The overall viewership was RAW’s lowest since May 30.
The hourly breakdown is as follows:
- First hour: 1.702 million viewers, 0.40 in the 18 to 49 demographic
- Second hour: 1.661 million viewers, 0.41 in the 18 to 49 demographic
- Third hour: 1.327 million viewers, 0.31 in the 18 to 49 demographic
WWE RAW grabbed the top three spots in the demographic, according to Showbuzz Daily.
All three hours of Raw still swept the top slots for cable originals on Monday, according to Showbuzz Daily, despite the expected low holiday rating.
This was Raw's lowest total viewership since May 30 of this year and its lowest P18-49 viewership since December 6, 2021. pic.twitter.com/NyYra7XExY
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) July 6, 2022
RAW once again managed to rank first, second, and third in the key demographic among cable originals on Monday. Hour two took the top spot of the three hours this week.
This week’s episode opened with the newly crowned WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley, he was interrupted by the former champion Theory and it was revealed that the two would have a rematch at SummerSlam for the title. The main event saw Becky Lynch defeat Asuka in a No Holds Barred match. Plus, Seth “Freakin” Rollins battled Ezekiel, and Liv Morgan celebrated the beginning of her reign as the SmackDown Women’s Champion.
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