By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Monday’s WWE Raw television show averaged 1.669 million viewers for USA Network, according to Wade Keller of PWTorch.com. Viewership was down from last week’s 1.759 million average. Raw delivered a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demographic, down from last week’s 0.59 rating.
Powell’s POV: Raw ran opposite the MLB Home Run Derby and it was likely a big cable news night due to political convention coverage. One year earlier, the July 17, 2023 edition of Raw delivered 1.851 million viewers and a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
Political viewership is way down as nobody wants either of the adult diaper warriors to win (Trump-Biden debate a few weeks ago was down more than 22 million from 2020) and modern wrestling fans aren’t sports fans because most of the adult males moved on to MMA and other options.
I mostly agree but the HR derby is a draw for younger fans because it’s a real life video game presentation, so that could siphon off a few viewers
RAW was pretty average anyway. People didn’t miss much
Just quit while you’re behind. The debate was watched by 51.27 million viewers. Up or down, that’s a shit ton of viewers. The actual coverage of the shooting did not draw those types of numbers. But last night’s Home Run Derby did 5.4 million viewers, which was well below what the cable and network coverage of assassination attempt drew. I mention the HR Derby every year when I do the Raw ratings for that week and yet you’ve never once accused me of making excuses for Raw that week or any other week. Why is that?