RAW Rating Hits 15 Week Low

[TobiOT]

Smackdown ratings low as well

Tuesday night's SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 2.072 million viewers, down seven percent from last week's episode. It was the second straight night of bad ratings news for the company -- as Raw was down from the previous week and down over 26 percent year-over-year.

SmackDown retained a higher-than-usual 87 percent of the Raw audience and thus was "only" down just over 18 percent from 2018.

SmackDown finished ninth for the night in terms of total cable viewers and was fourth in the 18-49 demo with a 0.71 rating. It trailed two NBA playoff games in the demo, as well as the post-game show, which all aired on TNT. The first round playoff game between the Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic that aired directly opposite SmackDown did 2.275 million viewers.

Miz and Mrs., which followed SmackDown on the USA Network, did a series-low 940,000 viewers, so last episode having the show's highest ratings for the second part of season one was likely a result of the higher-than-usual SmackDown number.

 

[RammerJammer]

Roman has never been as purely over as Becky...so calm down with him being a real star...Cena never really was but he was pushed like he was. He was rejected mostly since he had that Jericho and Angle feud in 2005. They would love for Roman and Cena to be accepted like Becky is...lol@overexposed. About as overexposed as Taker, Austin, etc.

Cena drew more than Becky ever has and ever will.

 

[Legal]

These ratings.

With all the money still coming in, this looks like a classic bubble situation that's getting ready to burst.

 

[Francis White]

Seth ain’t a draw & he’s much better as a heel. Becky is overrated and overexposed without Rousey. Strowman is ruined. No real “superstars” like Cena, Brock, and now Roman.

It’s only going to get worse...

Roman is not a superstar.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Roman is not a superstar.

I really don’t get how anyone can argue that he is at this point. Not only are ratings lower than ever over the last six months, but in regards to him, he’s had fans leave by the thousands just before and during his match when he’s closed out pay per view events. Fans chanting beat the traffic and this is awful during the main event of wrestlemania

 

[C-NICE]

Its the wwe and its a couple weeks after mania plus viewership is down across the board on everything including the NBA and the nfl. The machine aint going nowhere but becky is a flop they definitely need to get some better heels on the show asap

 

[Francis White]

Its the wwe and its a couple weeks after mania plus viewership is down across the board on everything including the NBA and the nfl. The machine aint going nowhere but becky is a flop they definitely need to get some better heels on the show asap

Becky isn’t a flop. She hasn’t had a title defense yet. Lacey is a credible heel but the double duty at the money in the bank is a recipe for disaster. Imagine Alexa winning again and cashing in the same night to become champ. Then Becky loses clean to Charlotte. Seth against AJ is done too early. Kofi needs to become a serious champ. Roman against the family again is terrible. Right now there is no heated feud going. None at all. Miz just forgets Shane assaults his father, beats him at mania then trades him to Raw and he lets it slide??

 

[cartierhoe]

Who said NWG doesn't exist?

 

[dh86]

You gotta give it through the summer before you make any judgment on Becky, Kofi or Seth. There’s enough named, good people on the roster where all 3 can wrestle a couple times a month on tv and win decisively in a good match. Not Alicia Fox.

 

[Tres Leches]

Raw is in trouble though .. who is there to draw? They shipped Roman and Finn no rousey no Sasha no Brock . Seth/Becky won’t cut it and aj was never a big draw on sdl either

 

[R=G]

Raw is in trouble though .. who is there to draw? They shipped Roman and Finn no rousey no Sasha no Brock . Seth/Becky won’t cut it and aj was never a big draw on sdl either

Ratings been horrible for years..ever since Bryan got injured in 2014, those 3.0s went away.

 

[prophecypro]

I like Stat Guy Greg from Cheap Heat but lately on twitter hes acting like a damn shill for WWE and its annoying

His comments about how the ratings dont matter cause of DVR and Youtube views is kinda dumb

 

[dh86]

“Speaking of Saudi Arabia, this is a stat that has come through in a unique way. Someone on our message board mentioned being turned off WWE because of them going to Saudi Arabia the second time and that a lot of people were, and wondering that’s part of the reason for the decline in ratings. So my thought was, the only way to know is to compare the year-to-year drop pre-Saudi show and post. For the six months prior to the second Saudi show, the year-to-year drop of Raw was 9.2 percent. Since then, the average weekly drop is 19.8 percent. Also keep in mind there is an artificial actual decline that year that should make this year look better because 2018 was a Winter Olympics year in the first quarter. Either the product has gotten far worse to a marked degree since November, which is not the case, or there are external forces at work. This would seem to indicate there could be something to this. However, the declines are far greater under the age of 35 than over, and one would think it would be those 18-49 making the moral decisions, as those over 50 who watch wrestling have been doing it for life and aren’t changing, and teenagers and kids as a general rule aren’t going to make a moral decision about wrestling”

 

[Francis White]

Raw is in trouble though .. who is there to draw? They shipped Roman and Finn no rousey no Sasha no Brock . Seth/Becky won’t cut it and aj was never a big draw on sdl either

Roman isn’t a draw and never will be . The stupid my yard stuff is boring. The gear needs to be changed and so does he. They need to create real feuds .

 

[dh86]

Roman isn’t a draw and never will be . The stupid my yard stuff is boring. The gear needs to be changed and so does he. They need to create real feuds .

They had their one and only chance at a clean slate with Roman and changed nothing. Their fault