{"id":77937,"date":"2019-04-09T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=77937"},"modified":"2019-04-10T22:56:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T03:56:40","slug":"raw-rating-post-wrestlemania-episode-tops-3-million-viewers-in-hour-one-but-off-25-percent-from-last-years-post-wm-edition-key-metrics-and-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/09\/raw-rating-post-wrestlemania-episode-tops-3-million-viewers-in-hour-one-but-off-25-percent-from-last-years-post-wm-edition-key-metrics-and-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Rating: Post-WrestleMania episode tops 3 million viewers in hour one, but off 25 percent from last year&#8217;s post-WM edition, key metrics and perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3628994271\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Last night&#8217;s episode (4\/8) of WWE Monday Night Raw on USA Network drew a 2.02 rating, up from the 1.80 rating fo the prior two weeks. It&#8217;s the first rating above 2.00 since the post-Royal Rumble episode drew a 2.05 rating on Jan. 25. The rating this week is a sharp 25 percent drop-off from the year-ago post-Mania rating of 2.72 and the two-years-ago post-Mania rating of 2.62.<\/p>\n<p>The first hour drew more than three million viewers for the first time since March 4 and the fourth time this year. Raw drew 3.182 million viewers in the first hour, then 2.943 million in the second hour, and 2.646 in the third hour. That&#8217;s a drop-off of 536,000 from the first to third hour, higher than the 2019 average so far 408,000.<\/p>\n<p>Raw is averaging a 1.87 rating this year, compared to 2.29 through this week in 2018 and 2.29 in 2017 through this week.<\/p>\n<p>Raw&#8217;s final two hours went up against the NCAA Men&#8217;s Basketball Championship game on CBS which drew 16.24 million viewers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/09\/4-8-wwe-raw-on-site-report-from-brooklyn-n-y-fans-turn-sharply-against-wwe-after-bar-run-in-chant-aew-seth-tries-to-sooth-fans-with-shield-reunion-after-raw\/\">4\/8 WWE Raw On-Site Report from Brooklyn, N.Y.: Fans turn sharply against WWE after Bar run-in, chant \u201cAEW!\u201d Seth tries to sooth fans with Shield reunion after Raw<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>To listen to the <strong>Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show<\/strong> podcast featuring cohost Travis Bryan of the PWTorch East Coast Cast, live callers, a mailbag, and a conversation with an on-site correspondent who attended WrestleMania and Raw with details on crowd reactions and what happened before and after Raw went on the air and during commercial breaks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/wkpwps\">CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3157076266\"><div id=\"pwtor-1652244853\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Last night&#8217;s episode (4\/8) of WWE Monday Night Raw on USA Network drew a 2.02 rating, up from the 1.80 rating fo the prior two weeks. 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